Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/3058
SEPT. 2009 SEPT. 2009 CONTENTS FEATURES 6 Coping with changes during cutbacks 8 Handling crowded classrooms, members create solutions 10 Coping with reassignment, closure and layoffs 12 Dealing with classroom cuts: freebies and discounts can help 14 Coping with combo classes: double grades, double the work? 16 Making the grade change: colleagues can help transition 18 Surviving breast cancer 19 Cancer study findings 20 Melanoma: Know the risks 21 Breast cancer survivor: Take it from me On the cover: English Language Development instructor Casey Doose works with student Daniel TAKING A STAND 22 Beverly Hills ESP outraged over outsourcing 23 Court ruling sets guidelines for school mailboxes 24 Suspension of special education CAHSEE hailed 25 Do you understand your Weingarten rights? 26 Are California schools ready for digital textbooks? ACTION 28 CTA creates new organizing campaign to set the stage for changes in Sacramento 29 Continue to Stand Up for Our Schools 30 Race to the Top could undermine student progress 32 CTA, allies block suspension of Prop. 98, secure $11.2 billion in long-term funding 33 Hunger strikers warn about starving schools 34 Voluntary dues support CTA advocacy and scholarships 35 2007 Summary Annual Report for CTA Economic Benefits Trust Member Welfare Benefit Plan 36 CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2009-10 Diaz at Martin Luther King Middle School in Oceanside. Story on page 6.