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Interesting facts and quotes about Association membership and public education in Maine and beyond. Have an idea or stat you want shared? Send it along with your name and local to gbechard@maineea.org
The weekly median earnings in 2012-2013 for those who are union members versus employees who are non-union members, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Our schools are evolving as they transition to “proficiency-based learning…Everyone is responsible for helping to overcome truancy and disengagement – the result of the growing number of children in crisis because of poverty and other family stressors. To address these obstacles, it is crucial to have strong relationships between families and schools. These relationships require shared responsibility among teachers, administrators, students, families and the community.” Special to the Press
Herald, Sarah Brokofsky (Westbrook EA) and Kate Smith (Quamphegan EA), Maine County Teachers of the Year
$49,232 2013-14 average teacher salary in Maine, according to NEA research.
Maine pays its teachers the lowest out of all the New England states.
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the number of states where lawmakers are getting more involved in setting academic standards for K-12 students after a Common Core backlash—in some cases lawmakers are writing the standards themselves.
8 out of 10
Number of K-12 Instructional Staff listed on the Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS) who are MEA members, giving members a greater voice in their profession.
"I never met a kid that came in a standardized box. Not one! So what we want to do is to say how do you open that public school to all of the opportunities that kid should have, and while we obsess over hitting a cut score on a standardized test, that's never going to happen." - NEA President-elect Lily Eskelsen García
published in www.dailykos.com
37th
Maine’s Rank
in the U.S. for average teacher salary, according to NEA Research.
September 2014 • www.maineea.org
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