Katharine Fong
@ctakath.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, California Teachers Association
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"Let's get ready to see each other on the picket lines."
CTA President David Goldberg on the power of collective action.
West Contra Costa teachers strike tomorrow. We know we have to put everything on the line to get what we and our students deserve.
#WeCantWait #WeCantWaitCA #WeAreCTA
CTA President David Goldberg on the power of collective action.
West Contra Costa teachers strike tomorrow. We know we have to put everything on the line to get what we and our students deserve.
#WeCantWait #WeCantWaitCA #WeAreCTA
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Let's get ready to see each other on the picket lines."
CTA President David Goldberg on the power of collective action.
West Contra Costa teachers strike tomorrow. We know we have to put everything on the line to get what we and our students deserve.
#WeCantWait #WeCantWaitCA #WeAreCTA
CTA President David Goldberg on the power of collective action.
West Contra Costa teachers strike tomorrow. We know we have to put everything on the line to get what we and our students deserve.
#WeCantWait #WeCantWaitCA #WeAreCTA
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Set your table with union-made products this Thanksgiving! 🦃
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Set your table with union-made products this Thanksgiving! 🦃
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
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Check out @nbcbayarea.com coverage of Richmond Educators' "Strike Ready" art event.
We're fighting for an end to chronic understaffing, fair pay, and affordable healthcare.
Link: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/richmond-teachers-strike-art-event/3970253/
#WeAreCTA #WeCantWait
We're fighting for an end to chronic understaffing, fair pay, and affordable healthcare.
Link: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/richmond-teachers-strike-art-event/3970253/
#WeAreCTA #WeCantWait
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Check out @nbcbayarea.com coverage of Richmond Educators' "Strike Ready" art event.
We're fighting for an end to chronic understaffing, fair pay, and affordable healthcare.
Link: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/richmond-teachers-strike-art-event/3970253/
#WeAreCTA #WeCantWait
We're fighting for an end to chronic understaffing, fair pay, and affordable healthcare.
Link: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/richmond-teachers-strike-art-event/3970253/
#WeAreCTA #WeCantWait
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Do you know an educator with a passion for justice?
Now’s your chance to honor them. The CTA Human Rights Awards recognize members who go above and beyond to advance social justice and defend human rights.
🗓️ Nominations due by Nov. 30
📩 Submit here: https://bit.ly/4oHvcTs
Now’s your chance to honor them. The CTA Human Rights Awards recognize members who go above and beyond to advance social justice and defend human rights.
🗓️ Nominations due by Nov. 30
📩 Submit here: https://bit.ly/4oHvcTs
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Do you know an educator with a passion for justice?
Now’s your chance to honor them. The CTA Human Rights Awards recognize members who go above and beyond to advance social justice and defend human rights.
🗓️ Nominations due by Nov. 30
📩 Submit here: https://bit.ly/4oHvcTs
Now’s your chance to honor them. The CTA Human Rights Awards recognize members who go above and beyond to advance social justice and defend human rights.
🗓️ Nominations due by Nov. 30
📩 Submit here: https://bit.ly/4oHvcTs
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"As a teacher, I'm going to protect my students 100%. And as a voter, I'm not only going to protect my students—I'm going to protect our freedom and our rights."
We're fighting back. We're voting #YESonProp50.
Election Day is November 4. Join us. cta.org/prop50
We're fighting back. We're voting #YESonProp50.
Election Day is November 4. Join us. cta.org/prop50
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"As a teacher, I'm going to protect my students 100%. And as a voter, I'm not only going to protect my students—I'm going to protect our freedom and our rights."
We're fighting back. We're voting #YESonProp50.
Election Day is November 4. Join us. cta.org/prop50
We're fighting back. We're voting #YESonProp50.
Election Day is November 4. Join us. cta.org/prop50
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📚 50 Years of IDEA
From the beginning, educators have led the fight to protect the rights of students with disabilities.
As we celebrate 50 years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), we recommit to the fight for a fully funded IDEA. #WeAreCTA
From the beginning, educators have led the fight to protect the rights of students with disabilities.
As we celebrate 50 years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), we recommit to the fight for a fully funded IDEA. #WeAreCTA
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📚 50 Years of IDEA
From the beginning, educators have led the fight to protect the rights of students with disabilities.
As we celebrate 50 years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), we recommit to the fight for a fully funded IDEA. #WeAreCTA
From the beginning, educators have led the fight to protect the rights of students with disabilities.
As we celebrate 50 years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), we recommit to the fight for a fully funded IDEA. #WeAreCTA
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😡 Teacher Ken Tang has had enough.
As a refugee who became a teacher, Ken knows what happens when systems fail our most vulnerable students. He's voting YES on Prop 50.
✅Vote #YESonProp50 Learn more at cta.org/prop50
As a refugee who became a teacher, Ken knows what happens when systems fail our most vulnerable students. He's voting YES on Prop 50.
✅Vote #YESonProp50 Learn more at cta.org/prop50
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
😡 Teacher Ken Tang has had enough.
