California Educator

By Sherry Posnick-Goodwin Photography by Scott Buschman FLUENCY IN FLUX FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS Student Raedyn Davis with Mark Kubisch, ELD coordinator at Redding School District. 44 cta.org Learning

• Cover
• Feedback
• President's Message
• Editor's Note
• Calendar
• CTA Online
• Know & Tell
• Tech tips: Making the most of Facebook
• Quotes & Numbers: In the news
• Tips to share: Attendance awareness
• Perspectives
• Advice: My first day of school
• Point/Counterpoint: PE and Common Core
• Advocacy
• Legal: Friedrichs v. CTA: The fair share case
• Legislation: Record hike in education budget
• Profile: Assembly Member Patrick O'Donnell
• Bargaining: Statewide advocacy activities
• Learning
• Education trends: English learners' fluency
• Best practices: Help for homeless students
• CTA & You
• Institute for Teaching: Grant winners
• Retirement: How to sign up for Medicare
• Conferences: Summer wrap-up
• Contest: Educators Are Everywhere winners
• Report: CTA Economic Benefits Trust
• Extra Credit