Nearly 80,000 educators across California initiated the We Can't Wait Campaign, advocating for better wages, fully staffed schools, and safe environments amid a crisis in public education. This movement, spearheaded by the California Teachers Association, highlights severe budget constraints and inadequate pupil spending in the state, which ranks poorly in access to counselors. Amid declining student proficiency in critical subjects, the campaign calls for immediate action to support educators and students, with critics questioning the timing of the wage demands given the current educational challenges.
California ranks in the bottom half of states for pupil spending and 48th in the nation for access to school counselors, despite being the fifth largest economy in the world.
We are facing a crisis in our public schools. There are not enough educators on our school campuses, Goldberg said.
If we don't act now on behalf of California students (and) educators in school, when will the time be right? We can't wait any longer.
When less than 40% of our kids are at grade-level proficiency in math and English language arts, it makes me wonder what the unions are trying to advocate for.
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