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Election 2010
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Political action is very important to public education. CTA takes an active role in the political process to ensure friends of education are elected to public office and bills that enhance education and the teaching profession are enacted. Since 1863, CTA has been committed to keeping public education a top priority in California. This election year is no exception.
CTA recommended candidates for the November 2010 General Election
Candidate Spotlight
Jerry Brown
Governor
State Attorney General Jerry Brown knows that California’s future depends on a world class, quality public school system, and his long record in public service demonstrates that. As governor, Brown signed California’s first collective bargaining bill, marking the first time that teachers were allowed to be full partners in educating children and in the local governing process. State funding for higher education, including community colleges, more than doubled during his two terms. Brown believes that the best education reform takes place when there is collaboration among educators, parents and administrators to best meet the needs of students in neighborhood public schools. He understands that schools must have the resources they need to succeed and that Prop. 98 must be preserved to do that. Jerry Brown is not only the Democratic candidate for governor, he is the Education Candidate for Governor.
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Get their take on school funding, education reform, secure retirement and employee rights.Get the 411 on CTA's endorsed gubernatorial candidate
Jerry Brown for Governor of California
Find out more about Jerry Brown, CTA's recommended candidate for governor.Tom Torlakson is our best bet for Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Berkeley prof's challenge to students: Take back your state
Professor of public policy Michael O'Hare from UC Berkeley challenges his students - and all readers of The Berkeley Blog - to have a tough talk with voters about combatting the "enormous cheat" that has flung California to near the bottom of U.S. states in school spending. Read more.
Thousands protest Whitman; honor women's right to vote
CTA members, community organizations and other labor leaders joined thousands of registered nurses in Sacramento on Aug. 26 to mark the 90th anniversary of women securing the right to vote – and to protest billionaire California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, who “dishonors the legacy by having rarely voted much of her adult life...." Many rally participants appeared in period attire. See photos.
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