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CTA launches media campaign to mark 150th birthday
The California Teachers Association is celebrating the 28th annual national Teacher Appreciation Week with a bigger milestone – the 150th anniversary of its founding. It was May 1863 when then state superintendent of schools John Swett, a passionate advocate for free public education, held a state teachers’ convention and established the California Educational Society with fewer than 100 members, all men. It became the California Teachers Association in 1875. California itself had just become a teenager, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Quick Hits, Teacher Unions
CTA’s big push, winning hearts and minds, one voter at a time
Instead of meeting in Los Angeles, as they usually do this time of year, the 800 state council delegates of the California Teachers Association, along with hundreds of others, mobilized over the weekend in their local districts, making phone calls and house calls urging voters to say yes on Proposition 30 and no on Proposition 32 by capitalizing on what they consider their best asset: themselves. “Face to face is the most important way to make a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Initiatives, Jerry Brown, Reporting & Analysis
More amendments coming to AB 5, including sunset clause
With the list of opponents mounting, the author of a bill to rewrite the state’s 40-year-old teacher evaluation law rushed Wednesday to amend the bill for the third time to try to get it through Senate committees and on to the floor of the Legislature by the end of the session tomorrow. Meeting hastily Wednesday evening, ambivalent members of the Senate Education Committee approved AB 5 on the condition that Democratic Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes commit to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Evaluations, Featured, Reporting & Analysis, Teacher Unions
Schools short of API targets prepare to lose millions in aid
By the time Dan Wright took his turn at the podium before the State Board of Education last March, he already knew his district’s fate was sealed. The five schools in Stockton Unified School District that received funding under the Quality Education Investment Act, or QEIA, were going to be kicked out of the program. “I knew the answer by the time I got up there; nothing I said would change their minds,” said Wright, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Legislature, Bills, Poverty, Reporting & Analysis, State Board of Education, Teacher Unions
California Teachers Association endorses Brown tax initiative
In a major boost for Gov. Jerry Brown’s attempt to balance the state’s budget, the California Teachers Association (CTA) yesterday endorsed his proposed initiative for the November ballot that would yield billions of dollars for California schools. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Reporting & Analysis
Video Highlights from
2013 EdSource Symposium
Transforming Public Education: What's Next For
Students, Teachers and Schools
- In Partnership with the California State PTA -
May 4th symposium in San Jose featured a number of prominent speakers on key challenges in education today, including Linda Darling-Hammond, Martha Kanter, and Pedro Noguera.
You can find video of those speakers and more at our new YouTube channel by clicking below.
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