Sentences with phrase «critic of teacher tenure»

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

The Vergara ruling has been stayed pending an appeal, but critics of teacher tenure laws clearly consider it a promising template for potential battles across the country.

Not exact matches

While defenders of tenure claim that it merely protects teachers from arbitrary dismissal, critics contend that tenure now makes it extremely difficult to remove poorly performing teachers from the classroom.

The institute aims to make big changes to the state's education system, including ending teacher tenure and enacting vouchers in the form of «tuition tax credits,» along with other efforts that critics say would privatize education in the state.

Deasy's tenure has been contentious because of what his critics say was his unwillingness to compromise on hot - button issues including teacher evaluation and employment.

Aaron Pallas, a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University and a frequent critic of the accountability system, said that while Mr. Polakow - Suransky's tenure as a teacher and a principal lend him credibility, his years as part of Mr. Klein's inner circle «will leave other people skeptical that he can show independence.»

But teachers were among some of King's most outspoken critics during his tenure as commissioner of New York education.

Critics of typical tenure processes argue that tenure assessments are superficial and rarely discern whether teachers in fact have the requisite teaching skills.

Critics, however, argue that the cost of due process does, in practice, lead districts to retain ineffective teachers and as a result tenure not only allows poor teachers to stay in the classroom but also reduces the incentive for teachers to be as effective as they could be.

Many teacher tenure critics also want to end the process of «seniority» — which requires that districts make layoff decisions based on the number of years a teacher has been working.