Sentences with phrase «along with the teachers unions»

They, along with the teachers unions and local officials, operate a Teacher of the Year contest.

But turns out that new mayor Bill de Blasio (and fellow Democrat) along with his teacher union friends, have it in for the charter operator.

LONDON — The American Federation of Teachers, along with teachers unions and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world, will speak out during Pearson's annual general meeting Friday, April 29, in London to call for a review of its business model that pushes high - stakes testing in the United States and privatized schools in the developing world.

Not exact matches

Commenting on the judicial review on the indexation of public sector pensions, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High CUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the HigTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the Higteachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Cunion, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Court.

From small business owners to union members, along with seniors, teachers, college students, farmers, health care professionals, and many others, I am proud to be able to bring people together to focus on solutions.

[22] Maloney, unsurprisingly, gained the endorsement of his former boss, Bill Clinton, [22] along with the nod from major unions in the state, including the New York State United Teachers, the state AFL - CIO, and some large SEIU locals.

Senior Janill Mateo, 17, who chanted «Legacy» and «save our school» along with the crowd in Union Square Park, said Legacy's attentive teachers helped her raise her grades.

Several unions and community groups are expected to show up in force, including the United Federation of Teachers, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Service Employees International Union Local 1199, along with NY Communities for Change, Strong Economy for All and the Working Families Party.

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 PoughTeachers, 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 Poughteachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in Poughkeepsie.

Along with other powerful state lawmakers, Perkins has benefited from the teachers union's largesse.

The delegation to Ukraine includes teacher union leaders from the USA, Poland, Denmark and Bulgaria, along with the UK.

The letter is signed by world - renowned scholar Noam Chomsky, along with journalist Naomi Klein, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and a host of other prominent scholars and activists, including some of the most established pro-public education voices.

Along with his running mate for lieutenant governor, Brian Jones, a former Harlem elementary school teacher and active union member, Hawkins supports expanding public education from full - day Pre-K through college and increasing state aid to local schools.

The New York State United Teachers, along with a handful of teachers and local teachers» unions, filed suit in Albany Teachers, along with a handful of teachers and local teachers» unions, filed suit in Albany teachers and local teachers» unions, filed suit in Albany teachers» unions, filed suit in Albany Tuesday.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several communityteachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several communityTeachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

He spoke along with representatives from the American Federation of Teachers and the Connecticut Education Association, the state's two largest teachers»Teachers and the Connecticut Education Association, the state's two largest teachers»teachers» unions.

Grodenchik, a lifelong resident of Queens who had the backing of the county's Democratic Party, along with the United Federation of Teachers, the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the Transportation Workers Union, won with nearly 28 percent of the vote, according to the city's Board of Elections.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

As the Times reported on Wednesday, teachers unions along with other labor groups are not, as they did in previous years, launching major attack campaigns on the governor for his proposed cuts to education and other programs.

The Buffalo union, along with its parent group New York State United Teachers, funneled thousands of dollars and other resources into the races, backing candidates who seemed willing to resolve the contract dispute.

The union is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 yunion is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 yUnion and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 years.

The UFT and NYSUT will also urge the National Educational Association and the American Federation of Teachers, along with other public and private sector unions, to avoid pension and retirement fund investments with any funds operated by Steven Klinsky.

NYSUT delegates elected a new president along with a slate of other new officers in a contested election at the state teachers» union's 42nd Representative Assembly.Karen Magee, the president of the Harrison Association of Teachers in Westchester County, won as president over incumbent Dick Iannuzzi in the election on teachers» union's 42nd Representative Assembly.Karen Magee, the president of the Harrison Association of Teachers in Westchester County, won as president over incumbent Dick Iannuzzi in the election on Teachers in Westchester County, won as president over incumbent Dick Iannuzzi in the election on April 5.

For the first time, ERN outspent the teachers union in lobbying expenses, which along with other activities helped win the fight to raise the New York charter cap.

Along with the massive pension liabilities and a long - standing oversupply of school buildings, the district also faced a newly energized Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).

In June, the New York state legislature went along with a union request and determined that teachers wouldn't be penalized for low student - achievement scores.

There's plenty of conventional wisdom, to be sure, mostly along the lines of, «unions are most powerful where every teacher must belong to them and every district must bargain with them and least consequential in «right - to - work» states.»

