The Harris
federation took over the school two years ago.
Not exact matches
«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or
school the option to leave the car at home and
take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC
Federation of Labour, representing
over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.
The latest fight between the Buffalo Teachers
Federation and Buffalo Public
Schools is heating up, this time
over incentives like ice cream socials to persuade kids to
take state - mandated tests and threats of punishment for those who don't.
So when Harlem Success Academy, a charter group in New York, proposed to
take over P.S. 194's building after the
school was shut down for poor performance, the United
Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the New York Civil Liberties Union
took the obvious step: they filed a lawsuit claiming that the state pressed forward without proper consultation with local
school boards.
Over $ 9 million for Minneapolis Public
Schools is at stake if teachers approve the agreement that has already been approved by the Minneapolis Public
Schools Board and accepted by the Minnesota Department of Education.Members of the Minneapolis
Federation of Teachers (MFT) are casting their votes this week to determine if our district should
take part in the Quality Compensation (Q Comp) program offered by the state since 2005.
Recall from prior posts (here, here, and here) that seven teachers in the Houston Independent
School District (HISD), with the support of the Houston
Federation of Teachers (HFT), are
taking HISD to federal court
over how their value - added scores, derived via the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS), are being used, and allegedly abused, while this district that has tied more high - stakes consequences to value - added output than any other district / state in the nation.
Speakers will include young people who will share how various education policies have impacted their lives; Aliya Moore, a Detroit parent and organizer with Keep the Vote, No
Take Over; Randi Weingarten, president of the American
Federation of Teachers, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, and Tara Stamps, a Chicago public
school educator and activist.
MICHAEL MULGREW is an affable former Brooklyn vocational - high -
school teacher who
took over last year as head of New York City's United
Federation of Teachers when his predecessor, Randi Weingarten, moved to Washington to run the national American
Federation of Teachers.