California Teachers Association Archives

New Report: University Policies Fail to Protect Jewish Students from Antisemitism

December 16, 2022 8:30 am

What happened to the campus Chess Club, the Cinema Club or the Key Club which as a student-led organization, the club’s goal was to encourage leadership through serving others? Today on college campuses we see Berkeley Law for Palestine, the...

New Prop 30 Poll Shows Strong Support In Favor Of Raising Taxes On the Wealthiest Californians

October 4, 2022 1:34 pm

A new poll released on Monday has shown that while Proposition 30 continues to enjoy a double digit advantage in terms of support percentage amongst voters, that support has dwindled from earlier polls, with total support coming under the 50%...

State Withholds Release of Presumably Poor Student Test Scores Until After Election

September 23, 2022 10:02 amSeptember 23, 2022 11:22 am

In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they will not release statewide student test scores until after the November election. “In a significant departure, the California Department of Education...

Curing the Chasm between Parents and Kids

September 22, 2022 9:46 amSeptember 23, 2022 7:33 am

The liberty of a parent to the care, custody and control of their child is a fundamental right that resides first in the parent. – Wyoming Statutes § 14-2-206 (a) (2019) The manufactured divide between parents and their school-age children...

California’s Education Revolution

September 22, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 22, 2022 10:18 am

Many parents want to know why public school teachers can’t just let their kids be kids without forcing sex and an inappropriate sexual agenda on them in grade school, middle school and high school. This, as well as the Critical...

Preferred Pronouns and More: What I Saw at Teachers Union Convention

July 25, 2022 2:30 amJuly 24, 2022 6:39 pm

By Brenda Lebsack As a teacher, I attended the National Education Association convention last week, and my worst fears were confirmed. Public schools are no longer a safe place for families who hold traditional values or for families who believe...

Race for CA Superintendent of Public Instruction is On For November

July 7, 2022 3:47 pmJuly 7, 2022 3:49 pm

As of July 7, 2022, with 7 days to go for a final count, Lance Christensen made it in to the top two in the election for California Superintendent of Public Instruction against incumbent Tony Thurmond, who finished with less than...