Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/726969
H I L L A RY C L I N T O N C A N D I DAT E F O R U . S . P R E S I D E N T Overtesting • "We should be ruthless in looking at tests and eliminating them if they do not actually help us move our kids forward." International Business Times, 10/24/ 15 Charter Schools • Too many charter schools "don't take the hardest-to-teach kids, or if they do, they don't keep them. And so the public schools are often in a no-win situation, because they do, thankfully, take everybody." The Washington Post, 11/8/ 15 Respect for Public Schools, Educators • "I will ensure that teachers always have a seat at the table in making decisions that impact their work." U.S. News & World Report, 10/3/ 15 Worker Rights • "Instead of respecting workers or pro- tecting their rights, right-to-work laws depress wages and benefits, undercut unions, and concentrate power in the hands of corporations and their allies." hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/ 2015/09/16/missouri-rtw K A M A L A H A R R I S C A N D I DAT E F O R U . S . S E N ATO R School Aendance • Vowing to enforce state truancy laws when taking the attorney general's oath of office: "It's time to say that in the state of California, it is a crime for a child to go with- out an education." Respect for Educators • "We need to embrace California's teach- ers to find and solve the problems they encounter every day, rather than having mandates imposed from the top down with- out input on the ground. We must ensure that our teachers have training and profes- sional development resources in order to fill all the roles they play — from educator, to counselor, to social worker." Facebook, 8/4/ 16 The Need to Invest in Education • "You don't have to care about children to care about children. If you care about why you have three padlocks on your front door, if you care about why you complain about paying your taxes every year — you need to care about children." Ventura County Star, 1/23/ 16 Where Clinton, Harris Stand W hat are Hillary Clinton's and Kamala Harris' beliefs, values and proposals on issues important to students and educators? On her website, Clinton offers proposals on K-12 education, early childhood education, college affordability, health care, and labor unions (hillaryclinton.com/issues). Harris' website details her commitment to educa- tion, civil rights and equality for all (kamalaharris.org/issues). A few quotes: How CTA Recommends Candidates CTA's process of recom- mending candidates starts with you. Recommendations are made by local educators focused on what will best ser ve California's public edu- cation system and the needs of our students, as outlined in CTA's Advocacy Agenda (cta.org/advocacyagenda). The basic steps: 1. Local educators conduct rigorous, in-depth inter- views with candidates. 2. Local educators make rec- ommendations to the CTA Board of Directors. 3. State Council, CTA's top governing body, votes on recommenda- tions. Candidates must receive 60 percent or more of the vote. 4. CTA recommends candidates to members and the public. As always, these are recommendations, and the final decision belongs with you. 34 cta.org 2016 ELECTION C A M P A I G N 2 0 1 6