Teachers

California Teacher Pensions Need $4.5B More Each Year, Report Finds

A new report said California needs to pay an additional $4.5 billion a year to shore up its financially shaky teacher retirement fund.

2013/03/20

Teachers’ Union Criticizes New Report On Oakland Schools

The study by the National Council on Teacher Quality recommends several improvements for attracting and retaining teachers.

2013/03/20

A view of the Cyber High page on the California PASS Program website. (CBS)

KCBS Cover Story: Students Pass Failed Classes At Cyber High

More Bay Area high school students are graduating than ever before. But many of them are doing so by taking classes by computer to make up courses they failed in the classroom. Critics contend those students are graduating but they’re not really learning.

2013/03/05

Poll: California Voters Favor Gun, Ammunition Controls

The Field Poll released Tuesday found that 61 percent of California voters think it is more important to control firearms than to protect the rights of gun owners. It’s the biggest margin of support since Field began asking the question in 1999.

2013/02/26

Candles are lit among mementos at a memorial for victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, on December 17, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. The first two funerals for victims of the shooting were held today. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Counselors Provided At Bay Area Schools Following Connecticut Tragedy

At schools across the Bay Area and around the country, counselors are being made available for students in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

2012/12/17

(Photo: Publicity shots of Dick Devos, union opponent, and James P. Hoffa, union organizer)

Digital Debate: Teamster’s Hoffa & Amway Heir DeVos: Clash Over Unions!

James P. Hoffa and Dick DeVos have vastly differing views of unions, which is why in this heated political climate battles are raging across America over unions in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, California and other states, the two took time to participate in CBS Local Digital Debate.

2012/10/29