The GFCCE would like to welcome the following teachers into the GJUHSD.  We wish them lots of luck and hope they are quick to fill out their membership applications. 

LRHS

• Gabi Radu (Math)
• Melissa Ruble (Agriculture)

GHS

By Jacob Santillan, Organizer, Houston Federation of Teachers

Remake Your Classroom – from Edutopia.org

1. Get Students Involved

Students are your primary users and should be at the center of such a remake process. To begin building excitement, reach out to them early and invite them to a weekend session at school (or someone's garage) where they can be involved from the beginning. Here are some specific ways to involve students:

Create Visual Inspiration

http://www.scta.net/ordereze/Files/speakout_6-2013.pdf

July 24, 2013 by The Progressive

"The rightwing argument that public employees bankrupted Detroit is incredible on its face. But it is part of an ominous national push to raid pensions, give away tax dollars to corporations, and impose austerity on regular working people."   

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A new nationwide survey shows that parents overwhelmingly believe that strong neighborhood public schools are a better choice for our children than vouchers or charter schools.

“Parents believe that public schools are the single most important institution for their community and for the nation,” said Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan. “This survey shows that 77 percent of American parents support public schools, an opinion that cuts across political and class lines.”

Please save the date!  A&R Annual Holiday Party will be on 12/6/13.  More details to follow.

AFT released a new survey of parents that shows that parents want politicians to support neighborhood public schools. Ted Kirsch released the following statement about the study.

“We are privatizing ourselves into one disaster after another. We’ve privatized a lot of what our military is doing. We’ve privatized a lot of what our intelligence agencies are doing. We’ve privatized our very prison system in many parts of the country. We’re privatizing the health system within those prisons. And it’s not working well.”