Education Funding Updates

Survey: Staff shortage, student mental health are top concerns among MI educators

EAST LANSING — The ongoing educator shortage and student mental health are the top challenges facing Michigan teachers and education support professionals, according to a new survey of educators released Wednesday by the Michigan Education Association. “These last few years have been extremely challenging for our students, educators and parents, and this survey makes it clear what the real issues…

September 21, 2022

MEA recommended local school board candidates

Throughout the fall, MEA locals will be conducting interviews with candidates on the education and labor issues at play in their districts and recommending candidates for local school board positions up for election on Nov. 8. As of September 19, here is the complete list of MEA recommended candidates for local school board races (sorted alphabetically by school district): Alma…

September 19, 2022September 23, 2022

Tudor Dixon rants on social media — and we respond

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon went on a Twitter rant last week, attacking public school educators and our union with a litany of lies. Among many of Dixon’s false tweets was an attack on state Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, a former public school teacher. Dixon wrote the following: “All I see is you standing by and carrying lazy union bosses’…

September 14, 2022