We must be focused on restoring, healing - restoring and bringing joy into our classrooms. Our babies need everyone in here and everyone listening: This is what our mission and work is. We cannot fail. - Cecily Myart-Cruz
Her demands include social-emotional learning, culturally relevant curriculum, eliminating school police, and ending standardized testing, which she said cuts into learning time and narrows instruction.
In a rally leading up to a three-day strike, Myart-Cruz urged members: 'I want you to be all the way pissed off.' The strike led to significant raises for teachers and united UTLA with another union.
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