Sentences with phrase «city public school teacher»

Stephen Lazar, a New York City public school teacher, gave powerful testimony today at The U. Senate Education Committee that is considering re-writing the No Child Left Behind Act.

I like your insights, but as a New York City public school teacher I must take issue with your characterization of the city's reassignment centers.

He is a former social worker and inner - city public school teacher.

The Learning Community charter hired young teachers for $ 28,000 to $ 30,000, while the average Jersey City public school teacher has 18 years» experience and makes $ 65,650.

(A New York City public school teacher with five years of experience, by comparison, makes between $ 64,009 and $ 75,796.)

Prior to joining Committee for Children, Jordan was Deputy Policy Director at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education, Director of Legislative Analysis at StudentsFirst, Legislative Counsel to the California Judges Association, and a New York City public school teacher.

As a former New York City public school teacher, it is important for me to be involved with C3S because I believe all children should have access to educational options which are as unique as they are.

Pugh grew up to become a New York City public school teacher.

She is a former New York City public school teacher and holds a PhD in Urban Education from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

Professor Howard Seeman, author of Preventing Classroom Discipline Problems: A Classroom Management Handbook, is a former New York City public school teacher and professor of education at Lehman College, City University of New York.

«As a New York City public school teacher for 25 years, I've seen what our children need to succeed: smaller class sizes, more parental involvement, and balanced input in the education process from all members of the community,» Dromm said in a statement.

An agreement reached by New York City and the UFT will ensure that no New York City public school teacher will be laid off in the next year, Mayor Bloomberg, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced on June 24.

Dr. Betty has extensive experience as a New York City public school teacher, local superintendent and as a member of the Board of Regents.

Jones, a former New York City public school teacher, is calling for a moratorium on all charter school co-locations in public school buildings.

The couple recently had bought an $ 800,000 home in Westchester County at about the time Lisa Toscano - Percoco gave up her job as a New York City public school teacher.

Today marks the third day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

Today marks the fourth day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

Today marks the fifth day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

In an effort to jumpstart all - but - stalled negotiations on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers, StudentsFirstNY today launched a «10 Days of $ 300 Million» campaign to highlight the negative impact of losing these funds.

Under the old teacher evaluation system, New York City public school teachers were subjectively rated either satisfactory or unsatisfactory and almost all teachers received a satisfactory rating, with fewer than 3 % rated unsatisfactory.

Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the efforts to get the city to provide paid family leave for city public school teachers.

The UFT launched on Sept. 23 a new television ad campaign highlighting the passion and dedication of New York City public school teachers.

New York State lawmakers, at the urging of Gov. Cuomo, voted on March 15 to cut the retirement benefits for future public employees including New York City public school teachers.

The UFT will present the fact - finding panel with evidence that New York City public school teachers, in addition to having the largest class sizes and the neediest students, are on average the lowest paid in the region.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said that the DOE was not doing enough to support new teachers in response to the DOE's announcement that just 55 percent of eligible New York City public school teachers received tenure last year.

Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.

For Jersey City Public Schools teachers, hands - on STEM education is an important area of focus — but one that is often difficult to adequately fund.

In surveys with 300 New York City public school teachers that included an open - ended question about the largest threat to school safety, the most common response was a lack of cohesive culture and positive relationships between staff and students.

«Several members of the HGSE faculty, including me, had a preview of the professional development workshop that the Silk Road team plans to bring to New York City public school teachers,» said Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney, who welcomed Ma and Silk Road Project members at a formal dinner.

It is now possible to provide some answers to these questions by exploring the relative effectiveness of recently hired New York City public school teachers who entered the profession through alternate routes.

The neighborhood is cleaner now than it was 11 years ago when Wiener and other New York City public school teachers started the school.

The results of our study of New York City public school teachers confirm a simple truth: some teachers are considerably better than others at helping students learn.

New York City public school teachers share their ideas about what works in their classrooms with fellow educators in the New York Teacher's biweekly Teacher to Teacher column.

He's leaving the office and climbing into his squad car because Oklahoma City Public Schools teachers and supporters are rallying at the state Capitol to demand more school funding.

The report surveyed over 300 New York City public school teachers and found that they concluded that punitive approaches toward children, such as aggressive policing, suspensions and other reactive strategies, actually undermine the human right to education by failing to address the causes of conflict and criminalizing students.

Baltimore City Public Schools teacher contract: Provides career pathways that let teachers develop into teacher - leaders http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/domain/5151

Dr. John King, the son of two New York City public school teachers, has served as a high school teacher, middle school principal, the co-founder of a Massachusetts charter school, New York's education commissioner, and U.S. Education Secretary under President Barack Obama.

He credits New York City public school teachers — particularly educators at P.S. 276 in Canarsie and Mark Twain Junior High School in Coney Island — for saving his life by providing him with rich and engaging educational experiences and by giving him hope for the future.

The 30 - second television advertisement entitled «Better,» features three New York City public school teachers and is running in heavy rotation on broadcast and cable television in the City for at least the next week.

A 1921 high school handbook for New York City public schools teacher states: «Compulsory service retirement takes place at the age of 70, or at the end of the term in which the age of 70 is attained.»

«New York City public school teachers are the reason that I am alive,» King said at the White House this month, after President Obama announced that he would succeed Education Secretary Arne Duncan at the end of this year.

A group of New York City public school teachers and parents from the Grassroots Education Movement wrote and produced this documentary in response to Davis Guggenheim's highly misleading film, Waiting for «Superman.»

Not exact matches

Last year, to help close this gap, the New York City Department of Education announced signing and retention bonuses for Pre-K For All teachers working outside public schools.

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.

In the remedial education case, New York City provided remedial teachers to parochial (as well as public) school students.

Which is one very sensible reason why the majority of teachers in the big city systems do not send their own children to the public schools.

Whitehurst is now a science teacher in the New York City public school system and is planning to finish his master's degree in biology at CCNY.

«Schoolhouse Rock»: An Education Blog, September 2008 «A true solution to the problem of underachievement in inner - city public schools is going to require more nurturing families and safer neighborhoods as well as better teachers and more accountable schools.»

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at Citypublic debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at CityPublic Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

CHICAGO (Reuters)- Public school teachers in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three - year contract, ending a bitter dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over school reforms that prompted the first strike of city teachers in 25 years.