Sentences with phrase «city school teacher calls»

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says one city school teacher calls receivership «union busting».

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Sara Rosenzweig Cribbs — TLC's NYC associate, is an attorney and former high school science teacher who has called New York City home for almost 20 years.

He'll attend a rally on the City Hall steps with Councilman Mark Treyger, the education chairman, to call attention to the complete lack of paid parental leave for the city's school teachCity Hall steps with Councilman Mark Treyger, the education chairman, to call attention to the complete lack of paid parental leave for the city's school teachcity's school teachers.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Against the backdrop of city and state budget - cutting teacher layoffs, Rep. Michael Grimm weighed in on LIFO with Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, calling it «unacceptable» during a meeting with her in his Washington office.

The Buffalo Parent Teacher Organization and several other groups are calling on city school members to join a conversation tomorrow.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

«I applaud those students for speaking up, I applaud the students for taking action and I think the calls of the students and parents have captured the attention of the administration of the Buffalo Public Schools and the teacher's union and I'm hoping that those two entities can come together in the best interest of the education of the children at City Honors,» he said.

A longtime city public - school teacher says her supervisors made her life a living hell by hurling anti-gay slurs at her and calling her son an «abomination against God» because she's...

At 10 a.m., school parents call on the de Blasio administration to release more information about the Absent Teacher Reserve, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 3 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci and members of New York State United Teachers call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that authorizes the boards of education in union - free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections, 20 S. Main St., New City.

At noon, New York City school teachers gather to call on de Blasio and the NYC Council to fully fund and implement changes to school discipline programs proposed last year by the Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, City Hall steps, Manhschool teachers gather to call on de Blasio and the NYC Council to fully fund and implement changes to school discipline programs proposed last year by the Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, City Hall steps, Manhschool discipline programs proposed last year by the Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, City Hall steps, ManhSchool Climate and Discipline, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Upset with a state Senate Republican budget plan to boost charter schools, the powerful city and state teachers union bombarded GOP senators last week with nearly 20,000 faxes and 1,500 phone calls warning the plan would damage neighborhood public schools.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

Percoco in his filing also reported that his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, a one - time New York City school teacher, received a salary of between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 from a mysterious entity called Chris Pitts LLC.

Calling for an end to the unfair distribution of teacher quality across New York City public schools, StudentsFirstNY organizers and hundreds of New York City public school parents came together today to demand action to address the disproportionate number of unsatisfactory - rated teachers in schools with the highest needs.

Thousands of parents, teachers, children and supporters of New York City charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.&raCity charter schools gathered at Foley Square on Oct. 2nd to call on city and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.&racity and state leaders to address what they call a «failing school crisis.»

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

James Merriman, the chief executive officer of the New York City Charter School Center, called AQE a «front group» for the teachers unions, despite conceding that his organization has one same general goal as AQE: more funding for schools.

Paterson BOE looks to save $ 17M on employee medical insurance The city school board is changing the medical insurance it provides to its 4,000 employees — a move that the district says will save $ 17 million next year, but one that the teachers» union has called risky.

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

Upset with a state Senate Republican budget plan to boost charter schools, the powerful city and state teachers union bombarded GOP senators last week with nearly 20,000 faxes and 1,500 phone calls warning the plan would damage neighborhood public schools, a city United Federation of Teachers spokeswomteachers union bombarded GOP senators last week with nearly 20,000 faxes and 1,500 phone calls warning the plan would damage neighborhood public schools, a city United Federation of Teachers spokeswomTeachers spokeswoman said.

Today I am proud to announce that Governor Cuomo heard our call, and at a press conference today at Yonkers City Hall, the Governor and I announced new State funding that will save all programs, including art, music and sports, restore full - day pre-k, and prevent teacher layoffs at Yonkers Public Schools.

The Syracuse City School district reached a contract agreement with its teachers, which district officials are calling historic.

And while Thompson has called himself the best candidate to improve the city's schools, the paper criticized him for his association with the United Federation of Teachers, which it said was «not always a friend of needed reforms.»

The United Federation of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations, along with student demographics, suspension rates, and teacher and student attrition.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — The teachers union and state lawmakers are pushing to overhaul admissions at the city's top public high schools, calling the lack of racial diversity at the schools «an embarrassment.»

