My union, the CTA (Calfornia Teachers Association) hasn't *officially* endorsed anyone, but...

[calteacherguy]

On the monthly newsletter from my local chapter the President of our local ended with an encouragement for everyone to vote and the question, "Got Hope?"

Yeah, teachers always have to have hope. ;-)

[MADem]

1. Obama wants to make teachers work longer hours.

But he does have some sort of idea for incentives for teachers that aren't 'merit' pay that's a bit ... unformulated.

I think that's a bit of a lead balloon--I know many teachers who bring work home and are correcting papers after they help their OWN kids with their homework....also, he wants to cut NASA to do it, which has pissed off the NASA workers.

Barack Obama is planning to unveil an education plan today that would make affordable pre-school programs more widely available and offer pay incentive programs for effective teachers.

It would also allow schools to lengthen the teaching day or the school year. The $18 billion annual program would be offset by savings and cuts in federal agencies, including NASA.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/obama_plan_rewards_for_teacher.html