Sentences with phrase «granting teachers the power»

It didn't matter that teachers, district leaders, and community members knew the outcome of granting teachers the power to expel was impacting mostly black boys.

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«It eliminates the secretary's power to grant waivers, which is where the requirement to assess teachers according to their students» test scores is based.»

In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

Commenting on today's announcement from the Labour Party that it will reinstate student grants and EMA support if it wins power at the next general election, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:

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The money is wrested directly from teacher paychecks as an add - on to their monthly dues (unless teachers specifically object), a power granted unions by school boards as part of collective bargaining deals.

The Department for Education (DfE) responded to the figures by saying it had granted teachers more powers to «tackle poor behaviour and discipline», by scrapping «no touch» rules to allow teachers to remove disruptive pupils from the classroom and ensuring a school's decision on exclusions can not be overruled.

Then, Aldeman and Mitchel argue, teachers should receive their full teaching credentials from a district based on how well they do on the job: «States should strip the power to grant teacher licenses from preparation programs and give that responsibility to the districts where candidates teach.»

From the sounds of it, Duncan has just handed teachers unions throughout the country virtual veto power over future Race to the Top grants.

The strike which gave birth to modern teacher unionism was in part for the right to grant arbitrary power to white teachers in non-white schools.

Others have said the rules will grant states themselves too much power, as a teacher preparation program could lose its TEACH Grant if a single state rates it «low - performing» or «at - risk.&rgrant states themselves too much power, as a teacher preparation program could lose its TEACH Grant if a single state rates it «low - performing» or «at - risk.&rGrant if a single state rates it «low - performing» or «at - risk.»

Union officials objected in particular to granting school boards wider dismissal powers, saying at the time that the bill would «open teachers to dismissal at the whim of local administrators, who have shown themselves woefully ill - equipped to protect students or teachers.»

And Rhee exercised unique powers granted to a D.C. chancellor to impose a teacher evaluation system based partly on student outcomes and to lay off teachers based on a lack of merit rather than a lack of seniority.

Math teacher Dudu Sözcüer had to wait 2,5 years before being granted a permit to setup a solar power plant in Manisa.

The updated Classroom app, available in June for macOS, was designed to help teachers guide their students through lessons, granting them the power to broadcast apps, books, and sites to every student's iPad, and to share students» screens during class.