The New York City Board of Education began training the city's public school teachers with the organization's professional - development workshops, called Schools Attuned, after the idea that schools must be better attuned to students» individual thought processes in order to help tCity Board of Education began training the city's public school teachers with the organization's professional - development workshops, called Schools Attuned, after the idea that schools must be better attuned to students» individual thought processes in order to help tcity's public school teachers with the organization's professional - development workshops, called Schools Attuned, after the idea that schools must be better attuned to students» individual thought processes in order to helSchools Attuned, after the idea that schools must be better attuned to students» individual thought processes in order to helschools must be better attuned to students» individual thought processes in order to help them.

The United Federation of Teachers, along with some parents whose children attend the New York City public schools, has filed a lawsuit against the city to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.&raCity public schools, has filed a lawsuit against the city to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.&racity to force that repairs be made on what it calls «disgusting, demoralizing, and even dangerous buildings.»

It included how well the schools work with other city agencies (to get sidewalks plowed in the winter, for example), how many and which colleges new teachers come from (the wider the net, the better), how quickly managers return phone calls, and whether teacher absenteeism is down.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

After teachers paid 3,000 house calls to improve relations with the parents of their students, all nine schools in the city's unified school district pilot program reported improvement in the classroom.

FORMER D.C. SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE began implementing the city's new teacher evaluation system, called IMPACT, more than five years ago.

Members of the United Teachers - Los Angeles last week voted overwhelmingly to authorize their board of directors to call a strike if union leaders are unable to negotiate a salary agreement with the city's school board.

Thousands of New York City teachers called on Mayor de Blasio to expand charter schools to meet the growing demand.

Indeed, a close look at MCAS results shows there is surprisingly little difference between the quality of teaching in so - called «good» schools (wealthy, suburban schools with high MCAS scores) and «bad» schools (inner - city schools with low scores) when the results are averaged across all teachers in the district and disaggregated by student demographics, specifically race and poverty.

Albany, NY — Kyle Rosenkrans, CEO of the Northeast Charter Schools Network, today issued the following statement in response to Georgia Federation of Teachers President Verdaillia Turner's comment that calling Atlanta a school «choice friendly» city is «like saying Chicago is the most murder friendly city in the nation.»

CHICAGO STILL FIGHTING FOR FUNDING AND LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS Even though the school year is wrapping up, Chicago teachers, parents and students are keeping up a steady call for more funding and local control of the city's sSCHOOLS Even though the school year is wrapping up, Chicago teachers, parents and students are keeping up a steady call for more funding and local control of the city's schoolsschools.

A small group of Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rallied Thursday outside City Hall to protest expected layoffs and repeat a long - standing call for using surplus tax - increment financing funds to help Chicago Public Schools.

Bloomberg and New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott are fresh off the public release of the flawed «value - added ratings» of teachers, a controversial move that Bill Gates called «a capricious exercise in public shaming» in a recent New York Times op - ed.

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

New York City teachers call on de Blasio administration to fund and implement school climate measures proposed by mayoral task force

Philadelphia's state - appointed school board (called the School Reform Commission) recently suspended the expired contract that city's local of Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has been working under for two school board (called the School Reform Commission) recently suspended the expired contract that city's local of Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has been working under for two School Reform Commission) recently suspended the expired contract that city's local of Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has been working under for two years.

You listen to Jeannetta Jante [spelled phonetically], she's a English language arts teacher at Oklahoma City's Southeast High School, she called that decision a «travesty.»

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

PARK CITY — In the latest salvo of the so - called Utah teacher salary wars, the Park City School District announced Wednesday it will pay starting teachers $ 50,700 a year plus benefits beginning this fall.

But speaker after speaker also cited deep problems in the schools and the city as a whole, with one teacher describing what she called the «rushing rapids» that children face every day in acity plagued by high crime and poverty.

The New York City Department of Education has chosen to ignore this factor by forcing principals from 39 schools to hire 41 teachers from what was dubbed the «rubber room,» via Steven Brill's New Yorker essay, but is really called the Absent Teacher Reserve, or ATR.

The proposal for the school — now tentatively called «Elm City Imagine» — includes an extended school year with a calendar alternating eight weeks of regular classes with two weeks of «expedition» career engagement; longer school days with staggered teacher schedules; and small - group instruction with more focus on technology.

The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's taxpayer money) on expensive local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged by their indefensible waste of taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.