December 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
The number of Californians seeking to become teachers has plummeted by 45 percent over a seven year period – even as student enrollments are projected to rise by 230,000 over the next decade and as many as 100,000 teachers are expected to retire. Teaching is clearly becoming a less and...
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October 7, 2010, 12:25 AM
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved a landmark agreement Tuesday that could spare up to 45 schools in high-poverty areas from teacher layoffs and possibly fuel efforts elsewhere to protect vulnerable students from budget-related personnel cuts. According to the...
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August 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
The publication of a controversial, and groundbreaking, article by the Los Angeles Times raises complex questions about whether to "out" teachers whose students perform poorly on reading and math tests. That is especially true when using "value-added" techniques that are...
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May 6, 2010, 12:06 AM
Teachers at the Oakland Unified School District are signaling a return to the picket lines, nearly one week after conducting a one-day strike. One quarter of the union's 2,800 members approved a proposal this week that authorizes union leadership to call for a walkout of no longer than 10...
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April 28, 2010, 12:03 AM
After a five-day standoff, teachers in Orange County finally put down their pickets Tuesday and returned to the classroom. Teachers and school officials at the Capistrano Unified School District forged an agreement around 11:30 p.m. Monday that would keep a hotly contested 10 percent pay cut...
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April 23, 2010, 12:06 AM
Fed up with what they called "stall tactics," the teachers union at the Capistrano Unified School District has gone on strike. Courtesy of the excellent coverage by the Orange County Register, below are excerpts from day one of the strike – the first in the state this year....
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April 22, 2010, 12:07 AM
Fed up with what they called "stall tactics," the teachers union at the Capistrano Unified School District has gone on strike. Flickr photo by Adan Garcia It is the first teacher strike in the state this year and the first in Orange County in a decade, according to the Orange...
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April 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Capistrano Unified School District, faced with a possible union strike, will renegotiate a decision to permanently slash teacher pay, officials announced Tuesday. School officials posted the following message today on the district's website: In response to Capistrano Unified Education...
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April 20, 2010, 12:08 AM
A last-minute compromise gives the Capistrano Unified School District until 5 p.m. today to avert a teachers' strike. According to the Orange County Register, a letter was sent yesterday to the district's attorney, John Rajcic, suggesting ways the two sides could restart negotiation...
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April 19, 2010, 12:06 AM
Parents and students in the Capistrano Unified School District could learn as early as today whether the district's 2,200 teachers will go on strike. On Friday, union leaders told the Orange County Register that the membership overwhelmingly granted their governing board permission to...
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April 14, 2010, 12:07 AM
The budget crisis has pushed the Capistrano Unified School District to the edge of a potential explosion. An estimated 3,880 students didn't show up for school Tuesday in protest of a CUSD decision to impose a permanent 10 percent salary reduction on the district's 2,300 teachers. The...
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February 26, 2010, 12:03 AM
As the state's budget crunch seemingly tightens daily, groups of lawyers are fighting the decision of school districts to balance budgets by sending teachers to the unemployment line. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Public Counsel Law Center and the firm of...
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February 12, 2010, 12:07 AM
The Los Angeles Unified School District is planning a major crackdown on under-performing teachers, weeks after news surfaced about the district's shoddy teacher evaluation practices. According to the LA Times, school officials are seeking to fire more than 110 teachers with two years...
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January 4, 2010, 1:27 PM
Some teachers cried foul when the Los Angeles Unified School District approved a plan in August that would allow charter-management firms and other outside groups to take over schools with low achievement scores. Now several seem to be saying, "If you can't beat them, join 'em....
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