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CONTENTS MAY 2013 10 36 18 40 28 4 5 6 26 45 Top 10 What's New Online? Ask Dean: CTA's 150th Calendar CTA's 150th Timeline YOUR VOICE 7 Your comments 9 Opinion: Military recruiting on campus 36 Rebecca Mieliwocki's incredible year 44 CTA summer photo/video contest OUR UNION 18 Rethinking suspension 22 Grant helps close achievement gaps 27 Summer Institute 30 State Council committees decide 34 "Spiking" hurts retirement beneļ¬ts 38 Bargaining updates 40 Media campaign 41 Strategic Planning Group listens 42 Legislation: Funding, gay conversion therapy ON THE COVER OUR FEATURES 10 12 14 16 24 28 32 43 46 Vacations for your job Travel tips Save $ on travel Listen in: Joys of teaching Listen in: Mentoring Listen in: Teaching and technology Meet UTLA's Mama G Listen in: Common Core 150th Quiz: Who Knew? OUR UNION PAGE 40 YOUR VOICE PAGE 36 YOUR GOOD WORK EXPOSED AN INCREDIBLE YEAR Media campaign kicks off statewide Teacher of the Year tells tales PLUS ESP DAY IS MAY 21 26 PROFILE: MEET MAMA G 32 BEWARE: SPIKING CUTS RETIREMENT 34 Pop Quz! 150 years in the making! Page 46 Travel tips and deals Take a vacation without going broke! Page 10 May 2013 Volume 17 Issue 8 IN EACH ISSUE Suspension PREVENTION Grant helps CTA members keep kids like Daben in school Page 18 Listen in on experts! Teachers talk Common Core, mentoring, technology and student triumphs Daben Linares plays kendama during lunchtime at Jackman Middle School in Sacramento. May 2013 www.cta.org 3