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In the Know 8 Calendar 10 News & Notes 14 Quotes & Numbers 15 Digital Buzz Perspectives 16 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Carlanda Williams 19 YOUR VOICE: Leslie Young 20 YOUR VOICE: Heather Wolpert-Gawron Campaign 2018 & Advocacy 33 CAMPAIGN: Election wrap 35 ORGANIZING: How CAVA teachers won contract 39 STATE BUDGET: Governor 's May revision 40 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Current bills 41 ACTIVISM: Keep fighting to end gun violence 42 CHARTER SCHOOLS: The real cost of charters 43 BARGAINING: Statewide roundup Teaching & Learning 45 SOCIAL JUSTICE: The Good Fight 48 ACCOUNTABILITY: Changes in state ESSA plan 50 TECH TIPS: Apps engage students all summer CTA & You 51 TRAVEL: Make sure you're ready for the road 52 ADULT EDUCATION: Advocates push for fairness 56 IFT: Students build aquaponics greenhouse 58 CTA FOUNDATION: Scholarships, grants, awards 61 ART: Instructor Gene Sasse, museum founder 64 MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Students express appreciation PHOTOS: Top left: San Diego Education Association member Rickeena Boyd- Kamei at a training for educators on how to recognize signs of trafficking and what to do. Top right: Educators at San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall High School stand against gun violence in schools on the April 20 National Day of Action. Inset: Juanita Paz De La O in Carlanda Williams' class. COVER: Fresno Teachers Association member Carlanda Williams practices Whole Brain Teaching with third-graders at Greenberg Elementary. 22 The Trafficking of Students Sex and human trafficking is an "epidemic" in California, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and many juvenile victims are enrolled in our schools. How educators can recognize the signs, and what they can do if they suspect a student may be a victim. PAGE 22 Mono Lake's Timeless Lessons Marked by strangely beautiful tufa towers, the lake's history and geology offer much to learn. PAGE 28 2 cta.org D E P A R T M E N T S C O N T E N T S June / July 2018 41 16