The following statement can be attributed to CTA President Eric Heins on behalf of more than 325,000 educators and students

CTA Officers Re-elected to Lead the 325,000 Member-Strong Education Association Committed to Providing ALL California Students with the Public Education They Need and Deserve.

California educators at CTA's State Council meeting on January 28 called for the senate to reject Betsy DeVos at upcoming confirmation hearing and also passed a resolution demanding safe schools for all.

“What I know about for-profit companies in my school has me deeply concerned about what Betsy DeVos will mean for my students,” said Sarah Vigrass, a fourth and fifth grade teacher from Riverside, California.

In a sign of rising resistance to federal threats to public schools,

We need an experienced, qualified Secretary of Education who actually wants to strengthen and improve all public schools.