Teacher grievances detail battle over evaluations, discipline
Alameda has been home to an increasingly bitter contract dispute between schools Superintendent Kirsten Vital and the district’s teachers. Teachers say they get no respect from district administrators,...
View ArticleQ&A: Superintendent Kirsten Vital and Alameda Education Association President...
In an effort to help people better understand what’s been happening with negotiations over a new contract for Alameda’s teachers, we reached out to the school district and the teacher’s union to see if...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, our weekly two-sentence news review. Here’s what happened this week. A state board has declared an impasse in negotiations between Alameda’s teachers’...
View ArticleAlameda teachers protest contract
Video by Donna Eyestone. Scores of teachers and their supporters stormed City Hall on Tuesday night to demand a new contract from Alameda school district leaders, following all-night settlement talks...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your Alameda news in 60 seconds. Here’s what happened this week. While recovering from the shock of the Newtown, Conn. school shooting, Alameda...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, our two-sentence news review. This week was a busy one in news, so let’s get started. City parks leaders have rescinded a rule barring children under...
View ArticleFresh teacher pay dispute brewing
Alameda’s schools leaders are facing a fresh teacher contract issue this fall: Whether to approve a fresh raise for teachers that would take effect next July – or face the possibility that the contract...
View ArticleThe Broad Brush: Your Alameda News in 60 Seconds
The City Council will be considering a pair of key decisions Tuesday with implications for the both the near-term and farther-flung future of Alameda Point. The council will consider whether to hire a...
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