Advocating for Public Education

MTA proudly assumes the role of the pre-eminent voice on Beacon Hill in support of public education, lobbying for continued funding of education reform efforts, annual increases in public higher education budgets and a continuing commitment to equal educational opportunity and the future of public education. MTA

• Rallies friends of education by serving as the leading organization in pro-public education coalitions, including Citizens for Public Schools, Council for Fair School Finance, and Mass Partners, to name a few.
• Protects your classrooms, and the ideas flowing through them, by firmly opposing legislative attempts to censor curricula, impose vouchers, or provide public aid to private institutions.
• Assigns staff to work with members at the local or campus level to defeat attempts to weaken public preK-12 or higher education.
• Recommends candidates for local, state, and national office who are committed to children and education.

Legislative Action Alerts

Recent Public Education Funding Developments

• MTA urges Legislature to close loopholes
  "Closing corporate tax loopholes won’t solve all of our state’s financial problems, but it is a step toward ensuring that our students do not pay the ultimate price in lost educational opportunities."
• State Budget Alert!
  Action needed today to raise revenue, promote tax fairness and oppose increases in health insurance premiums for higher education faculty and staff. E-mail today.
• The governor's budget
  MTA's analysis of the FY09 proposal released January 23.