Podcasts about California Teachers Association

(Airtime 4/24/25) AngeMarie Taylor is a business student and organizer at Cal State University, Channel Islands. She was facing expulsion for protesting on her Ventura County campus. On this podcast she shares her story as a student and activist, how she has been targeted and the anti-Blackness and over policing that is rampant on her small California campus but seems to be spreading nationwide. We also explore the inspiring story of the community response as Black Lives Matter Grassroots; the California Teachers Association and the Association of Black Student Unions marched in solidarity.https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/https://www.instagram.com/cfa_united/

In today's newscast, the California Teachers Association has launched an effort to coordinate collective bargaining across school districts. Plus, Monterey County soil testing has found abnormal levels of heavy metals near the Moss Landing battery plant fire.

Lynne Hardin has always possessed an entrepreneur's spirit. After high school and college, her first job was working for Braniff International as an Airline Hostess.  Lynne volunteered for the Military Air Transport System (MATS), flying U.S. service personnel to various stations around the world during the Viet Nam conflict. She spent several years in the education and investment arena, working with the California Teachers Association. Lynne moved to Florida and established the Key West Tennis and Scuba Center; then consulted in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and St. Petersburg on land use. Lynne was recruited to Oklahoma City as the first Development Director for the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, raising over 35M for the school. In 1994, after a life-changing auto accident, Lynne authored The Magic of Why® a groundbreaking book and curriculum providing a process to examine your purpose. Leading her High School alumni, she created FRIENDS of NWC, which has raised over $2 million to impact students and teachers. She produced The Vagina Monologues in OKC and in 2019 she was inducted into The Order of The Round Table, her School Hall of Fame. She initiated and facilitated passage of the Oklahoma Breast Cancer Bill, which continues to fund mobile mammograms across Oklahoma. She was elected and served as Chairman of the OKC Public School Board.  She had a vision after the million-man march and in 2023 created a 501C3 foundation, Women's Imagine Network, (WIN), so the idea of a Million Women March was born.  With imagination and inspired effort, a million women, from home, will affect positive improvements for women and families. Check her website: https://womensimaginenetwork.org/ At the top of the show, it's Anastasia's Starseed News, with topics of hope and interest for starseeds.

In this episode of Right to Life Radio, host John Gerardi discusses California's budget crisis and its impact on Planned Parenthood, explores the financial dynamics within Planned Parenthood, and touches on the political strategies of both Democrats and Republicans in the lead-up to the 2024 election. The episode also includes commentary on the broader implications of financial decisions by major philanthropists. Main Topics: 1. California Budget Crisis: • Host John Gerardi and Jonathan Keller discuss Governor Gavin Newsom's budget issues, highlighting a $73 billion deficit. • The episode covers how Newsom's budget cuts have upset various groups, including Planned Parenthood and the California Teachers Association. 2. Planned Parenthood's "Financial Struggles": • Discussion on how Planned Parenthood is reacting to budget cuts despite receiving significant funds from the state in the past. • Analysis of Planned Parenthood's strategic use of financial pressures to garner more donations and support from wealthy philanthropists like Mackenzie Scott and Melinda Gates. 3. Impact on Abortion Services: • The episode examines how Planned Parenthood's funding issues may affect abortion services and their broader implications for reproductive health in California. • Critique of the euphemisms used to describe California's commitment to “reproductive freedom” and “health equity.” 4. Political Dynamics and Strategies: • Discussion on the political maneuvering around Newsom's budget cuts and Planned Parenthood's public stance. • Exploration of how these financial and political dynamics play into the broader 2024 election strategies. 5. Financial Motivation of Planned Parenthood: • Insights into how Planned Parenthood prioritizes profitable services like transgender hormone therapy over less profitable ones like prenatal care. • Discussion on the organization's fundraising tactics and their impact on public perception and policy. 6. Philanthropy and Abortion Funding: • Analysis of recent large donations from wealthy individuals like Mackenzie Scott and Melinda Gates to support abortion services. • Examination of the influence of these donations on Planned Parenthood's operations and strategies. 7. Republican Strategies and Missteps: • Critique of Republican politicians' responses to Democrat strategies on issues like IVF and contraception. • Discussion on how these responses may impact the pro-life movement and the 2024 election.   Key Quotes: “Planned Parenthood loves money. The fact that they're criticizing Newsom like this, I'm not sure if this is just a negotiating pose to kind of squeeze every last dollar out of him humanly possible.” - Jonathan Keller “California's budgetary woes have led to a day of reckoning for Newsom's supporters, including Planned Parenthood, as he implements cuts to their programs.” - John Gerardi “If you understand the financial dynamics of Planned Parenthood, you see an organization with very easy-to-diagnose motives: they really do love money.” - Jonathan Keller

Education News HeadlinesSenate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, have sent a letter to the CEO of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) condemning the FAFSA rollout the writers describe as a "near-total failure" that has created a "crisis of credibility" for the Education Department. The FAFSA rollout has been plagued by technical difficulties, delays, and last-minute adjustments, leading to a 40% drop in FAFSA completion among high school seniors compared to the previous year. On April 12th, the Biden administration announced an additional $7.4 billion in student debt cancellation for 277,000 more Americans enrolled in the SAVE plan, other income-driven repayment plans, and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.It hasn't been all that long since we covered the story that Harvard had pledged to keep its test optional admissions policy for applicants through the class of 2030; however, just last week the school announced that it will resume requiring test scores in applications for students applying to the class of 2029.Teacher Appreciation Week is on the horizon! It runs from May 6 to May 10, 2024. Plan ahead and find a way to acknowledge the hard work of the teachers in your life!The Science of Reading: Controversy or Consensus?This week we are revisiting a familiar topic, the science of reading, a multi-faceted approach to literacy grounded in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. We examine California's Assembly Bill 2222, a proposal aimed at overhauling reading and literacy instruction, which was stalled due to opposition from the California Teachers Association. We'll also take a look at the latest news from the Ohio legislature, where new literacy legislation is actively impacting Katie's classroom instructional practices.We'll discuss how the science of reading impacts classroom strategies and the challenges of integrating these methods into existing educational frameworks. We'll also undertake a discussion on the pushback from educators and teachers unions, like those seen in California, where concerns about the rigidity of mandated reading programs clash with the need for flexible, context-sensitive educational approaches.Sources & Resources:Democrats demand answers from federal contractor on tumultuous FAFSA rollout | The HillBipartisan frustration over bungled FAFSA rollout on full display in Washington‘Shockingly bad': U.S. Senate Democrats beat up on Missouri-created student loan providerNASFAA | Cardona Faces Pointed Questions on FAFSA Rollout During House Hearing on ED's FY 25 Budget ProposalWhat's going on with student loan reliefPresident Joe Biden Announces $7.4 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 277,000 More Americans, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt | The White HouseBiden admin shares proposal for new student debt relief planStudent Aid Debt Relief AnnouncementHarvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission - The New York TimesWhich standardized tests does Harvard require?Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | PodcastREADING REFORM ACROSS AMERICA:The Science of Reading: The Basics | National Center on Improving LiteracyThe History and Future of Reading Instruction – The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc.Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and WorkforceRequirements Under House Bill 33 for Professional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and WorkforceEdSource - CTA AB 2222 OppositionA Full Breakdown of the Science of Reading Components | LexiaCalifornia Teachers Union Opposes Bill Mandating 'Science of Reading' in Schools | KQEDBill to mandate ‘science of reading' in California classrooms dies | EdSourceLiteracy Gap MapProfessional Development in the Science of Reading | Ohio Department of Education and WorkforceBill to mandate ‘science of reading' in California schools faces teachers union opposition | EdSourceHooked on Phonics - WikipediaAs states refocus reading instruction, two universities stick with a discredited idea | APM Reports

This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly's Conference on Education Policy which was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, November 7, 2023This is Panel 3 – LOOK AHEAD: BALLOT MEASURES AND LEGISLATIONPANELISTS: Michael Borges, California Teachers Association; Christina Laster, Bold Enterprises LLC; Scott Richards, Teach For AmericaModerated by Rich Ehisen, Capitol WeeklyFind a full transcript here: https://capitolweekly.net/education-policy-look-ahead-ballot-measures-and-legislation/Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang

This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly's Conference on Education Policy which was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. This is Panel 1 – TEACHER SHORTAGE AND OTHER CHALLENGES.PANELISTS: Heather J. Hough, Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University; Katie Hardeman, California Teachers Association; David Schapira, California School Employees Association; Melissa White, WestEdModerated by Brian Joseph for Capitol WeeklyFind a full transcript at: https://capitolweekly.net/special-episode-education-policy-teacher-shortage-and-other-challenges/Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang

AB 5: The Safe and Supportive Schools ActAs LGBTQ+ rights across the country come under attack, from book bans to outlawing instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, California is leading the way in preserving the rights of LGBTQ+ students across the state. While the state is making progress, LGBTQ+ students still experience harassment, violence and lack of affirmation in school settings far too often.This is why I introduced the Safe and Supportive Schools Act on my first day in the State Assembly. AB 5 provides high quality, professional development opportunities to educators in order to help foster inclusive classroom environments and appropriately address the unique challenges that LGBTQ+ and all students face. The bill would yield significant benefits for educators that directly transfer to the success of LGBTQ+ students and advance overall educational outcomes.

Phil and Camille bring you the latest discussion about all things California politics. and try their best to cut through the insanity of it all. On this episode, we are joined by Rebecca Friedrichs, lead plaintiff in the case "Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association" which went all the way to the Supreme Court. She is also the author of "Standing Up to Goliath" which discusses the abuses of the CTA and how much control they have over the state. #california #californiapolitics #teachersunion #publicschool To learn more about how you can support Rebecca and her mission go to www.forkidsandcountry.org The California Underground Podcast is dedicated to discussing California politics for people who want to cut through the insanity and get real answers. Follow California Underground on Social Media Instagram: www.instagram.com/californiaunderground YouTube:    / @californiaunderg...   Substack: https://substack.com/profile/72986149... Shop California Underground Merchandise: https://california-underground.creato... Phil is a San Diego based attorney who specializes in estate planning and constitutional law both under the US and California Constitution. California Underground is a podcast for Californians who are conservative, libertarian, moderate Democrat, or just a sane person wondering what is going on in our beautiful state and looking for honest discussions on how to fix it. We regularly interview state and local politicians, as well as host roundtable discussions with other California activists. Review the Anchor.Fm Privacy Policy: Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/californiaunderground/message

Finally something to which parents, teachers, and students can all agree. School starts too early. The California Teachers Association apparently has the answer to solving the teacher shortage. Find out just how simple it is in Teachers in the News. And, to end the show, Devin outlines the top ten ways to know that your school starts too early. Get out your best grading pen and some paper, you'll want to take notes.

