Sentences with phrase «by powerful teachers»

Richard Berman, executive director of the Center for Union Facts, says yesterday's «Day of Action» is no more than the latest attempt by the powerful teachers union to pull the wool over the public's eyes: «Randi Weingarten doesn't care about reforming schools in the name of quality education; she cares about exploding government budgets in the name of filling her union's bank account.»

And since de Blasio was not endorsed by the powerful teachers union, his victory left some reformers wondering whether de Blasio was, as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli wrote, «untethered from both the 1 percent and organized labor.»

Managing director Beam Suntory South & Central America Stan Auber says: «Beam Suntory has a strong portfolio in Brazil led by the powerful Teacher's Scotch whisky brand, and this new distribution arrangement will further strengthen our prospects in this important emerging market.

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The monopoly is defended by what is probably the most powerful political lobby in America, the teachers» unions.

Education is a powerful tool that can be used by parents just as much as school teachers.

Mr. Cuomo protected New York City teachers, one of the state's most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end teacher seniority protections.

New York State United Teachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his caTeachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his cateachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his campaigns.

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

Kink, who led the Democrats» policy office, will head the Strong Economy for All Coalition, which, according to a recent Times report, will soon open with a $ 5 million budget, backed by SEIU / 1199, the powerful health care workers» union, and the UFT, the New York City teachers union.

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

And so the two houses of the Legislature aligned against each other, each backed by a powerful interest group: charter school advocates who have contributed generously to Senate Republicans (and Gov. Andrew Cuomo) and teachers» unions that are core supporters of Assembly Democrats, and see charter schools as a persistent threat.

De León, raised in poverty by an immigrant mother in San Diego, worked for the powerful California Teachers Association before winning a State Assembly seat in 2006.

The bill would also do away with a requirement that those abused in a public institution like a school must file a notice of intent to sue within 90 days of the incident occurring — something that in the past has been vehemently opposed by the public sector and powerful teachers union.

The powerful Assembly speaker has thus far kept his cards close, but he's traditionally been no friend to charters — which have an embarrassing tendency to outperform schools run by his teachers - union masters.

A Heastie spokesman did not rule out the introduction of a new bill to address the situation, but said the Assembly first wants to see the outcome of a lawsuit seeking to block the rules brought last week by the city and state teacher unions, who are powerful allies to the Assembly Dems.

MirRam was also hired in February, right as Heastie became speaker, for $ 15,000 a month by the powerful New York State United Teachers.

One such group, the Strong Economy for All Coalition, will formally open next week with a $ 5 million budget, backed by S.E.I.U. 1199, the powerful health care workers» union, and the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City teacherTeachers, the New York City teachersteachers union.

The teachers union, considered by many to be «the most powerful interest group in the Capitol,» has stepped up its political giving in the wake of Vergara v. California, a landmark court ruling that could ultimately throw out California's teacher tenure system.

Surrounded by good teachers, yoga writings, and examples of so many who live their best life is a powerful motivator.

We've launched the first ever YogaDownload Online Yoga Teacher Training Program, a 500 Hour comprehensive course taught by one of the most powerful and prominent figures on the yoga scene today: Alanna Kaivalya.

The powerful film depicts the abuse she endured as a pre-pubescent 13 - year - old at the hands of her male running coach, abetted by her female riding teacher.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

Her plan to overhaul the tenure standards in place gets condemned by the seeming villain of the picture, the powerful teachers unions.

By tending to their own growth and development, teachers can be better equipped to provide similarly powerful experiences for their students.

Technology could make a powerful difference by administering tests, automating their grading, and displaying data — to district leaders, principals, teachers, and students — in a timely way that makes strengths and weaknesses clear and next steps more obvious.

New and more established teams will have a chance to assess their own collaborative habits, learn from other educators, discover more powerful collaborative strategies, and practice a step - by - step process for implementing teacher rounds as a strategy for building a stronger professional culture.

By proactively addressing PBL pitfalls before they arise, teachers and administrators can launch powerful experiences that lead to strong student outcomes and that grow students as lifelong learners.

Semiparametric lower bound estimates of the variance in teacher quality based entirely on within - school heterogeneity indicate that teachers have powerful effects on reading and mathematics achievement, though little of the variation in teacher quality is explained by observable characteristics such as education or experience.

Brown was heavily backed in the 2010 election by the powerful California Teachers Association, and, soon after his election, he tipped his hand by appointing a CTA lobbyist to the state school board.

By learning a bit about their countries, cultures, and histories, we as teachers can send a powerful message — that we care about the lives they left behind, that we think their history is important.

Here, the NCLB rollout has gone like this: the first three to four years were spent with teachers (99 % white), backed by their distant but powerful union leaders, kicking and screaming about how bad and nasty NCLB was.

I really learned to sit with my discomfort during such discussions, and to reflect on the ways that practicing teachers are empowered or disempowered by the narratives we create in powerful institutions like this one.

Sprinkled with the best read - aloud titles, her step - by - step reminders give teachers powerful tools for building comprehension, improving vocabulary, promoting active thinking, and connecting lessons to life.

Having financed his first election campaign completely out of his deep pockets, Bloomberg was unencumbered by debts owed to the system's entrenched interest groups, including the powerful union representing 80,000 teachers.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

The ruling was the result of a suit filed in June by New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the Empire State's famously powerful (it claims 600,000 members) teacher union.

«Allowing a teacher to set up a project and then let every student interact and build off that one piece, but yet having them all connected at the same time, provides powerful ways to learn by doing it together.»

English, who before enrolling in the Arts in Education (AIE) Program worked as a theater teacher and in nonprofit arts organizations, theorized that exercises utilized in the theater — often constructed around listening, connecting, and sharing — could transcend the stage and be used by people from different backgrounds to interact in powerful ways.

And these people are represented by organizations — most prominently, the teachers unions — that are extraordinarily powerful in politics, and are even now taking action to prevent technology from transforming American education.

Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are represented by bright and memorable pictures and shapes to help teachers deliver powerful and memorable lessons in literacy.

The teacher unions are extraordinarily powerful, they have a strong self - interest in resisting change, and they operate within a political structure that magnifies their power by making it easy for them to block change.

He is also the author of two powerful books for teachers published by Rowman and Littlefield: The Firm, Fair, Fascinating Facilitator and its companion workbook, The Teacher Tune - Up.

The push by the California Teachers Association adds a fresh twist to the complicated and often contentious relationship between the nation's growing network of charter schools and its politically powerful teachers»Teachers Association adds a fresh twist to the complicated and often contentious relationship between the nation's growing network of charter schools and its politically powerful teachers»teachers» unions.

One of the most powerful forms of feedback used by effective teachers was the one - to - one interview with a student.

By nearly all accounts, the administrators, teachers, and students at Sandy Hook elementary did everything right Friday — and long before that day — when a young man armed with powerful weapons blasted his way into the school with gunfire.

And he has vetoed bill after bill sent to him by a legislature that often does the bidding of the state's powerful teachers unions, which have opposed much of California's accountability system.

By using data, the staff at Montrose have not only been able to track student strengths and weaknesses, but it has also become a powerful tool for teachers to better understand their impact on student learning.

-LSB-...] Collective Teacher Efficacy which was demonstrated by John Hattie to be one of the most powerful influences in effect sizes related to student achievement.

Silas Kulkarni is Executive Director of Teaching Lab, leading powerful professional learning experiences in school districts around the country by applying lessons learned as a record - busting middle school teacher in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Progress has also been made on recommendations that required real change, if they were supported by powerful interest groups in education, especially the teacher unions.