Sentences with phrase «because teachers unions»

«Just because teachers unions block reform efforts in state legislatures and local school boards, reform advocates don't have to sit idly by while children and our education infrastructure suffer.»

Rhee resigned in the fall of 2010 after Fenty was voted out of office, in large part because the teachers unions were so angry with Rhee that they worked feverishly to defeat him.

Hedge funds are listening because teachers unions have sway over $ 1 trillion in retirement plans.

This is because teachers unions are a powerful entity.

That's odd in part because the teachers unions — specifically NEA affiliate the California Teachers Association (CTA), but also the AFT affiliate California Federation of Teachers (CFT)-- have massive political power in the state.

This is a hostile neutrality, and an indicator of a larger rift, because teachers unions have traditionally been bastion of support for the Democratic Party.

Our bid was rejected because the Teachers Union stooped common - sense education reforms like allowing more charter public schools and demanding more accountability from teachers in the classroom.»

Not exact matches

Hundreds of teachers have been removed from the classroom for misconduct but it is almost impossible to fire them because they are protected by the teachers» unions.

Simply put, schools can't be trusted to get it right for the kids because the kids are the last thing they concern themselves with after teachers unions, administrative organizational charts, bus garage projects, etc., etc., and oddball foodie notions.

The teachers union says school officials never should have opened the programs because the Chicago Housing Authority and the city Department of Human Services have extended their summer feeding programs at 220 sites throughout the city.

The Teacher Unions hate this law because it restricts what teachers can get paid.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today told Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom» that the 2010 teacher evaluation law, now the subject of a contentious lawsuit between teachers unions and the state Education Department, was flawed because it's too complicated.

In a Facebook post last year, Loeb said Stewart - Cousins has done «more damage to people of color than anyone who ever donned a hood» because of her support for public school teachers union.

The teachers union called the test results, which showed little improvement since last year, essentially meaningless because of the 20 percent opt out rate.

The mailer mentions a «teachers union,» but doesn't specify whether that means NYSUT or UFT, that is «attacking Senator Klein because he put kids first rather than boosting their pensions and increasing their salaries,» adding:

Cornegy's primary problem is that he is out of favor with two important unions: Hotel Trades Council and the United Federation of Teachers because of his support for Airbnb and charter schools.

He says that is because he is a possible witness in a probe of a $ 100,000 teacher union donation in 2014 that he refused to accept because it was improperly earmarked for a specific candidate.

A source close to the teachers unions claimed Cuomo is taking the hard stance only because he has already been informed that unions and districts are already nearing a resolution on the evaluation system.

«It will help us because the people against the convention are generally our people — the public sector unions like teachers, government workers and police» concerned the recent «radical wave could sweep a convention» and diminish or erase pension and health benefits, Schaffer said.

He says he is a possible witness in a civil probe of a $ 100,000 teacher union donation in 2014 that he refused to accept because it was improperly earmarked for a specific candidate.

«I remember being scared witless as an 11 - year - old by a fire - and - brimstone history teacher who told us we would all be dead by Christmas because the Soviet Union urgently needed access to warm water ports for some reason, and the Red Army was going to sweep through Europe,» he wrote.

Cuomo has come under fire for his education policies from the state's teachers unions and state lawmakers reluctantly approved the changes in part because they were tied to a boost in state education aid.

Speaking about the federal models for schools identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving, Mulgrew said that the union could not come to an agreement with the DOE on the transformation or turnaround models because the UFT wanted a teacher to be able to discuss an informal observation write - up with an administrator, but the DOE refused to require that.

«The best thing to have been done was that you write to us as teacher unions because at least, the law says that there must be one union which holds the collective bargaining certificate,» Mr. Acheampong asserted.

«In general terms, I think he's the best of the candidates because of his experience and the fact that he was endorsed by the teachers [union],» she said.

The largest teachers union in the country is ending its relationship with Wells Fargo because the bank does business with the gun industry and the NRA.

Photo Credit: The Suffolk Democratic Committee returned a $ 100,000 union campaign contribution from The New York State United Teachers during the 2014 election because the union sought to steer the money to Democratic State Senate candidate Adrienne Esposito in possible violation of state election law, according to documents and Suffolk Democratic officials.

Morale among teachers in Buffalo is worse than usual, according to union president Phil Rumore, because of this spring's evaluations of students and teachers.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

The United Federation of Teachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inTeachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inteachers when he was in office.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

Nearly half of young teachers say they have been discriminated against during their career because of their age, a conference organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has heard.

It's because the old educational establishment — the left - wing local authorities, the leaders of the teachers unions, the Labour party theorists — stood in the way.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK today warned at the TUC Congress in Brighton that many sixth form colleges were facing a financial crisis because of Government funding cuts.

I remember being scared witless as an 11 year old by a fire - and - brimstone history teacher who told us we would all be dead by Christmas because the Soviet Union urgently needed access to warm water ports for some reason, and the Red Army was going to sweep through Europe.

If lawmakers seem to have a sense of urgency, it's because parents and the state's teachers unions have been vocally opposed to the education changes included in the budget agreement — policies lawmakers reluctantly adopted in order to get a boost of state aid.

Kevin Courtney of the National Union of Teachers says his members are going on strike because of an increase in their workload, which threatens a teacher shortage.

«Even if he prevails, he is no closer to the solution, because the real problem is not teachers and their unions,» Urbanski said.

«We have our own union because of the peculiarity of teachers in the state.

Such attacks are unlikely to be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed single mother, and the NYC Parents Union because they have been past allies of the UFT regarding parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.

The Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, which includes teachers who are union members, is recommending that its members boycott the first day of the event because its keynote speaker is charter school advocate and principal Steve Perry.

The public school system continues to fail hundreds of thousands of students, because the mayor remains in thrall to the teachers union.

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

The real problem, in Magee's eyes, is that wealthy New Yorkers are trying to dismantle the publicly funded school system — complete with the powerful teachers unions — because they don't want to pay their «fair share» in taxes to support the education of all children, not just the «elite.»

The deputy mayor and the teachers - union chief chose Cincinnati because of its «community schools» approach, which wraps schools in social services, from dental care to mental health, and partners with local businesses and community organizations.

He said he views his school aid proposals with the most optimism because powerful teacher unions will make the case on both sides of the aisle.

«Because of the government's non adherence to the rule of law, it told the world that the court and the union were late and went ahead to sack the teachers.

The Associated Press reported Thursday night that Connie Mack, a longtime political ally of Crist, tendered a letter of resignation because the governor had vetoed a bill favored by state Republican lawmakers and grassroots conservatives but largely unpopular among teachers» unions.

Michael Mulgrew, the president of the teachers» union, said placing teachers from the Absent Teacher Reserve into vacancies is better for students because they will «provide stability in these learning environments.»

The New York education sector has had its own controversy over race in the past week: Daniel Loeb, a political donor and chairman of the board of directors of Success Academy, the state's largest charter school network, said in a since - deleted Facebook post that state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, was worse for racial minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood,» because of her support of teachers» unions.