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Jan 29
Diane Ravitch’s thoughts on Vegara….
What a ridiculous claim! In a court case in California, a bevy or flock or pride of teacher-bashing organizations argue that teacher tenure violates the civil rights of students. The bevy says that bad teachers hurt students and tenure protects bad teachers. Maybe next they will sue to eliminate tenure in higher education so everyone …
Jan 29
Our professional rights are on trial….
…in Los Angeles Superior Court thanks to Students Matter, a group backed by Silicon Valley billionaire businessman David Welch and other corporate reformers. They are attempting to use the courts to strike down due process, dismantle the state layoff statutes and tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores. But circumventing the legislative process to strip …
Jan 26
Attack On Teachers’ Professional Rights
CTA State Council Condemns Vergara Lawsuit LOS ANGELES – In a unanimous vote today, delegates of the CTA State Council of Education denounced the Vergara v. State of California lawsuit attacking educators’ professional and due process rights that’s being bankrolled by millionaires and corporate special interests. Strongly reiterating CTA concerns with the “deceptive” lawsuit filed …
Jan 21
Health care and technology updates from Moira!
**Our Health Care Committee is up and running! Thanks to Alyson Brauning who will chair the committee, and Brenda Hensley, Kent Puddy, Scott Bassett, Nancy Anderson-Louie, Lisa Aspey and Stacie Smith who have signed up to take on this job. The role of the committee will be to research alternative options and gather data that …
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