Green Party of New York Gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins talks about key campaign issue and introduces Lee, a public
school teacher and union activist, who discusses the importance of Education to the campaign.
Hawkins said that Cuomo's hostility to public
school teachers and their unions and his support for charter schools must be understood in light of his large campaign contributions from wealthy hedge fund managers who profit from the favorable tax treatment of investments in charter schools and who like the fact that most charters are non-union.
It's that admission, educators say, that proves that Waiting For Superman's subsequent criticisms of public
school teachers and their unions are not only overly simplistic, but inaccurate.
He served as a middle
school teacher and union chapter leader, and spent seven years as a school principal, first at a district middle school and then as the founding principal of a charter high school serving over-age and under - credited students who were court - involved or in foster care He comes to Parent Revolution with a deep belief that all students, from all communities and in all kinds of situations, deserve excellent schools and the opportunities afforded by a high quality education.
In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public
school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.
Upon graduation, you will be placed into an AUSL - managed school and become an official Chicago Public
School teacher and union member.
Upon graduation, you'll become a Chicago Public
School teacher and a union member for four years post graduation.
Not exact matches
Union leaders urged Wisconsin
teachers to return to work at
schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights
and benefits to state workers.
Chicago has had a pretty painful year — it just experienced its most violent summer in recent memory
and the
teacher's
union strike in September paralyzed
schools as they prepared to open.
Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head
teachers»
union, said
schools faced «serious shortages» in maths
and science
teachers and called for a more co-ordinated approach to
teacher recruitment.
In a number of states, these agencies are dominated by
teacher unions and public
school advocates who have made it virtually impossible for some religions to operate
schools in accordance with their religious principles.
We're a colorful group, composed of members of the great right - wing conspiracy like me, old - time Southern Democrats, retired
union stewards, tree huggers,
school teachers, Jews, evangelicals, atheists, Catholics ¯ but we are united in our passion for simple, honest government,
and that isn't a partisan issue.
A Member of Parliament — or a magistrate, or the Head
Teacher of a
school, or a borough councillor - who dared to say «Children should be taught that marriage is the lifelong
union of a man
and a woman, bringing new children into the world» would in all probability be denounced with vigour
and forced to resign.
In New York City, between 2007
and 2010, Fryer oversaw
and evaluated a program jointly administered by the city's education department
and its
teachers union that distributed $ 75 million in cash incentives to
teachers in some of the city's most low - performing
schools.
Bullied
and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer
school day, Chicago
Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public
Schools leadership
and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.
Simply put,
schools can't be trusted to get it right for the kids because the kids are the last thing they concern themselves with after
teachers unions, administrative organizational charts, bus garage projects, etc., etc.,
and oddball foodie notions.
Negotiations between the board
and the Chicago
Teachers Union resumed Thursday afternoon, but a
school board spokesman called the session «probably the least productive «so far.
As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011 - 12 budget Wednesday,
school officials
and the
teachers union are battling publicly over related issues of withdrawn raises
and the mayor's push for a longer
school day.
The
teachers union says
school officials never should have opened the programs because the Chicago Housing Authority
and the city Department of Human Services have extended their summer feeding programs at 220 sites throughout the city.
In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago
Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security
and a say in how the longer
school day plays out next year.
Again on Thursday, Lewis called on CPS to sit down with
union leaders to negotiate better terms for
teachers if the
school day
and school year is extended.
With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from
school vending machines
and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar
and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after -
school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program;
and convinced
teachers to give - up a
union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.
As principals got a better sense this week of their
school's budget for the coming year, officials with the Chicago
Teachers Union and privately run charter
schools — which rarely agree on anything — both sounded an alarm over the effects of potential funding cuts.
School districts from a funding perspective
and unions that represent the
teachers will lose jobs.
«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local
school districts
and the
union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a
teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
Only 6 % of BME
teachers feel
schools and colleges do enough to promote racial equality, a conference organised by the NASUWT, the largest
teachers»
union in the UK, has heard.