The parents union, along with the parent empowerment efforts of StudentsFirst's New York affiliate (which is helping families in the Big Apple's traditional district fight for school libraries as well as lobby for teacher quality and other reforms), is actively helping families do more than just have a voice.

Along the way Payzant cultivated a generally positive relationship with the wide variety of education groups in and around Boston, including the local teachers union.

Bolick and the Goldwater Institute, along with Arizona schools superintendent John Huppenthal and the Institute for Justice, a civil liberties law firm, are defending the program from a lawsuit filed by the Arizona teachers union and state school boards association.

Because of that, in 2009, Rep John Benson, a former Edina teacher union leader along with strong support from Mpls district union leaders Louise Sundin and Lynn Nordgren sponsored legislation that enabled districts to access the same flexibility and autonomy provisions of chartering without actually chartering a school.

Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English criticized the cuts to charters, along with other aspects of next school year's budget.

McFrazier, 65, is one of three candidates, along with teachers Rachel Johnson and Sherlett Hendy - Newbill, who have won endorsement from the teachers union, UTLA.

By last year, groups such as the Connecticut Parents Union (on whose advisory board your editor serves) had sprouted up throughout the country, and, along with long - established groups such as the Black Alliance for Educational Options, were agitating for the enactment of Parent Trigger laws, pushing for the expansion of charters and vouchers, and weighing in on such issues as overhauling teacher evaluation systems.

An education reform group (along with four public schoolteachers) has sued the state's two teachers unions, affiliated with the National Education Association and American Federation of Teacherteachers unions, affiliated with the National Education Association and American Federation of TeachersTeachers (AFT).

The Senate should approve the legislation and move it along to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, who previously sided with the powerful Education Minnesota teachers union in opposing similar legislation.

Unions like the American Federation of Teachers, along with the larger National Education Association, have opposed charter schools.

The statewide teachers union, the Florida Education Association, has been an outspoken opponent of the plan, along with Democratic allies in the Legislature.

Summers» letter caught the eye of the Chicago Teachers Union, which along with the City Council Progressive Reform Caucus have long pushed for the city and CPS to go to court on the issue.

This week, I am putting my name on an amicus curiae brief, along with dozens of other teachers, urging a judge to consider the needs of children ahead of my union's contractual language.

Casey would go on the next year to accuse news anchor - turned - teacher quality reform activist Campbell Brown (along with several other reformers) of committing «the equivalent of a blood libel» against teachers for daring to expose the complicity of the AFT's Big Apple local (and that of the national union) in keeping criminally abusive teachers on the city's payroll.

But the fact that the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers remain key forces within the activist wing of the Democratic Party, along with the success of the two unions in co-opting progressive players means that the party still remains divided over transforming education.

The unwillingness of Democrats to embrace broader school choice beyond charters in its party platform (along with the presence of a teachers» union official among those writing it) also makes it difficult for the party, and centrist Democrats in particular, to ballyhoo its reform bonafides.

Teachers and staff wearing «proud to be charter and union» buttons filled almost every seat in the library, along with some parents and community members.

But since the 1960s, successful efforts by teachers» unions to pass state laws forcing districts to bargain with them, along with school funding lawsuits and property tax reforms such as California's Proposition 13, have led to states taking a more prominent role in all aspects of education.

While state and national leaders in education have repeatedly noted the importance of teacher quality — while also misrepresenting that importance [emphasis added]-- increasing standards - based teaching, high - stakes testing and value - added methods of teacher evaluation, along with the dismantling unions, have de-professionalized teaching and discouraged young people from entering the field.

Those creating the plan include the Statewide School Management Alliance — which consists of the Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Business Officials and the Illinois Principals Association — along with the teachers» unions.

Along with the public interviews, the leaders of the district's employee associations, including the teachers» union, were invited to interview each candidate as a group.

For years, the institute has been laying the groundwork for radical changes to Missouri's education system, producing reports, testimony, and policy papers purporting to show the benefits of ending teacher tenure and enacting vouchers in the form of «tuition tax credits,» along with other efforts to privatize education and undermine teachers» unions.

Now called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Republican and Democratic leaders, along with the Corporate Education Reform Industry and the leadership of the teachers» unions are heralding the new system which continues the effort to privatize public education, turn schools into little more than testing factories and undermine teachers and the teaching profession.