Sentences with phrase «from teachers unions»

Some cash - strapped states and school districts are signaling a major expansion of charter schools to tap $ 5 billion in federal stimulus funds, despite strong opposition from some teachers unions...

In a recent Washington Post editorial about the new report card proposed for teacher education programs, writers intone: «That there was immediate pushback to Mr. Duncan's announcement from the teachers unions and institutions of learning came as no surprise, given their record of resisting any and all accountability measures.»

McGrory only briefly noted that those contributions pale in comparison to the donations from teachers unions, which are private corporations that sell memberships to teachers employed by school districts.

The responses to the Court's decision from the teachers unions and their friends have ranged from silly to contradictory to blatantly dishonest.

Broad's long backing of charters, including campaign contributions to charter school supporters, attracted criticism from teachers unions.

At the same time, Connecticut has one of the nation's largest academic achievement gaps, and Governor Malloy has faced pushback from teachers unions on his efforts surrounding teacher evaluation.»

Until recently, most education - focused campaign spending not coming from teachers unions has been delivered by groups such as the American Federation for Children and the Great Lakes Education Project, both of which emphasize the use of public money to fund private schools with vouchers.

«Most of the complaints about the foundations are coming from teachers unions or education professors who happen, in this case, to disagree with their preferred strategies,» says Frederick Hess, education policy director at the American Enterprise Institute.

This national focus on racism prompted attention from teachers unions, too.

A previous and somewhat stronger version of the legislation, AB 1530, was proposed and defeated last summer, thanks in large part to opposition from teachers unions.

As I pointed out in a blog post not too long ago, «bargaining for the common good» is little more than a clever bit of doublespeak from the teachers unions.

Moreover, as Derrell Bradford recently wrote in The Seventy - Four, Janus could allow reform - minded Democratic politicians to support education policies that are in the best interests of children and families, without having to fear a well - funded backlash from the teachers unions.

Other states are passing laws to implement them, too, in some cases with more support from teachers unions than the public is led to believe.

Unlike the conventional public schools that intentionally remain under the radar, charter schools operate under intense scrutiny from teachers unions, the media, and lawmakers.

Representatives from teachers unions, including the CTA, the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), were also there to argue against the bill, but they were far outnumbered by supporters.

An ongoing whine from teachers unions and their fellow travelers is that public school teachers don't earn enough money.

MaryEllen Elia, the former superintendent of a Tampa - area school district who taught in schools in Florida and New York, drew praise Tuesday from teachers unions for her collaborative approach.

They seemed to offer a hopeful glimmer of how an urban district could win out against resistance from teachers unions and community pressures by sticking with student - centered policies.

After years of intense opposition from teachers unions, the State Board of Education reversed course and voted Wednesday to eliminate a requirement that state standardized test scores be used in teacher evaluations.

The only buy - in there that matters is from the teachers unions.

Torlakson has support from teachers unions — which said Thursday they plan to appeal — and the Democratic establishment.

«I think it is sad that WCPSS bent to political pressure from teachers unions and Democrat politicians who are playing politics with our children,» said Wake County Republican Party Chairman Charles Hellwig in an email message.

That bill would also forbid board candidates from taking donations from teachers unions or district contractors.

But chief among our shortcomings was a lack of support for reforms from the teachers unions and our anti-charter schools law.

Washington's stance as a strong reformer was hobbled by an absence of vigorous support from the teachers unions.

Any attempt to deviate from this civil service model of payment and staffing is met with great resistance from the teachers unions.

And steady growth could in turn help the movement mount a robust defense in the face of deepening opposition from teachers unions and other anti-charter actors such as the NAACP.

Other districts are also using it as part of evaluations or the basis for merit pay programs, moves that have generated fierce resistance from some teachers unions and skepticism from some experts.

The plans have led to criticism from teachers unions.

A good federal tax credit, on the other hand, impacts everyone and doesn't require state approval, shielding it from teachers unions and state and local pols who would otherwise try to muck it up.

Harig enjoyed support not only from the teachers unions, but the local affiliate of the AFL - CIO, which got involved for the first time in School Board elections.

But the local branch of the American Federation of Teachers still backed his re-election bid, and political action committees supporting his candidacy have received donations from teachers unions.

Malloy faced backlash from teachers unions earlier this year, due to the Common Core State Standards Initiative and a controversial teacher evaluation system that tied teacher performance to test scores.

The tax credit faces opposition from teachers unions and some fiscal watch dogs.

Andrew Cuomo has followed his own third way in Albany, which explains both his estrangement from the teachers unions and his fundraising success among hedge funders.

It is a campaign Cuomo waged from the start of his tenure as governor in 2011, but eased off of in recent years due to significant backlash from teachers unions, suburban parents upset by high - stakes testing, and others, like AQE.

The bill, which would lift the current cap of 200 charter schools to 460, has met stiff resistance in the Democrat - controlled Assembly and from the teachers unions.

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he supported the closure of underperforming schools statewide, which drew criticism from teachers unions.

StudentsFirstNY held a rally in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's education reform agenda Wednesday evening as the well - organized, well - funded pro-charter sector attempts to respond to criticisms of the governor from teachers unions.

Independent expenditure committees have grown in influence in recent years in New York, especially in battleground state Senate races, where interest groups ranging from the teachers unions, charter school advocates and real - estate entities have sought to flex political muscle.

Almost every Democrat in the Senate gets big, major support from the Teachers Union so expect the Democrats to add a ton of exemptions and get rid of the lesser of inflation or 2 % cap language then watch your school and other local property taxes begin to spiral out of control again which is why the tax cap law originally passed.

Which is why it's laughable to hear the NAACP and local pols (both of whom have gotten money from the teachers union) blame its woes on a lack of resources.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spoke recently at a rally of the parents and students with Alliance for Quality Education, a lobby group that has backing from the teachers union.

The proposals, and Cuomo's failure to release district - by - district state money lists, have prompted a backlash from teacher unions and some school administrators.

«Only democrat not taking tons of money from the teachers union which is the largest single lobby to the democrats... if not for Cuomo, thousands of children of color and white middle class kids would have been forced out of the charter schools their parents fought hard to get their kids into,» she wrote.

The Post attributes the cozy relationship to a $ 100,000 donation from the teachers union.

It's $ 4.36 million haul included $ 350,000 from the teachers union just before de Blasio gave the union a sweetheart contract.

A statement from the teachers union, New York State United Teachers, commended Elia and the other education officials for «showing a commitment» to fixing the problem.

«We all have public schools in our district and we advocate for those schools irregardless of support from the teachers union.»

De Blasio's school discipline overhaul is drawing fire from the teachers union and parents who say the city hasn't done enough to back up the new policies that prompted a huge drop in student suspensions.