This episode was recorded Thursday, November 10 at Capitol Weekly's Post-Mortem of the 2022 Election, which was held via Zoom.This Panel, the second of the day, was a rundown on the Ballot Measures up for approval. California voters confronted unprecedented campaign spending, even by California standards, and an array of familiar themes – tax the rich, gambling, abortion rights and the environment, to name just a few. This election saw over $750 million spent on these measures... but at the end of the day, what has really changed?Panelists: Brandon Castillo, Bicker Castillo and Fairbanks; Teri Holoman, California Teachers Association; Steve Maviglio, Forza Communications; Sheri Sadler, Sadler Strategic Media; Dana Williamson, Grace Public Affairs.  Moderated by Nicole Nixon, Capital Public Radio.Support for Capitol Weekly's Election Post-Mortem was provided by The Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations, The Western States Petroleum Association, KP Public Affairs, Perry Communications, Capitol Advocacy, The Weideman Group, Lucas Public Affairs and California Professional Firefighters

Today we look at Proposition 28, an Initiative on the November 8 Ballot that would guarantee substantial annual funding (+/- $1 billion per year) for Arts and Music programs in California schools, without raising taxes. If that sounds like it should be a popular idea, it is: Proponents say that the measure is polling above 70%. Perhaps most telling is the official opposition: There is none.Proponents include the California Teachers Association, Fender Musical Instruments, actor Sylvester Stallone, and performers Dr. Dre and Katy Perry.The Measure was authored by former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner who cites his own childhood experience in a school music program as a life-changing opportunity. Beutner learned cello in 5th grade, moved to string bass, then electric bass, ultimately playing in jazz and rock groups before going on to work in journalism, politics and finance, where he made more money than most rock stars ever will. Beutner is active in philanthropic circles, and has spent about $4 million in support of 28.Beutner joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about the mechanics of Prop. 28, why he believes California needs this measure, playing cello in the upper MidWest, the Los Angeles mayor's race, and Lizzo and the crystal flute. And, as usual, we tell you who had the Worst Week in CA Politics.36: Why is Prop 28 needed?2:54 Why is CA so lax on supporting the arts?7:59 "Are you Ballot Box budgeting?"10:54 Where do all the Art and Music teachers come from?15:56 The support for the measure18:22 Even Fender guitars supports Prop 2819:11 Who is Austin Beutner's favorite rock band?21:50 Lizzo and the crystal flute23:39 "Music is math"27:33 Thoughts on the LA Mayor's race?30:50 Closing argument37:27 #WWCA41:06 LA Mayor's race: endorsement watchWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang"#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.ioProduced by White Hot

This week the News Fix is focusing on California ballot measures. Today you're going to hear about Prop. 27, which would allow online and mobile sports betting throughout the state. Under Prop. 27, gaming companies would be required to partner with a California tribe, and some of its revenue would go towards homeless services. The measure is funded by online betting companies FanDuel and DraftKings. It is supported by some advocates for the homeless and the mayors of Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento and Long Beach. It is opposed by a long list of tribes and tribal casinos, the California Teachers Association and many others. Both campaigns have websites you can visit for more information. Both campaigns met with The San Diego Union-Tribune's editorial board recently to share their perspectives and answer questions. In this episode, you'll first hear from Yes on 27, followed by No on 27.

On this episode we are joined again by Johnathan Zachreson to discuss a legislative roundup now that the legislative session in California is over. Also we discuss the breaking story that the California Teachers Association was caught doing "opposition research" on parents who pushed back on school lockdown policies. *The California Underground Podcast is dedicated to discussing California politics for people who want to cut through the insanity and get real answers.* Links Mentioned in the Show https://californiaglobe.com/articles/ca-legislature-is-adjourned-what-bills-passed-what-failed/ https://californiaglobe.com/articles/ca-teachers-union-did-oppo-research-on-parents-who-wanted-schools-to-reopen-during-covid/ Support California Underground on Patreon at www.patreon.com/CaliforniaUnderground Follow California Underground on Social Media Instagram: www.instagram.com/californiaunderground YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8SabIcF4AKqEVFsLmo1jA Substack: https://substack.com/profile/72986149-ca_underground Shop California Underground Merchandise: https://california-underground.creator-spring.com Phil is a San Diego based attorney who specializes in estate planning and constitutional law both under the US and California Constitution. Review the Anchor.Fm Privacy Policy: Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/californiaunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/californiaunderground/support

A state audit report shows hundreds of thousands of Californians are drinking water that is unsafe, and many live in disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley.  The state auditor's report found nearly a million people in California face possible long-term health problems, like liver or kidney damage, or cancer, because their water comes from a failing system with some sort of contaminant, like nitrates or arsenic.  Reporter: Alex Hall, KQED As the drought persists, many farmers are making the decision to fallow or set aside land that isn't being used to grow crops. But what does that actually mean and how does that impact residents living near these fields?   Guest: Andrew Ayers, a research fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California's Water Policy Center Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Teachers Association are opposing Proposition 30, a “clean air initiative” on the November ballot that would tax the wealthiest Californians to pay for electric car rebates.  Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED  Officials say more than 6 million passengers passed through Los Angeles International Airport last month for the first time since January 2020. Reporter: Janaya Williams, KCRW 

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, reads from and comments on a recent article by Abigail Shrier titled, “How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids.” Shrier writes, “Leaked documents and audio from the California Teachers Association conference reveal efforts to subvert parents on gender identity and sexual orientation,” and include coaching “teachers in student-recruiting tactics.” Churches must equip parents to teach their children, and to model for their children, a biblical worldview.See Abigail Shrier, “How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids,” The Truth Fairy, November 18, 2021,https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/how-activist-teachers-recruit-kids.

We are just under a week away from California ending its state-wide mask mandate for students at school. Masks will continue to be strongly recommended by officials, but no longer mandated by the government starting next Friday, March 12th.  For more on the issue, KCBS Radio Political Reporter and State of California Host Doug Sovern spoke with E. Toby Boyd, President of the California Teachers Association. 

Teacher burnout—and resignations—may be leading to a crisis in education. Join Laura Juran, Chief Counsel and Associate Executive Director of the California Teachers Association, for a discussion about the challenges the nation's teachers have faced during the pandemic, when they have been on the frontline during an unprecedented health crisis.

Teacher burnout—and resignations—may be leading to a crisis in education. Join Laura Juran, Chief Counsel and Associate Executive Director of the California Teachers Association, for a discussion about the challenges the nation's teachers have faced during the pandemic, when they have been on the frontline during an unprecedented health crisis. Originally aired on SiriusXM on February 26, 2022.

In today’s episode, Gheorghe and Mark discuss how Teacher’s Unions are using their power and influence to deliberately subvert parental rights. Listen in as they reveal how the California Teachers Association are training its members to surveil children, behind parent’s backs, to recruit them to join on campus LGBTQ+ related clubs and associations.Donate to our Podcast Ministry: https://kprz.com/radioshow/9412See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SNL clowns around with abortion, the Biden administration prepares to trample over pro-life nurses and doctors, and the California Teachers Association believes they are better parents than you. As the Supreme Court begins to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a decision which could overturn Roe v. Wade, the Left ramps up their attacks against babies, children, families, and pro-lifers. But don't worry, deep down they really care about you. Tyranny isn't tyranny if it's exercised for the good of its victims right? Date: 12/01/21 To help UnAborted create more pro-life content and take our content to the streets, become a Patron of the show at https://www.patreon.com/unaborted To help Seth reach more high school and college students through pro-life presentations around the country, become a monthly supporter at https://prolifetraining.com/donate/

Why should you have kids when having kids doesn't necessarily make you “happier”?  This episode of Trending with Timmerie unpacks how the Eucharist is the ultimate Thanksgiving and what virtual reality Bieber concerts and transhumanism have to do with our future.  Shocking leaked audio from a California Teachers Association conference reveals teachers undermining and hiding […]

Why should you have kids when having kids doesn't necessarily make you “happier”?  This episode of Trending with Timmerie unpacks how the Eucharist is the ultimate Thanksgiving and what virtual reality Bieber concerts and transhumanism have to do with our future.  Shocking leaked audio from a California Teachers Association conference reveals teachers undermining and hiding […]

A Clovis mom is mad at a local elementary school after her 7-year-old walked home and no one noticed. The California Teachers Association has issued warnings to staff as the "Slap a Teacher" Tiktok challenge appears to grow in popularity online. As the Fresno City Council moves forward with cannabis licensing for recreational sales, applicants claim the system is unfair, unnecessarily expensive and several of the applications are already being appealed based on their prospective locations. Listeners comment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Clovis mom is mad at a local elementary school after her 7-year-old walked home and no one noticed. The California Teachers Association has issued warnings to staff as the "Slap a Teacher" Tiktok challenge appears to grow in popularity online. As the Fresno City Council moves forward with cannabis licensing for recreational sales, applicants claim the system is unfair, unnecessarily expensive and several of the applications are already being appealed based on their prospective locations. Listeners comment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The despicable laws conceived of, passed and signed into law in Texas, are rocking the very foundation of our society. Riding a wave of MINORITY opinion, Greg Abbott signed the most draconian roll-back of women's rights in half a century. Hell, Texas makes the Handmaid's Tale sound like a lighthearted romp. It's all one further example of the fact that our democracy is in crisis. Despite the fact that Democrats control the House, Senate, and the White House, nothing is getting done! With the narrowest of margins in both houses of Congress, President Biden can't even get the bills that a vast majority of Americans want to his desk to sign. Why? Two words: Manchin and Synema.Haven McVarish, a lawyer, author, and activist who once ran for office but became disenchanted with the prospect of spending all of his campaign time, and what would have been his time in office, fundraising. He then went on to represent the California Teachers Association before becoming its head and has spent a decade in the political arena. In his book, "Last Chance To Save American Democracy", he spells out his agenda for preventing the GOP from forever securing power in the US. The number one item on his list?… Wait for it… Reforming the filibuster.Robin, David and Haven dig deep into the murky waters of the far-right's master plan and search for hope during these increasingly dark times.

The Boys are back for an interview on everyone's favorite topic, the integrity of our institutions, specifically our elections. To learn more about this, Jake and Jim are joined by political strategist and author Haven Scott McVarish. McVarish has just published his second book on building political movements, Last Chance to Save American Democracy: Republicans Will Permanently Take Power in the 2022–2024 Elections Unless Democrats Follow This Plan. McVarish started his career as a community organizer, then worked as a union leader for 10 years, including running a dozen political campaigns for the California Teachers Association and affiliates. He later founded one of Los Angeles' most successful immigration law firms, the Immigration Law Office of Los Angeles, P.C. and Strong Advocates, a thriving non-profit employment law office (www.StrongAdvocates.com) . More recently, McVarish hosted the podcast "Your Daily Trump", ran the nonprofit Common Sense Democracy (CommonSenseDem.org) and currently runs ther non-profit 5-Journeys (www.5journeys.org). He has a BA, JD, and master's degrees from UCLA and its School of Law and Department of Public Policy respectively. McVarish trained at a Liberation Theology Seminary in Central America for one year and has dabbled in stand-up comedy, though the two are unrelated. He lives in the great State of Southern California with his wife and three daughters, where he makes Tik-Tok videos and practices dad jokes.

