Sentences with phrase «about tenure laws»

Amid a national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight...

Amid a national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim picture.

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Despite several years of demonstrated inability to do so, the National Identification Authority (NIA), under the tenure of an NPP administration, the President said, is about to commence the registration and instant issuance of national identity cards to all Ghanaian citizens, both at home and abroad, as by law prescribed.

In sentencing Sheldon Silver, Judge Valerie Caproni seemed to reflect my concern about laws and budgets passed by the Assembly during Silver's tenure as Assembly Speaker.

The governor also said the similar issue that happened at the end of his first tenure is about repeating itself and urged the anti graft agency to respect the law as he enjoys immunity, adding that they should not to be in an hurry as he will submit himself to them when he finish his administration.

«It's more about what's missing,» Weisberg said when asked what he would like changed about New York's tenure laws.

Informed by countless chilling anecdotes about the consequences of today's tenure and seniority policies, conservative and liberal judges alike may nod in agreement when the plaintiff's attorney argues soberly, «My client shouldn't be forced to fund an organization that advocates for such laws.»

Then, to defend the last - in, first - out laws, they had to make an about - face and argue that districts knew nothing about effectiveness after tenure, that using seniority was the only way to ensure that favoritism was not the basis of retention decisions.

All 50 states have tenure laws, but only about one - third of the largest districts even mention tenure in their contracts.

Teachers and administrators alike had been anxiously waiting for more details about the evaluations since Gov. Chris Christie signed a new tenure law that permits them to be evaluated, at least in part based on their students» test scores and other measurements of achievement.

While tenure laws have been in effect just about everywhere in the country for far too long, there is some good news.

When I'm feeling most foul about teacher tenure laws, this song becomes my earworm.

EdSource wrote about a debate the four candidates had on Tuesday where Villaraigosa was the only candidate who committed to reforming teacher tenure laws.

Given the substantive way this law changes how Utah teachers are evaluated and dismissed, I was astonished to see a recent commentary («This teacher / legislator says it's time to end tenure,» June 22), penned by a legislator, speaking about the need to eliminate tenure in Utah.

I've asked Korn to tell me exactly where the law specifies this, and when I hear back from him, I will update this post.UPDATE: The teachers» union, to back up its assertion, is citing a memo from the state department to the Board of Regents last year which contains this background sentence about the evaluation law: «Tenured teachers and principals with a pattern of ineffective teaching performance — defined by law as two consecutive annual «ineffective» ratings — may be charged with incompetence and considered for termination through an expedited hearing process.»

«There has been a lot of concern about the effects of the new evaluation procedures and changes in the tenure law: Would lots of teachers get fired?»

One of my favorite things about director Gary Tinterow's tenure is how he's made efforts to expand art's footprint in the museum's existing floor space, most notably in the Law Building entrance, where nowadays you encounter art as soon as you set foot inside.

Brooklyn - based artist Ellen Harvey talks about: Her long tenure in the western part of Williamsburg, her experience of the slow but steady gentrification, and how she's become permanently attached to her live / work loft through the Loft Law, which...

Last week I wrote about a lawsuit filed by two «tenured» professors who were fired by the for - profit Phoenix Law School.

One fascinating story last week was about two «tenured» professors at the for - profit corporate - owned Phoenix Law School who were fired after they opposed plans to prevent students from transferring to other schools.

In a post earlier this week at Legal Blog Watch, I wrote about the 10th anniversary conference of Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard's «courtship» of Jonathan Zittrain to accept a tenured position on its faculty.

In an unfortunate coincidence, legitimate questions about improving legal education are emerging just as a politicized struggle is erupting over law school tenure — at a moment when the ABA began to consider reducing standards for law school faculties.

«It has come to the attention of your anonymous Editor that some lawyers, law students, and law professors would like to be contributors to Blawg Review, but are worried about losing clients, getting hard - marked, or jeopardizing tenure... To enable everyone to be a contributor to Blawg Review, without fear or favor, there is now a convenient submission form created by blogcarnival.com for Blawg Review, so you don't have to use your regular email, if you like the new form.

She is tremendously passionate about the intersection of law and technology and the possibilities it holds for making the world a better place, which makes her tenure at a company as vibrant and innovative as PracticePanther all the more exciting.

«During her robed tenure, Rose handled some of the most talked about cases in the history of the English common law»

They might be unknown to many of my younger colleagues, so I'll take the liberty of naming a few (without details of their distinguished careers): McGill's Marianne Scott had just recently been appointed National Librarian of Canada; Diana Priestly was just finishing her tenure as founding Law Librarian at the University of Victoria; Balfour Halévy, Osgoode's founding Chief Law Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at OslLaw Librarian at the University of Victoria; Balfour Halévy, Osgoode's founding Chief Law Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at OslLaw Librarian, was still in charge at Osgoode and leading the charge nationally; Tom Shorthouse was centre - stage at the University of British Columbia (and wherever there was a piano); Edmonton was doubly - blessed with Lillian MacPherson (passionate about both women's studies and Iceland) at the University of Alberta and Shi - Sheng Hu (reluctant to discard superseded loose - leaf supplements) at the courthouse; the dynamic duo of Denis Marshall (at Queen's University, always so kind and supportive) and Denis Le May (at Laval, always so full of spritely humour) was in full swing; Ann Crocker was hard at work at the University of New Brunswick (though she hadn't yet been awarded the Order of Canada) as was Guy Tanguay at Sherbrooke; while Vicki Whitmell was re-inventing the law firm library at Osllaw firm library at Osler.

These processes enable land councils to articulate decisions about land use made under traditional law and custom by the land owners to the outside world in conformity with standard Australian land tenure and land use procedures, while maintaining Aboriginal control.