FEATURES
12 • READ ACROSS AMERICA
AEA
MISSION
STATEMENT
AEA…Keeping
the promise
of quality
public
education
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85004-1532.
INSIDE
AEA
ADVOCATE
DEPARTMENTS
4 • POINT OF VIEW
by Andrew F. Morrill
5 • MEMBER TALK
6 • AT THE CAPITOL
Arizona Schools Chief Gives Up on
Public Education
Voters' Rights Restored for Now
Education Funding Legislation
The Facts About Vouchers
Defending School Employees' Rights
Protecting Pensions
Common Core Legislation
13 • AROUND AEA
Ignite a Spark!
eSWAG Educator Bazaar
15 • NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
NEA President: We Need a Course
Correction on Common Core
Driving Solutions for Our Nation's Public
School Students
Congressman Ed Pastor to Retire at
End of Term
16 • ESProfessional
Educators Make the Case for Minimum
Wage Increase on Capitol Hill
18 • GOVERNANCE
Governance Regions for 2013-14
Compliance Review Committee Report
and Recommendation
30 • IN DEPTH LOOK
The ALEC Education Agenda
35 • RESOURCES
39 • NATIONAL TEACHER DAY
40 • WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT…
Children's Literacy
AEA Advocate x Summer 2014 3
Correction: In the last issue of the AEA
Advocate, we incorrectly identified Amy
Coleman as one of the members in the
Teacher Leadership Initiative. Kudos should
go to April Coleman from Phoenix UHSD for
being included in this national initiative.
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