California Educator

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• Everyday champions: Profiles of seven exceptional CTA members
• They saved lives
• He led them to victory
• ESP with a sixth sense
• Counselor bonds with kids
• Nurse tends to the masses
• Teaching as a work of art
• The write stuff
• Algebra Project emphasizes math at early age
• True Colors training helps build communication
• Four CTA members named California Teachers of the Year
• Grab a spoon and serve up some reading — it’s Read Across America!
• American Education Week focuses on budget cuts
• CTA gears up to defend education funding as $20 billionstate deficit looms
• Race to the Top bill helps state qualify for funds
• Heads up: Deadlines and conference dates
• CTA/NEA-Retired to elect officers and State Council alternates
• You can represent CTA at NEA’s convention