Sentences with phrase «attacks against teachers»

And these numbers are going up every year — there has been a 34.5 % increase in the number of attacks against teachers since 2007 - 08.

But on Sunday, in a resolution committing to fighting attacks against teachers, the union did debate demanding Duncan's resignation, ultimately settling on cheeky language that mirrored the Vergara case.

Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against teachers

And now, the for - profit charter school crowd is spending over a million on false attacks against teachers and public schools.

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

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They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

His attack on Ritschl, which was at the same time an attack on the whole trend of liberal theology at that time, was against the assumption that authentic lives of Jesus could be written which would portray him as a moral teacher urging men to build the kingdom of God by their labors.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has been deeply disturbed to hear of a savage attack on trade union activists in Baghdad as part of an ongoing campaign of intimidation against the country's trade unions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career Wednesday, following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins is an attack dog against charter schools because he's the teachers union's poodle, charter - school advocates charge.

Buhari said his government was committed to the fight against terrorism and insurgency, adding, «The security services have since been directed to put in place further measures around all schools vulnerable to attacks to ensure the safety of our pupils / students and teachers and school workers.

Charter school supporters have often targeted AQE as being beholden to its benefactors in the teachers unions, a line of attack that AQE has repeatedly pushed back against, while AQE has decried any shift towards charter funding as a betrayal of the public education system.

BY ANDY HUMM Abel Cedeno, 18, the bullied gay Bronx student who said he defended himself with a knife against an attack from classmate Matthew McCree September 27 in front of their fellow students and two teachers, testified in his own defense on Tuesday morning before a Bronx grand jury, and the second - degree murder charge -LSB-...]

General News of Wednesday, 9 May 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com A photo grid of Mim SHS Teachers of Mim Senior High school (SHS) in the Asunafo North Municipality of Brong Ahafo Region, have declared an indefinite strike in protest against series of attacks on teachers by the communitTeachers of Mim Senior High school (SHS) in the Asunafo North Municipality of Brong Ahafo Region, have declared an indefinite strike in protest against series of attacks on teachers by the communitteachers by the community folks.

From the opening section, which finds Harry fending off an attack by Dementors in a storm sewer near his neighborhood and running afoul of wizard rules prohibiting spell - casting in the presence of Muggles, through the installation of a chillingly polite authoritarian named Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) as Hogwarts» new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and future grand inquisitor, to the near - collapse of the wizard world's governing body, the increasingly ossified and timid Ministry of Magic, Phoenix is steeped in a mix of fear and futility confirmed by the movie's visuals, photographed by cinematographer Slawomir Idziak.

In addition, according to a press release from the coalition formed to fight off the Achievement First attack, «Scores of neighborhood residents, civil rights activists, education advocates, teachers, classroom support personnel, and legislators» joined together last week to «speak out against proposed displacement of Clark School students.»

Knox County teachers, parents and community members railed against President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, at a Tuesday evening meeting, lambasting her as «categorically unqualified» and attacking her policy positions.

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.

Although Students For Education Reform has yet to file their IRS forms for this past tax year, in their first three years of business the group collected at least $ 6 million from corporate education reform groups, including a major start up grant form Democrats For Education Reform, an anti-union, anti-teacher, pro-charter group that have run attack ads against the Chicago Teachers Union and other groups speaking out for the rights of teachers and sTeachers Union and other groups speaking out for the rights of teachers and steachers and students.

Now, in addition to lazy, greedy politicians and bureaucrats, we also have to deal with the multi-million dollar attack campaign against teachers and public schools coming from the corporate sector, and from both the right - and left wing.

All LCPS should need to do to protect teachers against nefarious outsiders seeking to attack them based on such narrow and misleading criteria is to include them somehow in the evaluation process.

Caputo - Pearl said his «Union Power» group believes Fletcher has been too passive in fighting attacks on teachers and plans to organize the broader community to press for smaller classes, pay raises and protections for campuses against charter schools and other outside groups.

Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers launched attacks against those who seek educational freedom for their children, labeling them the «polite cousins of segregation.»

Attacking Ravitch has become almost reflexive for Tilson; he recently wrote a post on his blog defending Joel Klein against a piece I published on my blog by a New York City teacher, but started it by saying that it sounded like Ravitch had written it.

This is an attack on our democracy and goes against the so - called critical thinking that the NYCDOE purports to be promoting through Common Core,» states Katie Lapham, English as a New Language teacher and author of the education blog, Critical Classrooms.

The vote for CORE reflected the anger of rank - and - file teachers against the betrayals of the CTU, which has collaborated in the attacks on teachers and public education spearheaded by the city's Democratic mayor, Richard Daley, and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan, now US education secretary.

In a dramatic move that demonstrates that corporate «school reform» is still on the attack against unions in the nation's largest cities, the Philadelphia «School Reform Commission» late on October 6, 2014 announced that it was canceling the contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT).

I mentioned some of what I'd like to see happen in question 1, but we must recognize that teacher burnout, violence against teachers and the increasing risk to a teacher's reputation as a result of a possible DCF referral or social media attack by a student or parent also plays a role in whether someone will enter and stay in the teaching profession.

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.

Although the AFT has scheduled a «labor action» during the convention (Sunday afternoon), instead of protesting against the Chicago attack on the teachers in six schools (and a few others not as complete or dramatic), the nation's teacher union will be protesting at a hospital (St. Joseph's) on the lakefront in support of the nurses and other hospital staff trying to organize medical workers at Resurrection hospitals in Chicago.

Hearing someone speak out against the current attacks on teachers as you did in your The Last Word segment gives me hope that someday sanity will return to our discussions of public education in this country.

Conservative and libertarian «reformers» love ed reform liberals because they give cover to a project that fits entirely with their principles but entirely against those of Matt Yglesias: destroying public institutions, smashing unions, and attacking liberal Democratic constituencies like public school teachers.

After the violent attack, Florida shooting survivors alongside fellow students, teachers, parents and activists have rallied against government officials and the NRA to help drive change in creating gun safety laws.