EXPLORE: Podcast: CSU chancellor defends extra quantitative reasoning requirementRural California: An Education DivideYear in Review
Teacher Effectiveness
Topic

Teachers Unions
January 24, 2020

Impact of teacher activism in California being felt in multiple but less visible ways, leaders say

Teachers’ strikes in California are helping maintain momentum in the national RedforEd movement and have had an impact on charter school reform.

Louis Freedberg And Michael Burke
January 17, 2020

LA teachers’ union leader says 2019 strike sparked local and statewide change

In an interview, Alex Caputo-Pearl discusses the L.A. Unified strike’s legacy, current relations between the union and district and more.

Michael Burke
November 4, 2019

Oakland Unified moves forward with school closures despite protests

District officials offer to meet with protesters as Oakland and state teachers' unions echo demands for school closure moratorium until 2022.

Theresa Harrington
October 17, 2019

California Teachers Association names new executive director 

The California Teachers Association has named Joe Boyd as its new executive director. The organization represents 310,000 teachers.

Diana Lambert
August 15, 2019

Students return to dramatically different Paradise

District employees and volunteers have been working seven days a week since the Camp Fire, to bring the students back to Paradise schools.

Diana Lambert
August 5, 2019

Donations help teachers’ dreams come true in Oakland, across the country

DonorsChoose.org matches donors, foundations and businesses to teachers throughout the country to provide supplies and other needed resources.

Theresa Harrington
July 22, 2019

California Teachers Association names interim executive director

Recently retired, Gail Gregorio will replace CTA veteran Joe Nuñez, who was abruptly let go as executive director last week.

Louis Freedberg
July 18, 2019

California Teachers Association board votes out executive director

CTA provides no explanation for why it terminated Joe Nuñez after six years as executive director and nearly 25 years as a CTA employee; search for his successor to begin immediately.

Louis Freedberg