New database details pay of California public school employees [LA Times, 7/28/14]: Last year, James Hammond, the superintendent of the Montclair-Ontario Unified School District in the Inland Empire, was paid $492,077. Jonathan Eagan, the principal of a junior high school in the Bay Area city of Martinez made $279,669. And 31 custodians at California public schools were paid more than $100,000 in 2013.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-database-public-school-20140723-story.html

The database: http://transparentcalifornia.com/agencies/salaries/school-districts/

Ravani: Why public education needs teachers unions [EdSource, 7/27/14]: There have been many assertions made over time about the negative effects of teachers unions on student performance. 

http://edsource.org/2014/why-public-education-needs-teachers-unions/65723#.U9X31PldWhN