EC / K-12 NEWS

• EC/K-12 Council meeting at CFT convention: reports
• Early Childhood Organizing Project in Pre-K Advocacy Day
• 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

Randy Okamura, president of the SJCC Board of Trustees, holds up a "No Cuts" sign behind the heads of David Yancey, president of AFT Local 6157, Barbara Hanfling, Local 6157 Executive Director, and Michael Burke, president of SJCC on May 15.

Rally brings campus community together to protest governor's budget

The day after the governor announced his "May Revise" budget proposal, which would cut K-14 public education by 4.3 billion dollars, members of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District family joined in a noon-time protest.

To view a five minute video with clips from the speeches, click here. If you do not have Quicktime, click here for a free download.

The CFT is working on coordinated efforts with other education organizations and allies in the labor movement and broader community to convince the public and elected officials in Sacramento that at least some of the budget deficit must be made up through fair tax policies. 

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