EC / K-12 NEWS

• EC/K-12 Council meeting at CFT convention: reports
• Early Childhood Organizing Project in Pre-K Advocacy Day
• Organizing victory for N. CA early childhood educators
• "No Child Left Behind" reauthorization info
• CFT participates in Ed Source "Convening" October 19
• "No public education by corporation," by George Martinez
• New research supports investing in effective pre-K
• "No Time to Quit," by Miles Myers
• CFT Position Paper on Charter Schools (pdf)
• What CFT members can do about the state budget crisis

Council meeting reports
The reports compiled below were presented at the CFT's EC/K-12 Council meeting during the CFT convention, April 11. These are links to Word documents, which download directly to your computer.

• AFT PPC Comments on student assessments
• Actions of AFT Teachers Program and Policy Council (PPC)
• AFT Healthcare School Nurse Subcommittee, April  2002-present
• Charter Schools Conference, March 4-7, 2008, Sacramento
• Commission on Teacher Credentialilng, December 2007
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Jan-Feb 2008
• EC-K12 Council President's Report
• State Board of Education, January 2008
• State Board of Education, March 2008
• Teacher Retention Improving Special Education Services
• California Strategic Plan Leadership Team Meeting