CTA President E. Toby Boyd issued the following statement today condemning the violent acts of Oakland Unified School District police officers against Oakland parents.

The California Teachers Association Board of Directors today named longtime public education advocate and organizer Joe Boyd as its new Executive Director.

The California Teachers Association celebrates the five extraordinary educators named as the 2020 California Teachers of the Year, who are also all CTA members.

All California students won today when Governor Gavin Newsom historically signed AB 1505 (O’Donnell) into law, bringing much-needed accountability and transparency to privately managed charter schools. Along with AB 1507 (Smith), the two new laws are the first changes to charter school regulations in 27 years.

Teachers from Lincoln Unified School District, outside of Stockton, and Fremont Unified School District were among those killed in in the tragic Conception boat fire off the coast of Santa Barbara.

he California Teachers Association (CTA), the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), the California School Employees Association (CSEA) and the California Labor Federation issued this statement Wednesday following months of deliberations regarding legislation that would make common-sense changes to laws governing charter schools—laws that have negatively impacted students in neighborhood public schools.