The teacher's union is suing the Education
Department over the teacher evaluation process, and won a partial victory in state court last summer.
Not exact matches
First, the state Education
Department and the
teachers unions must resolve a lawsuit
over the
evaluations or Cuomo will insert his own plan into the 30 - day amendments (taking advantage of the broad powers the governor has
over the budget in New York).
Talks
over the
evaluations broke down in the city last month when
Department of Education officials refused to consider the UFT's insistence that
teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.
The governor is also asking for the state's largest
teachers union and the state education
department to drop a lawsuit
over the
teacher evaluation has that has further delayed things.
Without a real
evaluation plan in place created by the
teacher's unions and the State Education
Department within 30 days, the government will take
over and institute an
evaluation plan.
The state Education
Department plans to offer its first draft of new
evaluations for
teachers and principals next week amid growing discontent
over another revision to the state system.
The board and state Education
Department generally have control
over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the
teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of controversy.
Plattsburgh City School District Superintendent Jay LeBrun attributes the overall decrease to the link between student scores and
teacher evaluations — a major sticking point last year as educators battled with the state
Department of Education and the governor
over reforms that would have wedded the two.
But unions and the State Education
Department have battled
over how districts should handle
teacher evaluations in the absence of test scores, with the union saying scores should be thrown out entirely and the state saying a backup measure should be used.
Takes issue with Phil Rumore's characterization of the dispute between the Buffalo
Teachers Federation and the state
Department of Education
over teacher evaluations.
Bennett in the interview: Takes issue with Phil Rumore's characterization of the dispute between the Buffalo
Teachers Federation and the state
Department of Education
over teacher evaluations.
Just two months ago, we announced, in collaboration with the NYC
Department of Education, a revised
teacher evaluation system that considers the work students and
teachers do
over the entire school year.
The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the union and the
Department of Education
over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.
But can it possibly be true, as reported in his recent post, that the Regents and the New York State
Department of Education went to court with the
teachers union
over whether test scores would count as 20 percent or 40 percent of a
teacher's annual
evaluation?
Thirty districts, encompassing
over 15,000
teachers and principals, piloted aspects of the new
evaluation system so that the
Department could discover first - hand what works, what doesn't, and what districts should focus on in the first couple of years of implementation.
Governor Christie's
Department of Education (NJDOE) is in the second year of its «Excellent Education for New Jersey» (EE4NJ)
teacher evaluation pilot program in
over 30 school districts across the state right now, which will expand to every school in the state this fall.
After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education
Department (NYSED) and the New York State United
Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King
over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a
teacher's annual
evaluation.
The State Education
Department and New York State United
Teachers have until Thursday to resolve their litigation over new evaluation standards for teachers and school adminis
Teachers have until Thursday to resolve their litigation
over new
evaluation standards for
teachers and school adminis
teachers and school administrators.
Dr. Robert Marzano, researcher and author, «I am honored by the
Department's selection, and will work closely with my partner, Learning Sciences International, to serve the needs of Florida's districts with our model that incorporates contemporary research in effective teaching practices, the development of expertise
over time and the key concept of deliberate practices to districts»
teacher evaluation systems.»
The state's
teachers» union said it plans to call for a vote of no confidence in state Education
Department Commissioner John King on the ongoing controversy
over new student testing and
teacher evaluations.
Removes all flexibility / local control from districts and makes the Florida
Department of Education the sole decision - making authority
over teacher evaluations, pay schedules and working conditions
In a letter the state
department's Julia Rafael - Bar wrote to Brown on March 25 about the situation, she also said that the district could jeopardize its $ 11 million in School Improvement Grant funding from the federal government for 2012 - 13 (and $ 40 million
over the remaining life of SIG for Buffalo) if it did not conform to state law about
teacher evaluations.