Sentences with phrase «about tenure policies»

As part of its «Benchmark Best Practices» series, COACHE surveyed faculty at its member institutions — more than 200 colleges and universities across the United States — about tenure policies, paths to promotion, and clarity of procedure around both.

And teachers and parents ticked off about a tenure policy that throws good teachers under the bus would do well to keep marching outside L.A. Unified's headquarters.

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His tenure as Fed vice-chair coincided with the period in which the U.S. central bank was more cautious — likely too cautious — about toying with unorthodox tools such as asset - buying policies.

But while Cuomo's budget proposal included the most aggressive set of climate policies he has introduced during his tenure as governor, some key details about two particularly significant climate and energy initiatives remained vague.

They noted the age, gender, job descriptions and tenure of the employees, and surveyed them about loyalty and diversity policies.

We had people talking about pharma research, sales, technical support, instrument design, research policy, medical illustration, science writing, grants officers, editing, the tenure track, the research track, research administration, and so on.

This poll may shine a light on the situation in regards to the Common Core specifically, but my guess is that the same pattern applies to conversations about teacher tenure, school choice, and other education policies.

The other thing that's an obvious connection here is thinking about the recent debate over teacher tenure policy which has been in the courts.

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.»

In the few instances when researchers have focused on the issue of teacher tenure specifically, they have generally sought to document the costs and benefits of tenure, make normative arguments about whether tenure should or should not be abolished, or propose specific ways in which tenure policies could be improved.

However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

We know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take teacher voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

Paige makes some important point about the bigger policy issues that are being dodged when we focus solely on teacher tenure rather than larger systemic problems.

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

The reality is that for all the talk from the NEA and AFT about how they represent teachers, the reality is that their defense of seniority - and degree - based pay scales, reverse - seniority layoff policies, and near - lifetime employment privileges through tenure do little for the younger, more reform - minded teachers who realize the damage these policies do to their profession and, ultimately, to the children in their care.

Ultra-conservative Grover Nordquist just said that he's not worried about the national election because his party added new governors: «Our strength is state by state,» Norquist said, adding that it is there that Republicans would enact the policies — ending teacher tenure, reining in public employee pensions, promoting school choice — that would invigorate the national party from the bottom up.»

Recent legal actions in a few states have raised larger questions about the future of teacher tenure policies.

Contributing to the debate about policies that can enhance the quality of teachers, this brief evaluates how well early - career performance signals teacher effectiveness after tenure.

Perhaps the worst part of this document is what it omits: there is one vague allusion to teacher tenure and no mention of seniority or any policy recommendations about how to get bad teachers out of the classroom, though these are major problems that must be dealt with.

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To name a few: Dr Nina Pierpont, USA, author of «The Wind Farm Syndrome»; Dr Sarah Laurie, Australia, Medical Director of the Waubra Foundation; Dr Bob Thorne, Australia, Psychoacoustician; and Dr Carl Phillips, a Harvard - trained epidemiologist specializing in public health policy, formerly tenured professor in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, who wrote about governments denying the health problem: «The attempts to deny the evidence can not be seen as honest scientific disagreement and represent either gross incompetence or intentional bias.»

I am a full professor with tenure, so no one need worry about me — I'll be just fine as there are plenty of interesting, research - able policy issues to occupy my time.

During the course of this long policy tenure, you may need to get in touch with your insurer for various purposes like updating details about significant changes in your life, making a fund switch or any other query on the product.

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The single premium or premium for only a part of the policy tenure are higher sums than the yearly payments but provide the assurance that once they are taken care of, the insured person will not have to worry again about the premium for the Term insurance return of payment plan.

When buying a policy online, everything about the product in question is open — features, tenure, riders, customer experience, even the applicable regulatory action as the case may be.

- The tenure of the policy is from 16 years to about 25 years.

The policy is for a fixed tenure, and the policy buyer can have a fixed time of about 16 years or 21 years or even 25 years.

If you feel you need to choose a policy with a tenure up to the age of 70 and 75 years, think about it!

But if you take a term insurance plan for a longer period, then you don't have to worry about premium rates as they remain constant throughout the tenure of your policy.

However, when it comes to taking the final step of purchasing a term plan, most of us are often confused about the amount of life cover to seek, tenure of the policy, which company to select, and what plan to buy?

The preservation of traditional lands in ultimately inalienable form for the use and enjoyment of future generations is still an important principle of Indigenous land tenure, as recognised by the first and second NIC Principles.136 There has been a strong policy focus over more than thirty years on Indigenous people gaining traditional land, having the right to manage it in accordance with Indigenous tradition, and being able to make decisions about land use in accordance with traditional decision - making processes.