Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1449741
Compiled by Julian Peeples Quotes & Numbers " We all have a role to play in preserving our democracy and creating a better future. It starts with an honest education that sets all our students, regardless of their backgrounds, on a path to success." —CTA President E. Toby Boyd in a statement marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. " Mental health challenges in children, adolescents and young adults are real, and they are widespread. But most importantly, they are treatable and often preventable. … Our obligation to act is not just medical, it's moral." —U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in a December warning about the mental health of young people. " It is only by having educators of every type at the table with parents, administrators and the district that communities can set the policies, procedures and plans that make sense. … If they won't let us in the room to be at the table, we'll bang on the door until they listen. And we'll hold them accountable for their words and actions." — NEA President Becky Pringle on the Omicron variant and the classroom. 81.6% Percentage of California population age 5 and older that has received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose. 5.33% Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in the governor 's proposed 2022-23 state budget. 2/3 Proportion of LGBTQ+ teens and young adults who say that recent high-profile debates and state legislation on restricting transgender youth participation in school sports have been hard on their mental health, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult for The Trevor Project. " We're the folks that are seeing the faces of everybody or not, and we really need to have some weigh-in as to what that threshold looks like, and what we can do that's sustainable and meaningful for our communities." — Hayward Education Association President Mercedes Faraj on deliberations of how to transition back to in-person instruction after Hayward Unified School District returned to distance learning for a week in January. 7,569,687 Confirmed COVID-19 cases in California, as of Jan. 25. States that passed legislation banning teachers from including discussions of systemic racism in their curriculum (Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Carolina). CDC/Unsplash Katie Rainbow/Unsplash 9 13 F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 2 2 I