Happy Holidays from the MTA
On behalf of MTA President Merrie Najimy, Vice President Max Page &
Executive Director-Treasurer Ann Clarke:
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Licensure Resources
Happy New Year!
Keeping up with licensure is extremely important, but it can be difficult to find information when it is needed. Click here to find a list of resources that I thought might be helpful to you. I’d like to highlight one resource, in particular, which is the MTA Licensure Help e-mail address. If you have any questions that are specific to you … [ Read More ]
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Message from MTA President and Vice President
The MTA Board of Directors voted unanimously on Saturday, December 8, to endorse and finance the Fund Our Future campaign. The goal of the Fund Our Future campaign is to pass legislation by May 1, 2018, to increase state funding for public education by more than $1.5 billion a year. This would mean more than $1 billion for public schools and more than $500 billi … [ Read More ]
Demystifying the Chapter 70 Formula: How the Massachusetts Education Funding System Works
The Massachusetts Chapter 70 formula can be quite a mystery–check out this primer by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center which helps break it all down! … [ Read More ]
Massachusetts School Funding in a Nutshell
Massachusetts School Funding in a Nutshell ( post from: https://massteacher.org/current-initiatives/fund-our-future/prek-12-schools )
The nonpartisan Foundation Budget Review Commission found in 2015 that the state is underfunding our schools by more than $1 billion a year. Too many schools lack adequate staff, enrichment progr … [ Read More ]
MEA Update
Hello, Members/Friends/Colleagues:
Below you will find an update regarding a few things going on in the Malden Education Association!
School Committee and City Council
As many of you may know, the Malden Education Association endorsed three candidates for School Committee and three candidates for City Council. I am pleased to report that two of our endo … [ Read More ]
School Committee & City Council Endorsements
Dear Colleagues,
This week the Malden Education Association Executive Board met to discuss and vote on completed candidate questionnaires that we received from candidates for School Committee (Wards 2, 3, and 7) and City Council (Councillor-At-Large and Ward 6). After much thought and discussion, the Malden Education Association Executive Board is p … [ Read More ]