In his work as a school bus driver for Benzie County Central Schools, Marc Rosseels drives 134 miles per day across four counties, over two-lane highways and down dead-end dirt roads – sometimes in challenging northwest Michigan weather conditions. All the while he’s supervising children in the seats behind him through the giant rearview mirror…
As educators, we work to move America forward by fighting to ensure every child has equal access to high-quality public education. Hillary Clinton has dedicated her life to that same mission.
More than 425 MEA members and their families turned out to a community-building event Monday evening in Hudsonville that featured hay rides, a playground, walks through a corn maze and more – sponsored by the Hudsonville Education Association. The HEA Fun Day at a locally owned farm business was meant to bring union members together…
MEA member Shannon Houtrouw was coding before it was cool. Last January, when President Barack Obama unveiled a $4 billion “Computer Science (CS) for All” initiative in his final State of the Union address, Houtrouw was already way ahead of the game. A former professor and software systems engineer, the Kalamazoo Area Math and Science…
Two Holly High School teachers have brought their deepest beliefs about learning to life.
Early Thursday morning in Kalamazoo, well before the start of the school day, dozens of school employees, students, parents, and community leaders gathered outside every building in Kalamazoo Public Schools to send a message: It’s time.
It’s not too late to sign up for a free webinar with Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning children’s author Karen English – who will talk about her book series “The Carver Chronicles” for children in grades 2-4.
MEA President Blasts Governor’s “Appalling” Choice in NEWS column Dozens of MEA and AFT-Michigan members demonstrated outside the offices of Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday, demanding the state return money stolen from their paychecks – a legal fight the two unions have been waging for more than five years. Instead, Snyder chose to extend the…
EAST LANSING, July 5, 2016 — The following can be attributed to MEA President Steven Cook: “It’s unconscionable that Gov. Snyder has chosen to continue appealing the recent court decision that school employees should be refunded the 3 percent of their salary that was illegally taken from them. “In light of Attorney General Schuette’s decision…
