Sentences with phrase «for tenure cases»

If you want more information, you can read the official state memo covering everything from the exemption of SGP scores from the state's Open Public Records Act and the process for administrators to access data through a centralized information - management system, to corrective action plans for low - rated educators and legal requirements for tenure cases, to the score certification process and accessing official course roster data.

Not exact matches

If events take a turn for the worse, as in the case of Valeant, executives can ride off with little fear of losing the large compensation they received during their tenure as clawback rules are rarely enforced.

Might that not supply prima facie grounds for a grievance later in a case involving the tenure of a young professor who was gay or lesbian?

A letter to franchisees said those franchisees offered a reduced tenure would be offered an amount equal to the greater of two times the initial franchise fee, which is a far cry from the hundreds of thousands of dollars, or in some cases $ 1 million - plus, franchisees paid for stores on the secondary market, including goodwill.

Klopp may not win a trophy case worth of silverware in his tenure but the tenacious manner in which Pool are playing makes me long for such conviction and desire in Red London.

You have made the case that Arsene is arsenal, if he is to be blamed for all of AFC's shortcomings as well as their achievements during his tenure as manager.

In a column for City & State this morning, former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin writes that its the Rapfogel scandal — not the twin sexual harassment cases involving his conference members during Silver's watch — that could spell the end of his tenure, which dates back to 1994.

After reviewing 30 cases of potential wrongful imprisonment for murder from the tenure of his controversial predecessor Charles Hynes, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's office has begun to investigate the former prosecutor's non-homicide felony convictions, too.

[60] During his six - year tenure, he received praise for his record of convictions in public corruption cases.

The need for a truly independent bipartisan prosecutor in these political cases appears obvious and one may wish to consider restructuring the tenure of U.S. attorneys the way we do for federal judges so the role is not viewed as a stepping stone to another political office.

But a few members have made the case for a salary increase, and they're disproportionately representative of the least - tenured legislators.

Elia has pledged to be laser - focused on struggling schools during the first year of her tenure, and almost immediately introduced the idea of state receivership for schools around the state that fail to improve over the next year or, in some cases, two years.

A California Supreme Court majority declined to hear Vergara v. California, the case that challenged teacher tenure and other job protections for teachers.

«In this case, I do not see the NEC reversing itself on tenure elongation for Oyegun and others because 20 out of the 24 APC governors voted in favour of tenure elongation.

This past April, Castro, now 41, had to resign his Assembly seat when it was revealed that he'd been indicted for perjury, after which he was a government informant for almost his entire tenure in the State Assembly — and helped make a bribery case against a legislative colleague.

If, as seems to be the case, a fraction of scarce tenure - track faculty jobs go to «postdocs» who already have funding, then institutions that don't allow postdocs to apply for grants put their postdocs at a disadvantage.

The survey's reported differences in researchers» outputs are in line with other studies that make the case for more tenure - track structures, Müller says.

And in order for evaluation committees to be more effective — as well as to take the guesswork out of some decisions — Goel says tenure candidates need more time to «build a stronger case.»

One MIT official familiar with the suit says Kalonji made a persuasive case, but another university source recalls that there was a general feeling in the engineering school that she lacked the qualifications for tenure.

This concern is greater in the relatively rare case in which a tenure - track position is created for a partner than with the other forms of accommodation.

But the groundbreaking decision in the Vergara case makes it clear that early, and effectively irreversible, decisions about teacher tenure have real costs for students and ultimately all of society.

One case in point is Colorado, where the successful push for ground - breaking tenure reform legislation was led by Senator Mike Johnston and Representative Christine Scanlan, Democrats both.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

For tenured teachers, evaluation scores determine eligibility for some promotions or additional tenure protection, or, in the case of very low scores, placement in a peer assistance program with a small risk of terminatiFor tenured teachers, evaluation scores determine eligibility for some promotions or additional tenure protection, or, in the case of very low scores, placement in a peer assistance program with a small risk of terminatifor some promotions or additional tenure protection, or, in the case of very low scores, placement in a peer assistance program with a small risk of termination.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a...

