Sentences with phrase «for teacher unions»

The bill would also make it harder for teacher unions to strike and give Chicago's new mayor - elect Rahm Emanuel the power to lengthen the school day.

A number of useful changes have been proposed including significant changes that have come for the teacher unions themselves.

We seek to continually build and deepen a progressive vision and analysis for teacher unions, opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

In a case that could cause chaos for teacher unions and other public employee unions, the Supreme Court heard arguments this week from a handful of California teachers who say they should not be required to pay for services provided by unions they haven't joined.

We offer a progressive vision and analysis for teacher unions, opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

MITUL engages in communication, education and advocacy, promoting a strong role for teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform — within teacher unions and with opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

Critics of the NEPC, such as Wolf, view that organization as being stooges for the teacher unions, unable or unwilling to look at data on the merits.

And this erosion is extremely hard for teacher unions to reverse.

But as for teacher unions, readers are more likely to think they have done more harm than good.

The constant reversion to calls for ever - smaller class sizes never seems to lose its appeal for the teacher unions or for school districts arguing for more funds.

The low public regard for teacher unions is, I would argue, a result of public perceptions that concern for student outcomes ranks very low relative to the income, convenience, and preferences of the teachers themselves.

If Lib Dems, resourceful and determined activists and councilors some of them, decide they want to throw every spanner they can at the free schools movement they could be useful allies for the teacher unions and others already engaged in that campaign.

Nicholas Sposato, 36th, said it will be helpful for the teachers union to explain their position directly to him and his colleagues at the Monday meetings.

Easton has often drawn criticism from the Cuomo adminstration, which sees him as a shill for the teachers union.

Scaling back the teacher evaluation law is a key issue for the teachers unions, who have influence with lawmakers as well as Democratic voters.

The disclosure of teacher evaluations has been firmly supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but is a sensitive issue for teachers unions, who point to other public employees not having their evaluations released to either the general public or a narrowly defined portion of the populace, like parents.

«It's long past time for the teachers union and their elected allies to stop stifling the growth of these excellent public schools by disparaging their results and denying them access to public space.»

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

The test results will still be used to measure teachers» performance ratings, and a spokesman for the teachers union says until that changes, many of the parents involved in the boycott movement will continue to opt their kids out of the tests.

Carl Korn, a spokesman for the teachers union, New York State United Teachers, said the timeline was «unrealistic.»

He emphasized his support for charter schools — a sore spot for the teachers union - aligned Mr. de Blasio — and seemed to echo claims from the administrators of the privately run, publicly funded schools that the administration has neglected them.

James Merriman, the chief executive officer of the New York City Charter School Center, called AQE a «front group» for the teachers unions, despite conceding that his organization has one same general goal as AQE: more funding for schools.

So how about it, Chancellor Fariña: Will you speak up for these parents, or let your silence speak for the teachers union?

The budget deal also includes funding for a new contract for the teachers union.

People also became less inclined to grant tenure to teachers, and, in those districts that scored below the national average, enthusiasm for teachers unions fell noticeably.

This compelled financial support is vital for teachers unions» political advocacy.

But in certain domains — estimates of school costs and school quality, support for teachers unions, teacher tenure, and teacher pensions — the views of Hispanics differ rather substantially.

What feels like success to angry teachers is actually sowing the seeds of failure for the teacher union.

Unfortunately for the teachers unions, the wider world is not an echo chamber of their beliefs.

For teachers unions, Abood has been a financial windfall.

The stakes for teachers unions are high, as a 2011 Wisconsin law illustrates.

People have been waiting patiently for the teachers unions to champion school reform since the days of Al Shanker, who served as AFT president from 1974 to 1997.

Indeed, if teachers are to be partners in innovative education reform (see «A Different Role for Teachers Unions?»

The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were a series of mishaps for the teachers unions.

Only New York's education department suspended grants from school districts after the districts neglected to implement new evaluation policies for teachers, a point of contention for the teachers union.

In a resounding victory for teachers unions, the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles overturned a judge's June 2014 ruling that the state's tenure and job - security rules violated the right of students to an equal education.

These are huge victories for reformers, and losses for the teachers unions and other advocates of hiding the truth from parents and the public.

In California, Vergara has certainly generated a torrent of bad coverage for teachers unions.

Tuesday's results were a blow for the teacher union - backed candidates and will likely end the pro-union stance of the board that has existed for several years and signal a new the direction for the nation's second - largest school district.

For the teacher union elite and their fellow travelers, better education only happens when the taxpayer pours endless money into the education abyss.

No reform effort is too small for the teachers union to squash.

It creates opportunities, she said, for teachers unions «to leverage evaluation standards related to student achievement for gains related to salary» and would likely increase the frequency of an impasse in negotiations «and concerted actions like strikes.»

The recent groundbreaking agreement over evaluations for educators in the Los Angeles school district is a major victory for the teachers union because it limits the use of a controversial — but increasingly widespread — measurement of teacher effectiveness.

It's one thing for teachers unions to donate money.

Sonenshein did not disagree but said the Vergara ruling is only part of what is at stake for the teachers union.

«It's a really critical moment» for teachers unions, said Melissa Tooley, a senior policy analyst who specializes in education at New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

Or are you for teachers unions or are you an education reformer?

Ravitch, whose scholarship once upon a time landed her on the prestigious Koret Task Force, a group that focuses on education reform options has now, for reasons known only to her, done a 180 practically overnight and become a shill for the teachers unions.

Susan Sawyers of The Hechinger Report spoke with Austin about his efforts as well as his views on accountability for teachers unions and charter schools.

As for the teachers unions, their professed sympathies for the plight of minorities via their incessant «progressive» chatter go on unabated.