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A tax for Oakland teachers: Take 2?


Tribune file photo by Laura A. Oda

Ever since a parcel tax for Oakland teachers fell flat without the support of the local teachers union, a committee has been meeting to try again, this time with a broader support base. There’s been talk of placing a tax measure on the June 2010 ballot.

And once again, talks about ways to boost teacher salaries in the midst of ongoing state budget cuts – and tense contract negotiations — have run right into a teachers union sticking point: whether any of the money raised by local property taxes should go to the city’s 30-some independently run, non-unionionized, public charter schools.

No way, the union says, even if most of the money would go to its own members. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Under: OEA, charter schools, finances, initiatives, teachers | 42 Comments »

Chavis on CNN.com: Money won’t fix bad schools

Posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009
Under: charter schools, finances, school reform | 30 Comments »

Masked Oakland teachers protest pay, conditions

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Under: charter schools, teachers, union contract | 12 Comments »

Nedir Bey withdraws Oakland charter school bid

Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Under: charter schools | 7 Comments »

So, how did Oakland’s charter schools do?

Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, charter schools, elementary schools, students, test scores | 26 Comments »

Oakland middle school grad wins scholarship

Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009
Under: charter schools, college, middle schools, students | 1 Comment »

Brown’s clout comes in big for Oakland charter schools

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Under: charter schools | 38 Comments »

Ben Chavis’s new book: “Crazy like a fox”

Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Under: achievement gap, charter schools, test scores | 51 Comments »

Oasis charter school to close

Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Under: charter schools, students | 8 Comments »

Charter school bill clears state Assembly

Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Under: charter schools, finances | 1 Comment »