Tag: California Teachers Association

July 13, 2017

Author shelves teacher tenure bill; surprise alternative emerges

Both bills would add optional third year; school districts prefer one version, CTA the other.

John Fensterwald

June 8, 2017

Advocates of 3-year teacher tenure face big decision

The amended bill proposing longer probationary period clears the Assembly by a big margin but key provisions are left out.

John Fensterwald

May 3, 2017

California’s largest charter group pushes its agenda with money and people power

Buttressed by its roughly $18 million in political spending in 2015 and 2016, the California Charter Schools Association is a rising political force in California that’s challenging the teachers unions’ prowess in shaping local and state education law.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

September 30, 2016

Brown vetoes bill requiring charters to comply with conflict of interest, open records laws

The California Teachers Association campaigned hard for its passage.

John Fensterwald

July 5, 2016

Los Angeles Unified has most to gain from upcoming income tax initiative

Michael Janofsky

June 26, 2016

Bill keeps longer tenure, scraps other 'Vergara reforms'

Students Matter pulls its support, but Assemblywoman Bonilla gains other backers.

John Fensterwald

June 16, 2016

Pro-charter group spends big in Los Angeles-area Assembly races

The committee spent more than $1.3 million in support of one Assembly candidate.

Michael Janofsky

April 5, 2016

Besieged teachers unions reach out to their members

Teachers' concerns extend beyond bread-and-butter issues, union leaders say.

John Fensterwald