Marisa and Guy Marzorati recap the first recall candidate debate and discuss how the Newsom campaign is responding to the emergence of Larry Elder as the leading replacement candidate. Then, Teri Holoman, Associate Executive Director of Governmental Relations at the California Teachers Association joins to discuss her early mentors in politics, the importance of creating space for Black women in policymaking, how her role is like a "political firefighter," last year's negotiations around returning to in-person education and where the union stands on a vaccination mandate.

In 1968, San Francisco made history when, as a result of the student strike at San Francisco State University, the country's first ethnic studies department was born. Over the years, community advocates have continued to find inadequacies in educational programs for students, citing a lack of inclusion of instructional materials for the teaching of history and culture regarding diverse population demographics. They also believe the learning and understanding of diverse cultures will help foster understanding and mutual respect between and among people from different ethnic backgrounds.  Join us for an in-depth discussion with panelists who will discuss their personal stories about the origins of ethnic studies and their individual advocacy within the movement. Learn how and why they have devoted their efforts to advocate for the programs and hear their visions about how ethnic studies can shape our society's future. This is one of an occasional series sharing perspectives on the subject of ethnic studies.  NOTES Presented in association with the APA Heritage Foundation. This program is made free thanks to the generous support of Gilead Sciences, Inc.. SPEAKERS Ana De Almeida Amaral Student Activist, Stanford University; Advocate, National Equity Project Artnelson Concordia Educator; Coordinator, Santa Barbara Unified School District Ethnic Studies Program; Founding Teacher, San Francisco Unified School District Ethic Studies Program Dr. Taunya Jaco 6th Grade ELA/Social Studies Teacher, San Jose; Board of Directors Member, National Education Association; Secretary, NEA Black Caucus; Chair, Civil Rights in Education Committee, California Teachers Association's State Council Dr. Theresa Montaño Teacher, CSUN; Former Board Director and President, National Council for Higher Education Dr. Samia Shoman Advocate, Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition; Manager of English Learner and Adacemic Support Programs, San Mateo Union High School District; Co-Coordinator, Teach Palestine, Middle East Children Alliance Iza McGawley Student Activist, UC Santa Cruz; Co-Founder, Ethnic Studies Program, High Tech High Dr. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales Professor, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on April 29th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1968, San Francisco made history when, as a result of the student strike at San Francisco State University, the country's first ethnic studies department was born. Over the years, community advocates have continued to find inadequacies in educational programs for students, citing a lack of inclusion of instructional materials for the teaching of history and culture regarding diverse population demographics. They also believe the learning and understanding of diverse cultures will help foster understanding and mutual respect between and among people from different ethnic backgrounds.  Join us for an in-depth discussion with panelists who will discuss their personal stories about the origins of ethnic studies and their individual advocacy within the movement. Learn how and why they have devoted their efforts to advocate for the programs and hear their visions about how ethnic studies can shape our society's future. This is one of an occasional series sharing perspectives on the subject of ethnic studies.  NOTES Presented in association with the APA Heritage Foundation. This program is made free thanks to the generous support of Gilead Sciences, Inc.. SPEAKERS Ana De Almeida Amaral Student Activist, Stanford University; Advocate, National Equity Project Artnelson Concordia Educator; Coordinator, Santa Barbara Unified School District Ethnic Studies Program; Founding Teacher, San Francisco Unified School District Ethic Studies Program Dr. Taunya Jaco 6th Grade ELA/Social Studies Teacher, San Jose; Board of Directors Member, National Education Association; Secretary, NEA Black Caucus; Chair, Civil Rights in Education Committee, California Teachers Association's State Council Dr. Theresa Montaño Teacher, CSUN; Former Board Director and President, National Council for Higher Education Dr. Samia Shoman Advocate, Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition; Manager of English Learner and Adacemic Support Programs, San Mateo Union High School District; Co-Coordinator, Teach Palestine, Middle East Children Alliance Iza McGawley Student Activist, UC Santa Cruz; Co-Founder, Ethnic Studies Program, High Tech High Dr. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales Professor, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on April 29th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Black Lives Matter at School activists and educators for a conversation about the new uprising for educational justice in California. ---------------------------------------------------- Education activists Nathaniel Genene, Jesse Hagopian, Taunya Jaco, Denisha Jones, and Cecily Myart-Cruz in conversation about the struggle against systemic racism in schools, how we can win real educational justice and get cops out of our schools and other lessons from Black Lives Matter at School organizing in California and beyond. The event will include also include a statement from Derrick Sanderlin. #carenotcops ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Cecily Myart-Cruz is a teacher, activist and the United Teachers Los Angeles President. The first woman of color in the union's 50-year history – having previously served as NEA Vice President for six years. Cecily has taught for 26 years, at both elementary and middle school levels, most recently at Angeles Mesa Elementary. She is the Chair of the CTA Civil Rights Committee, Chair of the NEA Black Caucus and member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Denisha Jones is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School. Taunya Jaco, a 6th grade ELA/Social Studies teacher, serves as a member of the National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors, Secretary for the NEA Black Caucus, and Chair of the Civil Rights in Education Committee for the California Teachers Association‘s (CTA) State Council. She is pursuing her doctorate of education at San Jose State University, where she is conducting a qualitative study on the implementation of Ethnic Studies in California K-12 schools and the impact of its implementation on teacher preparation programs. Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of Black Lives Matter at School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is a co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives. Nathaniel Genene is a rising senior at Washburn High School in South Minneapolis. He serves as the student representative to the Minneapolis Board of Education and the at-large member on the City-Wide Youth Leadership Council. He also works with ThriveEd, a nonprofit working to build an educational paradigm shaped by innovation and joy for learners and educators, and Our Turn, an advocacy organization fighting to mobilize young people in the fight for educational justice. Derrick Sanderlin is an artist, musician, and community organizer. He is now organizing with Sacred Heart, co-leading the committee for Racial Equity and Community Safety. He has also joined the efforts of the San José Unified Equity Coalition, whose mission is to reimagine safety across the district and reallocate funds previously used for sworn police officers toward student support positions and resources, restorative justice practices, and a district wide safety plan led by the community. The proposal has been lovingly named the Derrick Sanderlin Resolution to Defund the Police in light of his attempts to de-escalate police violence during the George Floyd/Breonna Taylor protests in downtown San Jose last summer. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by United Teachers Los Angeles, San José Unified Equity Coalition and Haymarket Books While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and organizing work. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/Cglq30AgID0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

In this episode of the Conservative Business Journal Podcast, John Di Lemme interviews Rebecca Friedrichs, a twenty-eight-year public school teacher, was forced to fund state and national teachers’ unions whose politics and divisive tactics degraded her profession, our schools, and our national character... Her lawsuit, Friedrichs v California Teachers’ Association, which sought to free teachers from forced unionism, was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. Poised to rule 5-4 in Rebecca’s favor, the Court deadlocked after the death of Justice Scalia. Determined to stop state and national unions from destroying our schools and American values, Rebecca refused to give up and that's what I love about her! SHE IS A TRUE FIGHTER for the education and future of America's children! Want More Real News? Go to www.CBJUpdates.com

In this episode of the Conservative Business Journal Podcast, John Di Lemme interviews Special Guest, Rebecca Friedrichs, a twenty-eight-year public school teacher, was forced to fund state and national teachers’ unions whose politics and divisive tactics degraded her profession, our schools, and our national character... Her lawsuit, Friedrichs v California Teachers’ Association, which sought to free teachers from forced unionism, was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. Poised to rule 5-4 in Rebecca’s favor, the Court deadlocked after the death of Justice Scalia. Determined to stop state and national unions from destroying our schools and American values. Rebecca refused to give up! SHE IS A TRUE FIGHTER for the education and future of America's children!.  This episode was recorded LIVE on the CBJ Real News Show. Want More *Real News*? Go to http://www.CBJUpdates.com  

The Biden administration and the CDC say it’s safe for teachers to return to classrooms before they’re vaccinated. California Governor Gavin Newsom agrees. In LA County, teachers will be eligible for the vaccine starting March 1. LAUSD Superintendent Austin Buetner says elementary schools might be able to reopen if 25,000 teachers and staff get their shots. Meanwhile, United Teachers Los Angeles says it can’t support reopening until in-person staff members are vaccinated and LA County is out of the purple tier. The California Teachers Association also says returning to in-person learning is premature.

Sarah Robinson went from corporate job to public school educator early in her career and along the way became a proud union activist with the California Teachers Association. In our chat, she shares insights about her approach to teaching, practicing anti-racism in the classroom, and about her own experience as a person of color both as a student and as an educator. We also talk about her personal commitment to physical fitness. About Sarah You can follow Sarah on Twitter and Instagram at @trjnsarah More than Work Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @morethanworkpod Please review on Apple podcasts. Subscribe anywhere. Thank you for listening. Have feedback? Email morethanworkpod@gmail.com

Nearly a year into the pandemic, California schools remain closed. The California Teachers Association says it wants to make sure there are proper guidelines in place to keep teachers safe, while some are hoping to get schools open as soon as safely possible; we talk about the difference of opinion, what defines safe, and when schools might reopen. Plus, how one college student is organizing an effort to provide free child care for frontline health workers.  Today's Guests CapRadio’s Politics Reporter and California State Of Mind Host Nicole Nixon breaks down what’s going on at the California Capitol in regards to schools reopening California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd talks about the safety precautions he thinks should be taken before schools return to in-person learning  Parent and member of Open Schools California Ernesto Falcon discusses his experiences with distance learning and why he and others want schools to reopen soon Reno COVID-19 Community Care Director Michelle Cao shares how she helps health workers by providing child care through a volunteer organization

This episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast features a discussion between John Howard and Tim Foster and longtime campaign consultant Gale Kaufman. The episode was recorded live (via Zoom) at the California Community College League's 2021 Legislative Conference on January 26. Campaign consultant Gale Kaufman has run a ballot campaign (or two, or more) in every election cycle since 1998 - and, she's won most of those. Many of the campaigns Kaufman has directed were tied to education, and she has been closely affiliated with the California Teachers Association for much of her career. Kaufman offered her thoughts on the lessons of 2020 and what may be in the pipeline for the 2022 election and beyond.

One of the most powerful voices in the debate over whether and when to reopen schools during the pandemic has been teachers unions. Unions have argued that school districts shouldn’t rush to reopen because they say it endangers the health and safety of teachers. But that stance has angered many parents and public officials as data mounts on the toll of remote learning on kids’ physical and mental health. We talk to E. Toby Boyd, president of the state's largest teachers union, the California Teachers Association, about what the recent surge in COVID-19 cases may mean for reopening Bay Area schools and about the frustration expressed by many over the power of teachers unions to keep classrooms shuttered.

