California Teachers Association (CTA) Archives

Rescuing Public Education in California

March 10, 2021 10:35 amMarch 10, 2021 10:45 am

Depending on who you ask, California’s K-12 system of public education would be doing just fine if taxpayers threw another $30 billion (or more) per year into its insatiable maw; or it is a failed model mostly because the teachers’...

California High Schoolers Losing Out on College and Scholarships While Rest of Country Moving On and Up

February 6, 2021 10:40 amFebruary 8, 2021 7:39 am

In month 11 of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown of the state, the real damage is beginning to show. Millions of Californians filed for unemployment benefits during Newsom’s government-ordered business shutdowns. And now we know that millions of those claims...

How Legislators Can Reopen California

February 2, 2021 4:27 pmFebruary 5, 2021 1:47 pm

There are smart ways to protect the vulnerable and reopen businesses and churches and schools, but California’s legislators continue to do nothing. Instead, edicts issued from the governor’s office have the state in an ongoing lockdown, despite growing evidence there...

Gov. Newsom Willing to Re-Open Schools – Just as Soon as the Labor Unions Tell Him To

January 29, 2021 2:58 amJanuary 28, 2021 10:15 pm

If you have school-aged children, you might be asking yourself what the plan is for getting them back into the classroom. Naturally, you want it to be safe, both in terms for your family and the teaching and support staff...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

Teachers Union Promotes Property Tax Increase

February 3, 2020 5:43 pmFebruary 4, 2020 2:18 pm

Last week what is arguably California’s most powerful political special interest, the California Teachers Association (CTA), or teachers union, held its quarterly State Council of Education meeting at the plush Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The CTA reported revenues of...