{"id":12571,"date":"2026-10-01T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/california-superintendent-candidate-calls-out-teachers-union-says-shes-a-real-threat-to-socialist-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T00:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T00:01:41","slug":"california-superintendent-candidate-calls-out-teachers-union-says-shes-a-real-threat-to-socialist-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/california-superintendent-candidate-calls-out-teachers-union-says-shes-a-real-threat-to-socialist-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"California superintendent candidate calls out teachers union, says she’s a ‘real threat’ to ‘socialist agenda’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservative California superintendent candidate<\/a> Sonja Shaw told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that she would not back down from confronting the United Teachers Los Angeles union (UTLA), after a circulated video allegedly showed a union leader calling Shaw a “real threat” and warning that her election “would cause a huge problem for us.”<\/p>\n

Shaw, the president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board, pointed to Los Angeles<\/a> student achievement scores as she accused UTLA of protecting the education establishment rather than focusing on academic outcomes.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not surprised the Los Angeles teachers union sees me as a threat,” Shaw said, in a statement to Fox News Digital<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“More than half of their students still can\u2019t read at grade level, and nearly two-thirds can\u2019t do math. Instead of working to help those kids, UTLA has fought to keep parents in the dark, excused failure, and protected the system that produced these results.”<\/p>\n

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California\u2019s latest official assessment results<\/a> lend context to Shaw\u2019s criticism of Los Angeles Unified\u2019s academic performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2025, 46.46% of LAUSD students met or exceeded the state standard in English language arts and 36.76% met or exceeded the standard in mathematics, according to California Department of Education testing data. That meant roughly 53.5% did not meet the ELA standard and 63.2% did not meet the math standard.<\/p>\n

Shaw said the criticism described in the video would not change her approach to the statewide race.<\/p>\n

“If putting children and families first is a \u2018huge problem\u2019 for their agenda, that tells you everything you need to know. I won\u2019t back down,” she said. “They just admitted it. I\u2019m a \u2018real threat\u2019 to their socialist agenda. Parents over politics. Kids over ideology. Girls over boys in their sports and locker rooms. Keep calling me a threat. I\u2019ll keep being one.”<\/p>\n

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In the clip,<\/a> shared by Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a woman can be heard describing Shaw as a “real threat” and discussing efforts to prevent a “MAGA lady” from taking charge of public education.<\/p>\n

The woman then warned about what Shaw taking office would mean for the organization.<\/p>\n

“That would cause a huge problem for us,” the woman said.<\/p>\n

The California Post reported the speaker was Julie Van Winkle, the UTLA AFT vice president.<\/p>\n

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DeAngelis told Fox News Digital that he viewed the purported criticism as evidence that Shaw was threatening teachers unions\u2019 political influence.<\/p>\n

“This leaked audio is the best endorsement Sonja Shaw could\u2019ve ever received. When a power-hungry teachers union that fights to protect itself at the expense of kids calls you an existential threat to their socialist agenda, you\u2019re officially over the target,” he said.<\/p>\n

UTLA has publicly endorsed<\/a> Shaw\u2019s opponent, San Diego Unified School District Board President Richard Barrera, for California superintendent of public instruction. The union says Barrera has a “proven commitment” to working with educators and families and called for a superintendent who would work with unions on education funding.<\/p>\n

Organized labor has also spent millions supporting Barrera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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California Secretary of State data compiled by CalMatters<\/a> showed the California Teachers Association Independent Expenditure Committee had spent $5,057,539 supporting Barrera as of Sept. 15, compared with $10,000 in reported outside spending supporting Shaw.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Republican Party Chair Roxanne Hoge also pointed Fox News Digital to a Saturday post on X<\/a> tying the controversy to Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s recent overhaul of the superintendent\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n

“We knew [Sonja Shaw] was causing good trouble when [Gavin Newsom] stripped the office she’s running for of most of its power,” she said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to UTLA and Newsom’s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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