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With the new school year comes new hope and continued challenges

By Chanda Madafferi, President and CEO, Michigan Education Association In neighborhood schools across our state, educators and students are starting another school year full of excitement, optimism and possibilities. Teachers and school support staff have been hard at work for weeks, finalizing lesson plans, setting up classrooms, stocking supplies, shelving library books, and putting little sticky labels on just about…

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026
MEA leads first-of-its-kind training bootcamp for hundreds of paraprofessionals

Instructor Chad Williams engages with participants during Plymouth-Canton’s Paraeducator Bootcamp. MEA member Aaron Bailey knows what it is like to be a brand-new paraprofessional in a classroom at the beginning of the school year. “When I first started, I had very little training, and I was lucky enough to get teachers who had 10 or 15 years of experience and could…

August 31, 2026
Fraser paraeducator wins MEA award: ‘Our perspective matters’  

By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor Michelle James In the 16 years since becoming a paraeducator in Fraser Public Schools, MEA member Michelle  James helped form a union, assisted in bargaining the group’s first contract, and held every position in her local — including her current role as president. But it wasn’t until a recent bout with cancer that James…

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026

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