Monday's senate hearing focused on the state's 3020 - a hearing, the process that requires districts to prove their case for terminating a tenured teacher.

The plaintiffs in the case, Vergara v. California, argued that the tenure system for public school teachers in California verges on the absurd, and that those laws disproportionately harm poor and minority students.

Hence, it would appear that the only hope for burying seniority — and the foul tenure and dismissal statutes — lies with the Vergara v. California (Students Matter) case, which is set for a ruling by early July.

The media have generally been either neutral or supportive of the case, which claims that the tenure, seniority and dismissal statutes enshrined in the state Ed Code hurt the education process in the Golden State, especially for minority and poor kids.

Brown's most memorable story for me is the 2012 piece she did about the teacher dismissal process in Fairfax, Va: Teacher tenure: a Fairfax schools firing case.

He also worked for Students Matter, which brought the landmark Vergara v. California case that challenged the state's teacher tenure laws.

Defendants in the case, the state and teacher unions, are trying to prove that these other factors make it difficult for the nine - student plaintiffs to show that state laws governing teacher dismissal, seniority and tenure should be struck down as impediments to a quality education.

Being touted as the suit that could «reignite the battle over union protections for Minnesota teachers» by local publications such as the Star Tribune, this suit is being modeled after recent landmark cases in New York and California that seek to chip away outdated tenure provisions that many reformers contend degrade the professionalism of educators and hurt students.

This is hardly expected to be an isolated case for Newark, as the district under Superintendent Cami Anderson filed close to 50 tenure charges at the end of last year, officials said.

The landmark case in which in which a court found the state's laws regarding teacher tenure, firings and layoffs are unconstitutional has become a litmus test for public officials.

As shocking as it was that a Democratic governor would propose ending teacher tenure, Malloy became the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose unilaterally repealing collective bargaining rights for some public school teachers --- in Malloy's case, his bill proposed ending collective bargaining rights for teachers in turnaround schools.

In case it's not clear why the question of quality matters let me simply remind that the entire basis for the attacks on tenure is the supposed goal of improving teacher quality.

looking for a case study about the growing privatization of public education in America need only look as far as Connecticut and the tenure of Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.

Many of Connecticut's public schools remaining significantly underfunded but for those looking for a case study about the growing privatization of public education in America need only look as far as Connecticut and the tenure of Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.

For instance, 16 states now require that tenure decisions factor into performance on the front end, and seven states allow districts to revoke tenure in the case of consistently poor performance.88

Last week, a hard - fought legal case brought on behalf of nine California public - school students resulted in a stunning and, for many, exciting decision: A number of the state's teacher - tenure violate the state constitution by depriving California students of the equal opportunity for a quality education.

NJEA also proposed a tenure reform model, where nationally certified arbitrators — rather than administrative judges — would decide dismissal cases for all school employees.

The District, which initiated major school reforms in 2007, has served as a test case for often controversial policies — such as expanding school choice, eliminating teacher tenure and tying evaluations to test scores — which have since been adopted by a growing number of states.

The dismissal process for tenured teachers is straightforward and allows both sides to present a case.

Efforts by reformers along with reform - minded (and, in many cases, budget - conscious) governors to make it harder to attain tenure or abolish near - lifetime employment altogether, along with moves to subject teachers to performance - based evaluations, means that they would lose the benefits for which they have long worked.

Clearly, this book is to prove very relevant given the ongoing court cases across the country (see a prior post on these cases here) regarding teachers and the systems being used to evaluate them when especially (or extremely) reliant upon VAM - based estimates for consequential decision - making purposes (e.g., teacher tenure, pay, and termination).

Villaraigosa also fought for teacher tenure reforms, backing the plaintiffs in the Vergara case, which challenged the constitutionality of state tenure and layoff statutes on the grounds that they harmed low - income students.

Many times, business for self mortgages will require that you have at least two years of self employment tenure, but that is not always the case.

Even if there were to be a case where a floating rate exceeds a fixed rate of interest it will only be for some period of your entire loan tenure as interest rates a cyclical in nature.

There are some cases where you would be able to receive considerable savings for paying the loan back sooner than the tenure.