Mark Keppler discusses distance learning with Sydney Johnson from EdSource, E. Toby Boyd from the California Teachers Association, Amy Li, a Fiscal and Policy Analyst at the Legislative Analyst's Office, and Sunne McPeak, President & CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund as well as the distance learning's impact on the digital divide in the Central Valley with Dr. Tamara Ravalin, Superintendent of Visalia Unified, Dr. Sara Noguchi, Superintendent of Modesto Unified, Dr. Eimear O'Farrell, Superintendent of Clovis Unified, and Kurt Madden, the Chief Technology Officer at Fresno Unified.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 29, 2020 is: gauntlet • GAWNT-lut • noun 1 : a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand 2 : any of various protective gloves used especially in industry 3 : an open challenge (as to combat) — used in phrases like throw down the gauntlet 4 : a dress glove extending above the wrist Examples: "No, Jack answered. He stared up at the advancing knight, and his hand wrapped itself tightly around the guitar-pick in his pocket. The spike-studded gauntlets came up toward the visor of its bird-helmet. They raised it." — Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Talisman, 1984 "Last week, the California Teachers Association threw down the gauntlet and told Newsom and legislators that schools aren't ready to reopen, citing the short time frame and the recent surge of infections." — Dan Walters, The Orange County (California) Register, 13 July 2020 Did you know? Gauntlet comes from Middle French gantelet, the diminutive of gant, meaning "glove." (The gauntlet that means "severe trial," "ordeal," or "double file of armed men" is a different word that originates from Swedish gata, meaning "lane" or "way.") To throw down the gauntlet is to issue an open challenge, while to pick up the gauntlet is to accept an open challenge. These figurative phrases come from the conventions of medieval combat. The gauntlet was the glove of a suit of armor. To challenge someone to combat, a knight would throw his glove at another knight's feet. The second knight would take it up if he intended to accept the challenge, in which case a jousting match might ensue.

From incarceration to legislation, meet Jay Jordan, Executive Director of https://safeandjust.org/ (Californians for Safety and Justice).  His transformative journey will activate and inspire you.  As we approach one of the most important elections of our time, Jay helps us put in to perspective the responsibility we have as voters to get educated and understand the incredible impact one single voter can make.  Learn what resources are available and what you can do to ensure your vote is an informed vote. Resources https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page (Ballotpedia) California Democratic Party  https://www.cta.org/our-advocacy/legislative-advocacy (California Teachers Association) https://calaborfed.org/election/ (California Labor Federation) https://advocacy.calchamber.com/ (California Chamber of Commerce) http://vote.org/ (http://Vote.org)  https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/california-motor-voter?fbclid=IwAR3BYhOHUYiB4NiLJYkbIYZD2qc3JSST0__y1LmmL4kpJ57R2oJUQzaK7fM (Motor Voter) https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ (Secretary of State)  Prop 20 - NO.  This proposition is  opposed by  The CA probation chief's association,  CA Partnership to End Domestic Violence, The National Center for Crime Victims,  The CA Teachers Association, The CA Labor Federation, The Democratic Party  What prop 20 means: 1. Lowers felony threshold from $950 to $250.00 Texas is $2500.  California is second lowest in the country 2. Mandates if people on probation make technical violations the would be sent back to prison 3. Non violent parol process would be revoked.  No rehabilitation and serve 100 percent of sentence and let people out with no parole process 4. If you are convicted of shoplifting you are obligated to submit your DNA Prop 17  - YES Give people on parole the right to vote Prop 25 - YES Ending money bail system. prop 15 -YES Would update corporations property taxes to current market value.  Today, corporations pay the same amount in property taxes that they paid in the 1980's prop 16 - YES Brings back affirmative action Los Angeles Measure X - YES Taking 10% from criminal justice budget to invest in community.  This would create over a billion dollars in community investing Prop 18 - YES Allows 16 &17 year olds to preregister to vote  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iammusicgrouppodcast/support (https://anchor.fm/iammusicgrouppodcast/support)

Welcome to Episode 152 with guest Sebastian Cazares Sebastian Cazares is a lifelong Saugus resident. He graduated from Saugus High School and went on to pursue his college education at College of the Canyons. He is currently attending UCLA. This is very typical for the average person growing up in Santa Clarita, but what is not typical is that at the age of twenty, Sebastian is also a candidate for the College of the Canyons Board of Trustees. While attending COC, Sebastian was elected to serve as the college's Associated Student Government President where he presided over a nearly one million dollar budget and a variety of services which were critical to the COC community. In addition, he also was an advocate for students at the California State Capitol in Sacramento and served on the Independent Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee for Measures E and M. At times, Cazares also served as a proxy for the Santa Clarita Community College District Student Trustee, voting in students’ interests each time. Sebastian may just be the youngest person to ever run for the COC Trustee Board. (I wasn't able to confirm that either way) Yet, his age hasn't been holding him back. In fact, it could be argued that it works to his advantage. As a recent COC graduate and student representative he would be bring a unique perspective to a Board which should always be considering the interests of the students first. He also has received a large number of endorsements including current board members Edel Alonso and Joan Macgregor, the College of the Canyons Faculty association and the California Teachers Association, among others. I met with Sebastian on a hot Sunday morning in a socially distanced outdoor setting. He is an incredibly affable person. Both charming and likeable, and he is a talker. We talked about quite a few things including his family, activism and his candidacy and what he wants to do as a Board Trustee. A video version is available by clicking on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uam3VdHUoW8&feature=youtu.be

Freedom Foundation California's Outreach Director Samuel Coleman is joined Mariah Gondeiro, lead California litigator, and Ashley Varner, Vice President of Communications. Join us as we discuss the Kamala Harris – SEIU connection, the California Teachers Association's double standard and mistreatment of their own union staffers, and AFSCME's hateful response to an outreach email sent to their members.

This is the seventh episode in a series of live interviews from the California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference. Thank you to the California Teachers Association for including us in the conference. Go to CTAgo.org for more information and links to videos from many of the presenters from this and other conferences. Tavis asks Michelle Ramos about balance, the benefit of conferences. Michelle made us feel right at home. She has a great energy for getting to know people, that must translate extremely well to effective teaching. She put us at ease, and was an excellent representative for CTA.

E79 - We're sitting down with some friends to talk, listen, discuss and hear thoughts on racism, black lives matter, George Floyd, and what we can do in our lives and families to work toward a solution. Our guests in order of speaking are:(1) Ahmed Hassan, a long-time friend, landscape professional in northern California, best known for being the original host and co-creator of HGTV DIY Networks' Yard Crashers. You can find and follow him on www.ahmedhassan.tv(2) Angelo Moore, an LA artist, poet, musician best known as the lead singer of Fishbone. He is also Dr Madd Vibe with The Brand New Step, Project NFidelikah, and tours worldwide with Celebrating David Bowie. You can be a part of his amazingly creative, outlandish and thoughtful world by following his show on www.patreon.com/AngeloMoore(3) Marlene Bell is an educational change maker and entrepreneur. A UC Davis grad, she taught for 27 years, became a diversity trainer and union organizer for the California Teachers Association, then their Assistant Executive Director in charge of more than half of the state. She developed curriculum in algebra for underrepresented children and is proud of her father’s legacy as the first African American optometrist on the US west coast in 1939 and founder of VSP. Marlene is now retired, a property manager of her building in Oakland, and runs a walnut farm along with her husband. You can visit her website at www.bellranch.net(4) Michele Harper, an amazing force in the creative and healing spaces, worked her way up in the beauty, design, and fashion industries with iconic companies like Bergdorf Goodman, Sax Fifth Ave, Barneys New York. She is the first African American woman to be founder and director of an internationally acclaimed high fashion hosiery company ‘Look From London’ and now lives in LA and is a clinical hypnotherapist and aesthetician, working in sound and energy healing, reiki and color therapy. You can find Michele at www.breathefocushypnosis.com and usually somewhere in Angelo’s orbit because they are significant others!Information and a transcription of this episode can be found in our show notes on mouseandweens.com and the video version on our YouTube channel. We’d love your feedback so consider rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser. Also please share and tell your friends because that is the best way we can grow! Follow us on all the socials @mouseandweens where we have been posting donation sites and causes that we believe in. Our private Facebook group has behind the scenes photos and our Patreon has commercial-free episodes, full unedited episode videos, outtakes, swag, and more bonus content, so we hope you become part of the family and join us there!Music credits: “Wanna Be White (But I Can’t)” by Project NFidelikahUsed with permission from Angelo Moore, copyright Kobalt AWAL Digital Limited on behalf of Rat Pak Records; BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., ASCAP

Paula Kondratko & Thomas Kerman, who are doing a session on classroom management  Their workshop will provide attendees with communication strategies used in creating a sense of community in the classroom. Through an interactive format, learn methods for establishing and enhancing student-student and student-teacher relationships in a manner that makes class time both educational and entertaining for students AND teachers! This is the 5th episode in a series of live interviews from the California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference. Paula Kondratko and Thomas Kerman talked to us about building relationships, routines and procedures as the fundamental bedrock of a good classroom management system. They assess Danny’s first day of school plan and promote that every teacher should have a strong well planned out start that will support them throughout the year.      Thank you to the California Teachers Association for including us in the conference. Go to CTAgo.org for more information and links to videos from many of the presenters from this and other conferences. Thanks to Teachingsuperhero.com for supporting our free educational podcast, and Podbean.com for this bandwidth! By learning to teach media literacy, you can open doors for students and yourself. find out more at the link above.  This episode of Inspiring Teachers is brought to you by AmpedUpLearning.com - Are you looking for new and engaging ways to get your students up and moving in the classroom? Get out of the Sit and Get rut of teaching by checking out AmpedUpLearning.com, a 2 teacher owned and operated company in Texas that is looking to gamify teaching with creative new activities for the classroom.  From their FRECK! resources and Escape Rooms for Social Studies and Science to SPEED Squares and task cards for Math and English they have TONS of teacher created resources...and don't forget to check out their apparel designed specifically for teachers.  Use code HAUGERHISTORY10 to save 10% on all items and follow them on social media @AmpedUpLearning for their monthly giveaways of Amazon giftcards, lessons and apparel.   Start your podcast today with a free trial here from Podbean.com and support our show!  Hauger History Store on AmpedUpLearning!

Rebecca Friedrichs was lead plaintiff in a 2016 US Supreme Court case against the California Teachers Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (the country's largest teacher union). She is also the founder of For Kids and Country. Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen discuss the court case, what led to it, and what's going on today in government schools. Find EFI online at EFInstitute.org, @EF_Institute on twitter, and Educational Freedom Institute on Facebook and other social platforms.

