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Winners of Red Sox Reading Game attend game at Fenway Park
“Our summer reading campaign is a grand slam for literacy across Massachusetts,” said MTA President Anne Wass.
Summer Conference draws hundreds to Berkshires
The 2008 conference at Williams College boasted the largest number of first-timers. Members gathered for professional development, planning and strategy meetings, training for organizing and to recharge in the mountains.
Welcome new teachers!
Tips and resources for preK-12 newbies and veteran educators alike, from your associations -- the MTA and NEA.
Governor's COLA veto sparks outrage
"Our retirees deserve respect and a fair cost-of-living increase, and the governor has denied them those things,” said MTA President Anne Wass, who vows to renew fight in January.
Private school creditable service bill sent to House Ways and Means
MTA’s bill (S1631) permits K-12 educators and higher education faculty to purchase up to three years of creditable service toward retirement for teaching service in non-public schools.

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