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=How is the CA State Budget Crisis Effecting Our Education and Our Future? = ==

=When you think of education what comes to mind? Knowledge, resources, supplies, etc. or money, money, money??? Education's purpose is to help individual students succeed in this current lifetime. As educator's we are dedicated to seeing our students develop a love for learning. Help us do that! = =__Several factors that are being effected by budget cuts __= = = =__in education are as follows: __=

Less professional development opportunities
= = ==Each factor plays a huge role in education. Larger class sizes means less one on one teacher student time, more stress and paperwork put upon the teacher, more student behavior problems, etc. Teachers already do not get paid enough as it is. Individuals chose the teaching profession because they have a desire to impact the future of this country. Support our schools, education system and those that strive to teach! ==

==Realia allows students to experience the outside world within the walls of the classroom. Restricting student's learning to textbooks and putting pressure on teachers to create an environment that is exciting and fun can be a challenge with all of the talk about not wasting supplies, being cautious of what to use and not use, limiting copies, etc. ==

= = =How can you help????? = ==Scholastic Book Orders - help buy new books for you as a parent or child and through your dollars teachers earn points where they can then buy books www.scholastic.com ==