Sentences with phrase «challenge the teacher unions»

Justice Antonin Scalia's death earlier this year came in the middle of an education - related case — Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association — in which an Orange County elementary teacher challenged teachers unions» ability to collect fees from nonmembers.

From the very beginning, TURN's purpose has been to challenge teacher union leaders to take steps to promote teachers as professionals, advance a broad based new unionism, and link professionalism and new unionism to ways for improving student learning.

In Friedrichs, teachers are challenging the teacher union practice of collecting agency fees from nonunion teachers.

This calculus challenges the teachers unions» and Perkins's «resources» argument — that hiring more teachers so that classrooms will be smaller makes the most difference.

Not exact matches

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

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Ministers claim a «black hole» exists in teachers» pensions; union leaders challenge them to come up with the specific proof.

«The NUTs Breaking the Mould project, in which the National Union of Teachers has worked with a small group of primary schools to consider how «traditional» gender stereotypes could be challenged in the classroom through reading materials, is a really useful resource.

The largest teachers union in California is preparing for life without forced union membership, as a lawsuit challenging coercive dues makes its way through the legal system.

Cuomo has been pushing for such a tax ceiling since his campaign, and the Assembly had been seen as one of his most challenging hurdles, since the New York City Democrats that lead the body have close ties to teachers» unions, which have opposed the cap.

«I would think that's a major challenge given the position of the mayor, city and teachers union that has to be addressed,» Marcellino said.

The case, Janus v. AFSCME, challenges the money that public unions representing teachers, firefighters, nurses and other government employees collect from non-members to cover their share of collective bargaining costs.

Previous recipients of the International Solidarity Award are: Aung San Suu Kyi (2012) Jalila al Salman (2013) The National Executive has adopted seven guiding principles for conferring the Award to individuals whose contribution is to: (i) Defending human rights (ii) Defending trade union rights of teachers (iii) Working for quality education (iv) Demonstrating values of solidarity, equality and democracy (v) Educator / teacher (vi) Challenging violence, injustice, bigotry and hatred (vii) Working in countries outside the UK.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has today written to the Secretary of State challenging the accuracy of an answer given by Lord Nash to a parliamentary question on the NASUWT's and NUT's current national industrial action.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, today won the support of TUC Congress in Brighton for its campaign to highlight and challenge the Government's attacks on civil rights.

A state Supreme Court judge on Monday tossed a legal challenge from the New York State United Teachers union to the state's cap on property tax increases and a «freeze» on tax levies.

A legal challenge to the state's limit on local property tax increases brought by the state teachers» union was tossed on Thursday by a state Supreme Court judge.

Even as the Buffalo Teachers Federation and its statewide parent union challenge the governor's school receivership law in court, Cuomo said he believes the statute will survive the court challenge.

Commenting on the proposed National Funding Formula for Schools and High Needs, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The delay in publishing the consultation on the national funding formula for schools indicates that even the Government recognises the scale of the challenge involved in creating a funding formula which enables schools to secure the educational entitlements of all children and young people.

A legal challenge to the cap was first made in 2013, when the New York State United Teachers union held the limit on local property tax increases constricts both local education spending and unlawfully requires a 60 percent majority to approve a budget that increases the levy over the cap.

But the judge stopped short of making a permanent decision about the city's plan, which is being challenged in lawsuit filed by the teacher's union.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

A group that calls itself the «Working for All of You Party» is challenging the longtime leadership of the Syracuse teachers union.

Nolan also expressed her dismay over the recent decision by a SUNY committee that allows some charter schools to certify their own teachers — a move that is being challenged by the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, and its NYC affiliate, the UFT, both of which are longtime allies of the Assembly Democrats.

New Jersey's teachers union is supporting Fran Grenier, a Republican who is challenging Democratic state Senate President Stephen Sweeney in what has become the most expensive legislative contest in state history.

... the teachers» union leadership opposed any alternative candidate to the governor in last year's election, from the mild - mannered liberal Democrat Zephyr Teachout who challenged Cuomo in the party primary, to the radical Green Party ticket of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, who is himself a former New York City teacher.

New York state's largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's property tax cap, arguing it is unconstitutional.

The union is challenging recent state measures that allow superintendents to impose improvement plans on teachers who receive poor evaluation scores.

The New York State United Teachers union filed a lawsuit today to challenge the state's 2 percent cap on property tax increases, taking aim at one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic achievements.

The Big Dog, however, was willing to end welfare as we know it, infuriating the left; Cuomo has passed up the chance to challenge Democratic orthodoxy and tell the teachers unions that seniority protections need to end because the archaic rules are damaging the unions» credibility even more than they're hampering what goes on in the classroom.

Some suburban teachers unions and parents affiliated with the opt - out movement also have jumped in to support candidates challenging incumbents in the current reform majority.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.

Organizations filing the challenge include councils of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Wisconsin State AFL - CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the Wisconsin State Employees Union and the Service Employees International Union - Health Care Wisconsin.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

For more information, please read «Leading the Local: Teachers Union Presidents Speak on Change, Challenges.»

Edward Doherty, the head of the 6,000 - member Boston Teachers Union, has said he will challenge Mayor Raymond Flynn as a candidate in the fall election.

It's not just teachers unions that present «democracy» challenges, of course.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

In challenging the use of value - added models as part of evaluation systems, the teachers» unions cite concerns about the volatility of test scores in the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.»

Driscoll was faced with a variety of challenges in advancing his reform agenda, from obstinate teachers unions to mercurial head of the Commonwealth's School Board, John Silber.

Even prior to the Court's ruling, litigation that challenges the power of teachers unions to collect agency fees was waiting in the wings.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A bumper crop of school choice programs was passed into law in the last year, but education associations and teacher unions wasted no time in challenging virtually every new law in court.

Do unions elsewhere behave differently from American teachers unions when challenged to do what is necessary to improve student performance?

The attorney representing the Duval school board, Ron Meyer, had also represented the Florida Education Association, the statewide teachers union, when it challenged the Opportunity Scholarship program in Holmes.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a case that is the latest challenge to one of the ways teachers» unions amass their political war chests.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

In the Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Banchero notes that, while significantly outspent by teachers unions, Democrats for Education Reform and Stand for Children have spent about $ 3.5 million on local campaigns in an effort to challenge the power of unions.

The Boston school committee has rejected a tentative agreement with the Boston Teachers Union, prompting threats of a strike and a legal challenge to its decision.

Arizona's special education voucher law was struck down by the state courts after a challenge from the teachers union and civil liberties groups, which claimed that the law violated a state constitutional provision barring any public funds from flowing to religious institutions.

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools — or play it politically safe by backing programs that brought only marginal changes.