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State Budget agreement is BIG Step in Right Direction!

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Students need fair, flexible, innovative federal education law

This week, US Senator Tom Harkin unveiled ‘Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013′, a rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Retiring CTA Executive Director honored at State Council

During her farewell State Council meeting, retiring CTA Executive Director Carolyn Doggett was presented a resolution by CTA officers.

As summertime approaches keep students engaged in learning

Whether elementary, middle, high school or beyond, it's important to keep our students engaged in educational pursuits during the summer months.

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July 2013

01-06
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22-25
Presidents Conference
August 2013

04-08
Summer Institute
September 2013

10-11
CTA Board of Directors
October 2013

08-09
CTA Board of Directors

11-13
Region I Leadership Conference

18-20
Region II Leadership Conference

25-27
State Council
November 2013

15-17
GLBT Conference

17-23
American Education Week

19-20
CTA Board of Directors

20
NEA Education Support Professionals (ESP) Day
January 2014

10-12
Good Teaching Conference North

14-15
CTA Board of Directors

17-19
Issues Conference

24-26
State Council
February 2014

11-13
CTA Board of Directors

21-23
Region III Leadership Conference

27-28
CTA NEA Retired Issues Conference

28-02
Equity and Human Rights Conference
March 2014

01-02
Equity and Human Rights Conference

11-12
CTA Board of Directors

14-16
Good Teaching Conference South

28-30
State Council
April 2014

08-09
CTA Board of Directors

25-27
Region IV Leadership Conference
May 2014

01-31
Labor History Month

13-14
CTA Board of Directors

14
California Day of the Teacher

18-24
Education Support Professionals Week

20
CTA ESP Day

30-01
State Council
June 2014

01
State Council

17-18
CTA Board of Directors

30
NEA RA
July 2014

01-06
NEA RA

14-15
CTA Board of Directors

18-21
Presidents Conference
August 2014

03-08
Summer Institute
September 2014

09-10
CTA Board of Directors

12-14
Region I Leadership Conference
October 2014

07-08
CTA Board of Directors

17-19
Region II Leadership Conference

24-26
State Council
November 2014

16-22
American Education Week

18-19
CTA Board of Directors

19
NEA Education Support Professionals (ESP) Day
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Inspiring one-man show June 29-30 in LA - teachers half price!

June 2013

Treat yourself to this off-Broadway show about a first-year, 5th grade teacher in an inner city Los Angeles classroom. Critic's call Mister Fry a "hilarious yet tear breaking true story."

Endorsed by the Dept. of Ed Ticket Info - teachers half price!

LaborFest: An opportunity to celebrate workers!

Remembering "Bloody Thursday" 1934

LaborFest was established to institutionalize the history and culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film and arts festival. The Fest lasts throughout July and is a good reminder of why unions and our struggles for respect matter.

Learn more LaborFest Events History of LaborFest

Summer Conferences to help sharpen your skills

June 2013

The Presidents Conference is a four day training program geared toward local chapter leaders and the Summer Institute offers sessions in areas that assist chapter leaders in the day-to-day representation and support of members.

Info. Register Presidents Conf. Register Summer Institute

You can help stop distracted driving. Be Thumbody!

June 2013

Distracted driving is illegal and deadly. The "Impact Teen Drivers" campaign reminds young drivers not to drive distracted in a social media effort where your thumb does the talking! Please participate in this life-saving campaign.

More about the Impact Teen Drivers campaign Read Press Release

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Redlands school secretary named CTA’s Education Support Professional of the Year
June 17, 2013
Redlands school secretary Paula Monroe has been named CTA’s Education Support Professional of the Year for 2013. More

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California Educators Support Agreement On New School Funding Formula
June 12, 2013
The following statement was released by California Teachers Association President Dean E. Vogel today in reaction to the Legislature’s rapid progress toward a state More

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CTA Board Appoints Joe Nuñez as New Executive Director of 325,000-Member Association
June 12, 2013
The CTA Board of Directors on Tuesday named former Santa Maria teacher and CTA Governmental Relations Director Joe Nuñez as the new executive director More

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It's a deal: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
June 11, 2013
In a nod to suburban districts that argued they would be shortchanged, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders negotiated a new version of Brown’s plan for More
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New data shows school “reformers” are full of it
June 04, 2013
In the great American debate over education, the education and technology corporations, bankrolled politicians and activist-profiteers who collectively More

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Fewer school districts in financial trouble
May 30, 2013
The number of California school districts facing financial distress has fallen by more than 50 percent, down to 92 from 188 a year ago, according to figures More

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CTA Announces 19 Winners of John Swett Awards Honoring Media Coverage of Education
May 28, 2013
Media stories last year ranging from a television profile of a Fremont teacher whose efforts raised $80,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to articles on how More

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California Educators Meet With Lawmakers to Discuss School Funding, Class Size and Common Core
May 22, 2013
More than 200 educators and members of the California Teachers Association met with their local lawmakers at the State Capitol today to discuss many issues More
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Backpacks, Human Shields, Above and Beyond: The Oklahoma Teacher Heroes
May 21, 2013
Roughly 1,500 miles separate the elementary schools in Moore, Oklahoma, and Newtown, Connecticut. Six months separate their tragedies. And while there are More

