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The California Teachers Association (CTA) is a teachers' trade union based in the city of Burlingame, California.The association was initially established in 1863. It is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful [2] teachers' unions in the state with over 300,000 members and a high political profile in California politics. [3]
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the head teachers of 351 private fee-charging schools (both boarding schools and day schools), some traditionally described as public schools. 302 members are based in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of ...
National Education Association; National Education Union; National Teachers Association; National Tertiary Education Union; Nebraska State Education Association [1] Nevada State Education Association [1] Newark Teachers Association; NEA-New Hampshire [1] New Jersey Education Association [1] NEA-New Mexico [1] New South Wales Teachers Federation
The California Federation of Teachers is a teachers' union in California. [1] It represents more than 120,000 educational employees. [2] It is affiliated with American Federation of Teachers and the AFL–CIO. [2] The California Federation of Teachers is one of two main teachers' unions in California. The other is the California Teachers ...
Weingarten was born in 1957 in New York City, to a Jewish family, Gabriel and Edith (Appelbaum) Weingarten. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother a teacher. [1] [2] Weingarten grew up in Rockland County, New York, and attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. [2]
Braun, Robert J. Teachers and Power: The Story of the American Federation of Teachers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. ISBN 0-671-21167-6 online; Cain, Timothy Reese. "For Education and Employment: The American Federation of Teachers and Academic Freedom, 1926–1941." History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 67–102.
The California State Board of Education plays a critical role in the governance of California's public education system. Unlike many States, California's K-12 education system is highly segmented, with oversight and policy authority split between the State Board, the Department of Education, the Legislature, the Governor, and 1000+ school ...
For decades, California had enjoyed full funding for its schools and unique educational programs. Then in 1978, California voters approved Proposition 13 in an attempt to cut property taxes. The state's public school system and its employees would never be the same. By 1995, California plummeted from fifth in the country to 40th in school spending.