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Unions bank on CA for new gains

Across the country, union membership has long been in fairly steep decline. After a series of recent reverses, including a failed attempt to pass national minimum wage legislation in Washington, D.C., union leaders shifted to a state-by-state, city-by-city approach to advancing their

Teacher compensation database undercuts CTA claims

Chris Reed September 2, 2014

The Transparency California group’s database of school district compensation undercuts teacher unions’ claims that teacher pay scales are ungenerous and capped at unfairly low levels. When very generous health benefits and good pension benefits are factored in, that doesn’t look

Video: Impact of Vergara v. California on teachers unions

CalWatchdog Staff August 4, 2014

CalWatchdog contributor James Poulos discusses impact of Vergara v. California on teachers unions and politics in California.

A look at CA’s mixed-bag teacher firing reform

James Poulos July 20, 2014

In some respects, it’s now easier to fire teachers in California. In others, it’s more complicated. That’s the verdict on AB 215, the version of several different firing reform bills that cleared the Legislature and received Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature

The left-wing theory driving Vergara ruling

Chris Reed June 12, 2014

A point that hasn’t been made nearly enough by the MSM is that the Vergara vs. California ruling rejecting the state’s lax teacher tenure practices depends on a legal doctrine associated with lefty causes. That doctrine deals with “disparate impact” and

Vergara ruling: Silicon Valley titan KOs teachers unions

James Poulos June 10, 2014

In 16 pages, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu dealt California’s teachers unions an unprecedented defeat. Using unsparing, uncompromising language, Judge Treu ruled that job protections passed at these unions’ behest violated the state Constitution by denying equal educational opportunity

LAUSD sends ‘rubber room’ teachers home

James Poulos May 27, 2014

The Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to end one of its most controversial practices. Instead of putting a damper on criticism, however, the move could intensify it. Starting today, teachers under investigation will not be sent to detention