Sentences with phrase «how teachers and their unions»

We base our findings on the analysis of six excellent examples of how teachers and their unions have been critical to improving public education systems in collaboration with administration.

Not exact matches

In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security and a say in how the longer school day plays out next year.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

And how about the teachers unions that protect teachers who teach what the want to teach instead of teaching their curriculum.

Wales» largest union for qualified teachers, NUT Cymru, has commented on the final report from the Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group which sets out how Welsh schools can deliver digital classrooms in a digital age.

Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.

Commenting on the report published today by the NFER into how better part time and flexible working opportunities could support teacher retention, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «Improving flexible working opportunities in teaching is certainly important in supporting teachers at all stages of their careers to remain the proTeachers» Union, said: «Improving flexible working opportunities in teaching is certainly important in supporting teachers at all stages of their careers to remain the proteachers at all stages of their careers to remain the profession.

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

The statewide teachers union, NYSUT, whose political influence is strongest in the Democratic - led Assembly, has railed against the new evaluation law and how it is tied to teacher tenure.

Patterson is learning how difficult it is to deal with the embedded corruption of the teachers union, the afl - cio and the seiu.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, was invited to be a UK commissioner by the Centre for American Progress, which convened a UK - US inquiry, co-chaired by US former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, to examine how to secure an economic recovery which benefits all, not just the few.

Teachers unions, and some parent organizations are organizing opt out sessions and email blasts meant to let families know how to refuse the tests that start Tuesday.

The mayor's signature program has been an undisputed boon to the teachers» union and the city's politically, um, grateful not - for - profit sector — but how many kids have been helped (apart from the free day - care)?

Teachers unions have criticized the governor's education proposals on how to evaluate teachers and sTeachers unions have criticized the governor's education proposals on how to evaluate teachers and steachers and students.

In Part 1 of his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» interview on NY1, Mayor de Blasio talks to Errol Louis about a proposal on the Upper West Side to desegregate middle schools, and why he is at odds with the teacher's union over how to give teachers paid time off for parental leave.

He says those are jobs within union jurisdiction and there are more among teachers who are not tenure - track, although he isn't sure how many.

In a recent op - ed published by the New York Daily News, the father of two Brooklyn public school students gives a first - hand account of just how important it is that the teachers» union and City officials come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation deal.

Thompson also explained why he called the response to stop - and - frisk an «overreaction» earlier this year and how he plans to work with the teachers union that endorsed him.

In the many responses to Gov. Cuomo's efforts to introduce formal and public teacher evaluation, teachers, union leaders and educational leaders have offered little but delaying tactics, such as more study is needed or how about conducting small trials.

Then on Friday, his attorneys continued that tack, examining the influence Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore has over the school system and pressing one board member on how much union support she received during the last election.

But unions and the State Education Department have battled over how districts should handle teacher evaluations in the absence of test scores, with the union saying scores should be thrown out entirely and the state saying a backup measure should be used.

Parent groups and the state teachers union fueled the movement to try to force changes to the tests and how they are used (test results are an important factor in teacher evaluations).

The administrators have to quit hiding behind the «it's all the unions» fault» slogan and figure out how to evaluate teachers and to use that information in pay and retention decisions.

Educational researcher Gerald Bracey, author of Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered, writes in Stanford magazine that «NCLB aims to shrink the public sector, transfer large sums of public money to the private sector, weaken or destroy two Democratic power bases — the teachers» unions — and provide vouchers to let students attend private schools at public expense.»

For unions, however, it means that administrators make decisions about where, when, and how teachers do their work and how incentives are structured - which is unacceptable.

An internal document prepared off the record for American Federation of Teachers union activists and accidentally posted online explains how union lobbying in Connecticut worked to undermine a full version of the trigger.

Beyond inflammatory rhetoric about teacher unions, pay - for - performance, and other hot - button school policies, we need to be thoughtful about how our decisions affect teachers — and, ultimately, our children.

Neither of the nation's two major teachers» unions has trouble finding fault with the many provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act nor with how much the Bush administration is spending to help states and districts implement the law.

In his eight years as Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty's «push against the teachers union grew stronger,» Sherry writes, and he called for tying teacher pay to performance, bringing up the state's standards, and urging state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

Though Denver had a typical salary schedule (see Figure 1) our data overthrow many of the preconceived notions held by teacher unions, school administrators, policy leaders, and opinion makers about how teachers perceive compensation systems.

Here, the NCLB rollout has gone like this: the first three to four years were spent with teachers (99 % white), backed by their distant but powerful union leaders, kicking and screaming about how bad and nasty NCLB was.