Rosie Reid - 2019 California Teacher of the Year, Quick chat on, who is and isn't represented in the literature that our students read for school. We mostly focus on reaching English language learners, and inspiring the desire for learning, effort, and achievement. This is the 4th episode in a series of live interviews from the California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference. Today we talk to Rosie Reid about her work with long term English learners and how building relationships with these often overlooked students creates a pathway for student engagement. Thank you to the California Teachers Association for including us in the conference. Go to CTAgo.org for more information and links to videos from many of the presenters from this and other conferences. Questions for our next episode or guest ideas? Write us! inspiringteachershow@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @InspiringTeacherShow Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspiring-teachers/id1442182731?mt=2   This episode of Inspiring Teachers is brought to you by AmpedUpLearning.com - Are you looking for new and engaging ways to get your students up and moving in the classroom? Get out of the Sit and Get rut of teaching by checking out AmpedUpLearning.com, a 2 teacher owned and operated company in Texas that is looking to gamify teaching with creative new activities for the classroom.  From their FRECK! resources and Escape Rooms for Social Studies and Science to SPEED Squares and task cards for Math and English they have TONS of teacher created resources...and don't forget to check out their apparel designed specifically for teachers.  Use code HAUGERHISTORY10 to save 10% on all items and follow them on social media @AmpedUpLearning for their monthly giveaways of Amazon giftcards, lessons and apparel.   Start your podcast today with a free trial here from Podbean.com and support our show!  Hauger History Store on AmpedUpLearning!

This is the third episode in a series of live interviews from the California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference. In this one on one episode Danny talks to Jayson Chang about teaching history thematically and other ways to take a sometimes perceived as “boring” subject and make it more engaging.    Thank you to the California Teachers Association for including us in the conference. Go to CTAgo.org for more information and links to videos from many of the presenters from this and other conferences. How can you teach history thematically? What advantages might there be? How might this make history more interesting? Jayson Chang joins us to talk about this live from the NEW Educator Weekend 2020! Thanks to Teachingsuperhero.com for supporting our free educational podcast, and Podbean.com for this bandwidth! By learning to teach media literacy, you can open doors for students and yourself. find out more at the link above.  This episode of Inspiring Teachers is brought to you by AmpedUpLearning.com - Are you looking for new and engaging ways to get your students up and moving in the classroom? Get out of the Sit and Get rut of teaching by checking out AmpedUpLearning.com, a 2 teacher owned and operated company in Texas that is looking to gamify teaching with creative new activities for the classroom.  From their FRECK! resources and Escape Rooms for Social Studies and Science to SPEED Squares and task cards for Math and English they have TONS of teacher created resources...and don't forget to check out their apparel designed specifically for teachers.  Use code HAUGERHISTORY10 to save 10% on all items and follow them on social media @AmpedUpLearning for their monthly giveaways of Amazon giftcards, lessons and apparel.   Start your podcast today with a free trial here from Podbean.com and support our show!  Hauger History Store on AmpedUpLearning!

This is the second episode in a series of live interviews from the California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference. Here we talk to Nicholas Ferroni about his work as a high school teacher inspiring students to reach their goals, his work in social justice and his passion for highlighting the positive effect teachers have on the world.     Thank you to the California Teachers Association for including us in the conference. Go to CTAgo.org for more information and links to videos from many of the presenters from this and other conferences.  Nicholas Ferroni, nationally known educator & activist, conference keynote speaker, at 10:45 to talk about what he said during his keynote or his NEW session (unconventional ways to engage, empower, educate students) “Kids who are loved at home come to school to learn, but kids who aren't, come to school to be loved” Nicholas Ferroni is a high school teacher and nationally recognized social activist who educates, mentors and inspires students to reach their goals while driving a national dialogue about education reform. @NicholasFerroni

CATHERINE LEW, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant The Lew Edwards Group With over three decades of experience in community organizing and politics, Catherine Lew is known as one of California's most successful advocates for local government and women running for office. A first-generation California native, she was raised in the Salinas Valley by parents who immigrated to this country to seek a better life. A California attorney and veteran of over 700 political campaigns, Catherine was a 10-year trainer for EMERGE – an organization working to elect more Democratic women to office. She has worked on behalf of political clients who include Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the California Democratic Party, California Teachers Association, California Nurses Association, children's organizations, Sierra Club, and scores of local elected women. She was Deputy Political Director of the Northern California Clinton-Gore campaign in 1992. Catherine’s firm --The Lew Edwards Group—is a nationally recognized, award-winning company founded 23 years ago. LEG has enacted $38.5 Billion in California revenue measures at a 95% win rate to repair classrooms and improve libraries, parks, and public hospitals consistent with the firm’s philosophy to empower voters to protect their local quality of lives. A graduate of UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco School of Law, Catherine and her spouse live in Oakland, California. When she is not busy during an election cycle, she can be found at a barn with her American Quarter Horse Dakota. Twitter: @catherinevlew FB/LI/Instagram: Catherine Lew URL: www.lewedwardsgroup.com or email catherine@lewedwardsgroup.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freeman-means-business/support

This is the first episode in our California Teachers Association New Teachers Conference series. We interviewed CTA President Toby Boyd and talked to him about how the California ballot initiative proposition 13 would benefit California schools. A "yes" vote supports this measure to authorize $15 billion in general obligation bonds for school and college facilities, including $9 billion for preschool and K-12 schools, $4 billion for universities, and $2 billion for community colleges.    Introduction Segment to the NEW Teacher Conference Tavis and I welcome the audience of new teachers. Danny and Tavis give some advice for mindset and successful support for a new teacher in the classroom.  We also have our first guest, new to the Inspiring Teachers program Toby Boyd, the PResident of the California Teachers Association, to talk about Prop 13, no relation to the 1978 initiative, and the only statewide initiative on the ballot for Super Tuesday in California. Welcome Toby!   Thanks to Teachingsuperhero.com for supporting our free educational podcast, and Podbean.com for this bandwidth! By learning to teach media literacy, you can open doors for students and yourself. find out more at the link above.  This episode of Inspiring Teachers is brought to you by AmpedUpLearning.com - Are you looking for new and engaging ways to get your students up and moving in the classroom? Get out of the Sit and Get rut of teaching by checking out AmpedUpLearning.com, a 2 teacher owned and operated company in Texas that is looking to gamify teaching with creative new activities for the classroom.  From their FRECK! resources and Escape Rooms for Social Studies and Science to SPEED Squares and task cards for Math and English they have TONS of teacher created resources...and don't forget to check out their apparel designed specifically for teachers.  Use code HAUGERHISTORY10 to save 10% on all items and follow them on social media @AmpedUpLearning for their monthly giveaways of Amazon giftcards, lessons and apparel.   Start your podcast today with a free trial here from Podbean.com and support our show!  Hauger History Store on AmpedUpLearning!

In this episode of Life Matters Commissioner Johnston interviews Lydia Gutierrez, a California schoolteacher and member of the California Teachers Association. Lydia outlines the extremely dangerous nature of a current phenomenon in the public school system: the establishment of school-based clinics by Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a third-party, outside agency with very clear cultural and ethical messages for children. Planned Parenthood promotes, and in many cases provides abortion for minor children without parent’s knowledge or consent. Once introduced into a school setting, this outside, third-party agency has complete privacy and government protected secrecy for any conversations or interaction with the minor student. These counselors are not functioning in the same manner as a school counselor, school psychologist, teacher, or principal.  In fact, even the school employees are not allowed to know or be privy to the interaction between the student and the Planned Parenthood employee. The parent is not allowed to know the nature of the relationship between the student and the Planned Parenthood employee. In December 2019, Planned Parenthood established fifty school-based clinics in the Los Angeles County school district. These clinics are directly aimed at circumventing parental involvement, and inculcating an ethical and moral view, as opposed to the actual purpose of the educational system: equipping students to use their intellectual capacities.

MTT037| Thrively, Strength Based Education - Judy Blakeney and Tricia Gee Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Tired of only looking at what your students are doing wrong?  Interested in building up your student’s self-esteem? Join us as we look at Thrively, where they look at student’s strengths instead of their weaknesses.   Judy Blakeney is an English and Career Technical Education teacher at Aliso Viejo Middle School (Capistrano Unified School District). She also serves as the #CUEchat coordinator, organizing CUE’s weekly Twitter chat that supports CUE’s Leadership, Rockstar, Affiliates, Learning Networks, and Authors connection with CUE members. As a Google Innovator and Trainer, she enjoys exploring ways to support innovative, interactive, and learner-centered professional learning. Her Google Innovator project, StrengthBasedEDU provides professional learning for teachers focusing on their own and students’ strengths, using technology tools like Thrively, Flipgrid, and Google Sites for student digital portfolios. She actively participates in two California Teachers Association-affiliated organizations, the Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC) and Institute for Teaching (IFT), expanding her strength-based educational work. In the 2018-2019 school year, she was awarded a $5,000 grant from the IFT titled, “Prepare for the Future: Coding and Career Focused Education,” to support her strength-based work in her middle school CTE classroom. Additionally, she is pursuing an Ed.D. in Educational Technology at Boise State University, currently working on her dissertation focused on the use of Twitter for educator professional learning.   Contact: Judy Blakeney Twitter: @judyblakeney Instagram: judyblakeney1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judy.blakeney LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-blakeney/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgd0J-6DLwW0ULbZ8_f52-A?view_as=subscriber Website: StrengthbasedEDU.com   Over the last 15+ years, Tricia has taught English language arts, History-Social Science 8, and Pre-AP Language and Composition to 7th and 8th graders, and in addition to teaching, she is entering her 2nd year as a part-time TOSA. After a full day of work, Tricia is actively involved with her association as Vice-President, and she is part of CTA’s Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC), Institute for Teaching (IFT) and IFT’s Research and Design Think Tank. Through these three organizations, she has had an opportunity to work on building a #StrengthBasedEDU culture around Strength-Based, Teacher Driven Change.  Contact: Trisha Gee Twitter: @drtriciagee   Items mentioned in Episode 37: Thrively www.teacherdrivenchange.org National Education Association (NEA) Digital Portfolios Strength Finders   Your Child’s Strengths by Jennifer Fox Essential Assessment By Cassie Erkins Collaborative Common Assessments By Cassie Erkins   We would love to hear from you!  Have you tried strength based education?  Are you going to try Thrively with your students? Have you taken the assessment yourself? Email us  Shannon@MyTechToolbelt.com Brenda@MyTechToolbelt.com   If you enjoyed this episode, tell a friend, and SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE TO THE SHOW!  Please share this podcast with someone you think might enjoy it.   What’s in your Tech Toolbelt? www.mytechtoolbelt.com Twitter: @mytechtoolbelt   Instagram: My Tech Toolbelt   You can listen to our podcast on: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Spotify or listen here Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music  

Rebecca Friedrichs, the lead plaintiff in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case that ended in a four-four split in the Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss her book, "Standing Up to Goliath," and how teachers feel about national unions.

