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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