Sentences with phrase «by firing teachers»

However in a school I'm sure there are better ways to save money than by firing teachers.

In that speech he made a claim about how he helped turn around a school in Chicago by firing the teachers and turning it into a charter school.

She started by firing teachers, who had long enjoyed considerable job security.

Central Falls, R.I., where an entire high school teaching staff was recently fired, is the latest example of a growing trend: no - nonsense superintendents attempting to improve their schools by firing teachers perceived to be incompetent to secure a bigger share of federal education dollars.

Principals are smart enough to know that the problems that plague under - performing schools are myriad and can not be fixed by firing a teacher or two.

Not exact matches

The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10 percent this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher pensions, according to calculations released Tuesday by the Cook County clerk's office.

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.

and if cases are reported they are dealt with and investigated by the authorities and folks go to jail, or teachers fired... you are still trying to deflect the appalling actions of the so called church of christ to protect its own image.

When a student learns math from a human teacher, the fire of love for the teacher is limited by whatever the nature of the relationship is, and the fire of love for the subject may well be limited by intelligence.

We need something that can fire contemplatives and other religious, priests, preachers, teachers, catechists, theologians, parents, youth leaders, «the men and women in the pew» and the youth of today's Church as they all do their bit to learn from God's Word and announce the Good News revealed by Jesus Christ in His words, miracles, Passion and Resurrection.

After the bombs on the Paris Metro and a TGV line in 1995, there were no significant Islamist attacks until the fire - bombing of the Charlie Hebdo office in November 2011, and the killings of three French soldiers (all of North African origin) and three Jewish children (and one teacher) by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse four months later.

Earlier today, Silver made a very friendly appearance before members of the Alliance for Quality Education — a group partially funded by the teachers union that often comes under fire from the Cuomo administration.

In fact, during the last leadership election for Jeremy Corbyn, and at many of his rallies in this campaign, I was repeatedly taken by how many teachers and nurses and fire - fighters and doctors I came across.

The measures are predominantly opposed by the teachers unions, who say Cuomo's posture — especially on making it easier to fire educators who do not perform well in evaluations — as essentially anti-teacher.

«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.

In an intense Delegate Assembly on Jan. 18, UFT President Michael Mulgrew explained to delegates the competing visions of teacher evaluation held by the UFT and the city Department of Education that have resulted in the union being in Mayor Bloomberg's direct line of fire.

Here's Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, explaining his bill that would essentially do away with the last in, first out requirement for firing public school teachers approved by the Senate Education Committee this morning and could come up for a vote by the full Senate this afternoon.

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.

Assini noted that his figures only include the data of regular state employees, (because that's the information provided by the governor to date), and not fire, police or teachers, who make up the bulk of most localities» pension costs.

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

The proposal, subject to state lawmakers» approval, would also raise teacher retirement ages for new hires and eliminate a $ 12,000 yearly payment received by many current police and fire department retirees.

But Bloomberg drew glares from United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew when he suggested that the city could save money by firing higher paid, longer - serving teachers and keeping on lower paid, newer tTeachers President Michael Mulgrew when he suggested that the city could save money by firing higher paid, longer - serving teachers and keeping on lower paid, newer tteachers and keeping on lower paid, newer teachersteachers.

NYSUT teachers union president Karen Magee fired back at «this latest attack by our thin - skinned governor.

By repeatedly saying the seniority rules would force the Department of Education to fire many outstanding teachers, some teachers and education advocates think the mayor is implying that senior teachers are inferior to newcomers.

Last year, police officers and fire fighters employed by the city, and teachers who worked for the city school district, were offered a 10 percent discount if they bought one of the land bank properties.

Estimates from the mayor's office say they would have to eliminate up to 45,000 positions — including more than 10,000 teachers and 5,700 police officers — and cut daily Fire Department emergency medical services by seven percent.

Fire up your child's imagination with the best science books for grades K - 12, handpicked by the National Science Teachers Association.