How to Become A Better Children’s Book Artist We want to go over some questions that Will has been emailed about that all revolve around the general topic of: How to become a better children’s book artist. As a children’s book artist, do you have to speak and if so to what capacity? Will got this email from a student who got a literary agent last summer and who was wondering if publishers require illustrators to do school visits and publishing conferences. Essentially they are afraid of speaking and were wondering: As an illustrator, do you have to speak? Will used to be petrified of speaking, it probably doesn’t seem like that now because he has a Youtube channel, and speaks at conferences, and now it’s no big deal to him. However, before his heart would pound like crazy just thinking of an upcoming speaking engagement, if he had to speak or teach at church or in school. Maybe some of you also feel that way. Do you really have to speak and if so to what capacity? Jake has done 15 or so books through publishers and he has done school visits for 1 book in particular and it was completely optional. They asked if he would be willing to do it. He went to 6 different schools and didn’t know how much it actually helped his book sales? Ultimately, he doesn’t know how effective it is. You shouldn’t worry about it or let it hinder you from pursuing a career in children’s books. Maybe if it’s apart of your business plan and you are visiting 50 schools a year and you have a line of books to offer for sale, then it might be much more effective. There are some people who do this and they make a lot of money from it. If you go out of state and visit 5 or 6 schools and line them all up and coordinate it so it works out then you can stack a bunch of schools next to each other. Some people will finish a book and then spend the whole next year doing school visits. Once they were trying to get an illustrator to come and do a video with SVS, and he said no and the reason he said no was really really smart, and Lee thinks about this all of the time now. The reason he said no was “because he would come film a 2 to 3 hour video, but it would take a month or two to get ready for it, with rehearsing it, practicing it, writing the course, it takes so much time to prep it and he has learned that he doesn’t have the capacity to do that sort of stuff. Now Lee tends to fall along that line now when he is asked to speak at a SCBWI Conference etc. it’s exhausting and it zaps all of his creative energy out of him. So for Lee, it’s a mixed bag for him. If you take 2 months to prepare a presentation and you can give that same presentation 50 or 100 times then it really pays off and is worth it. But if it’s for a one time or two time presentation it may not be worth it. David Biedrzycki and Jerry Palada do school visits all of the time. So maybe we’re not directly answering the question but these are all different ways to consider speaking and the benefits of it. Average payment for a day is about $1500 and so if you do a few days in a row it can really add up pretty quickly. For David, his wife does all of his booking, hotels, and airfare. And he is now going back to some schools that he went to a few years ago. Publishers like it and want to work with someone like that. It takes away almost all of the risk because if they are doing so many trips, the publisher should be able to at least sell the amount to break even. These guys make a lot of money. How about speaking at bookstores? You have to decide who you are. Some people love to travel and know how to work while they are out and they can keep their routine. It seems like a really lopsided investment and you don’t get much out of it. Lee, works on a book and then it comes out six months later and he is already on to the next thing and he doesn’t want to stop all of that. The thing is book stores typically don’t pay, but schools do. So you’re paying to go and sign books and it’s not very profitable. It’s really hard to make them worth the time. You might sell 10 books in 2 hours and with your royalty of 50 or 75 cents a book, you might make $7. Book signings work for the famous but not so much for the up and coming person. Why You Should Learn To Speak Publically If you do this job and you start to get work, at some point you will be asked to speak publically. So should you? Yes you should, at least learn to be comfortable speaking. Take classes or do a workshop to learn to speak publically. You will be asked to speak publically, or you’ll be asked to teach, or you’ll be asked to present, we get those offers all the time. How to get good at it? Start saying yes to every opportunity where you can. Will used to be that guy that hated it. Will could barely speak when he was chosen as illustrator of the year for the California Teachers Association, and he had to go around giving speeches and he gave a speech in front of 1000 people in a ballroom and that was 10 years ago and he was so nervous beforehand but now today he has spoken so much since then that it doesn’t even phase him anymore. One nice thing about this profession is you can use visuals and you don’t have to worry so much about people staring at you while you are talking. The best advice is the advice that makes you a better person in the end, it’s what makes you more experienced and more capable. So if public speaking is not your strong point, then do whatever you need to do to learn how to feel comfortable with it. Believe in your work and take jobs that there is a passion there for. You see these people who are terrified of speaking but they are passionate about the work they do and so they push themselves to share that with others. Maybe you aren’t passionate about puppy dogs and you did a book about puppy dogs, but maybe you are passionate about creativity and how a kid could grow up to become a creative artist. A lot of kids have roadblocks of parents or teachers saying that art isn’t a real job, and you speaking to them can become a driving force to help you overcome those fears. Being a creative person, being someone who can draw for a living is such a rare privilege and is unlike any other job. You Create and You Share Part of that is to promote yourself and promote your work, your style, and your stories. Somebody needs to hear your message. Nobody is gonna hear it if you don’t start sharing yourself. There is a person in you who is good at public speaking. You need to have faith in yourself. Really good book: Perennial Seller: The Art of Making Work That Lasts 1st half of the book: How to make a book that stands the test of time, that isn’t dated in 10 years, how to create something that is interesting now and in 30 years. 2nd half is about how to market the book and get it into the hands of the people who want to read it. Jake read the book last year and marked it all up, and flipping through it right now there are a lot of great things.The book applies to anyone who creates work, it’s not focused on children’s books but there is so much that still applies. If you get invited to speak, have some sort of takeaway that you want the audience to leave with. Lee had a graduate school program and they had tons of artists come and speak but it doesn’t mean it was all effective.Some would just show art and have pretty meaningless commentary to go with it. Have a specific topic or point you want to make and then have a series of images to show that topic and teach about it. Tell stories about yourself, as humans we are interested in learning more about each other and we love hearing personal stories. Will’s best talk he ever gave was speaking to almost 300 librarians, and he was told 9 months in advance about the presentation, and he kept a Google doc and he didn’t panic or anything but instead anytime an idea came to his head he would jump on his phone and jot it down on the Google doc. This helped him get all of his ideas down leading up to the speaking engagement. His speech was all about “I was that kid”, he showed how he wasn’t the best student and how we shouldn’t write off these kids that are problems, because some of them are really creative and some of them are being forced into the school system. He spoke for an hour. Will sold a ton of books. Don’t be afraid of speaking, if you do it a lot, you’ll get good at it. Anything you do a lot you can get good at it. How to Draw Women Respectfully Another email Will got was in response to a “3rd Thursday” a while back which was the precursor to this podcast. In it, Shannon shared how she was thinking about the issue that you they brought up that men struggle to draw females because they don’t want to sexualize them and they don’t want to over emphasize typical female features. There is a big problem with the way that women are depicted. There are so many people doing “sexy” versions of classic characters. And the thing is those people get famous from it. There was this artist who draws really sexualized characters and got chewed out online for it. There is this endless appetite for it from consumers and artists and we can’t stand it. Jake’s approach: he has a mom, sisters, a wife, and daughters, He doesn’t want to ever disrespect them. His test is, if I would be okay with any of these people wearing the outfit that I’m drawing then I’m okay to draw it. Don’t shy away from the female figure, there isn’t just one female figure there are 100 different female figures. He will approach it from, “Who is this character?” What does she need to accomplish? What about her image will backup and support her personality and her role in the story? He will start with the personality and then will work from the inside out. How do you draw a female character and make her look feminine without making her look sexualized? For drawing children it’s super easy, he just beefs up the eyelashes a little more and then he draws her wearing clothes that look female, when he drops off his children at school he looks at what kids are wearing and thinks of what outfits look feminine and more masculine and then he will dress his characters accordingly. If it’s an older women she will have hips, and a chest, not as broad of shoulders, any genetic thing that shows that this is a female and not a male he will try and put that into his designs. Lee had a great figure drawing class where they would have both a male and a female model take the same pose and instead of focusing on the obvious differences in anatomy, they focused on the more nuanced differences in their gestures. The more subtle things. I.e. A man in a neutral pose, arms will typically round to the outside. A women standing in that same position, typically her elbows will go in and her lower arms will go out. It is a distinctly different silhouette just based on what their arms were doing. In every pose there was always a subtle difference or separation in how males or females carry weight and balance and all of that stuff. So if you can lean on those other things then it helps it become a lot more believable. Before puberty we all have pretty similar body types. There are some tricks that you can use to add to either the femininity or masculinity of your children characters. Will adds thicker lashes when drawing his female characters. He also sometimes uses a little bit more round or soft shapes for his female characters and uses some more boxy or square shapes for his male characters. This is a political topic. As illustrators we are faced with drawing all sorts of characters. Male characters, female characters, young and old characters, animals etc. When you are going down the street you notice what makes someone look more feminine or masculine. If it’s a female character then you need to make her look like a female character. If you’re drawing a male character you need to make him look like a male character. There is a lot of crossover, there are some female characters that have some features that would traditionally be considered more masculine, and vise versa. You really need to be really respectful of that particular character and portraying that character the very best you can. Jake did this ABC book about apples and there was a lot of grey area in the story. He wanted to avoid the whole issue of making sure that there was enough girls and boys, and that there was the right level of diversity among characters and he just made all of the characters animals. It took away a lot of stress and helped him develop the story and push his designs more and he was able to get some great portfolio pieces from it. One of the through lines was that the pig got to eat whatever he wanted and the bear was on a diet. It was a lot more fun, interesting, playful, and kid friendly. It is a proven technique, drawing animals can help you not have to worry so much about some of those other sensitive topics. How to Create Emotional Images The third question we’d like to address came from another message Will got which was about, “What makes an image emotional?” Sometimes we over focus on rendering and miss the emotion. Will just finished a class with Brian Aijar, and one of the things that struck him was that the students did great work but one of the things that they were weak on was coming up with a strong story for their piece. Instead sometimes it was a story fragment. They might say,” The idea for this one is that the person is looking off to the side… that’s the story.” But, why? Another issue was that sometimes they would have things in the illustration that were confusing or distracted from the story. We would be giving critiques but didn’t know what the illustrator was trying to say. Have a Complete Story Idea The way to start to convey emotion in your piece is to have a complete story idea. Sometimes you can still overdo that and try to tell too much story with your image. It needs to be a clear illustration. Here’s an example of a good story: Someone’s walking down the stairs and they are holding a huge birthday cake and you see at the bottom of the stairs child’s blocks, roller skates, or a ball, something they are about to step on. That is a complete story idea. You could show that story at beginning or middle or end. You could show them about to step on the ball, you could show them slipping and the cake going up in the air, or you could show the aftermath with the skate next to them and looking at it you could completely figure out what the illustration is is all about. So in order to convey a human emotion or make your piece feel emotional and have someone to relate to it, you have to tell a story that everyone has experienced. But we have a hard time relating to a story fragment, like someone looking over their shoulder. With a story fragment you are asking more questions than you are answering. Intent David Hohn and Lee are teaching an illustration class right now. One of the big things they push is that students include keywords with their sketches. They want to know the intent of the piece. Too often, if students haven’t trained this way or just draw without thinking then there is no intent. We frame it all on if they are hitting those keywords/their intent, or not. I.e. You say you want this to be scary, but it doesn’t look scary and now let’s go over why, and we will go over the design of the piece, the gestures, the characters, etc. But without knowing that intent then there is no driving force. Learn How to Tell a Joke Learn how to tell a joke. Not just creating jokes out of thin air, but go find jokes and learn how to tell them. Learn the setup, learn the meat of the joke, learn the payoff. So much is going on there, jokes are just mini stories. The more you do that the more it translates over into your work and you aren’t satisfied drawing a character just looking to the left, but you want to know what drives that character. The main thing is, a joke teaches you to establish a character, establish a problem, establish a situation, establish an environment that that character is in, and then how that problem is solved in a clever or funny way. All of the elements are there in a short joke that apply to illustrating, comic books, even public speaking, all of that applies. The reason for illustration, what separates it from just art or just drawings: illustration tells stories, everything you draw should be one of these parts of the story: it should be the setup, the meat, or the payoff. You want to leave the person looking at it asking, “What next?” or “What just happened?” Will also has his students write a sentence or two to describe their intent for their illustrations. Here’s an example that he had from one of his classes: “Two girls gossiping about another girl.” This is a great start! And the story was working well in the drawing. It’s hard to put a definition on how far you need to take something. However we wanted to know why they were gossiping about the other girl and as soon as we added a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of the girl’s shoe, it became a much clearer idea and story. Basically, we just helped Will answer his emails. LINKS Svslearn.com Jake Parker: mrjakeparker.com Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44 Will Terry: willterry.com. Instagram: @willterryart, Youtube: WillTerryArt Lee White: leewhiteillustration.comInstagram: @leewhiteillo Alex Sugg: alexsugg.com Tanner Garlick: tannergarlickart.com. Instagram: @tannergarlick If you like this episode, please share it, subscribe, and we’d love it if you left a review! These podcasts live and die on reviews. If you want to join in on this discussion log onto forum.svslearn.com, there is a forum for this episode you can comment on.

