Sentences with phrase «in teacher opposition»

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The differences, therefore, which produced first a rift and then an irreconcilable opposition between Jesus and the dominant school of Jewish teachers in his time were not in the end (though they might appear at first sight to be) a matter of divergent interpretations of this or that point in the Law.

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It is encapsulated in Terry Moe's recent book «Special Interest» amongst many others: the reformist demand for greater charter - or voucher - based choice and accountability, and opposition to teacher unions.

In the letter, the charter school organization's Kyle Rosenkrans writes to New York State United Teachers Union President Karen Magee and United Federation of Teachers President Micahel Mulgrew that they should focus their attention on struggling schools, not opposition to Cuomo's measures.

Any hint of criticism and out trots the cartoon stereotypes about «ideologues» and «enemies of promise» when, in fact, the opposition is coming from heads, teachers and parents around the country.

According to Casale, this effort brought together volunteers from across the state — Democrats, Republicans and independents; teachers, students and parents — all united in their opposition to the controversial new standards.

Opposition to the tests boiled up after they became more challenging at the same time the state made plans to weigh them heavily in teacher and principal evaluations.

Opposition to the new standards — which establish guidelines for what students should learn in math and English in each grade — has been led nationally by both conservative Republicans and tea party leaders and by teachers unions, which tend to lean left.

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The teachers union has launched a multimillion - dollar TV campaign in opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education cuts with an ad that pits cut schoolchildren against wealthy Wall Street executives.

Cuomo cited the lack of desire to pass the education investment tax credit in the Assembly, given its opposition from the state's teachers unions.

At 7:50 a.m., as part of today's citywide «Protect Our Schools» demonstrations, Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos, families and teachers participate in rallies to express opposition to state government proposals concerning standardized testing and teacher evaluations, P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson, 419 E. 66th St., Manhattan.

The anti-Common Core ballot line was formed by Republicans earlier this year to highlight their opposition to the new education standards, whose roll out in New York has been altered after complaints from parents and teachers.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

They are in fact separate issues, but the teachers» union has effectively played on public unease with one to drive home its own opposition to the other.

In the mailer, McGrath pledges to back the education tax credit — a measure that's faltered in the Legislature amid opposition from the state's teachers unions — as well as a new property tax rebatIn the mailer, McGrath pledges to back the education tax credit — a measure that's faltered in the Legislature amid opposition from the state's teachers unions — as well as a new property tax rebatin the Legislature amid opposition from the state's teachers unions — as well as a new property tax rebate.

The Yonkers Democrat vowed to back an increase in education spending and touted her conference's opposition to education policy measures that sought to link teacher evaluations to Common Core - based test results.

A longtime vocal critic of the school board, Paladino chose to run in opposition of teachers union head Phil Rumore and superintendent Pamela Brown, whose hiring (as well as every other non-interim superintendent hire in the past two decades) Paladino has speculated was at least partially motivated by race.

Yet plenty of opposition remains in Mr. Heastie's Assembly, where Democrats aligned with the teachers» unions are unwilling to back a bill they see a backdoor vouchers program.

Hawkins» opposition to Common Core and Race to the Top, as well as his platform to fully fund schools in an equitable manner has caught the attention of teachers and parents around the state who are distressed about the state of their schools due to high stakes testing, unworkable and narrow standards and a lack of funding.

Since the enactment of No Child Left Behind in 2002, parents» and teachers» opposition to the law's mandate to test «every child, every year» in grades three through eight has been intensifying.

They give a higher evaluation to private schools than to public ones in their local community, but opposition to market - oriented school - reform proposals such as performance pay for teachers and school vouchers seems to be on the rise.

Opposition to basing teacher salaries in part on student progress has grown from 27 percent to 39 percent over the past two years.

It ultimately fails to gain traction, thanks in part to opposition from teachers» unions.

Meanwhile, teachers remain largely united in their opposition to the concept: fully 78 % of teachers express opposition to merit pay, against just 15 % in support.

Early in the 20th century, opposition to overt discrimination and demand for greater teacher skills led to the current single - salary schedule, which pays the same salary to teachers with the same qualifications regardless of grade level taught, gender, or race.

