Volume 7 Issue 5, February 2003

Make no mistake about it

• February 2003

Features

• Sizing up the ESEA
• No commitment to funding
• ESEA requires teachers to be 'highly qualified'
• Contracts are the best protection
• Classroom aides must demonstrate competence
• Is the ESEA's ultimate goal to undermine public schools?
• Advancing the conservative agenda

Taking a Stand

• Teachers mobilize to rescue school funds
• CTA chapter leaders urge their legislators to spare public education from budget ax
• Sacramento City teachers fight charter conversion
• Engaging the community

Making the Case

• National study shows high-stakes testing may have detrimental effects on students
• Heads up

Making a Difference

• 4 CTA members win state's top honor
• Induction: A passage to teaching

Action

• Council takes the offensive in effort to shore up public school funding
• Kerr, Sanchez elected to CTA's top offices
• CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2003
• Basic aid districts face extra pain
• Conference addresses rural issues

Portafolio!

• Setting the stage
• Unlocking the natural world
• Testing, 1, 2...
• Figuring out what really matters
• Keeping music in the schools
• Aligning teaching with learning
• Coping with a post-9-11 world
• What matters most is inner beauty