June 2014 Today's OEA

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CONTENTS / 06.14 VOLUME 88 . ISSUE NO. 4

Features

Departments

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President’s Column

05 / looking back at 2013-14 school year By Hanna Vaandering, OEA President

Upcoming

06 / Events for OEA Members Newsflash

07 / 60th anniversary of brown vs. board of education 09 / Consequences of chocolate milk bans » Teaching & Learning On the Cover

20 / Slip and slide

Armed with a passion for supporting our neediest kids, Oregon educators creatively tackle summer learning loss By Meg Krugel

Profile

26 / A Golden conversation

Nancy Golden, Oregon’s Chief Education Officer, shares her thoughts on Common Core, assessment, and poverty By OEA Staff

In-Depth

30 / Fair Share Fee Decision Coming Down the Pipe Harris v. Quinn — one of the most important labor law cases considered by the Supreme Court in decades — could alter the landscape for union members By OEA Staff

10 / Assessment and Common Core 11 / Matrix model Update Licensure

12 / Two Members' perspectives on National Board certification Association in Action

16 / OEA-RA 2014 Highlights Eye on Equity

18 / Summer Food Programs for all Our Voice

19/ a Moratorium ON new High-Stakes Tests OEA Choice Trust

25 / summary Annual report Sources + Resources

32 / Books and Opportunities On the Web

34 /Take a course this summer

ON THE COVER and TOP PHOTO ABOVE: First grade students at Monmouth Elementary make use of the school library, which is open during the summer thanks to a new program called SL3 that's designed to prevent summer learning loss and provide students with healthy lunch options. PhotO by THOMAS Patterson

Credits: Thomas Patterson; istockphoto.com

TODAY’S OEA | JUNE 2014

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