Announcing the CTA Campaign 2010 Update

MAY 10, 2010—It’s a big election year for us. And to help keep CTA leaders informed we will be emailing you updates on both the June Primary and the November General Election. We’ll be sending out three emails before the June 8 primary and re-join you later as we approach November.

SPOTLIGHT

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Assembly member Tom Torlakson is our recommended candidate. He just gets it. A former teacher, Tom has been a champion of public education in Sacramento and was also the author of our ground-breaking legislation that implemented the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA). We’re not a fan of the other leading candidate’s policies. Sen. Gloria Romero favors merit pay based on test scores, supports funding schools based on student outcomes, and opposes accountability for charter schools—none of which is good for our schools or students. Learn more. Read the comparison.

DON’T MISS

New Radio Spots: Listen to the new radio ads (Ad 1, Ad 2) promoting Tom Torlakson for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Was Steve Poizner A Teacher? If you didn’t hear Ira Glass’s brilliant piece on candidate Steve Poizner recently on American Public Radio’s “This American Life, you missed a classic. Glass does a bit of fact-checking about Steve Poizner’s stint as a teacher and finds it’s all an urban legend. Read the script or listen to the show.

RESOURCES

CTA.org Election 2010 section

Complete list of CTA recommended candidates

CTA CAMPAIGN NEWS

This week CTA will be mailing our first mail primer to all members. This mail piece will set the stage for the June 8 Primary Election, list all the CTA Statewide candidate recommendations and information about our opposition to the deceptive Proposition 14, and announce CTA’s new email and text messaging sign up for election news.