Tag: Public Education

California Teacher’s Union First Post-Scalia Winner

Updated: March 29, 2016

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When a case involving California public schoolteachers – and by implication any union’s ability to collect fees from workers who choose not to join and do not want to pay for collective bargaining agreements – was first argued… Read More

Category: Cases, Community, National

Tags: Justice Antonin Scalia, Public Education, U.S. Supreme Court

California Columnist: Lawsuit Likely If Parent-Trigger School Index Nixed

Updated: December 9, 2015

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Since its passage in 2010, California’s “parent trigger” charter school movement has been the subject of litigation, perhaps most notably in the landmark “Palm Lane Elementary School” case in Anaheim. The “trigger” laws allow parents to demand reform at… Read More

Category: Community, States

Tags: AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Charter School, charter schools, low-income education, National Education Association, NEA, parent trigger, Public Education, School Choice