Sentences with phrase «deal with the teacher unions»

«[T] he only pension change the mayor has, in effect, negotiated during his tenure (via a side deal with the teachers union) was exceedingly modest.

Take the deal with the teachers union.

Paladino is talking about how the board reached a contract deal with the teachers union.

LAUSD Board OKs Deal With Teachers Union on Performance Evaluations The LAUSD school board signed off Tuesday on a deal with the teachers union to implement a new system that will incorporate student test data in performance evaluations.

If that's the case, then he should devote every waking hour of his day to working out some kind of deal with the teacher unions to remove these teachers from the classroom.

The city could lose nearly $ 60 million in federal aid for its failing schools after officials were unable to reach a deal with the teachers union on instructor evaluations.

Not exact matches

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It was a dramatic increase from the existing evaluation rubric, settled with teachers unions as part of the state's Race to the Top deal, that used state tests as 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

Patterson is learning how difficult it is to deal with the embedded corruption of the teachers union, the afl - cio and the seiu.

But now that Cuomo has successfully neutralized the two biggest players in budget battles past — GNHYA and SEIU 199 — he only has the teachers and public employee unions to deal with.

Bill de Blasio and the teachers union struck a deal on a new contract, ending a nearly five - year labor dispute and potentially setting a template for negotiations with the city's other unions.

«Governor Cuomo and State Education Commissioner John King deserve high marks for standing up for our kids and successfully pressuring Buffalo School Superintendent Dr. Pamela Brown to void a highly questionable, secret side deal with the teachers» union that threatened to significantly undermine their teacher evaluation system before it was even implemented.

Catsimatidis also admitted that he considers himself a union guy, from his days as a member, and said that, if he were mayor, he would have been able to reach deals with the teachers» and bus drivers» union on a teacher evaluation system and new contracts to avert the school bus strike.

«From the pledge of billions of undefined health care savings in its newly struck deal with the teachers» union, to its plan to reduce traffic deaths (in a city of eight million) to zero, [the de Blasio administration] has spun the dial on expectations well past 11,» a Times editorial frets.

Billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg took a hard line, refusing to ink a deal with the Teachers (UFT) after the Wall Street meltdown, and eventually left 350,000 city employees in 152 unions working under expired agreements.

This limbo was largely the result of a deal that the Bloomberg administration struck with the teachers» union to give principals more control over who worked in their schools.

The clock is ticking until Buffalo teachers meet with the expectation of voting on a new contract, but district and union leaders have not yet agreed on a deal to present to them.

Champagne corks popped in Albany yesterday as top state education officials declaimed a new deal with the unions that they said will lead to better teachers, a greater shot at federal funds for New York and possibly a hike in the charter - school cap.

But that model required the approval of the teachers union, and even with extra time, the city could not negotiate a deal.

The 2.7 million - member union designed a Web site that offers lesson plans dealing with issues raised by the assaults and the resources that teachers can use.

Despite union and district efforts to overturn the vote, the Green Dot supporters succeeded, and after a year of transition, in which there was a good deal of disorder, Green Dot took over the school, with a new principal and new teachers.

That's what the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tTeachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tteachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the trenches.

Brimelow suggests repealing collective - bargaining laws so that «school boards would no longer be forced to deal with the union just because a majority of the teachers voting in a certification election supported it.»

But de Blasio also has an Absent Teacher Reserve pool to deal with, another Bloomberg - Klein legacy: they got the union to back down on forcing principals to hire teachers they didn't want, «one of the only good things to come out of the last contract negotiations,» says Joe Williams.

Like Michael Bloomberg (NY), Antonio Villaraigosa (LA) and Rahm Emanuel (Chicago), Philadelphia's Michael Nutter is dealing with a failing education system, a bureaucratic Leviathan and a hostile teachers union, collectively known as «the blob.»

As charter schools have become more popular than ever, teachers unions dither about how to deal with them.