As a refugee who became a teacher, Ken knows what happens when systems fail our most vulnerable students. He's voting YES on Prop 50.
✅Vote #YESonProp50 Learn more at cta.org/prop50
As a refugee who became a teacher, Ken knows what happens when systems fail our most vulnerable students. He's voting YES on Prop 50.
✅Vote #YESonProp50 Learn more at cta.org/prop50
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📖Read Banned Books!
As the attack on education grows, so does the attack on our voices and our perspectives.
Thank you Cindy Timoti of the Anaheim Elementary Education Association for the recommendation.
📚Head over to: https://bit.ly/4mXlriG for more.
As the attack on education grows, so does the attack on our voices and our perspectives.
Thank you Cindy Timoti of the Anaheim Elementary Education Association for the recommendation.
📚Head over to: https://bit.ly/4mXlriG for more.
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
📖Read Banned Books!
As the attack on education grows, so does the attack on our voices and our perspectives.
Thank you Cindy Timoti of the Anaheim Elementary Education Association for the recommendation.
📚Head over to: https://bit.ly/4mXlriG for more.
As the attack on education grows, so does the attack on our voices and our perspectives.
Thank you Cindy Timoti of the Anaheim Elementary Education Association for the recommendation.
📚Head over to: https://bit.ly/4mXlriG for more.
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📚Keep Reading Banned Books
🔎Here are a few from Laura Fernandez of the Vallejo Education Association.
📕 Join CTA California Reads to promote reading all year long at: https://www.cta.org/get-involved/california-reads
🔎Here are a few from Laura Fernandez of the Vallejo Education Association.
📕 Join CTA California Reads to promote reading all year long at: https://www.cta.org/get-involved/california-reads
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📚Keep Reading Banned Books
🔎Here are a few from Laura Fernandez of the Vallejo Education Association.
📕 Join CTA California Reads to promote reading all year long at: https://www.cta.org/get-involved/california-reads
🔎Here are a few from Laura Fernandez of the Vallejo Education Association.
📕 Join CTA California Reads to promote reading all year long at: https://www.cta.org/get-involved/california-reads
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His spirit lives on in every person he touches in Los Angeles, across California, and throughout the nation.
✊Rest in Power, Brother Wong.
✊Rest in Power, Brother Wong.
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
His spirit lives on in every person he touches in Los Angeles, across California, and throughout the nation.
✊Rest in Power, Brother Wong.
✊Rest in Power, Brother Wong.
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🗳️ Time to fight back at the ballot box! ✅ Vote #YESonProp50
Fill out your ballot today and defend California's schools!
Nine CA Republicans voted to cut special education, school meals and critical funding for our students. Now we respond.
Learn more at: cta.org/prop50
Fill out your ballot today and defend California's schools!
Nine CA Republicans voted to cut special education, school meals and critical funding for our students. Now we respond.
Learn more at: cta.org/prop50
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🗳️ Time to fight back at the ballot box! ✅ Vote #YESonProp50
Fill out your ballot today and defend California's schools!
Nine CA Republicans voted to cut special education, school meals and critical funding for our students. Now we respond.
Learn more at: cta.org/prop50
Fill out your ballot today and defend California's schools!
Nine CA Republicans voted to cut special education, school meals and critical funding for our students. Now we respond.
Learn more at: cta.org/prop50
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🎉 We did it! @CAgovernor Signs AB 560!
The new law improves special ed. across the state.
Every student with a disability deserves individualized support with the right curriculum, setting, and program to meet their needs. AB 560 is a critical step toward achieving that goal!
The new law improves special ed. across the state.
Every student with a disability deserves individualized support with the right curriculum, setting, and program to meet their needs. AB 560 is a critical step toward achieving that goal!
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🎉 We did it! @CAgovernor Signs AB 560!
The new law improves special ed. across the state.
Every student with a disability deserves individualized support with the right curriculum, setting, and program to meet their needs. AB 560 is a critical step toward achieving that goal!
The new law improves special ed. across the state.
Every student with a disability deserves individualized support with the right curriculum, setting, and program to meet their needs. AB 560 is a critical step toward achieving that goal!
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UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
Kent Wong on Solidarity: action
YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...
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📢 A new landmark study by the Learning Policy Institute proves what educators educators already know: Investment in Community Schools works!
✅ Lower absences
✅ Higher academic achievement
✅ Fewer suspensions
📖 Read the full report at: https://bit.ly/481dogZ
✅ Lower absences
✅ Higher academic achievement
✅ Fewer suspensions
📖 Read the full report at: https://bit.ly/481dogZ
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
📢 A new landmark study by the Learning Policy Institute proves what educators educators already know: Investment in Community Schools works!
✅ Lower absences
✅ Higher academic achievement
✅ Fewer suspensions
📖 Read the full report at: https://bit.ly/481dogZ
✅ Lower absences
✅ Higher academic achievement
✅ Fewer suspensions
📖 Read the full report at: https://bit.ly/481dogZ
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📢 Prop 50 is California’s bold response to Trump & Texas Republicans slashing school funding, healthcare & services.
