John Fensterwald
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Teachers unions make pitch to renew California tax worth billions for education (opens the original)
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Vicky Chon started canvassing on a recent Saturday morning in the Glenmoor neighborhood of Fremont, where the 1950s to ‘70s ranch homes line streets evoking names from that era: Mildred, Gertrude, Bonnie, Helen. “I’m a teacher in Fremont Unified, and I’m here to talk about Prop 3, which is gonna help protect funding for our students in Fremont,” she said. More often than not, she gave her pitch to a Ring video doorbell. Chon, the president of the Fremont Unified District Teachers Association and
Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton has harsh criticisms, sweeping fixes for California schools (opens the original)
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton views California’s low third grade reading and math scores as a crisis and an indictment of the state’s “catastrophically failing system.” He places much of the blame for low scores on children’s excessive access to smartphones (a “scourge that’s destroying childhood,” he said), on teachers’ unions (“easily the most destructive institution in California”) and on legislators’ and governors’ inaction. “The richest state in the richest country on eart
California Teachers Association sues state over $3.9B owed to schools (opens the original)
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The California Teachers Association is suing the state, charging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature with illegally withholding $3.9 billion in funding for 2026-27 for TK-12 schools and community colleges. The state’s “shell game” violated Proposition 98, the voter-approved formula that determines the portion of state revenue that goes to education, CTA President David Goldberg said at a Tuesday press conference. The California School Boards Association plans a similar lawsuit challenging the
Long talks but no deal to modify California law combating antisemitism in schools (opens the original)
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Months of intensive negotiations that continued up to last week’s filing deadline failed to produce an agreement on a bill that would clarify the language in a highly contested law that expanded anti-discrimination protections in California classrooms. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 715 last October with the understanding that the authors, Assemblymembers Rick Zbur, D-Hollywood, and Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, would clarify language that some of the bill’s opponents said would chill open di
California bill to catch math struggles in youngest students heads to governor’s desk (opens the original)
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In a step toward giving math the attention early literacy has gotten, the Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would require schools to assess the math capabilities of all students in kindergarten through second grade each year, beginning in 2028-29. The bill would also require districts to provide math support, such as additional coaching for elementary teachers or group tutoring for students, to help children avoid falling behind and head off potentially irreversible achievement gaps eme
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