Sentences with phrase «state teachers association»

Since strikes began in others states, Indiana State Teachers Association President Teresa Meredith said she has been receiving one or two calls and emails per day.

«That tale quickly and methodically changed,» says Teresa Meredith, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association.

State Republican Party Chairman Eric Holcomb said the Indiana State Teachers Association spends millions each year on political campaigns and efforts such as Tuesday's rally to «defend policies that treat ineffective teachers no differently than outstanding teachers.»

Not surprisingly, upon passage of the bill the National Education Association and its state affiliate, the Indiana State Teachers Association, sued to stop it with claims that «letting families use the vouchers at religious schools violated the state constitution's religion clauses.»

A. Any professional member of the Arkansas State Teachers Association who is a W - 2 employee of an educational entity (i.e., public or private school, university, or college) located in Arkansas is eligible for $ 2,000,000 professional liability insurance coverage.

Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, recently argued in a Nov. 20 column in The Monitor that the Texas Legislature should support public schools by not supporting school choice.

Professional and Student Membership in the Arkansas State Teachers Association includes $ 2,000,000 Professional Liability Insurance coverage — more protection than other teacher associations provide for a much lower price.

Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger said the union hasn't held a rally in years and that teachers felt they had to speak out this year.

The proposal has also garnered similar criticisms from the Indiana State Teachers Association, the Indiana Music Educators Association, and in newspaper op - eds.

«It's time to call the Bennett school letter grade scandal exactly what it is — cheating,» wrote Teresa Meredith, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association in an op - ed.

Though Ritz's campaign received numerous small donations, two large cash infusions and organizational support from the Indiana State Teachers Association have been key to her run for office.

Democrat Glenda Ritz organized a grassroots campaign opposing his policies with the financial backing of the Indiana State Teachers Association and hundreds of small donors, many of them teachers who had come to loathe Bennett and his policies.

Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger says opponents will appeal today's ruling.

Hundreds of contributions of less than $ 100 to her campaign — combined she's received $ 50,000 worth of those to date — and another cash infusion from her campaign's biggest supporter, the political arm of the Indiana State Teachers Association.

The goal was to overcome what Klipsch referred to as «the problem» — the Indiana State Teachers Association, which his presentation calls «the most powerful political force at the Statehouse and at the ballot box» and «the biggest spender by far» in Indiana politics.

The Indiana State Teachers Association's $ 250,000 in contributions to Democrat John Gregg is the largest amount the union has ever given to a candidate for governor.

«This action will have a detrimental effect on the members of the Texas State Teachers Association and the students of the San Antonio ISD community,» the complaint reads, listing a number of alleged violations the SAISD board committed in initially approving the contract.

But Indiana State Teachers Association president Nate Schnellenberger says he fears giving charters access to state money will create more entities dependent on government support, meaning the state will shortchange failing public schools serving the same low - income populations.

In response to the Little Rock School District's proposed union contract, The Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA), the state's largest non-union professional educators» association issued the following statement:

The last time officials from the Indiana State Teachers Association gave as much money to a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction as they have this year, they gave it to a Republican.

That led to public tussles with the Indiana State Teachers Association, the state's largest teachers association, over collective bargaining and the private school voucher program.

Infusions of cash from I - PACE — the Indiana State Teachers Association's PAC — and the Indiana Federation of Teachers, make up more than 90 percent of the amount in Ritz's campaign coffers.

The Indiana State Teachers Association has also filed a lawsuit in attempt to block a voucher program that allows families to use some tax dollars toward private school tuition.

As Mike Antonucci reported in December 2013, «The state of Indiana finalized a settlement with the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) in which the union will pay $ 14 million to 27 school districts.

by Indiana State Teachers Association members and sympathizers to the Marriott where the ALEC meeting was being held.

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Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger said the union will take a few days to evaluate Keele's decision.

The U.S. Department of Education was created by Congress in the 1920s and in Texas during this time many, if not most, education - related organizations co-existed under the banner, «Texas State Teachers Association.»

A group of teachers and religious leaders backed by the Indiana State Teachers Association is challenging it, claiming it violates the state constitution by providing public money to religious institutions.

Teachers are members of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, which negotiates with the Hawaii State Board of Education for two - year contracts on behalf of the teachers.

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Brenda Pike, executive director of the Indiana State Teachers Association, says teachers aren't any happier about the changes one year later.

Teresa Meredith, vice president of the Indiana State Teachers Association, is the lead plaintiff in the suit.

As an advocate for the Indiana State Teachers Association prior to her election, Ritz said she spent more than 150 hours working behind the scenes with legislators and Bennett's office in 2011 crafting language for the law that mandated all teachers have annual performance reviews that include student test scores as a factor and lead to one of four ratings — highly effective, effective, improvement necessary and ineffective.

The Indiana State Teachers Association is claiming that vouchers are being used to fund religious schools and religious teaching.

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Teachers Association's weekly briefing meeting had turned into a battle - planning session; the conference room became a war room.

Indiana State Teachers Association President Teresa Meredith says while her organization is pleased to see the legislature rewarding qualified teachers, limiting the bonuses to these parameters leaves out a whole group of teachers.

Teresa Meredith, president - elect of the Indiana State Teachers Association, said Ritz has an opportunity to execute the evaluation system the way the law intended.

These groups, including the Texas chapter of the NAACP, the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, and the Texas State Teachers Association, are obviously and blatantly placing the priorities of adults and their special interests ahead of the kids who are languishing in under - performing schools or on waiting lists for openings in charters that are in need of expansion capital to accommodate demand.

As Journal & Courier columnist Dave Bangert writes, Truitt was endorsed by the state's largest teachers union, the Indiana State Teachers Association.

In April, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSB-...]

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Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA), says lawmakers from rural districts understand the role schools play in their communities and the constant financial pressure they operate under on a daily basis.

Amy Perruso: I was asked to serve on Hawaii Gov. David Ige's ESSA Task Force in spring 2015 because of the work I did with the Hawaii State Teachers Association Speakers Bureau to organize the community in support of public schools.

She's also the secretary - treasurer of the Hawaii State Teachers Association and serves on the governor's ESSA task force.

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The state's high court had been asked to weigh in after the Indiana State Teachers Association and other voucher opponents challenged the two - year - old Choice Scholarship Program on the grounds that most participating schools are religiously affiliated.

Ritz has the backing of the Indiana State Teachers Association, which mobilized local teachers unions to support her in the 2012 election.

Earlier this year, Marion Superior Court Judge Michael Keele denied a school voucher challenge that was brought by teachers and parents and backed by the Indiana State Teachers Association.

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