Strange Bedfellows Dillon calls it a «strange - bedfellows twist,» and his story describes how Michelle Rhee, former D.C. superintendent, has hired George Parker, former head of the district's teachers union, as a part time senior fellow at her new advocacy organization Students First.

The internal debate has serious implications for the organization, several of its leaders say, because any changes in the way teachers are rewarded would inevitably affect how instruction is delivered, how schools are organized, and what role teachers» unions play in such areas as collective bargaining.

You won't find much about union support, but you will learn more about how officials and average citizens are coming to see that teacher and school effectiveness can be measured and improved.

It helps teachers and students talk about: 1) How the European Union works 2) The events that led to the referendum 3) Who can vote and how 4) The outcome: what happens if the UK votes to remain in the EU or leave the EU Keywords: EU Referendum, Politics, Democracy, Voting, Brexit, Leave, Remain, Labour, Conservative To read our EU Referendum Special, which includes articles, features, opinion pieces and a student vote, go to http://theday.co.uk/special/2016/eu-voHow the European Union works 2) The events that led to the referendum 3) Who can vote and how 4) The outcome: what happens if the UK votes to remain in the EU or leave the EU Keywords: EU Referendum, Politics, Democracy, Voting, Brexit, Leave, Remain, Labour, Conservative To read our EU Referendum Special, which includes articles, features, opinion pieces and a student vote, go to http://theday.co.uk/special/2016/eu-vohow 4) The outcome: what happens if the UK votes to remain in the EU or leave the EU Keywords: EU Referendum, Politics, Democracy, Voting, Brexit, Leave, Remain, Labour, Conservative To read our EU Referendum Special, which includes articles, features, opinion pieces and a student vote, go to http://theday.co.uk/special/2016/eu-vote/

The two major teachers unions issued critical statements, with the National Education Association claiming «the Trump administration has demonstrated just how out of touch it is with what works best for students, parents, educators and communities,» and the American Federation of Teachers describing DeVos as «the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet - level Department of Educationteachers unions issued critical statements, with the National Education Association claiming «the Trump administration has demonstrated just how out of touch it is with what works best for students, parents, educators and communities,» and the American Federation of Teachers describing DeVos as «the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet - level Department of EducationTeachers describing DeVos as «the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet - level Department of Education.»

I've watched the leaders of our teachers» unions talking about how teacher pay is poor and teacher working conditions are poor and everything's poor and everyone is doing badly, but that they are going to fix it.

But the country's largest teachers union, the National Education Association, still frets that the program lacks sufficient accountability for results: «Voucher students are not included in state assessments, so taxpayers have no way of knowing how the voucher funds have been spent, and how students have fared.»

It also revealed that teachers with more than six years of experience are more likely to have information about inspection and how Ofsted works shared with them by their senior leadership, or through membership of a teaching association or union.

After each teacher's tale, you'll find the details for how you can apply to the Fund for Teachers, the Earthwatch Institute's Education Fellowships, the Fulbright - Hays Seminars Abroad program, the English - Speaking Union of the United States's British Universities Summer School Program, and others.

A DfE spokesman said: «As part of her ongoing discussions with unions, the secretary of state has invited teacher and headteacher unions to a new programme of talks to discuss the issues raised by their members and how we can work together to address them.

SAP's Alberti insists that teachers and the unions have supported the standards despite reservations about testing and how agencies were rolling them out.

And it should be no surprise that, as we have these confusions on assessment types, that the state teachers» union is running TV spots on how horrible testing is and how there is nothing a test can tell a parent that a teacher can't already relAnd it should be no surprise that, as we have these confusions on assessment types, that the state teachers» union is running TV spots on how horrible testing is and how there is nothing a test can tell a parent that a teacher can't already reland how there is nothing a test can tell a parent that a teacher can't already relay.

And this is how the teachers unions have used their political power in shaping the nation's schools: not by imposing the policies they want, but by blocking or weakening those they don't want — and thus preventing true refoAnd this is how the teachers unions have used their political power in shaping the nation's schools: not by imposing the policies they want, but by blocking or weakening those they don't want — and thus preventing true refoand thus preventing true reform.

There's been scant real information on how much teacher unions matter, how exactly they seek to wield influence, and whether they wield more of it in some places than others.

The most telling example may be in New York, where the simultaneous effort to change testing and accountability fueled intense concerns about how the tests would affect teacher job security, engendering fierce backlash and strong teachers union support for the «opt - out» movement.

«Last week the education secretary announced a strategy to drive recruitment and boost retention of teachers, working with the unions and professional bodies, and we've been consulting on how to improve development opportunities for teachers, whether they decide to move into a leadership role or want to continue teaching in the classroom.

The unions insist that pay be determined by formal criteria - seniority, education - that are not measures (or causes) of how much students learn and that any teacher can satisfy.