Sentences with phrase «concerns with your teachers union»

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Simply put, schools can't be trusted to get it right for the kids because the kids are the last thing they concern themselves with after teachers unions, administrative organizational charts, bus garage projects, etc., etc., and oddball foodie notions.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

Commenting on the report by Women and Equalities Commission, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The latest report from the Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some time.

Too bad Democrats are more concerned with keeping the teachers union happy than trying to figure out a way to allow people to stay in their homes and not be taxed out.

You're only concerned with directing as much money at the teachers union as possible and nothing else.

A spokesperson for de Blasio said the mayor is concerned for the plight of new parents and is currently negotiating with the teachers union.

«With these concerns in mind, we as the unified substitute teachers union are requesting that the terms in negotiation of our contract be met.

Rev. Bettey said the GES was happy with the good composure displayed by the various teacher unions, while negotiations and the other processes took place to address their concerns.

He jabbed at the teachers union, saying, «Albany has been too concerned with protecting the pension rights of teachers and not concerned enough with the future of students.»

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twteachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twTeachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for twteachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

Cuomo, who has tangled with the teachers union in recent months, reiterated those concerns on Tuesday.

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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.»

It means that teacher leaders like Saldana meet at least monthly with district leadership to discuss concerns that come forth from the teachers representative council of the union (which also meets monthly), so there's a constant flow of information between teacher and the district.

Most schools will not assist children in applying their sunscreen as teachers face time pressures and concerns over child abuse is a huge deterrent that comes with strong advice from local authority education departments and trade unions.

If we are content with teachers who follow industrial - era scripts - who work specified hours, follow a prescribed curriculum, and follow detailed behavioral rules - we can get by with industrial - era labor relations in which the union's exclusive concerns are wages and work rules.

Most of the sessions, which went on for several months, focused on teacher evaluations, with the big concern being the «firewall» between the evaluations and student performance on state tests, a barrier that the union had always insisted was necessary.

But instead of asking why that is, and exploring why teachers compete for charter jobs with at - will agreements or one - year contracts, they write of union - busting tactics at several charters, see low rates of unionization as a «cause for concern,» and wind up recommending that state laws provide an automatic union vote in the first year of each charter.

According to a poll of 1,012 parents with school - aged children and 755 teachers, which was conducted by YouGov and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), there is a wide concern about schoteachers, which was conducted by YouGov and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), there is a wide concern about schoTeachers (NUT), there is a wide concern about school cuts.

While more families are attracted to charters for their typically smaller campuses with science, special education, alternative classes and other themes, those in charge of traditional schools and teachers unions are concerned about losing so many students.

It is now more - concerned with aiding and comforting its teachers union allies (and assuaging old - school members out of step with the times) than with addressing the most - critical economic and civil rights issue of our time.

How dare a democrat want to fire incompetent black union teachers because he is more concerned with educating the black children.

I look forward to having meaningful conversations around teacher evaluation systems and union - related concerns, with the intention of making a difference.

EVALUATION AGREEMENT BAD NEWS FOR TENURED TEACHERS The UFT and New York State United Teachers (All of the local unions in the state) gave away the store in today's agreements with the city and the State Education Department concerning teacher evalTEACHERS The UFT and New York State United Teachers (All of the local unions in the state) gave away the store in today's agreements with the city and the State Education Department concerning teacher evalTeachers (All of the local unions in the state) gave away the store in today's agreements with the city and the State Education Department concerning teacher evaluations.

LA Unified has agreed to delay parts of a new student data management system that was set to launch districtwide on Tuesday, the first day of school, after the teachers union and other district employees raised concerns that the technology is riddled with glitches.

Faced with a looming deadline, Los Angeles schools chief John Deasy on Wednesday urged the teachers union to lay aside its concerns and back a federal grant application that could bring $ 40 million to the cash - strapped district.

Laura Preston with the Assn. of California School Administrators said concerns had grown in the Capitol over the noisy divide between teachers unions and other educational organizations that could impede efforts to pass Proposition 30, the November ballot initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The results reflect concerns raised by teacher unions about the move to linear assessment, with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers telling Schools Week it «remained worried» that «many students» were disadvantaged by the change.

Just think of all the things that a union boss has to be concerned with — denying parents more power in choosing what kind of school their kid goes to, attempting to personally destroy reformers, petitioning the courts in an attempt to keep parents and taxpayers in the dark about how effective teachers are, etc..

As a result of this opposition, the teacher's unions worked closely with LFC to make sure the TDR program was changed to address their concerns and then helped pass it through the legislature.

Division Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Derby, Sue Arguile, said: «What is happening with Al - Madinah is really indicative of why we are concerned about free schools - because of the lack of accountability.

For example, my post last week concerned itself with the situation in Philadelphia, and I included a letter to The Wall Street Journal from Ms. Weingarten, who was responding to an editorial critical of the Philadelphia Teachers Union.

In addition to those concerns, the school board and its new superintendent, Tony Smith, will inherit a tense relationship with the teachers union, which has been asked to accept a 3 percent pay cut.

PURE and More Than a Score joined with the ACLU of Illinois, Parents 4 Teachers, Raise Your Hand Illinois, the Chicago Teachers» Union, the CReATE organization of university researchers, and the national group EPIC, to educate parents and others about this move, and to share our concerns with Chicago Public Schools and school board officials.

Headlines about teacher and teacher union concerns over efforts to link teacher performance evaluations to student achievement scores leave one with the impression that teachers are either unwilling to be accountable for student achievement or that they are just resistant to changing their ways.

Republicans are stuck debating whether, rather than how, the federal government ought to be involved in education, while Democrats are squeezed between superintendents, school boards and teachers» unions that want money with no strings, and activists with little patience for concerns about federal overreach.

If anything, Malkin seems to be more in common cause with traditionalists and teachers» unions opposed to Teach For America's very existence than with the taxpayers (including families and their children) for whom she expresses so much concern.