Sentences with phrase «teachers union presidents speak»

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But he grew feisty when he spoke about his anger toward other school board members, the superintendent of the Buffalo school district, Dr. Kriner Cash and the President of the teachers union, Phil Rumore, and what he said was their «scheming» that led to a «rigged» teacher contract that he Paladino believed would drain the districts reserves and plunge it further into debt.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, speaks in downtown Chicago during a demonstration against school closings, March 27, 2013

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, defends the law on the grounds that «unions have a right to collect a fair share from the people [they] represent» regardless of whether the people want to pay, so that the AFT can «ensure that we're able to speak for all workers.»

Speaking before members of the Joint Committee on Education, Richard Stutman, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said, «The solution to better schools lies with working with us and not against us.»

Using unflinching language, Ms. Feldman — who said she would remain president of the New York City teachers» union while heading the national union — spoke at a news conference about the importance of creating high standards and denounced using vouchers that channel students and dollars from public schools to private schools.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks Jan. 21, 2016, at Northeastern Illinois University.

CTU President Karen Lewis speaks during a Chicago Teachers Union rally at Butler Field in Grant Park on Nov. 23, 2015.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to reporters after casting her ballot in a strike authorization vote.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, shown speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Nov. 2, 2016, says she had a «tiny» stroke last week.

Annysa Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spoke to Kim Schroeder, president of the Milwaukee teachers» union MTEA:

His spoke with Randi Weingarten who is the President of the American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second largest teachers union with over 1.5 million Teachers, the nation's second largest teachers union with over 1.5 million teachers union with over 1.5 million members.

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

While teachers protested a proposed charter expansion plan outside the LA Unified school board meeting yesterday, union leaders involved with the district and a former board president, spoke out against it inside.

Union President Barbara Keshishian said the NJEA is pleased to support the measure: «It makes tenure harder to earn,» she said.Sangeeta Ranade, a Jersey City school board member who testified today — saying she was speaking as the mother of a public school child — called the bill «a gift to students and teachers alike.»

During an interview with the president of the Broward Teachers Union, Anna Fusco, speaks out against the idea of arming teachers in the clTeachers Union, Anna Fusco, speaks out against the idea of arming teachers in the clteachers in the classroom.

Anna Fusco, the president of the Broward Teachers Union also spoke, saying the students should not be dismissed as they have by some because of their youth, and that their activism isn't due to adult intervention.