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Season to open for MTA Red Sox Reading Game!

Members Take Action

for Students and Public Education

Volume37,No.5/April-May2007

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gizing at the ethnic minority af fairs conference

Testifying in support of public

higher education

Marching fo

r fairness in Plymou th

Advoca

ting for a living wage for ESPs Spea king out for fu nding in Framingham Lobb ying at the State Hous e M eeting w ith a sta te repr esentative MTA TODAY, ISSN 08982481, is published bimonthly by the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Subscription: $1.50 of MTA members' dues is designated for MTA Today. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Massachusetts Teachers Association, 20 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108.

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MTA President

MTA Vice President

Executive Director-Treasurer

Communications Director/Editor

Staff Assistant

Publisher

Graphic Arts Intern

Anne Wass

Paul Toner

James Sacks

Janice Morrissey

Anya Vedmid

The Massachusetts Teachers Association

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MTA'sMissionStatement

The Massachusetts Teachers Association is

a member-driven organization, governed by democratic principles, that accepts and supports the interdependence of professionalism and unionism. The MTA promotes the use of its members' collective economic interests. The MTA is committed to human and civil rights and advocates for quality public education in an environment n Nation celebrates love of books 3 n RAA gala is highlight of whirlwind trip 3 n Editorial: Many ways to get involved 4 n Library teachers lobby at State House 4 n ‘Education Counts" campaign continues 5 n Ad seeks support for schools, colleges 5 n Cities and towns face painful choices 6 n n n It"s time to raise the COLA! 8 n EMAC conference draws large crowd 9 n Rice elected to head NCHE 10 n Boudreau honored for leadership 10 n State grants available for paras 12 n Salaries lag for faculty at state colleges 14 n Testing reform push gathers steam 15 n Report focuses on student retention 16 n n HMNH admission free to MTA members 19 n Visit MTAB"s Expo booth for prizes 19 n Good reasons to belong as a retiree 20 n Support builds for repeal of offsets 21 n Future educators gain recognition 22 n Obituaries 23 n Catch the educational wave 25n Annual Meeting schedule of events 26 n n Kennelly to address delegates 28 n Candidates seek Exec Committee seats 29 n Candidates seek seats on MTA Board 30 n Bylaw amendments to be considered 32 n Revisions to resolutions are proposed 34 n n n New season to open for reading contest 44

In this issue

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April/May 2007

in cuts. This is a harbinger for losing programs. Cutting sports is like sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Sports gets attention.'

—Tom Scott, executive director of the

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, quoted in a March 18 article in The Boston Globe about

Stoneham's plan to eliminate high school sports

if an override does not pass Gail Small-Mahoney, a retired high school special needs teacher, carried a sign dur-

Photo by Sarah NathanA few choice words

On the cover

M TA member activism takes many forms, and this has been a very busy time for educators at all levels who are doing their best to advocate for their students and their profession. In photos clock- wise from the upper left on the cover, participants are identied from left to right. n

Teachers Cedric Cunning-

ham of

Springeld

and

Sandra

Bell of

Wareham were among the

members who attended the conference held by the MTA

Ethnic

Minority

Affairs

Committee

on March 31
and April 1. n

Plymouth teachers marched

through town on Feb. 26
as part of their effort to win a fair contract. n

Donna Skinnion, a Framingham physical

education teacher who dressed up as the Cat in the Hat, was joined on March 29 by Framing- ham library teacher

Terry Levin in speaking out

against cuts in vital educational programs. n

Retirees Nancy Brown, Liz LeClair and

John M.

Sullivan

(a former director of the MTA"s

Governmental

Services

Division)

were on hand at the State House on April 4 to lobby on behalf of the retiree cost-of-living-adjustment bill. n

Anina Carr, president of the

Berkshire

Hills

Paraprofession-

als Unit, participated in a wide- ranging training program March 23-24
that was designed to help education support professionals in the

Berkshires

build their organizational capacity and advocate for a living wage. n

Pat Markunas, president of

the

Massachusetts

State

College

Association,

testied on April 3 in support of

MTA-backed

higher education legislation. n

In the center photo, state Rep. Jennifer

Flanagan

(D-Leominster) discussed school funding one recent afternoon with

Bernadette

Marso,

president of the

Leominster

Education

Association.

Their meeting was lmed for use in

the MTA"s

Education Counts campaign.

This issue also includes the spring edition

of the MTA Advantage. A special section on the upcoming MTA Annual Meeting of

Delegates runs from Page 25 to Page 40.

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April/May 2007

Nation celebrates love of books

MTA President Anne Wass looks on as Gov. Deval Patrick reads to fourth-graders from the Dr. Seuss classic

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish as part of the Read Across America celebration at the Webster School

Photo by Bob Duffy

Members of the Student Education Association of Massachusetts at

ByBobDuffy

M

TA President Anne

Wass and Gov. Deval

Patrick

celebrated the kickoff of the 10th anniversary of Read

Across America by sharing

their love of books with students at the

Webster School in Everett.

“Reading

is the foundation upon which all other learning is built," said

Wass. “You have to

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