MEA Board of Directors on safe return to school
EAST LANSING — At an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, the MEA Board of Directors adopted the following motion regarding the association’s stance on a safe return to learning for students…
DetailsMEA President statement on passage of bills that allow outsourcing of virtual learning
EAST LANSING — The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding the House passage of HBs 5910-5193 this evening: “This legislation uses the cover of a pandemic…
DetailsMEA President statement on approval of FY20 budget agreement
EAST LANSING — The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding today’s approval of an agreement between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature on the current year’s…
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Statement from MEA President on announcement of ‘Michigan v. DeVos’ lawsuit
EAST LANSING — The following statement can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart following the announcement of the “Michigan v. DeVos” lawsuit: “Once again, our state leaders are standing up…
DetailsStatement from MEA President on ‘Return to Learn’ guidelines
EAST LANSING — The following statement can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding today’s announcement by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlining guidelines for safely returning to school this fall.…
DetailsMEA President statement on FY20 budget agreement
EAST LANSING — The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding this evening’s announcement of the agreement between the governor and legislative leaders on the current year’s…
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MEA lays out priorities for a safe return to in-person learning
EAST LANSING — Following more than 15,000 survey responses from educators and discussions about the needs of both students and school employees, today MEA announced three key priorities the state’s…
DetailsHarmed by historic flooding, helped by union family
MEA members, school families provide helping hand to Midland-area colleagues following 500-year floods EAST LANSING – MEA member Jill Bischer’s fellow union members and local school families came to her…
DetailsMEA member’s Holland STEM project feeds community
Teacher’s greenhouse project donates produce to local food bank, educates students, brings community together EAST LANSING – Last year, Michigan Education Association member Bill Boerman launched an ambitious greenhouse project at Holland…
DetailsNew statewide poll shows less than half of voters say Michigan’s schools should reopen before October
EPIC-MRA poll echoes concerns of Michigan front-line educators in new MEA survey on safely reopening school buildings EAST LANSING — A new EPIC-MRA statewide poll shows less than half of…
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