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...
Engaging in Appropriate Conversations

Engaging in Appropriate Conversations

View article online in the Maine Educator Online September Issue. By: Teal Ruland | nea.org What’s on and off-limits to talk about with students...

MEA Contracts: Best of the Best

MEA Contracts: Best of the Best

Collective bargaining gives educators a voice. Through collective bargaining, MEA members negotiate for more than their own economic security. They...

Victims of the Drug Crisis

Victims of the Drug Crisis

A student wakes in the middle of the night to use the rest room and finds her mother sitting at the kitchen table with a needle in her arm. An...

School Safety

School Safety

Every educator, parent and community member has the hope that our schools are safe places for students to learn. In an effort to reach that goal, a...

Free Stuff!

It's one of the best four letter words out there-FREE-especially when you're on a tight budget. Maine Educator found a few freebies! Shakespeare...

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