Following two teachers (Andy and Ron) as they try to maintain a corrupted school environment, Ron is fired after lashing out in his classroom, but only due to the fact that Andy was a rat and tattled on Ron, thus sparking a feud between them, strongly favoured by Ron.

WHIPLASH By Chris Norris Musician and teacher play with fire in Damien Chazelle's Music School Confidential

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What is needed is a competitive certification process that establishes key criteria for entry into the teaching profession; gives public schools greater freedom to hire and fire teachers; and treats teachers like professionals and their schools like professional institutions by allowing them to tailor professional development to meet the needs of teachers.

The right to fire a teacher is limited by teachers» «retention rights» and a complex and lengthy set of due process procedures.

Mrs. Bush is equally articulate about «backpack spending» (the institute is sponsoring a project on school - district productivity that includes 20 different researchers» papers); teacher autonomy («Obviously, if you are held accountable as the principal of your school and you don't have the authority to change anything, by either hiring or firing, or setting up another structure that your school district doesn't allow, then how can you be really accountable?»)

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $ 1 million jury verdict awarded to a special education teacher who claimed she was fired by public school officials in Portland, Ore., in retaliation for complaining that her students were getting a raw deal.

Second, the school is run by a cooperative of teachers, who make all the key decisions about the school — from the learning program to the budget to hiring and firing.

Notably, the effects of a minimally effective rating on retention and performance occurred at the end of IMPACT's second year, when the political credibility of the reform had been affirmed by the appointment of Kaya Henderson as chancellor and by the first instance in which teachers (roughly 140) were fired for having two consecutive «minimally effective» ratings.

And if we had a different pension system — one that allowed teachers to build pension wealth throughout their careers and take it with them whenever they left — then they wouldn't be worried about losing their big payout by getting fired a few years before retirement.

A new policy analysis by the Fordham Institute, Undue Process: Why Bad Teachers in Twenty - Five Diverse Districts Rarely Get Fired, goes beyond anecdote and assumption.

The HGSE team took a different approach by focusing on mentoring and improving teacher's performance rather than firing them.

And in New Orleans, a substantial group of African - American voters believed that the financial harm done by firing thousands of teachers after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 undermined the economic base of the black community, hurting students more than the school improvements helped them.

I would change the way that many school systems currently make decisions - for example, by hiring and firing teachers in ways that do not ensure that all children get the best teachers available.

AP gets a higher percentage in favor of «firing» teachers by talking directly about «poor performance.»

A recent series of articles by the Orlando Sentinel highlighted problems at some schools that participate in the program, describing Florida's choice system as «so weakly regulated that some schools hire teachers without college degrees, hold classes in aging strip malls and falsify fire - safety and health records.»

Some teachers simply fire up the screencasting software while teaching live, and by the end of one year, they've created a library of instructional content.

And it's fair to say, when it comes to managing a classroom, most of what we learn as new teachers is trial by fire.

Her children were inspired by a legendary teacher of Shakespeare, history teachers who «knew how to bring the past to life, and many others who dreamed up projects that fired their students» minds and imaginations.»

It was launched at the start of 2017 by the West Midlands Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner Ashley Bertie at the West Midlands Fire Service Headquarters in front of Birmingham councillors, teachers and members of the police and fire serviFire Service Headquarters in front of Birmingham councillors, teachers and members of the police and fire servifire services.

The programme was created after the original idea developed by award winning teacher Rafe Esquith, who authored Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.

I was also fascinated by the story of the Ocean Hill - Brownsville controversy — whereby black leaders demanding «community control» wanted to fire many white, Jewish teachers — and the scars it might leave in terms of teachers» psychology around job protections.

In recent letters to the editor, Brant Abrahamson, the director of The Teachers» Press, and Edd Doerr, the executive director of Americans for Religious Liberty, each take aim at our recent book, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum (the subject of a previous news article), fire several salvos our way — and miss by a mile («On Adding Religion to the Curriculum,» Oct. 21, 1998; «Public Schools Should Treat Religion More Seriously, Book Argues,» Sept. 30, 1998).