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Stand With Us and Fight For Schools

Demand protection for $16 billion in federal funding!

Fight For Schools

Federal Budget Cuts Calculator

The proposed federal budget cuts to public education would slash resources for special education services, school meals, and rural communities. Find out how much funding is at stake in your district.

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CTA's #FightForSchools: A Show of Force
Labor activist Dolores Huerta, center, stands with the crowd in Hanford to defend and protect students, public schools and communities.
CTA's #FightForSchools: A Show of Force

Explore the California Reads Selections

CTA’s California Reads program promotes reading year-round with teacher-approved quarterly book recommendations for multiple age groups. Check out the latest picks for 2024-25!

2024-2025 Book Recommendations

Exercise the Power of the Purse

Stop the Department of Education from withholding $6.8 billion in education funding.

Email Congress

Speak Out Against Trump’s Aggressive ICE Raids and Attacks on Protesters

Tell Congress to protect immigrant communities and our right to protest peacefully.

Demand Protection

Prop 55 Extension

Extending Prop. 55 is vital for preserving the resources we have and achieving more in the future. Without an extension, our schools will lose funding by 2030.

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Organizing to Protect Our Students
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Organizing to Protect Our Students

Learn More About Community Schools

A community school is a place and a set of partnerships with an integrated focus on academics, health, social services, leadership, and community engagement.

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Community Schools: Building the Heart and Hub
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Community Schools: Building the Heart and Hub

Download Social Justice Resources

Check out social justice posters and graphics on topics including free public education, human rights and more.

Social Justice Shareables

Follow Local CTA Chapters on Social Media

Show your support for local chapters by following them on social media.

Follow Local Chapters

Tell Congress: End the Abductions

Tell Congress to protect our freedoms, our families and our futures

End Abductions

Don’t Cut Education Funding

President Trump’s FY2026 budget slashes education funding by 15 percent—on top of the $350 million in cuts to student loan programs made by the reconciliation bill, H.R. 1.

Oppose Cuts

Fulfill the Promise of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Urge your senators and representative to support the IDEA Full Funding Act (S. 2217/H.R. 4519) to give all students can get the support and attention they deserve.

Email Congress

Bring the Impact Home: Protecting Students and Public Education

Step-by-step guide to hosting community events and actions locally.
Organize Locally

Support LGBTQ+ Students And Educators

Sign the pledge to support LGBTQI students and educators.

Sign The Pledge

Support Dignity & Fairness for Student Mistakes and Missteps

Every student has a right to a quality education, to be treated with dignity, and to be provided with the opportunity to learn. Join educators to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.

Add Your Name

Support the Equality Act

The Equality Act would give LGBTQ Americans explicit protection from discrimination in key areas of life.

Email Congress

Fully Fund IDEA & Title I

Support the Keep Our PACT Act which would create a path to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) & Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act—providing critical programs for special education.

Email Congress

Racial Justice In Education

Pledge to grow the movement for racial justice in education.

Take The Pledge

Support Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Sign the pledge in support of the representation of Native American history and culture in our schools.

Sign The Pledge

Support Honest & Accurate Education

Pledge your voice so students can learn from the past, make sense of the present, and prepare for the future.

Commit to #TeachTruth!

Demand a Fair and Safe Immigration Process

Together, we can make this a place that honors all families, no exceptions.

Take The Pledge

Demand the Freedom to Learn

Demand an inclusive, culturally responsive public education system in which every student and educator is treated with dignity and respect, no exceptions.

Add Your Name

Strengthen America’s Most Effective Anti-Hunger Program

Urge your senators and representative to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Email Congress

Provide Healthy School Meals to All Students

Email your senators and representative and ask them to support universal school meals.

Email Congress

Making an Impact Since 1863

We believe our public schools are worth fighting for. That belief has driven the California Teachers Association since 1863.

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Teachers with Alhambra Teachers Association march for social justice.

Billions of dollars secured for public schools statewide over the years, thanks to CTA’s advocacy.

158 years of advocacy for our profession, our students and our public schools.

In 1866, CTA’s first legislative win establishes free public schools in California.

In 1867, CTA secures public funding for schools that educated students of color.

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