EC / K-12 NEWS

• 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

School superintendents--not usually noted for their militancy--call a rally attended by teachers and students at Santa Cruz High School to protest budget cuts and call for increased revenues to support public education on March 20. Holding sign in photo at left is Barry Kirschen, president of the Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers. In photo at right, Kirschen speaks on April 4 at a forum, also at Santa Cruz High School, where Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi (seated) spoke against the cuts to K-12 schools and higher education. More than two hundred education employees have received layoff notices in Santa Cruz County. Robert Chacanaca photo

• "Garamendi tells Santa Cruz crowds revenue must increase," Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/5/08
• "Lt. Governor speaks about education cuts," KSBW Action News, 4/4/08
• "Superintendents, students snarl in unison at proposed $4 billion in cuts," Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/21/08
  

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