School Employee Sacrifices

This month’s radio program will examine the sacrifices that MEA members statewide have made to help balance budgets in their local school districts. Education employees are often criticized for not doing their part — and this show will highlight the many ways teachers and educational support professionals have given back and taken concessions so that [...]

Sure, we can teach them to read, but how do we get them to LOVE it?

Are the students in your life bibliophibians or bibliophobians? Do they read because they have to or because they love to? February’s “Voices of Michigan Education” tackles all things reading related–from helpful new resources for struggling readers (remember The Electric Company? They’re all new, and they’re on our show) to what to do to keep older readers [...]

Response on how much is spent on school supplies

The Michigan Education Association conducts a poll each week on its Web site. Last week’s poll saw 409 votes around the question: How much money do you spend out-of-pocket each year to buy classroom supplies or items for your students? The results of the poll were: 12.2% – $250 or less 38.9% – Between $250 [...]

How do Teachers Spend their Summer Vacation?

So, what are YOU doing this summer? Are you preparing to “run” the Grand Canyon to raise money for charity, will you serve in the reserves as an Army officer? How about a trip to Guatemala to improve your Spanish, or could you be working with an AIDS orphanage in Uganda? Maybe not, but these [...]

Utica teachers and other MEA members leading the way toward healthy lifestyles

As we tackle the issue of childhood obesity on our radio show this month, I am reminded once again how much I learn from our members. Deb Lotan, a food service employee from Waterford (and local ESP president) is on our show this month, and her stories really hit home about the importance of making sure [...]

Voices of Michigan Education Program Looks at Nutrition and Childhood Obesity

Join us on Tuesday evening, April 14th at 7 p.m. on Newstalk 760 WJR for the Voices of Michigan Education. In the latest Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey, more than one third of students in grades 9 to 12 did not participate in the recommended amount of weekly physical activity, a higher percentage watched three [...]

March 10 Voices of Michigan Education Confronts Homeless Stereotypes

If you think that the Michigan homeless population is best defined by the guy stuffing all his earthly belongings into a stolen grocery shopping cart, think again. On the March 10 edition of the Voices of Michigan Education heard on 760 WJR in Detroit, as well as across the state on the Michigan Education Network, [...]