With Vergara’s demise, heat’s on California Legislature to take up teacher...
Assemblymembers Shirley Weber, left, and Susan Bonilla. In the wake of a crushing defeat for a landmark challenge to California’s teacher tenure laws, the battle for change has shifted from the courts...
View ArticleGarcetti Praises Partnership School, Differs with UTLA Poll
Candidate Garcetti visits 99th Street Elementary School with Partnership CEO Marshall Tuck On Wednesday, Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti toured 99th St. Elementary School, one of Mayor Antonio...
View ArticleJoan Sullivan to Head LA Partnership Schools
Joan Sullivan Today was Joan Sullivan’s last day as Deputy Mayor for Education, and it turns out she won’t be out of work very long. That’s because she’s been tapped to take over for Marshall Tuck as...
View ArticlePartnership Head “Exploring” Run for Public Office
Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck was 33 when Mayor Antonio VIllaraigosa asked him to leave his position at Green Dot Public Charter Schools to become the first CEO of a new entity called the Partnership for...
View ArticleMarshall Tuck to Oppose Torlakson for State Superintendent
Marshall Tuck, the former president of Green Dot Public Schools and former CEO of Partnership for LA Schools, has announced his candidacy for State Superintendent of Public Education. Tuck, 40,...
View ArticleCommentary: An effective teacher in every California classroom
By Marshall Tuck Every day, in classrooms throughout California, teachers inspire students. Despite inadequate pay and difficult working conditions, teachers are changing children’s lives and preparing...
View ArticleMarshall Tuck: ‘We need fundamental and urgent change’
Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck, a former charter school executive, is challenging incumbent Tom Torlakson to become California’s next State Superintendent of Public Education. The race includes Lydia...
View ArticleRace for California school chief a referendum on change
Tom Torlakson Associated Press writer Lisa Leff takes a look at the race for California Superintendent of Public Instruction San Francisco (AP) — Tom Torlakson, the veteran lawmaker seeking a second...
View ArticleAt AFT convention, teachers union expected to fire up the base
Randi Weingarten, AFT President The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) kicks off its annual convention in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow bringing more 3,500 national union delegates to the home of LA...
View ArticleVergara appeal (or not) divisive issue for Torkalson and Tuck
Tom Torlakson (left), Marshall Tuck (right) * UPDATED The lower court’s final ruling in the Vergara case has pushed it into the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the latest proxy...
View ArticleTorlakson, Tuck in statistical tie, according to new Field poll
Tom Torlakson (left), Marshall Tuck (right) * UPDATED A new Field poll shows that the race for state Superintendent of Public Education is tightening. Some might say it’s now nip and tuck. A survey...
View ArticlePoll: Minorities, Republicans key in close state superintendent race
In a race still too close to call, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction election between incumbent Tom Torlakson and Marshall Tuck may come down to an unlikely pairing of minorities and...
View ArticleUndecided on today’s Tuck vs. Torlakson race? You are not alone
According to a recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll, 28 percent of likely voters were still undecided on the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race going into today’s election. This is...
View ArticleTorlakson on victory: ‘We’re teachers. We did our homework’
Tom Torlakson Tom Torlakson was re-elected yesterday as California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, with 52.1 percent of the vote to 47.9 for Marshall Tuck, making it the closest of all...
View ArticleIn words of congratulations, Zimmer blasts ‘reform billionaires’
LA Unified board member Steve Zimmer Steve Zimmer was the only member of the LA school board with a public response to yesterday’s victory by Tom Torlakson, who won a second term as state...
View ArticleCommentary: Upside down priorities in CA ed chief race
Dani Klein Modisett Via Mom.me | By Dani Klein Modisett If you walked in the backdoor of my house this week unannounced, the one right next to the refrigerator, you may have found yourself looking...
View ArticlePoll finds equitable funding as biggest issue in Torlakson victory
Last week’s election for California Schools Superintendent, was widely framed as a battle between the teacher unions that backed incumbent and victor, Tom Torlakson, and refomers who supported Marshall...
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