California’s public school educators will join a nationwide celebration of reading on Monday, March 2, as they meet up with parents, city officials, firefighters, and TV and movie actors at events statewide for the National Education Association’s 23rd annual “Read Across America” extravaganza.

California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd released the following statement denouncing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ agenda, which took center stage during the State of the Union Address on Tuesday. The administration’s goal is to take public school funding and turn it into voucher programs, which would be degrading to California’s public schools.

The California Teachers Association presented both California State Assembly Members Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach) and Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) its prestigious Friend of Education Award during its quarterly 800-member State Council of Education meeting on Sunday.

California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd issued the following statement Friday recognizing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ongoing commitment to California’s schools and colleges in his 2020 budget proposal, which allocates $84 billion for K-14, an increase of $3.8 billion from last year.

Four state and national education union leaders issued the following statement in the wake of the early morning shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California that has already claimed the lives of two students and critically wounded others.

CTA President E. Toby Boyd released the following statement in response to hundreds of thousands of educators and students, including CTA members, who would be impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on DACA.