By Aallyah Wright, April 24, 2018, MISSISSIPPI TODAY CLARKSDALE – As a way to keep residents informed about this past legislative session, state Rep. Orlando Paden, D-Clarksdale, hosted a community…
By Heather Wolpert-Gawron, March 27, 2018, Edutopia. My mentor for the last 15 years, Liz Harrington, is retiring this year. She’s the one who, as our department chairperson, advocated for our weekly…
By Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today, April 16, 2018. A new analysis of state-by-state spending on public education found that a high school senior in Mississippi received about $33,000 less in state…
Jackson, MS. — MAE member Dr. Howard Savage, Jr., principal of Quitman High School, was named Mississippi’s 2018 Administrator of the Year during the annual awards luncheon on Friday, April…
By Tim Walker, NEAToday — “Something has to change,” says Noah Karvelis, a teacher at Trios Rios Elementary School just outside of Phoenix. Only in his second year teaching, Karvelis…
April 4, 2018, By Tim Walker NEAToday The proliferation of high-stakes testing is most often associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the national education law that was in place…
April 9, 2018 Dear MAE Family, We write to let you know that the family of Joseph Chennault is planning a memorial service in his honor at 3:00 p.m. on…
NEA.org, April 2, 2018, by Mary Ellen Flannery — Photo credit AP/Sue Ogrocki More than 30,000 angry and frustrated educators from across Oklahoma walked out of schools and swarmed the…
JACKSON, MS. — A LETTER FROM MAE PRESIDENT JOYCE HELMICK April 4, 2018 Dear Members, On this, one of the most somber anniversaries in our nation’s history, I wanted to…
JACKSON, MS. Today, we’re wishing our Judy Webb, long-time MAE employee, a most happy and adventuresome retirement. Judy wore many hats during her time with us, and our members were…