Sentences with phrase «as teacher bashing»

Malloy's willingness to engage in some of the most outwardly heinous aspects of the corporate reform movement such as teacher bashing were only outdone by his actions which have positioned him as one of the most aggressive pro-corporate education reform Governor's in the country.

Not exact matches

And as long as people are busy bashing teachers, or saying that we can't try anything new because it might fail, then reform will be stifled as it has been in the past.

With the negative press about teachers being so prevalent in the United States media at this time, I am curious how one may be looking at teacher pension, pay etc. and not have this as part of the «teacher bashing».

There you are, trying desperately to stop Miranda in year 8 from bashing Julia over the head for the umpteenth time as Mrs X announces she's resigning five minutes before the end - of - term deadline leaving you with cover teachers from now until Christmas, while these guys think they're improving the country by sitting in parliament chatting about nothing and scoring points.

His reputation as a union busting, teacher bashing, megalomaniac has followed him from the outset.

But according to NEA, the reforms suggested by DFER (and many other groups) have «acquired a bit of a stench over the last few years, as the ideas with which it is most closely associated — high stakes accountability, vouchers, merit pay, charter schools, not to mention teacher bashing — have not worn well with much of the public.»

Invariably, what is labeled «teacher bashing» is nothing more than anger at the teachers unions for blocking every type of education reform imaginable, as well as the unions doing their level best to block school districts» attempts to fire bad and even criminal teachers.

Just as these teachers would be entering their peak years of effectiveness, all too frequently they are leaving the teaching profession, or more infrequently, leaving Wisconsin to teach in other states where teachers are not bashed 24/7 and still have the opportunity to earn compensation that keeps them in the middle class.

She said his favorable rating on education is 29 %, as his entire platform is teacher bashing.

As with the oft - rehashed posturing by traditionalists that reformers «bash» and «demonize» teachers, the claim that reformers don't listen to teachers is based on the unwillingness of traditionalists to admit these facts: That there are laggard instructors in our classrooms who shouldn't be there.

Ty Goddard, of the Education Foundation, said the results for the UK were an «important snapshot of education achievement» - and they should not be used as an «excuse to have a national «bash a teacher» day».

As for communicating with parents, charters and network schools just want a few parents to wring their hands at public teacher - bashings.

Some weeks, she sends hundreds of 140 - character missives to her 20,000 followers, such as «NCLB = The Death Star of American Education» or «Let's have a contest: what name for those who oppose teacher - bashing, privatizing, test - loving deformers?»

Secretary Clinton absolutely did not mean that we should seek to close nearly half the schools in the country, as was almost gleefully reported in a variety of right wing media outlets (who in their normal daily business, it should be noted for irony's sake, are all too happy to bash public schools full of unionized teachers).

We've witnessed the onslaught of message - laden documentaries such as Waiting for «Superman» and The Lottery, which are celebrated by many and derided as teacher - bashing propaganda by others.

Our teachers know how to mix educating and entertaining, sharing events such as Cowboy Cowgirl Day, Back to School Bash, Book Fair, Student Success Night and more.

Again you hit the nail squarely on the head citing right wing politics and an agenda of union bashing as the reason behind the current climate of teacher blame.

The charter - bashing report, compiled by the Network for Public Education, whose leadership includes such teacher union acolytes as Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody, et al, has become a yearly event for the progressive reactionary TPS monopoly crew.

After all, it is one that actually casts defenders of traditional public education as crusaders against plutocrats who simply want to bash teachers, end public education and abandon democracy.