Teachers unions, of course, remain s teadfast in
their defense of teacher tenure.
Not exact matches
We're going to have to organize fights against cookie - cutter evaluation rubrics (such as Danielson), against the plan to tie
teacher evaluation to high stakes standardized test scores, and in
defense of basic protections such as
tenure.
The reality is that for all the talk from the NEA and AFT about how they represent
teachers, the reality is that their
defense of seniority - and degree - based pay scales, reverse - seniority layoff policies, and near - lifetime employment privileges through
tenure do little for the younger, more reform - minded
teachers who realize the damage these policies do to their profession and, ultimately, to the children in their care.
He told the court he could decide within three months whether a new
teacher would meet program standards — testimony the
defense used in support
of its claim there is sufficient time to make decision on
tenure within the two - year statutory framework.
The American Prospect's Rachel Cohen interviewed Jesse Rothstein, the former chief economist at the U.S. Department
of Labor and a current public policy and economics professor at the University
of California, Berkeley, who testified during the Vergara trials in
defense of California's
teacher tenure and seniority statutes.
Mackinac's director
of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee
of the labor task force
of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much
of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal
Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation
of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 %
of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the
teacher -
tenure and - evaluation policy changes.