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INSIDE AEAADVOCATE FEATURES 9 • TIMELINE OF 120 YEARS OF AEA HISTORY 11 • EVENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED NEA'S EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS 18 • NEA'S 15TH ANNUAL READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY DEPARTMENTS 4 • POINT OF VIEW by Andrew F. Morrill 5 • MEMBER TALK 6 • AT THE CAPITOL AEA Education Day at the Capitol A Member's Perspective 12 • THE QUALITY EDUCATION AND JOBS ACT 14 • AROUND AEA Grade-Ins Come to Arizona 15 • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Implementation of New Evaluation Framework Priority Learning Offerings 22 • ADVOCACY CORNER Being Able to do More with Less Is at Risk Some Say Public Employees Are Overpaid Defending Your Retirement Family Medical Leave Act COVER: Students from the PS 22 Chorus, Staten Island, NY, meet with "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" cast members Danny DeVito and Zac Efron at the New York Public Library at NEA's Read Across America Day March 2 at the New York Public Library. Photo by Jason Kempin, Courtesy Getty Images 27 • GOVERNANCE 2012 AEA Board of Director Candidates 2012 Compliance Review Committee Report and Recommendation Proposed Amendments to the AEA Constitution Proposed Amendments to the AEA Bylaws 35 • RESOURCES 40 • WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT… Being an AEA Member MOVING? Please let us know before you go. Simply clip your mailing label from the back of the Advocate and send it along with your new address to: AEA Advocate, 345 East Palm Lane, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1532. AEA MISSION STATEMENT AEA…Keeping the promise of quality public education AEA Advocate ❘ Summer 2012 3