Sentences with phrase «union city education»

The teachers identified in them, Union City Education Association President Kathleen Valencia and Hamilton Township Education Association President David R. Perry, were both suspended following their release.

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There are certain key jobs that should be sought: teaching in schools of education, serving as organizers in unions, as lawyers and doctors for the poor, as clergy in various kinds of churches, as city planners, as journalists.

A consultant to the Fund for the Republic's study of Religion in a Democratic Society, Mr. Clancy also serves as Education Director of the Church Peace Union, an interfaith organization with headquarters in New York City.

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 schoCity, 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 schocity'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 schocity's most low - performing schools.

The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

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.

«I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith but also the hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city's public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education.

Though 99 percent of districts were able to reach an agreement on a plan with their local teacher unions, submit it to the state, and have their plan approved by the State Education Department before their January deadline, New York City failed to so.

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Delegates at the 600,000 - member union's New York City confab on Saturday had supported an Iannuzzi - backed measure that declared a vote of no - confidence in state Education Commissioner John King and called on him to resign.

Starting on the Board of Education in Union City where he lived at the time.

Calling it a «pivotal time in the history of our school system,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew focused on the need to rebuild public education in New York City after Mayor Bloomberg in his speech at the union's annual Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton oeducation in New York City after Mayor Bloomberg in his speech at the union's annual Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton oEducation Conference at the New York Hilton on May 11.

Mulgrew ended on a hopeful note by highlighting the union's efforts to move education in the city forward: the UFT's Community Learning Schools project; the union's fight to secure curriculum aligned to the new Common Core Learning Standards for every teacher; and its efforts to address the lack of lesson plans aligned to the Common Core through its new Share My Lesson website.

In an intense Delegate Assembly on Jan. 18, UFT President Michael Mulgrew explained to delegates the competing visions of teacher evaluation held by the UFT and the city Department of Education that have resulted in the union being in Mayor Bloomberg's direct line of fire.

Mulgrew said the work the union and its members did to help shape the state budget should help protect New York City public schools from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her privatization agenda.

Though many major, city - based unions are involved in the independent expenditure, Lhota seized on the United Federation of Teachers so he could draw distinctions between himself and de Blasio on education issues.

More public school teachers are getting tenure under the union - friendly de Blasio administration, statistics released Friday by the city Education department show.

«I applaud those students for speaking up, I applaud the students for taking action and I think the calls of the students and parents have captured the attention of the administration of the Buffalo Public Schools and the teacher's union and I'm hoping that those two entities can come together in the best interest of the education of the children at City Honors,» he said.

This suit seeks to remedy the violations that occurred at Pan American and ensure that the New York City Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruptCity Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruptcity's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruption.

Contracts between early childhood education providers are negotiated between the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the city's principals» union and the Day Care Council.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

The union - backed advocacy group Alliance for Quality Education on Thursday apologized after incorrectly attributing a quote to Senate Majority Leader John Flanangan that was actually uttered by the Senate GOP's political nemesis, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

At 3 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci and members of New York State United Teachers call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that authorizes the boards of education in union - free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections, 20 S. Main St., New City.

More public school teachers are getting tenure under the union - friendly de Blasio administration, statistics released by the city Education department show.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's reelection bid got a boost from the city's teacher's union, the UFT, which praised the mayor for his support of public education.

The No. 1 goal of the Connecticut Education Association, the largest union representing teachers, was to block the governor's proposal to shift a huge portion of the teachers» pension obligation to towns and cities.

And his decision not to fully back Mayor Bloomberg's push to do away with the last in, first out layoff system for teachers is credited with keeping the city teachers union quiet on his proposed education cuts.

The demonstrators touted a study by the teachers union - backed Alliance for Quality Education, which used a formula developed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration to determine that the state still owes New York City schools $ 2.5 billion, or $ 2,667 per student.

Sen. Liz Krueger said she thinks that the teachers union, Black and Bloomberg all agree that the city is bearing an unfair share of education cuts — whether the union and the administraiton are getting along or not.

The city's Department of Education staffing costs are rising sharply in the wake of a 2014 teachers union contract inked by Mayor de Blasio, according to a watchdog report.

The city teachers union pushed back against comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made that seemed to undercut the validity of some sexual - harassment complaints made by Department of Education employees.

New York State United Teachers, a statewide union, along with national and city - based groups, is hoping to leverage the outrage expressed by parents, teachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in Poughkeepsie.

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- For the second straight year, the teachers union has filed a lawsuit to stop New York City's Department of Education from closing down 22 struggling schools.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

Meanwhile, hundreds of parents, children, teachers and union leaders protested Bloomberg's proposed education budget cuts outside City Hall on Wednesday.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon speaks onstage during «The People's State Of The Union» at Town Hall on Jan. 29, 2018 in New York City.

In our Press Pass conversation WBFO's Eileen Buckley and Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes discuss the objections to the receivership law for struggling city schools that by - passes the union's collective bargaining.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says one city school teacher calls receivership «union busting».

Monday's hearing at the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany is expected to include testimony from the chancellor of the City University of New York, Matthew Goldstein; state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr.; State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, leaders of the teachers union and other officials.

The results of the poll come in the final weeks of negotiations between the City's teachers» union and Department of Education.

Beyond probationary periods, certification requirements and evaluations, education reform leaders are looking to take on larger long - term sticking points between their groups and New York's city and state teachers» union, including merit pay.

A widely criticized Department of Education plan that would have forced schools to fund after - hours activities out of their own budgets was abandoned after the UFT and its New York City Coaches Association joined with parents, community groups and the principals» union in blasting the idea.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has been a staunch advocate of Respect for All Week and other anti-bullying initiatives, lauded the union and the Department of Education for their work.

Mayor Bloomberg on Jan. 29 spelled out the consequences of his failure to negotiate a new evaluation system for teachers with the union: heavy cuts to the city education budget.

Anticipating the mayor's austerity executive budget that if approved would slash education and social services while leaving the wealth of city banks, corporations and rich New Yorkers untouched, the UFT joined progressive City Council members and a coalition of unions, community groups and nonprofit service providers at City Hall on May 4 to release an alternative «people's budget.&racity banks, corporations and rich New Yorkers untouched, the UFT joined progressive City Council members and a coalition of unions, community groups and nonprofit service providers at City Hall on May 4 to release an alternative «people's budget.&raCity Council members and a coalition of unions, community groups and nonprofit service providers at City Hall on May 4 to release an alternative «people's budget.&raCity Hall on May 4 to release an alternative «people's budget.»

Both union leaders agreed with the near - universal argument that the city should not return to the old Board of Education system, which was abolished when mayoral control was implemented in 2002.

In their letter to Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, and state Education Commissioner John King Jr., state United Teachers president Richard Ianuzzi and Michael Mulgrew, head of the city teachers union, stressed those concerns.

Thousands of parents, union leaders and teachers rallied at almost 200 city schools Thursday against Gov. Cuomo's proposed education reforms.