What My Students Learned About Academic Freedom—and What it Means for All of Us

By Julianne Siegfriedt, PhD., Assistant Professor in Sociology and Women & Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine. All views are expressed...

What I Love About School Magazine Cover Contest

MEA is pleased to showcase student artwork from our 9th annual Maine Educator Art Cover Contest. This year’s submissions highlighted what students...

My Hero Works at School Essay Contest

This year, MEA received dozens of submissions for the annual My Hero Works in School essay contest. Each year, it is a highlight for us to read...
What Is, Maine?

What Is, Maine?

Kara Peruccio, an assistant professor in the Department of History and the Women’s, Gender, and...

President’s Letter – Fall 2024

President’s Letter – Fall 2024

New Beginnings! LET’S GO…back to school! As summer turns to fall, and the eighty- and ninety-degree temperatures are replaced with evening lows in...

Read Across Maine

Read Across Maine

Throughout March, educators from across Maine participated in MEA’s Read Across Maine Challenge. Read Across Maine is part of the National Education...

Leaders for Just Schools

Leaders for Just Schools

First Appeared in NEA Today January 2024 By: Cindy Long, Senior Writer, adapted by Samantha BurdickImagine standing up in a staff meeting at school...

Progress on MEA’s Top Priorities

Progress on MEA’s Top Priorities

MEA advocated for measures to increase educator pay, long-term disability insurance for public school employees, and gun safety legislation to make...

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