Progressive podcaster Jonathan Tasini says it's a disaster for unions and working Americans; libertarian legal scholar Eugene Volokh says it's a bad decision, but won't change much.The two-faced Roman god Janus was said to look over the beginning and end of conflicts — one face looked rearward, to the past, while the other looked ahead to the future. With the end of the Supreme Court's latest session and looming end to moderate Justice Anthony Kennedy's career, we may be witnessing the beginning of a new era of jurisprudence.Two years ago, the court decided not to hear the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, suspending the conflict between public sector unions and their opponents in the “right work” camp. Rebecca Friedrichs was a school teacher who resented paying dues, or even the less substantial non-member “agency fees” to her union. As a major political faction, public sector unions often push legislation in the interest of their members, such as increased funding for public school teachers' salaries. Friedrichs, however, was not a typical union member. A rare anti-teacher's union teacher, Friedrichs was recruited as an ideal plaintiff to go to court on behalf of the entire “right to work” movement — largely funded by conservative and libertarian interest groups — to argue that her free speech rights were being violated by the requirement to contribute financially to her union.Many thought that the Friedrichs case was doomed when Justice Scalia suddenly passed away in 2016, until Trump's election ushered in Neil Gorsuch's nomination. The issue of public sector union dues returned to the docket in the case of Janus v. AFSCME. While the details were different, the essentials of the case was the same: do forced dues to a union constitute a violation of the First Amendment, as an instance of “compelled speech?”A Precedent OverturnedJanus, a child protection specialist, contested the fees his union required him to pay. Since unions often function as a wing of the Democratic party, this seems like a reasonable complaint for public sector workers who broadly oppose the Democrats' agenda. Indeed the court had found in a previous case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1970), which determined that dues collected from non-members were constitutional as long as they were only used for the union's purposes of collective bargaining — separated from political activism funded by member dues.Allowing employees to opt out of union fees entirely, however, creates a “free rider” problem, in which the non-members receive the benefits of the union's negotiations at the expense of members. Thus, the decision in Janus — in favor of the plaintiff's right to not pay any fees — deals a hard blow to public sector unions — one of the last organized supporting wings of the Democratic Party.To understand why the case was so charged, one needs to understand the shifting political landscape — specifically, the shrinking power of unions as a check on business interests. Certain subgroups of the GOP have made it their goal to “defund and defang” public sector unions — the last bastion of organized labor — so that a free market agenda can advance with less opposition. As union membership has declined, we have seen a nearly inverted relationship with the share of income going to the top 10%. Whether the relationship is causal is hard to say, but the graphical evidence is compelling.Subscribe to Jonathan's podcast for a progressive perspective on issues related to organized labor and inequality.Jonathan Tasini, host of the progressive “Working Life” podcast, sees this outcome as the result of a highly effective coalition of right-wing interest groups — including the Koch Foundation and the Uihlein Foundation — and the network of think tanks and organizations they support. Tasini links the decline in union influence over politics with the rise in inequality, and expects the Janus decision to further erode the fabric of working-class America.However, it is not only progressives using partisan arguments for unions who are arguing against the 5–4 majority in Janus.Was the Court Wrong?Eugene Volokh, a noted libertarian legal scholar and lead blogger at Reason.com's The Volokh Conspiracy, co-authored an amicus (or “friend of the court”) brief in support of a government union's constitutional right to levy fees.In her dissent, Justice Kagan quotes Volokh's brief, which offers “many examples to show that the First Amendment ‘simply do[es] not guarantee that one's hard-earned dollars will never be spent on speech one disapproves of.'”For example, when the government taxes, it often spends the money on campaigns to promote the ideology behind a given program. In a simpler case, government grants often fund causes and forms of expression that many taxpayers do not value. Kagan and Volokh suggest that we might as well think of the fee as a tax on government workers to pay for the collective bargaining that they must undertake with the union to determine fair pay and benefits.This ultimately led Volokh to conclude, in the wake of the decision, that the new precedent won't change much. After all, the government can just change its method of levying the fee to a tax — leaving union revenues unchanged.Nonetheless, the Janus decision does seem to tilt the balance a bit further away from unions, which is why many libertarians are celebrating.Bob has covered this topic several times in the past, including (most recently) his interview with Rebecca Friedrichs and her attorney. Now you can hear the other side of the debate from Jonathan Tasini.

Later this month, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in Janus v. AFSCME on whether public sector unions should be allowed to collect agency fees from employees who choose not to join the union. The Court heard a similar case two years ago, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. On this week's podcast, Marty West talks with Rebecca Friedrichs, the lead plaintiff in that case, about agency fees, unions, and what to expect after Janus.

Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. The case turns on the question of whether “agency fee” arrangements—which require workers to pay union fees to public sector unions to cover the unions’ activities other than political action—violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court previously found such mandatory union fees to be constitutional in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977). However, in 2016, the Supreme Court split 4-4 on this question in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.L. Camille Hebert, Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at Ohio State UniversityWilliam L. Messenger, Staff Attorney, National Right To Work Legal Defense FoundationModerator: Robert Alt, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Buckeye Institute

Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. The case turns on the question of whether “agency fee” arrangements—which require workers to pay union fees to public sector unions to cover the unions’ activities other than political action—violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court previously found such mandatory union fees to be constitutional in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977). However, in 2016, the Supreme Court split 4-4 on this question in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.L. Camille Hebert, Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at Ohio State UniversityWilliam L. Messenger, Staff Attorney, National Right To Work Legal Defense FoundationModerator: Robert Alt, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Buckeye Institute

Alicia Hickok and Eugene Volokh join National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss a major Supreme Court case about public-union dues. The Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could have a huge effect on public-section unions and their membership. The case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will be heard on February 26 at the Court. The question in front of the nine Justices is if public-sector “agency shop” arrangements -- payments that workers represented by a union must pay even if they are not dues-paying members -- should be invalidated under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court said in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) that government employees who don’t belong to a union can be required to pay for union contract negotiating costs that benefit to all public employees, including non-union members. The Abood decision has been challenged in court several times, and an evenly divided Court couldn’t decide a similar case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, in 2016.  This time, a full Court will consider the issue. Alicia Hickok is a Partner at the law firm Drinker Biddle and a Lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She wrote an amicus brief in the Janus case on behalf of the Rutherford Institute, siding with Janus’s position. Eugene Volokh is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA Law School. He co-wrote an amicus brief in Janus with Will Baude siding with the union. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org And don't forget to take our new podcast survey at constitutioncenter.org/survey The Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

When Rebecca Friedrichs first started teaching in Orange County nearly 30 years ago, she was surprised to discover how little recourse her school had to remove poor quality teachers from their posts. For decades, she would do her best to contain her frustration with a system – backed by powerful public sector teacher's unions – that protects inept, long-time insiders (read: tenure) at the expense of students and outstanding young faculty. Finally, an opportunity arose for Friedrichs to become the lead plaintiff in a free speech case against the California Teachers Association, and take a stand against mandatory dues for non-members who oppose the union's practices. Her side appeared on the verge of a landmark Supreme Court victory when Justice Antonin Scalia passed away suddenly – leaving the court divided 4-4, which affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the union. Friedrichs and her attorney, Terry Pell (President of the Center for Individual Rights), will Bob to explain why they are still fighting on behalf of teachers and students to have Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association reheard once a ninth justice is confirmed. The saga of Scalia's Supreme Court vacancy continues on the show of ideas, not attitude.

2016 was a big year for labor and employment law. In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a deadlocked Supreme Court allowed a lower court ruling to stand, denying a First Amendment challenge to mandatory union dues. Meanwhile, President Obama’s Department of Labor released a new overtime regulation which would more than double the maximum salary required for exemption from overtime pay. The implementation of the regulation was halted just a few days before going into effect by a nationwide injunction by a federal district court judge. -- With 2017 ahead and the general election behind, our experts discussed the future of labor law under the Trump administration. -- Featuring: Mr. David S. Fortney, Co-founder,Fortney & Scott, LLC; Brent Garren, Deputy General Counsel, Local 32 BJ, Service Employees International Union and John S. Irving, Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Our panel weighs in on the challenges science teachers face, and smart strategies to address them. Follow: @larryferlazzo @mjanatovich @educatoral @ajollygal @WalkerCamie @Bamradionetwork Science Teacher working at Chimacum Middle School. He is an Early Adolescent Generalist National Board Certified Teacher who has been teaching kids in grades 4 through 8 for the past 25 years. Mike Janatovich is the assistant principal of Harmon Middle School in Aurora, OH, and an ASCD Emerging Leader. Anne Jolly taught 8th grade science for 16 years and, during that time, was selected Alabama Teacher of the Year. She writes STEM curriculum, books, articles, website materials, and a MiddleWeb STEM blog. Camie Walker is an elementary science teacher at John Murdy Elementary School in Garden Grove, California, and is a member of the Instructional Leadership Corps, a collaboration among the California Teachers Association, the Stanford center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the National Board Resource Center at Stanford.

