"The mission of the MEA is to ensure the education of our students and the working environments of our members are of the highest quality" **Join TCEA/MEA/NEA today at Join! ** Who We Are The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is a self-governing education association, representing about 120,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education employees throughout the state. MEA started in 1852 as the Michigan State Teachers Association with 20 teachers in Ypsilanti. Today, headquartered in East Lansing, we are the largest single public employee union in the state and the third largest education association in the United States. We are also affiliated with the National Education Association. Since our beginning, public school employees have joined together to win and protect basic rights ...