Sentences with phrase «against educators»

If the new scores are higher, then the original ratings could not be used against the educators in firing or tenure decisions.

«There has been a widespread pattern of discrimination against educators who would challenge evolution in the classroom,» Casey Luskin, a policy analyst for the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute, in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceInsider.

Under the new plan, districts may bring disciplinary charges against educators with two consecutive «ineffective» ratings, and educators would be fired within 90 days unless they can provide «clear and convincing» evidence that they should keep their job.

Districts could bring disciplinary charges against educators with three consecutive «ineffective» ratings, and the educators would be fired within 30 days unless they can prove «fraud.»

The latest version gives no figure for the overall number of attacks against educators around the world, but...

In my book, I push back hard against those educators who wish policymakers «would just get out of schooling» and «leave it to the educators.»

The winning educators will represent the U.S. and advance to compete against educators from around the world at the Partners in Learning Global Forum, Nov. 6 — 11, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

«Think about all the ways we have devised to hurt people who don't learn,» complained Roland Barth, a former Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) faculty member, who described measures like detention of students and the threats against educators who could lose their credentials if they fail to comply with certification demands.

Union president Randi Weingarten stated she was disappointed and the union would continue to fight «unethical and unlawful smear campaigns against educators,» according to the Washington Post.

As I chronicled here, the district was caught flat - footed earlier this year when a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing students revealed that, under the terms of a contract negotiated with United Teachers Los Angeles (the local union), complaints against educators that don't result in disciplinary action are disregarded after only a few years (unsurprisingly, the teacher in question had a long paper trail).

Families in districts with majorities of poor black and Latino children are increasingly pushing back against educator recruitment groups like Teach for America, scorning their efforts as education tourism for privileged Ivy Leaguers.

Unfortunately, there's a long history of people in education taking useful ideas and strategies and, instead of being happy with them as just another useful addition to help our students, they make them in bludgeons to use against educators, schools, students and their families.

This age is pushing mighty hard against children, against educators, and against the very concept of good education.