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association was anticipated to be one of the most significant cases of the Supreme Court’s term. In Friedrichs, the Court was considering whether to overrule its prior decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977), which held that public employees can be required to financially support union collective-bargaining with government, but not union political activities. In 2014, the Court sharply criticized Abood’s rationales in Harris v. Quinn, but stopped short of overruling it. Friedrichs was primed to be the final word on Abood’s continuing validity. However, with Justice Scalia’s passing in February, the Court deadlocked 4-4 in Friedrichs, and Abood remains the law of land. -- This Teleforum explored the legal landscape post-Friedrichs. This includes the other cases challenging Abood that are pending in the lower courts, and the legal arguments for and against upholding Abood. It also includes cases that concern related matters, such as whether individuals can be required to affirmatively object to paying “non-chargeable” union dues under Abood, and whether individuals who are not full-fledged employees can be included in systems of exclusive representation in the wake of Harris. -- Featuring: Scott A. Kronland, Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP and William Messenger, Staff Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.

This week's episode covers complicated topics (labor unions & trademarks) through the prism of football (Tom Brady & the Washington Redskins).  Brett and Nazim discuss Tom Brady's 2nd Circuit appeal, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, Lee v. Tam and Profootball, Inc. v. Blackhorse.  Nazim also attempts to get revenge on Brett for the last football episode by administering a test of difficult football questions to Brett and Jess.

On March 29, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. A group of public school employees sued the California Teachers Association and various other entities, arguing that the agency shop arrangement itself--as well as the opt-out requirement--violated the First Amendment. The district court denied their claim and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed based on existing precedent and the 1997 Supreme Court decision Abood v. Detroit Board of Education. The two questions before the Supreme Court were (1) whether the Abood precedent should be overruled and public-sector “agency shop” arrangements invalidated under the First Amendment; and (2) whether it violates the First Amendment to require that public employees affirmatively object to subsidizing nonchargeable speech by public-sector unions, rather than requiring that employees affirmatively consent to subsidizing such speech. -- In a one-sentence per curiam opinion, the judgment of the Ninth Circuit was affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court, a 4-4 split. -- To discuss the case, we have Richard A. Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law and Professor Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

Happy Easter everyone! Have you ever noticed how — US Constitution notwithstanding — churches occupy a pretty special place in our society? Just consider the upcoming holiday. If there's a Christian church in your hood, chances are, you might see a street cleaned up or closed for a parade, or a police officer assigned to mind parishioners. That work's done by public workers, by the state - which is to say, it's paid for out of taxes. But religious institutions don't pay taxes. They're tax exempt, remember? So who pays? We do. We subsidize the church by paying more than our share, even if we never step foot in a place of worship. Churches don't even have to apply for tax-exempt status the way the rest of us do by filling out lengthy, complex forms like other nonprofits. Places of worship get non profit status simply by virtue of declaring themselves. They get special dispensation to discriminate too, against women and fire people on moral grounds that wouldn't stand a chance in any other court. The Supreme Court's currently considering a case, called Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association, which purports to turn on the question of whether public workers should have to contribute to the union that represents them if those unions engage in political activities the members don't endorse. But you and I subsidize churches every day, whether we like it or not. Lots of congregations provide valuable services, I understand, but we the taxpayers don't get to choose the soup kitchens over the homophobes… We subsidize both every day. The point is, if you think church and state in the US are happily distinct. Think again. Oh yes, and Happy Easter. You can watch my interview with novelist and activist Sarah Schulman on cities and why we love them, on The Laura Flanders Show on KCET/LINKtv and TeleSUR and find all my interviews and reports at LauraFlanders.com To tell me what you think, write to Laura@lauraflanders.com.

The Supreme Court is considering the most important labor case in years. Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association, ostensibly addresses public workers rights on the job, specifically their right not to support their union. The plaintiffs argue that the sum they pay to the union that represents them violates their free speech and free association rights. In their view, they shouldn't have to give money to a union whose political actions they oppose - even if there's already a process for opting out of those activities — it's all about freedom, they say. Many have pointed out that “free speech" in this case is cover for an attack on collective bargaining — people together doing what they can't do individually. The ramifications of all those lost contributions on public workers unions, and public workers - are obvious. But if the justices really want to tal about freedom in the workplace -- let's go there. Most workers have no freedom when it comes to hours or wages or working conditions. Many are told what to wear and what to do; even when they may go to the bathroom. In a capitalist system, you could say individuals are free to take a job or quit it. But in a work-or-die economy, there's not much free choice involved. If you want real democracy in the workplace. You can build that, as we hear from the people on this program who are involved in worker owned enterprises and cooperatives. where every worker has a say. But if you want real democracy in the workplace, you have to democratize ownership, Friedrichs is a Trojan Horse attack on unions and collective bargaining. But a real national conversation about freedom in the workplace? We could go there. A whole lot of people working for a new and different economic system would say -- Bring it on. You can watch our interview with Janelle Orsi and Mickey Metts on building the commons on the Internet on The Laura Flanders Show on KCET/LINKtv and TeleSUR and find all my interviews and reports at LauraFlanders.com To tell me what you think, write to Laura@lauraflanders.com.

Compulsory Unionism before the Supreme Court Bruce Cameron, Reed Larson Professor of Labor Law at Regent University School of Law, discussing Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case being heard by the Supreme Court, and the possible impact of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on this, and other cases.

Judith Shulevitz, will be here to expand on her New York Time's piece, arguing the United States should adopt a Universal Basic Income. And journalist, Scott Lemieux, will run down the oral arguments from Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association that were presented in front of the Supreme Court this week, and what it means for the future of public sector labor unions.

On this episode we present the full oral arguments in one of the Court's most controversial cases of the term - Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which considers whether to overrule a prior Supreme Court decision approving of laws that require all employees represented by a union to pay the union "fair share service fees" for the cost of collective bargaining activities. Several California teachers argue that their First Amendment rights have been violated because they disagree with the Union.

On this episode we offer a brief summary of one of the Court's most controversial cases of the year - Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which considers whether to overrule a prior Supreme Court decision approving of laws that require all employees represented by a union to pay the union "fair share service fees" for the cost of collective bargaining activities. Several California teachers argue that their First Amendment rights have been violated because they disagree with positions taken by the Union.

On January 11, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Under California law and existing Supreme Court precedent, unions can become the exclusive bargaining representative for the public school employees of their district and establish an “agency shop” arrangement requiring public school employees either to join the union or pay a fee to support the union’s collective bargaining activities. Although the First Amendment prohibits unions from compelling non-members to support activities unrelated to collective bargaining, in California non-members must affirmatively “opt out” to avoid paying for these unrelated or “nonchargeable” expenses. -- Here a group of public school employees sued the California Teachers Association and various other entities, arguing that the agency shop arrangement itself--as well as the opt-out requirement--violated the First Amendment. The district court denied their claim and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed based on existing precedent and the 1997 Supreme Court decision Abood v. Detroit Board of Education. -- The two questions now before the Supreme Court are: (1) Whether the Abood precedent should be overruled and public-sector “agency shop” arrangements invalidated under the First Amendment; and (2) whether it violates the First Amendment to require that public employees affirmatively object to subsidizing nonchargeable speech by public-sector unions, rather than requiring that employees affirmatively consent to subsidizing such speech. -- To discuss the case, we have Richard A. Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law and Professor Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

Catherine Fisk of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and David Forte of the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law break down the constitutional issues in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association and predict how the Court will rule.

Catherine Fisk of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and David Forte of the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law break down the constitutional issues in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association and predict how the Court will rule.

Joel Silberman returns to the show today after missing yesterday to witness the Supreme Court arguments in Friedrichs et al v California Teachers Association et al. Warning: it was ugly, and Joel tells us all about it. In hour two, to lighten the mood, GottaLaff! Plus a big announcement from MoveOn.org too.

The Supreme Court is now weighting Freidrichs v. California Teachers Association. Mark Janus is the lead plaintiff in a near-identical case in Illinois. Jacob Huebert is his attorney. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Catherine Fisk is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center in Law, Society and Culture at University of California Irvine. Prof. Fisk teaches and writes on the law of the workplace, legal history, civil rights and the legal profession. She is the author of dozens of articles and four books, including the prize-winning Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of the Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930, and Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace. Her research focuses on workers at both the high end and the low end of the wage spectrum. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Prof. Fisk breaks down the Supreme Court case to be decided in the 2015-16 term, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which has the potential to weaken the role of public employee unions nationwide. http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/fisk/

October 5th will mark the first day of the 2015 Supreme Court term. Thus far, the Court's docket includes major cases involving the death penalty, affirmative action, unions, civil asset forfeiture, and more. -- Notable cases include Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez, which concerns pre-certification mootness; Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, which concerns class certification where statistical methods are used to establish liability and damages; Spokeo v. Robins, which concerns Article III standing and statutory damages; Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, which concerns affirmative action in admissions; Evenwel v. Abbott, which concerns redistricting law; Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which concerns teacher unions; and Kansas v. Gleason, Kansas v. Carr, Montgomery v. Louisiana, Foster v. Humphrey, and Hurst v. Florida, which all concern the death penalty. -- In addition to these cases and others, which may include abortion and contraceptive mandate questions, the panelists will discuss the current composition and the future of the Court. -- Featuring: Prof. Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Mr. John Elwood, Partner at Vinson & Elkins; Mr. Neal K. Katyal, Partner at Hogan Lovells; Prof. John F. Stinneford, Professor of Law and Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center at Levin College of Law, University of Florida; and Mr. Ed Whelan, President of Ethics & Public Policy Center. Moderator: Mr. Adam Liptak, The New York Times.

October 5th will mark the first day of the 2015 Supreme Court term. Thus far, the Court's docket includes major cases involving the death penalty, affirmative action, unions, civil asset forfeiture, and more. -- Notable cases include Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez, which concerns pre-certification mootness; Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, which concerns class certification where statistical methods are used to establish liability and damages; Spokeo v. Robins, which concerns Article III standing and statutory damages; Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, which concerns affirmative action in admissions; Evenwel v. Abbott, which concerns redistricting law; Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which concerns teacher unions; and Kansas v. Gleason, Kansas v. Carr, Montgomery v. Louisiana, Foster v. Humphrey, and Hurst v. Florida, which all concern the death penalty. -- In addition to these cases and others, which may include abortion and contraceptive mandate questions, the panelists will discuss the current composition and the future of the Court. -- Featuring: Prof. Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Mr. John Elwood, Partner at Vinson & Elkins; Mr. Neal K. Katyal, Partner at Hogan Lovells; Prof. John F. Stinneford, Professor of Law and Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center at Levin College of Law, University of Florida; and Mr. Ed Whelan, President of Ethics & Public Policy Center. Moderator: Mr. Adam Liptak, The New York Times.

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association deals with more than one important element of how unions get their money. Andrew Grossman discusses the Cato Institute's brief in the case. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Should public employees be compelled to support a labor union? Andrew M. Grossman discusses the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martha Montelongo is on vacation this week. In the first half of the program, City Journal contributor Troy Senik joins Ben Boychuk and John Seiler to discuss his article, “The Worst Union in America,” which delves into the California Teachers Assocation’s sordid history of political activism and opposition to education reforms. (The Los Angeles Times excerpted […]