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@CATeachersAssoc: Public employees are being scape- goated for problems caused by Wall Street and pensions are being used as a wedge to divide the middle class.
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Home and auto insurance discounts for members
Take advantage of California Casu- alty's low auto and homeowner/ renter insurance rates for CTA members. You may discover when talking with Cal Casualty that you can lower your rates, improve your benefits — or both!
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Go for the Gold (Awards)
Do you know of a person or orga- nization whose leadership, acts, and support have had a positive impact on public education in Cali- fornia? If so, nominate them for a CTA State Gold Award! Nomina- tions are due Jan. 13.
www.cta.org/gold
Pension Truth Squads getting the word out
Teachers and other public service employees have been hammered in the headlines lately for the ben- efit that is rightly and fairly theirs. Check our Retirement section to read testimonies and see Pension Truth Squads in action.
www.cta.org/retirement
20 Nov | 83 likes, 34 shares Students whose parents reported that they had read a book with their child "every day or almost every day" or "once or twice a week" during the first year of primary school have markedly higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents reported that they had read a book with their child "never or almost never" or only "once or twice a month." On average, the score differ- ence is 25 points.
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12:19 pm | 22 Nov Any company is entitled to a profit. That's reasonable. But when you have profits of $1.5 billion you're doing bet- ter than most. Kaiser asking for more when earning these kinds of profits is a slap in the face to the people that pay these premiums.
Why I Write: One first-grade teacher asked her students about their thoughts on writing, and collected their responses in this video. www.catlin.edu/classroom/first-grade/first-grade-mimi/why-i-write
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Mary Westphal 3:50 pm | 30 Nov With the coming of "pay for performance" (based on student test scores) we need to add How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie to the teacher curriculum!
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THANK YOU TEACHER: Look for this logo throughout the magazine to read more thank you letters from students.
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