Sentences with phrase «declared war on the teachers»

At least going by his rhetoric, he seems to have almost declared war on the teacher unions and he has proposed a new system of evaluation, which is more heavily based on students» tests scores than the one currently in use.

Andrew Cuomo all but declared war on the teachers union when he ran for governor of New York eight years ago.

Teachers» unions and parents revolted, saying that the governor had declared war on teachers and that there was already too much emphasis on standardized tests.

Which means he just declared war on the teachers» unions, parents» groups, education schools, and the special - education lobby.

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It has declared war on traditional public schools and public school teachers.

«Cuomo declared war on public schools and teachers in his State of the State address.

The teachers, including New York State United Teachers Union Vice President Andy Pallotta, say Cuomo has declared a war on students, parents, and teachers, and is advancing a «test and punish»teachers, including New York State United Teachers Union Vice President Andy Pallotta, say Cuomo has declared a war on students, parents, and teachers, and is advancing a «test and punish»Teachers Union Vice President Andy Pallotta, say Cuomo has declared a war on students, parents, and teachers, and is advancing a «test and punish»teachers, and is advancing a «test and punish» agenda.

Four years ago, Cuomo was being followed around by environmentalists upset he was considering allowing a natural gas drilling practice known as hydro fracking and by members of the teacher unions upset after Cuomo during his re-election campaign had declared war on them.

Writing in the Journal on October 19, Eric Hanushek declared that «there is no «war on teachers.

The Chelsea (Mass.) Teachers Union has declared «war» on a proposal to allow Boston University to manage that city's schools and is seeking to replace it with a school - improvement plan of its own.

Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, attacked the proposals as «ill informed» and a decision to «declare war on schools».

Then, he reverses the cherry picking process, «In fact, a majority of those polled (52 percent) side with teachers unions and educators who have been under attack as a new crop of governors — Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Florida's Rick Scott, New Jersey's Chris Christie, Ohio's John Kasich — declared war on public employees and the middle class.»

«He has declared war on the public schools,» Karen E. Magee, the president of New York State United Teachers, said in an interview.