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

Members of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers are joined by parents, students, and the district Superintendent of Instruction to create a "human billboard" along Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in front of the BUSD district headquarters on March14. The entire chain of letters spells out "No cuts! Increase state revenue!" The brainchild of elementary teacher Sam Frankel, this was the first in a planned series of rallies and public events to protest the issuance of layoff notices to 55 teachers and call for fair state tax policies that increase revenues from the rich and corporations to support necessary public services. Wednesday April 9 a larger rally was held, captured on a YouTube video. Mark Coplan photo

• "Why the governor's budget matters, and what you can do about it," Berkeley Daily Planet, 4/8/08
• "School District sends out 55 layoff notices," Berkeley Daily Planet, 3/18/08
• Video of rally (3 minute Quicktime video)
  

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