In The News

Brown commits $1 billion for Common Core, sticks with funding formula
May 15, 2013
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Tuesday to direct all of the extra $2.8 billion in revenue that the state expects to receive this year to K-12 schools and More

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CTA Commends Governor for Providing Funding For Common Core Implementation
May 15, 2013
The following statement was released by California Teachers Association President Dean E. Vogel today in reaction to Gov. Jerry’s Brown’s May Revision More

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California moves quickly to carry out national education standards
May 10, 2013
For generations, first-grade students learned how to add using math tables and flashcards. More
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Dean Vogel Column: 150 years of the California Teachers Association
May 09, 2013
Today, May 9, marks the 150th anniversary of the California Teachers Association. Between the time that President Abraham Lincoln signed the More

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Educators to Celebrate California Day of the Teacher Wednesday With Parents, Picnics, Contract Protests
May 07, 2013
The theme for the 2013 Day of the Teacher is "Honoring Our Past; Guiding the Future." More

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CTA Celebrates 150th Birthday – Launches Statewide Ad Campaign Honoring Educators, Students
May 06, 2013
In honor of CTA's 150th Anniversary of advocating for educators and students, CTA has launched an ad campaign ... More

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Redlands school secretary named CTA’s Education Support Professional of the Year
June 17, 2013
Redlands school secretary Paula Monroe has been named CTA’s Education Support Professional of the Year for 2013. More

Press Release

California Educators Support Agreement On New School Funding Formula
June 12, 2013
The following statement was released by California Teachers Association President Dean E. Vogel today in reaction to the Legislature’s rapid progress toward a state More

Press Release

CTA Board Appoints Joe Nuñez as New Executive Director of 325,000-Member Association
June 12, 2013
The CTA Board of Directors on Tuesday named former Santa Maria teacher and CTA Governmental Relations Director Joe Nuñez as the new executive director More

Press Release

CTA Announces 19 Winners of John Swett Awards Honoring Media Coverage of Education
May 28, 2013
Media stories last year ranging from a television profile of a Fremont teacher whose efforts raised $80,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to articles on how More
Press Release

California Educators Meet With Lawmakers to Discuss School Funding, Class Size and Common Core
May 22, 2013
More than 200 educators and members of the California Teachers Association met with their local lawmakers at the State Capitol today to discuss many issues More

Press Release

CTA Commends Governor for Providing Funding For Common Core Implementation
May 15, 2013
The following statement was released by California Teachers Association President Dean E. Vogel today in reaction to Gov. Jerry’s Brown’s May Revision More

Press Release

Educators to Celebrate California Day of the Teacher Wednesday With Parents, Picnics, Contract Protests
May 07, 2013
The theme for the 2013 Day of the Teacher is "Honoring Our Past; Guiding the Future." More

Press Release

CTA Celebrates 150th Birthday – Launches Statewide Ad Campaign Honoring Educators, Students
May 06, 2013
In honor of CTA's 150th Anniversary of advocating for educators and students, CTA has launched an ad campaign ... More
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Higher Education Coalition to Lobby Wednesday Against Bill Mandating Online Courses to Be Provided by Private Sector Vendors
April 23, 2013
To protect educational quality for students at California’s colleges and universities, educators representing employees... More

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Elementary School in CTA-Backed QEIA Reform Program Earns Top State Achievement Award
April 17, 2013
Lauderbach Elementary has won a top state achievement award that’s more indication of the success of the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) program. More

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Teachers in Upland say cuts hit them unfairly
June 17, 2013
As the June 30 deadline to approve a balanced budget looms, Upland Unified School District and its teachers are still in contentious negotiations that have teachers More

In The News

As California revenue rises, school districts on firmer ground
June 17, 2013
Three local school districts, including the region's largest in Elk Grove, have stabilized their budgets enough to receive a clean bill of fiscal health from More

In The News

California passes a budget that could be a federal template
June 15, 2013
California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the More

In The News

State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system
June 14, 2013
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key More
In The News

Inglewood schools' slide steepens despite state takeover
June 11, 2013
Many in Inglewood thought the city's struggling school district had been handed a lifeline last year when the state Department of Education took the reins, More

In The News

California budget deal reached by Gov. Jerry Brown, lawmakers
June 11, 2013
Gov. Jerry Brown and California lawmakers on Monday reached a key agreement on K-12 education funding and other pivotal parts of the state's spending plan, which could set up one of More

In The News

It's a deal: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
June 11, 2013
In a nod to suburban districts that argued they would be shortchanged, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders negotiated a new version of Brown’s plan for More

In The News

Gates Foundation looking to make nice with teachers
June 11, 2013
On a cool, February morning in Scottsdale, Ariz., last year, 250 teachers gathered in a hotel ballroom at the biggest conference for teachers the Bill & Melinda Gates More
In The News

FUSD Counters Education Cuts
June 06, 2013
California is light on good budget news. Wednesday night, Fresno Unified weighed in with a rare exception. More

In The News

Improving Ventilation In Schools Could Reduce Illness-Related Absences
June 06, 2013
Making sure that students get enough fresh air in their classrooms could keep kids from missing school due to illness, researchers from the at Lawrence More

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