Sentences with phrase «teachers union officials want»
Chicago Teachers Union officials want to make their case directly to aldermen to counter the blitz Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has undertaken to institute a longer school day.
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And since we don't want to get pension and teacher union officials in trouble, we have a modest proposal, inspired by Professor Alfred Kahn, President Carter's anti-inflation czar.
The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.
According to New Mexico Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, «despite the criticism from union officials, the state's plan is a product of all New Mexicans and will continue to push schools serving its most vulnerable students,» and «we want to equip and empower educators more, and we're rolling out 20 new teacher initiatives.»
The optics of canceling a vote that teachers wanted to hold doesn't look great for the AFT, given that union officials regularly make a point to say that workers should have the freedom to decide for themselves if they want to be represented by a union.
It was a situation ripe for intimidation tactics by Compton Unified officials, who want to maintain the status quo, and statewide teachers» union, who hate the Parent Trigger law.