Sentences with phrase «eliminate teacher contracts»

And just because the first 12 districts haven't (yet) chosen to eliminate teacher contracts or reduce leave days doesn't mean it won't happen.

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Last year, Ontario imposed a contract on public - school teachers that eliminated bankable sick days, while back in June, Treasury Board president Tony Clement vowed to fight federal employee absenteeism, which he said was costing taxpayers millions.

Moody's Investors Service weighed in today on the nine - year contract deal reached by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC teachers union, the UFT, saying that while the agreement «could eliminate» fiscal uncertainty by paving the way for other outstanding labor contracts, it also comes at a «large» cost and relies on assumptions that may or may not come to pass.

A State Supreme Court judge has placed a temporary restraining order on the Buffalo School Board for attempting to eliminate the controversial cosmetic surgery rider from the teacher contract without negotiating it with the union.

Districts have negotiated contracts with teacher unions that eliminate schools» discretion in favor of seniority preferences.

He also pressed for reform of the onerous work rules in the teachers» contract, including eliminating the seniority provisions, making it easier to fire incompetents, and establishing a system of merit pay.

Notable recently were the Gates Foundation's call for a two - year moratorium on tying results from assessments aligned to the Common Core to consequences for teachers or students; Florida's legislation to eliminate consequences for schools that receive low grades on the state's pioneering A-F school grading system; the teetering of the multi-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment consortium (down from 24 to 15 members, and with its contract with Pearson to deliver the assessments in limbo because of a lawsuit that alleges bid - rigging); and the groundswell of opposition from parents, teachers, and political groups to the content of the Common Core.

For this, Hanushek writes, «it is more a matter of will, combined with eliminating the rigidities that have been built into teachers» contracts.»

Maine's school boards are being urged to eliminate seniority clauses from teachers» contracts as the result of a state high - court decision, handed down this summer, that state law does not protect tenured teachers at the expense of nontenured teachers in layoff decisions.

Within the span of one year, all public - school employees were fired, the teacher contract expired and was not replaced, and most attendance zones were eliminated.

Teachers will be paying slightly higher co-pays and premiums, though the contract eliminates annual deductibles and allows for unlimited lifetime benefits.

Teacher tenure, formally known as «career status,» was eliminated by lawmakers who were interested in introducing free - market principles to the teaching profession by way of short - term contracts and small pay increases for the top 25 percent.

Butch Otter, Governor of Idaho, signed into law two bills that would restrict collective bargaining rights for teachers, eliminate continuing contracts for new teachers, and implement a pay - for - performance plan.

Genuine workforce planning policy for teachers needs to be implemented to eliminate the current oversupply of teaching graduates who are only able to get casual or short - term contract employment.

SB 361: would eliminate teacher tenure, aka «career status» by 2018 and offer teachers one year contracts for the first three years of employment.

«Needless to say, there is Act 10 which virtually eliminated contracts, and I think that created a more open market for teachers to say, I'm worth this much in district «a» and maybe I can find out I'm worth more in district «b,»» Jackson says.

Teachers thought they had it pretty good when the union and Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to a new contract that provides 18 percent raises over the next five years, but now parents are mounting an aggressive campaign to eliminate teacher tenure and weed out unsatisfactory teachers, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported WeTeachers thought they had it pretty good when the union and Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to a new contract that provides 18 percent raises over the next five years, but now parents are mounting an aggressive campaign to eliminate teacher tenure and weed out unsatisfactory teachers, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported Weteachers, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported Wednesday.

Even the AFT and CEA have admitted that Governor Malloy's 2012 Corporate Education Reform Industry Initiative sought to eliminate tenure for all public school teachers in Connecticut and replace it with a system of short - term contracts in which continued employment as a teacher would depend, in part, on the test scores teachers» students got on the unfair and inappropriate Common Core Standardized Tests.

In Florida, all teachers hired after 2011 sign an annual contract as opposed to receiving tenure, while Kansas and North Carolina are also seeking to eliminate teacher tenure.