9 CA reps voted to cut our schools & lied to our faces. With Prop 50 we fight back to protect students & communities.
✅ YES on 50 ✊ cta.org/prop50
9 CA reps voted to cut our schools & lied to our faces. With Prop 50 we fight back to protect students & communities.
✅ YES on 50 ✊ cta.org/prop50
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📢 Prop 50 is California’s bold response to Trump & Texas Republicans slashing school funding, healthcare & services.
9 CA reps voted to cut our schools & lied to our faces. With Prop 50 we fight back to protect students & communities.
✅ YES on 50 ✊ cta.org/prop50
9 CA reps voted to cut our schools & lied to our faces. With Prop 50 we fight back to protect students & communities.
✅ YES on 50 ✊ cta.org/prop50
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🗞️ FEATURE: Union educators across California are organizing to protect students from ICE raids and federal attacks. Together we fight back to keep classrooms safe and every student protected.
✊ Read more: https://bit.ly/42666ot
✊ Read more: https://bit.ly/42666ot
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🗞️ FEATURE: Union educators across California are organizing to protect students from ICE raids and federal attacks. Together we fight back to keep classrooms safe and every student protected.
✊ Read more: https://bit.ly/42666ot
✊ Read more: https://bit.ly/42666ot
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@neatoday Pres. Becky Pringle & CTA Pres. David Goldberg visited ATA members at AUSD, touring the food pantry & Dream Centers to celebrate their work! 🙌📚
September 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@neatoday Pres. Becky Pringle & CTA Pres. David Goldberg visited ATA members at AUSD, touring the food pantry & Dream Centers to celebrate their work! 🙌📚
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At Maya Angelou Community High, teachers and volunteers worked together to protect students on the first day back. History teacher Ron Gochez: "I see them that they could be like my little brothers. They can be like my son or my daughter."
Full story:
instagram.com/p/DNY9Zs8qSn3/
Full story:
instagram.com/p/DNY9Zs8qSn3/
August 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At Maya Angelou Community High, teachers and volunteers worked together to protect students on the first day back. History teacher Ron Gochez: "I see them that they could be like my little brothers. They can be like my son or my daughter."
Full story:
instagram.com/p/DNY9Zs8qSn3/
Full story:
instagram.com/p/DNY9Zs8qSn3/
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✏️ 94% of teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies, $445 per year on average. That's $445 less for rent, groceries or savings.
Educators like Rachel Hernandez give everything for our students. They deserve living wages AND fully funded classrooms. Join the fight: cta.org/FFS
Educators like Rachel Hernandez give everything for our students. They deserve living wages AND fully funded classrooms. Join the fight: cta.org/FFS
August 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
✏️ 94% of teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies, $445 per year on average. That's $445 less for rent, groceries or savings.
Educators like Rachel Hernandez give everything for our students. They deserve living wages AND fully funded classrooms. Join the fight: cta.org/FFS
Educators like Rachel Hernandez give everything for our students. They deserve living wages AND fully funded classrooms. Join the fight: cta.org/FFS
Read how Sacramento City Teachers Assn. built power and has won extraordinary gains in the past few years #WeAreCTA #SCTA4Students www.cta.org/educator/pos...
Organizing to Win: How Sacramento Educators Built a Movement
www.cta.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Read how Sacramento City Teachers Assn. built power and has won extraordinary gains in the past few years #WeAreCTA #SCTA4Students www.cta.org/educator/pos...
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The Trump administration is withholding $6.8 billion in education funding nationwide, including $811 million from California, putting critical programs at risk. Write your representative demanding they restore this critical funding for public education! cta.org/releaseedfunds
July 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Trump administration is withholding $6.8 billion in education funding nationwide, including $811 million from California, putting critical programs at risk. Write your representative demanding they restore this critical funding for public education! cta.org/releaseedfunds
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The governor signed a budget from the legislature that re-routes and defers Prop 98 dollars constitutionally owed to schools and puts our classrooms at risk.
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The governor signed a budget from the legislature that re-routes and defers Prop 98 dollars constitutionally owed to schools and puts our classrooms at risk.
This Saturday, June 14 --> Join thousands as communities come together to demand an end to authoritarian attacks on our civil rights and our most vulnerable communities, including our students and families, by the Trump administration. Find a rally near you at nokings.org/. #WeAreCTA
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
nokings.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This Saturday, June 14 --> Join thousands as communities come together to demand an end to authoritarian attacks on our civil rights and our most vulnerable communities, including our students and families, by the Trump administration. Find a rally near you at nokings.org/. #WeAreCTA
Per @wearecta: "Solidarity with Sen. Alex Padilla. We’re grateful our Senator bravely stood up for California communities today. No one should be assaulted and detained for exercising their right to free speech. ✊🏼"
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed, handcuffed during Kristi Noem press conference
Federal immigration sweeps have spread fear and uncertainty across the region and forced some into hiding.
www.latimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Per @wearecta: "Solidarity with Sen. Alex Padilla. We’re grateful our Senator bravely stood up for California communities today. No one should be assaulted and detained for exercising their right to free speech. ✊🏼"
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...