Sentences with phrase «against teachers leading»

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A grand jury report, released in February, not only led to charges against four priests and one parochial school teacher but has opened the floodgates for civil litigation.

Thousands of people have signed a petition against Michael Gove's decision to punish children with exercise, after leading athletes, head teachers and even Conservative supporters spoke out against the plans.

The NEC also used the occasion to kick against the call for autonomy of local government councils, stating that the ghost of the effects of primary schools left in the hands of the local governments in the past had continued to haunt the teachers, leading to its near - collapse in terms of personnel, funding and infrastructural development.

Whether working as a bilingual city school teacher, fighting against climate change with Mothers Out Front, or helping lead St. Peter's Soup Kitchen... I Listen.

The statewide teachers union, NYSUT, whose political influence is strongest in the Democratic - led Assembly, has railed against the new evaluation law and how it is tied to teacher tenure.

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.

The teacher - led rally was intended as a show of force against the United Federation of Teachers, but garnered the most attention for its customized selfie sticks and photo booths.

AFSCME and the New York State United Teachers led the charge to block the AFL - CIO from granting Cuomo its endorsement, and the Public Employees Federation campaigned against him.

The Green Party pointed out that the Democratic Party and Governor Cuomo have been leading the fight in New York against teachers.

Many years later I learned that the teacher had warned us against psychopathic charm, and the leading authority in the study of psychopathy confirmed that the teacher's advice was sound.

A substitute teacher emerges as the unlikely hero who must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives against them.

A minor character in the first film, Remi's the lead here: An entomologist working as an inner - city school teacher, she's shocked to discover the bug men are back and valiantly protects a pair of students against them.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity George Couros's 2015 jeremiad against cultures of compliance within the school system emphasizes empowerment instead, stressing the importance of questioning, creativity, and wonder for students, teachers, and administrators alike.

We severely underestimated the ability of the Chicago Teachers» Union to lead a massive grassroots campaign against our administration.

The University has been able to demonstrate real growth in provision, even set against a landscape of ever increasing emphasis on school - led teacher training.

Fourteen academics from NSW leading universities have written to the O'Farrell Government to appeal against plans to abolish dedicated funding for teachers of English as a second language.

Micro-schooling and its teacher - led, entrepreneurial spirit might solve both of these problems, by evading the old habits, sclerotic bureaucracies, cultural biases against experimentation, antiquated labor arrangements, and low tolerance for risk that prevail in traditional schools.

The merit - pay proposal pitted Scott and the Republican - led Legislature against the Florida Education Association, the state's largest teachers union.

In addition, the Massachusetts Teachers Association led a much - publicized campaign against a proposal to expand the number of charters in the state, and the California Teachers Association created a website, «Kids Not Profits,» radio ads and a social media campaign calling for tighter restrictions on charter schools.

Second, the obvious facts that teachers unions are being powerfully challenged, often defeated, and led to pragmatic and tactical compromise work against the air of crisis and indignation that Moe still wants to cultivate.

Still others praised the study's design but pushed back against interpretations that teacher evaluations of the sort used in the District of Columbia will lead to widespread improvements in teaching quality.

The Indiana Securities Division filed a complaint against the Indiana State Teachers Association, alleging the union engaged in the sale of securities without license or registration, and unlawfully commingled funds from its insurance trust with other accounts, leading to the estimated loss of $ 23 million.

On Saturday at the National Education Association's (NEA) Leadership Summit, John Jensen, the Vice President of the Retired Executive Council of the NEA, will lead a break - out session on the «bogus» research attacking teacher pensions and how to defend against it.

While these approaches could lead to large cost savings, and there are some approaches that would only affect teachers with many more years left in the profession, as a general rule I would caution states against cutting benefits.

Local school boards led campaigns against the AFT which led many teachers to leave the union.

Parents were pitted against teachers, principals and one another, leading to parking lot fights, bitterness, broken trust and lingering divisiveness.

From my work with teachers, I found that these are some of the critical teaching strategies that support students to become assessment - capable learners: Provide time for student reflection on their learning Involve the students in developing success criteria & rubrics for their own assessment Let students assess their own work & measure this against teacher judgements Provide feedback & encourage students to set goals from this assessment Be explicit about what learning progressions look like & encourage students to use these to set their own learning goals Provide opportunities for students to achieve goals through attending teacher - led or peer - led clinics And celebrate goals when they are achieved!

«We believe in publicly funded public education and we believe that we can have a system in Chicago that is equal to or exceeds school districts in Finland or Japan,» she says of the colleagues with whom she has reshaped the Chicago Teachers Union into a leading force in the fight against school privatization, closures, cuts and the gimmickry that too often passes for education policy.

A new report out today finds a 50 percent better academic growth rate at nearly 500 California schools, and all of it is the result of successful union - led reforms put in place as the result of a lawsuit by the California Teachers Association against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Join Parents 4 Teachers as we honor the courageous youth from Englewood and NTA who led the fight against the2018 school closings.

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a research and advocacy group, has led the charge against low admission standards, frequently citing a 2007 McKinsey report that claims the majority of U.S. teachers are recruited from the bottom two - thirds of their class.

The schools minister Nick Gibb, a fan of PISA, has recently argued in favour of more teacher - led instruction, but school leaders have warned against using «limited» international studies to inform assessment policy.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

The report points out that a school policy of zero tolerance against racism led by head teachers and school leaders can make a significant difference to the experience of BME teachers and students.

Lefkowitz, the attorney who will be leading the New York case, has successfully litigated other cases that pitted him against teachers unions.

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, a black women, is one of the most important leaders in the country against corporate education reform, and she led the union in the «Let Us Teach!»

On behalf of Connecticut parents, students and teachers, I'm writing to request that the Working Families Party of Connecticut follow the lead of your colleagues in New York State and join us here as we fight back against the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing program.

AITSL will collaborate with the Authorities to periodically evaluate the accreditation decision - making process and initiate and lead activity to support nationally consistent assessment of evidence supplied against the Program Standards and the Graduate career stage of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

It is imperative that teachers in IL are prepared to lead the profession against the tide of intentional belittling by our elected state officials in both the executive and legislative branches.

Attacks against the «Common Core» standards, led by Tea Party activists and conservative pundits and lately joined by some teachers» unions, have reached a crescendo of distortions that put students» welfare at risk.

The issue is prescient in the light of a damning Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) report on disclosure failings, and the recent «Trojan Horse» case which led to the discontinuation of regulatory proceedings against five senior teachers.