Wales» largest
union for qualified
teachers, NUT Cymru, has commented on the final report from the Digital Classroom Teaching Task
and Finish Group which sets out how Welsh
schools can deliver digital classrooms in a digital age.
Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with
teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter
schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger
teacher evaluations.
Almost every Democrat in the Senate gets big, major support from the
Teachers Union so expect the Democrats to add a ton of exemptions
and get rid of the lesser of inflation or 2 % cap language then watch your
school and other local property taxes begin to spiral out of control again which is why the tax cap law originally passed.
Silver didn't address any of Cuomo's policy positions, some of which seem to be a direct hit on the speaker
and his colleagues — like the one that would require full disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, for example, or the lifting of the charter
school cap (not popular with the
teachers unions, who are close allies of the Assembly Democrats).
Recently the
Union has campaigned on the dangers to
teachers and pupils caused by excessive temperatures in
schools and continues to highlight the deadly legacy of asbestos in
school buildings.
Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo
and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the
teachers unions and school districts over the creation of
teacher evaluation systems.
The Coalition Government's free
schools programme, contrary to its stated aims to address educational disadvantage
and attainment gaps, is failing to do so, concludes a report commissioned by the NASUWT, the largest
teachers»
union in the UK.
Commenting on plans for local authorities to decide where new
schools should open, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National
Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the prov
Union of
Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the p
Teachers, the largest
teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the p
teachers»
union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the prov
union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free
school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places
and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new
school places
and the right of the local authority to select the provider.
Our bid was rejected because the
Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom
Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public
schools and demanding more accountability from
teachers in the classroom
teachers in the classroom.»
Expenses records filed with the state's lobbying regulator show the education battle show at least $ 757,093 was spent by both pro-charter
school groups or the statewide
teachers union during January
and February.
In the letter, the charter
school organization's Kyle Rosenkrans writes to New York State United
Teachers Union President Karen Magee
and United Federation of
Teachers President Micahel Mulgrew that they should focus their attention on struggling
schools, not opposition to Cuomo's measures.
NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor
union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul
teacher evaluations, weaken
teacher tenure laws
and strengthen charter
schools in addition to the perennial push for more
school aid.
«The massive number of
teacher layoffs,
school closings, cuts to academic programs
and extracurricular activities could have been worse had districts not tapped into reserve funds or worked hard to negotiate contract concessions with their employee
unions.»
The New York State United
Teachers union today is bringing in hundreds of advocates to push for additional aid for
schools and education in the state budget.
Schools are facing huge cuts - the subject of an absolutely brilliant campaign by
teachers, the
unions,
and Labour.
Commenting on the TUC opinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying
teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» unio
teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for
schools to recruit
and retain good quality
teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» unio
teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National
Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union,
Union of
Teachers, the largest teachers» unio
Teachers, the largest
teachers» unio
teachers»
union,
union, said:
No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the
teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter
schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city
schools,
and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National
Union of
Teachers, says free
schools lack transparency
and will undermine communities.
The Coalition Government's «reckless»
and «simplistic» attitude to health
and safety threatens to put the lives of children
and adults in
schools and colleges at risk, representatives at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest
teachers»
union have argued.
Patrick Roach, deputy general secretary of the
teacher's
union NASUWT, brands free
schools a costly
and unnecessary experiment which will produce misery for children.
Silver
and the Democratic - run Assembly now have to decide between low - income, mostly minority parents demanding charter
schools as an option for their kids,
and the
teachers unions, their longtime allies, which are trying to rein in charters.
The Fund for Great Public
Schools, a
teachers»
union PAC, spent $ 28,471 on support for Ceretto
and $ 26,803 on advertising against Morinello.
King recently expressed extreme frustration with the
teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate
and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a
teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.
«It's long past time for the
teachers union and their elected allies to stop stifling the growth of these excellent public
schools by disparaging their results
and denying them access to public space.»