Sentences with phrase «as teacher tenure»

Their supporters argue that children pay the price for such job protections as teacher tenure and seniority.

Education reform in K - 12 schools has become politically fraught, dividing teachers unions, one of which endorsed Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, from Democrats in the Obama administration over issues such as teacher tenure, performance evaluations and school accountability.

Judge Robert Hobgood ordered a permanent injunction against the law, which would eliminate career status — commonly known as teacher tenure — by 2018.

Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood ordered a permanent injunction against the implementation of the law that ends career status, known as teacher tenure.

Issues such as teacher tenure, parent triggers, charter schools and the Common Core State Standards bring out vitriol even among policymakers and prominent figures.

Indeed, even before the verdict, members of the plaintiffs» team were talking confidently about plans to present their evidence to California Gov. Jerry Brown, a close ally of the teachers unions, to prod him into joining the reformers» side, at least on key issues such as teacher tenure.

The original plan combined tax changes aimed at generating almost $ 500 million in new state revenue with school reforms in such areas as teacher tenure.

Cuomo pushed successfully this year for a new teacher evaluation system more closely linking state testing to performance as well as teacher tenure.

Not exact matches

As enrollments decline, programs are cut, and tenure diminishes, mainstream educational institutions are becoming uncomfortable places for teachers who want to pass on a zeal for humanist learning.

As enrollments decline, programs are cut, and tenure diminishes, mainstream educational institutions are becoming uncomfortable places for teachers who want....

, its speech codes, its teacher evaluations conducted sub secreto pontificio, its heated debate over the minutest matters, its hair - splitting fights over teaching loads and research assistants (tenure as benefice!)

During my tenure, I worked as a Early Intervention Program teacher, a Curriculum Support teacher, a Special Instructional Assistance teacher, a Reading Recovery teacher, and a Kindergarten through Fifth grade classroom teacher.

An e-mail that some city school principals interpreted as an order to identify two tenured teachers for removal has educators wondering whether the district has set a firing quota.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group of teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to teacher performance.

As the John Mahama - led administration's tenure ends on January 7, some teacher unions have expressed their disappointment about the outgoing administration's handling of the various teacher related issues that came up within the period.

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

Still, voters do approve of at least one of Cuomo's proposals: 62 percent support Cuomo's proposal to make teachers eligible for tenure in five years, rather than three years as it is now.

As part of the deal, teacher tenure would increase from three to four years and schools will see big increases in state aid.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

Those groups would like to scrap the Common Core as part of a reform agenda that would also target teacher tenure and boost charter schools and voucher systems.

This year's state exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking this week, immediately follow a bitter battle between Cuomo and teachers» unions over evaluations as well as tenure, merit pay and turnaround strategies for chronically underperforming schools.

The lawsuit was filed earlier this year with both the state and the United Federation of Teachers listed as plaintiffs, but before state lawmakers approved a budget that included provisions that ultimately made it harder for teachers to obtain and keepTeachers listed as plaintiffs, but before state lawmakers approved a budget that included provisions that ultimately made it harder for teachers to obtain and keepteachers to obtain and keep tenure.

And now, following a national trend, New York's conservatives have joined in, using what they portray as a specimen of big - government overreach in the service of a longer - term fight to eliminate teacher tenure and promote alternatives to traditional public schools.

As CalWatchdog.com's Chris Reed argued, «That is good news for those considering taking on public employee unions in 2016 with ballot measures putting limits on government pensions or scrapping state laws allowing teachers to receive lifetime tenure after less than two years on the job.»

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

Equally alarming is Astorino's opposition to teacher tenure, as well as, his vow to eliminate the Triborough Amendment.

This year alone, the groups saw major elements of their platforms come to pass, such as tying teacher evaluations more closely to test scores, adding hurdles to earning tenure and increasing the number of charter schools, measures all unpopular with the unions.

It is a campaign Cuomo waged from the start of his tenure as governor in 2011, but eased off of in recent years due to significant backlash from teachers unions, suburban parents upset by high - stakes testing, and others, like AQE.

Tisch, who served nearly 20 years as a Regent and six as the Chancellor, led the controversial movements to adopt rigorous Common Core standards and tie a portion of teacher evaluations to student test scores, and also implemented more difficult state exams during her tenure.

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

The support of the CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.

Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changes to teacher evaluation, tenure certification and preparation processes, and giving the state more authority to rescue schools evaluated by the state as «failing.»

Using what the city calls a «new framework for measuring teacher effectiveness» instituted in December, principals approved fewer teachers for tenure this year — 58 percent of 5,209 teachers as opposed to 97 percent of those eligible in 2006 - 7.

The major change under the new system is that many more teachers are having their tenure decision delayed, or, as the UFT puts it, their probation period extended.

During last year's address to the legislature, Malloy also mentioned teacher tenure in a statement that surprised some observers as a bold move by a Democrat.

David Albert, director communications at the New York State School Boards Association, says the board is encouraged by the academic gains Elia sparked in Florida's Hillsborough County school system during her tenure as a teacher and administrator.

Those new leaders would then have the power to rewrite curriculum, break union contracts, change tenure status and create salary incentives to recruit new teachers, according to legislation Cuomo has introduced as part of his 2015 - 16 budget.

The teacher tenure lawsuit has stagnated in court as unions file a stream of motions intended to kill it.

Tenure rights of New York teachers were the focus of heated arguments in a Brooklyn courtroom on Nov. 30 as lawyers for the UFT and other unions pressed a state appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit attacking those fundamental safeguards.

[15] Johnson looked at improving pay and working conditions for teachers during his tenure as Education Secretary.

A professor who lacks these qualities rarely — possibly never — has the energy to sustain a career as a scholar much past tenure and ends up becoming a source of answers, as a teacher, and not of questions, as a scholar and scientific mentor.

2015 Tribeca Film Festival: The dark comedy that Bad Teacher (as well as Hamlet 2, to an extent) desperately wanted to be, Tenured is...

Like Hart's 2016 directorial debut «Miss Stevens,» an indie charmer inspired by her tenure as a young high school teacher, the roots of «Fast Color» grew from personal experience — and a frustration with the ways the same characters and stories kept being told within the superhero genre.

For many purposes, such as tenure or retention decisions, it is not the «year to year» correlation that matters, but the «year - to - career» — that is, the degree to which a single year's value - added measure would provide information about a teacher's likely impact on students over their future careers.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

In other states, evaluation results can be used as evidence for dismissing a tenured teacher for poor performance.

Three years into his tenure, Young decided to start sharing data for all teachers, and used it as an opportunity for staff to collaborate and strategize together.