MEA President’s Letter – Spring 2025
"The Power of We" I was heading home, much later than usual. My wife and kids had long been...
Teaching and Learning: Fostering Safe and Affirming Schools for All Students
As anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has skyrocketed across the state and county, so do mental health concerns...
Action Steps to Foster Culturally Responsive Practices
What is Culturally Responsive Teaching? “I define culturally responsive teaching simply as…An...
Protecting Your Voice: Navigating Challenges in Today’s Classroom
As an educator, whether you like it or not, you are held to higher standards within the community. What you do or don’t say as an educator can have...
Teaching While Scared
Violent student outbursts are putting educators at risk. By: Brenda Álvarez, Senior Writer, NEA Today and Giovanna Bechard, MEA Communications...
Cook’s Corner – Best Practices in Mentoring
Maine teachers new to the profession are required to have a mentor for two years. Those new to a district are required to have a mentor for one...
Chronic Absenteeism and What to Do About It
More than 1 in 4. 28.4% to be exact. That’s how many Maine students were chronically absent according to the Maine Department of Education’s most...
MEA President’s Letter – Winter 2024
Writing the President’s Letter for this issue has been a struggle. October 25th will cast a long shadow over us for quite some time, even those of...
From MEA’s Executive Director – Winter 2024
What is the Right Thing? Is There One? Honestly, I am struggling. Struggling to find the right thing to say in this message. The unthinkable has...
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