Dean Vogel

May 10, 2015

'We've got to remember this isn't a race' in implementing Common Core

Dean Vogel is the outgoing president of the California Teachers Association.

Katherine Ellison

January 28, 2015

Poll shows residents split on whether to extend tax increases

Californians are divided on whether to extend the temporary tax increases approved by voters under Proposition 30 that have helped lift schools out of the recession, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Susan Frey

Policy & Finance

December 3, 2014

Teacher to chair education committee

Patrick O’Donnell, a first-year Democratic legislator from Long Beach who’s been a teacher for 20 years, has been appointed to chair the Assembly Education Committee.

John Fensterwald

Deeper Learning

December 1, 2014

CTA launches large-scale teacher training

The California Teachers Association is teaming up with two Stanford University-affiliated organizations to provide training in the state's new learning standards that aims to reach tens of thousands of teachers.