California Teachers Association
California Teachers Association | |
Founded | May 1863 |
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Headquarters | 1705 Murchison Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 |
Location | |
Members | 325,000 |
Key people | David B. Goldberg, President |
Affiliations | NEA[1] |
Website | www.cta.org |
The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863, is one of the largest and most powerful[2] teachers' unions in the state with over 300,000 members and a high political profile[3] in California politics. The teachers' union is based in Burlingame, and its current president is David B. Goldberg.[4]
History
CTA was founded
CTA won its first major legislative victory[7] in 1866 with a law providing free public schools to California children. A year later, public funding was secured for schools that educated nonwhite students. More early victories for organized labor established bans on using public school funding for sectarian religious purposes (1878–79); free textbooks for all students in grades 1-8 (1911); the first teacher tenure[8] and due process law (1912); and a statewide pension, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (1913).
While the
A turning point in CTA's history came in 1988. That was the year teachers fought to pass Proposition 98,[10] the landmark state law guaranteeing about 40 percent of the state's general fund for schools and community colleges.
References
- ^ "About CTA". California Teachers Association. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ Skelton, George (June 27, 2016). "Assemblywoman Bonilla, a former teacher, takes on the powerful union". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ "California Teachers Assn. a powerful force in Sacramento". Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "Leadership". California Teachers Association. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "CTA's 150th Anniversary - California Teachers Association". www.cta.org. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ The California Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education and Official Organ of the Department of Public Instruction. California Educational Society. 1864.
- ^ "The History of CTA - California Teachers Association". www.cta.org. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "AAV of Tracing the Roots of Teacher Tenure - Historical Documents (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "Commemorating 40 years of collective bargaining". California Federation of Teachers. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "A Historical Review of Proposition 98". lao.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-03.