Volume Eleven, Issue 7 - April 2007

Volume Eleven, Issue 7 - April 2007

We're in this Together

• April 2007

Features

• Career technical education: Vocational ed gets a new lease on life
• CTA's summits give stakeholders a chance to play a leadership role
• Ramona High never gave up on its career tech programs
• HQT questions resolved
• Laguna Creek's program is on the cutting edge 
• McClatchy's program faces an abundance of obstacles
• Day of the Teacher poster

Taking a Stand

• Striking Hayward teachers demonstrate solidarity
• Agreement averts CSU strike 
• Unrest in San Mateo escalates with protest 
• Teachers get prepared for a long fight in Carlsbad

Making the Case

• Studies confirm schools need more funds
• Younger vision could change high schools

Making a Difference

• CTA Human Rights Awards presented to 6 activists

Action

• Leadership team complete with Vaughn's election 
• NCLB law must be reinvented
• CTA will co-sponsor bill to implement a single-payer health care system 
• Other election results 
• Teacher fight 2nd-grade testing 
• Govenor agrees to withdraw hit on school funding guarantee 
• CTA donates $10,000 to farm workers relief fund 
• Coming attractions 

PDF's

• April 2007