Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1480924
Compiled by Julian Peeples Quotes & Numbers " You are heroes! Heroes to your students, their families and your colleagues. We have to continue to fight. We have to continue to be that voice for our students." — E. Toby Boyd, CTA President, addressing educators at the 2022 CTA Summer Institute, held in person for the first time in three years " Policymakers need to listen to teachers. When they come to talk to you, take them seriously." — Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez, Folsom Cordova Education Association and school board member in West Sacramento, at an EdSource roundtable in August. " We aren't going to address teacher shortage challenges without paying teachers what they are worth, treating them with respect and providing them the supports to be successful." — Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, in an Aug. 21 tweet $600 million Funding in the 2022-23 State Budget for upgrading schools' kitchen infrastructure, in addition to $650 million lawmakers last year committed to allocating annually for universal free school meals. $7.9 billion Amount approved this summer by the Legislature for the Learning Recovery Emergency Fund, which will be distributed to local school districts to support academic learning recovery through the 2027-28 school year. Age when Culver City residents will be allowed to vote for school board, city council and local measures if a Nov. 8 ballot initiative passes. Similar laws were passed in Berkeley in 2016 and Oakland in 2020, though neither have yet been implemented. "Much like food, school supplies and other basic necessities, students often are too embarrassed to admit that one, there's a lack of such things in their own homes and two, they need assistance acquiring them." — Yurii Camacho, Holtville Teachers Association and the NEA Board of Directors, on the importance of free period products in schools — a program implemented in California for the first time this school year. 16 Percentage of California community college courses taught by part-time faculty — there are 38,000 part-time community college instructors statewide compared to 18,000 full-time, according to EdSource. 59% 38,000 18,000 12 cta.org In the Know