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LAUSD faulted over positive reviews for teachers at struggling schools

A new study raises fresh concerns about the giant Los Angeles Unified School District and whether it shows good faith in its dealings with struggling schools in poor minority communities. The Los Angeles-based Parent Revolution group, which focuses on improving

Democratic candidates for California governor reveal positions on single-payer health care and education

Chris Reed October 30, 2017

The 2018 governor’s race got off to an informal start last week with candidate forums in Anaheim and San Francisco. Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom leads all gubernatorial candidates in polling and fundraising. A September Berkeley IGS survey showed he

Teacher-tenure reform shaping up as big education fight this year

Steven Greenhut July 5, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Despite the oft-discussed need for education reform in California, the state Legislature will only consider one major reform bill this year. Even that bill’s passage is uncertain, given opposition from the powerful California Teachers’ Association. The issue involves

Rematch coming of high-profile 2014 race for state superintendent of public instruction

James Poulos March 15, 2017

The most expensive contest on the 2014 California ballot is set to return next year. “Marshall Tuck, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent schools chief Tom Torlakson in a contentious 2014 race that became a proxy fight over a lawsuit on teacher

CA Supreme Court shuts down lawsuit against teachers union job protections

James Poulos August 29, 2016

Declining to hear an appeal, the California Supreme Court brought an apparent end to the saga of California’s historic lawsuit against teachers union job protections, alleged to violate students’ constitutional rights. A majority of justices “declined to hear the case, Vergara v. California, and

Persistent CA education gaps fuels conflict

James Poulos April 22, 2016

Caught amid shifting standards, court challenges and retrenching combatants on both sides of social and political divides, California’s education system has found itself burdened by persistent gaps in student and teacher performance — a state of affairs fueling the very

CalWatchdog Morning Read – April 15, 2016

Matt Fleming April 15, 2016

Breaking News CalWatchdog Morning Read – April 15, 2016 By CalWatchdog Staff Hello, everybody! A California appeals court on Thursday reversed a two-year-old landmark decision that upended teacher tenure laws. The Vergara case challenged several state laws establishing layoff procedures based on

CA appeals court reverses landmark ruling that upended teacher tenure

James Poulos April 15, 2016

In national news with profound statewide reverberations, a California appeals court reversed the controversial decision handed down two years ago in Vergara v. the State of California and the California Teachers Association. “At issue were five state laws that established layoff

Education debt debate heats up

James Poulos January 4, 2016

With the start of a new year, a fresh array of political, economic and legal developments promise to sharpen California’s ongoing debate over the costs and consequences of its current education system. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System, one of

Police anger over new law could shake CA Dem coalition

Chris Reed October 8, 2015

California’s Democratic Party has dominated the state Legislature so thoroughly since Republican Gov. Pete Wilson left office in 1999 that it may be difficult to imagine the party fracturing and losing its control in Sacramento. But given the tensions between