Contrary to what one might expect given the opposition — or at least hearty skepticism — of teachers unions to the charter school movement, districts with a greater union presence were more likely to have a charter school and to have a greater share of public school students enrolled in charter schools in 2003 — 04.

For example, Washington State, among other states, still has no charter school law — mostly because of intense opposition from the teacher unions and other interests vested in the status quo.

Among teachers, opposition to opt - out has declined from 64 % in 2015 to 57 % in 2016.

The opposition leader said that the proposals were a «poor attempt» by the conservative government to «duck their record» on education, which he said had «seen classes grow to the largest in Europe, teachers flocking to leave the profession as pay and conditions stagnate and a raft of corruption scandals at unaccountable Tory academies that have failed to deliver the promised improvements in standards».

«That's providing the opportunity for opponents of that change in high - stakes testing to use the Common Core and its implementation as a justification for delay,» West says, which is why «there are more and more examples of state and local [teachers» unions] coming out in strong opposition to the Common Core.»

Teachers remain largely united in opposition to merit pay, with just 20 % expressing support.

In his infomercial on behalf of for - profit education enterprises, there is a technological determinism that assumes no opposition from or conflict with special interests such as teacher unions, administrators, and education bureaucracies.

However, for policymakers there are three major questions to answer with the adoption of any change or new program: how effective will the change be; how much will it cost; and what are the problems of implementation, including the support or opposition of the stakeholders — in this case principals, teachers and parents — and those who implement it.

In the face of persistent accountability pressure, it is no longer accurate to assume that the interests of teachers and administrators are in oppositioIn the face of persistent accountability pressure, it is no longer accurate to assume that the interests of teachers and administrators are in oppositioin opposition.

Notable recently were the Gates Foundation's call for a two - year moratorium on tying results from assessments aligned to the Common Core to consequences for teachers or students; Florida's legislation to eliminate consequences for schools that receive low grades on the state's pioneering A-F school grading system; the teetering of the multi-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment consortium (down from 24 to 15 members, and with its contract with Pearson to deliver the assessments in limbo because of a lawsuit that alleges bid - rigging); and the groundswell of opposition from parents, teachers, and political groups to the content of the Common Core.

Proponents of performance - based pay insist that these experiments were too limited in scope and were destined to fail in the face of stiff opposition from teachers and unions.

After months of intense opposition to his plan for overhauling the way New York City funds its schools, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has agreed to retool a piece of his proposal that, in part, sought to put more veteran teachers in schools that serve the most disadvantaged students.

«We have remained strong in our opposition to all forced academisation, and this opposition has been echoed by MPs, teachers and parents.

In 2014, teacher support fell to 43 percent and opposition grew to 37 percent.

The Common Core standards initiative was launched in 2009 but by the time new tests aligned with those standards were rolled out 4 to 5 years later, there was mounting opposition to using those tests to evaluate teachers and schools.

In districts that have experienced a smooth transition to block scheduling, the administration has generally dealt with internal opposition that might exist among the staff and brought teachers on board before.

For a number of reasons, the unions have had considerable success in passing teacher - friendly legislation in spite of frequent opposition from school districts in a state or even the department of education.

Indeed, many former supporters of Common Core, including Republican governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Chris Christie of New Jersey, and Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, have withdrawn support of the standards in the face of political opposition from conservative interest groups, teachers unions, and swarms of parents and other voters.

The delegation from Chicago introduced a resolution to place the AFT in full opposition to CCSS, but it was handily defeated in committee, a committee dominated by New York City's United Federation of Teachers, the backbone of the AFT's establishment wing.

Among teachers, opposition to no - disparate - impact discipline is even higher, with 59 percent opposed and only 23 percent in support.

When the local press reported that Edison was expected to assume management of many of the city's schools, the local teachers union mobilized in opposition, and groups of parent and student activists held rallies throughout the city.

Members of the control group were asked whether they would be inclined to vote in support of or in opposition to a teacher evaluation policy change that would remove the use of data from students» performance on state assessments in teachers» performance evaluation.

He helped lead the opposition to many of outgoing Gov. Bobby Jindal's education reforms in 2012, including the expansion of vouchers statewide and tougher job reviews for teachers, the paper reported.

Though Edison was held in high regard by the Republican state secretary of education, it faced strong opposition within Philadelphia, especially from the local teachers union.