California Schools Will NOT Spared Jerry Brown claims that schools will be sparred the budget axe for 2011-2012, saying that they will be funded at the same level as 2010-11. One problem with this is that schools were given $49.6 billion last year, plus an additional $1.8 billion in ...
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Fighting the Myths Around Teacher Tenure One of the most contentious issues in the current wave of teacher bashing is tenure, which is deceptively and inaccurately portrayed as job protection for life, given to all teachers after a couple of years, regardless of their skill. For a good ...
NewTLA: Voice of Reform or Reaction Within UTLA? Image by los.angelist An opposition movement, NewTLA, is emerging within United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), the second largest teacher’s local in the U.S. In the article “*Frustrated Los Angeles teachers now have a progressive voice*” Mike Stryer ...