Last year, the Mayor agreed to a new contract with the United Federation of Teachers — a sweetheart deal for the union that has repeatedly and negatively influenced education policy thereafter.

«To a lesser extent, Democrats must deal with some teachers — their unions hold strong influence within the party — who are upset about implementation details.

Talks with the teachers union on a one - year deal were abandoned last week.

Chicago Public Schools on Thursday said it has withdrawn an offer for a one - year contract with the Chicago Teachers Union and will begin a push for a multiyear deal.

It was a dramatic increase from the existing evaluation rubric, settled with teachers unions as part of the state's Race to the Top deal, that used state tests as 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

Then it sidelined the local teachers» union by refusing to negotiate a collective contract, instead working out deals one - on - one with each employee.

The other difference is that private schools rarely have teacher unions to deal with.

Among the challenges for the new schools chancellor will be launching universal pre-kindergarten, and dealing withupcoming negotiations with the teachers union, who will be demanding raises and back pay.

They found a space in an elementary school three blocks from Mr. Waronker's home in Crown Heights, and in a special deal with the teachers» union, he won the right to pay teachers on a scale that considered performance.

«I think it's fair to assume that the Chicago Teachers Union will understand that potential framework is still a fair framework to deal with.»

Backroom deals on teacher evaluations that threaten to render tenure meaningless and that will drastically change the working conditions of teachers with no input from rank - and - file union membership.

Rhee's heavy - handedness in dealing with the Washington Teacher's Union conveyed her attitude that a non-unionized teacher force would better serve justice for children, as if children would benefit from their teachers lacking the few remaining benefits accrued by collective bargaining, such as nominal job security and shrinking peTeacher's Union conveyed her attitude that a non-unionized teacher force would better serve justice for children, as if children would benefit from their teachers lacking the few remaining benefits accrued by collective bargaining, such as nominal job security and shrinking peteacher force would better serve justice for children, as if children would benefit from their teachers lacking the few remaining benefits accrued by collective bargaining, such as nominal job security and shrinking pensions.

The school system is facing a budget shortfall of $ 600 million to $ 700 million and remains in protracted talks with the Chicago Teachers Union, whose members have voted to authorize a strike if a deal can not be reached.

And if the legislature follows the rather irresponsible advice of House Appropriations Committee Director Robert Vaughn, the state may shove its head further in the sand by ignoring stricter financial reporting standards being crafted by the Government Accounting Standards Board that will force states to fully acknowledge the high cost of their deals with teachers» unions and other public - sector unions.

Ms. Lafergola said she left Automotive this month because she «couldn't deal with the union,» referring to the United Federation of Teachers.

Gov. Cuomo recently struck a deal with the state teachers union for an evaluation system that resembles the city's teacher ratings scheme.

Warren Fletcher, president of the 36,000 - member United Teachers Los Angeles union, argued that the percentage violates the deal made with the union.

In the wake of recent rebellions by teachers and other public education advocates that have been taking place in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona, the teachers» unions in Florida have been largely silent on getting involved, mostly reminding education professionals that we can not strike here due to the deal we made with the Florida Legislature in 1968 that exchanged our right to collectively bargain for our right to strike.

* UPDATED LA Unified today increased its salary offer to the teachers union, UTLA, offering a one - year deal with a 6 percent increase.

Other coverage of the agreement is in The Daily News (LAUSD has tentative deal with administrators on teacher evaluations) and KPCC (LAUSD and administrators» union reach tentative deal on student test scores in evals).

Earlier, it had been reported that Rochester's school district had reached a similar deal with its teachers» union, but department spokesman Tom Dunn told me today that Rochester has no such deal.

While the district is moving closer to deals with other unions, the teachers union remains an outlier for now.

«It's a matter of priorities, the district can't afford not to deal with this issue,» says Bob Peterson, president of the Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association union.

Last year, The Lens revealed that the board of Lusher Charter School privately discussed how to deal with a teachers» union drive and orchestrated meetings so they didn't have to let the public in.