Phoenix Union CTA Politics

Welcome back CTA members! And a special hello to our NEW CTA members! Join CTA this Friday Aug. 12th at Macayo's at 4:30pm for a light and fun social hour with other CTA members, new and returning. See you there!

Yesterday's Unity Rally for additional public education funding was a great show of the cooperation and togetherness. We need to continue to grow this movement into the fall election season and the next legislative session to get more funding into our classrooms. CTA will certainly be involved and we hope to see more members join and stand with us.

AEA President Andrew F. Morrill speaks about need to unite our voices as one in fight for more school funding at the rally at the capitol.

Teacher of the Year Leads Post Prop 123 Rally Scottsdale, Ariz., May 11, 2016 — The 2016 AEF Arizona Teacher of the Year, Christine Marsh, will be leading the Valley Interfaith Project and education supporters from across the state to ra…

Local schools support passage of Prop 123 SAFFORD — During a recent forum on the pros and cons of Prop 123, three superintendents of school districts in Graham County all spoke in favor of passage.

Phoenix Union CTA's Education Days of Action for Prop 123 are coming up fast! Make sure you register below for canvassing and phone banking on Saturday April 16th and Saturday April 23rd at AEA. It is up to us to ensure that Prop 123 passes and that it passes as a starting point to solving some of the many education funding issues in Arizona. More Info at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prop-123-education-days-of-action-tickets-22700017363

Prop 123 Education Days of Action Join Phoenix Union CTA along with educators, students, parents, and community leaders from around the valley to show our support for Proposition 123. We will be contacting voters all day by canvassing neighborhoods and making phone calls. Sign-up for a shift or two to help ensure the passage of Prop…

Teacher of the Year Christine Marsh testified "It sure appears that ... there are forces out there that want to destroy public education. If that's the case, can we have a public debate about it? Let's skip this death by 1,000 cuts and let's debate it on a public scale. If we're going to kill public education, let's be public about it."

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2016/03/24/empowerment-scholarship-account-expansion-bill-returns/82175164/

Arizona's school-voucher expansion bill returns, but with a twist During the last regular committee hearing of this year's legislative session, the House Appropriations Committee gave its support to a new plan to allow more children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense

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Mary Jo Pitzl on Twitter “Education drama remains behind the scenes: no floor debate today on de-seg money, voucher bills”