Sentences with phrase «including city teachers»

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Education policymakers — including big city mayors such as Chicago's Rahm Emanuel (D)-- see rating teachers by student test scores as reasonable and know voters and big foundations feel the same way.

Both of Evanston's school boards acknowledged the potential pitfalls of creating such a job — nearly 10,000 children attend the city's two districts, which include a total of 17 schools — and teachers at the high school publicly voiced their overwhelming opposition to it.

An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

Yet its donors include groups and individuals with wide - ranging business with the City of New York — including the American Federation of Teachers, developer Two Trees Management and supporters of the effort to ban horse carriages in Central Park.

Yesterday marked the end of a second straight sub-par fiscal year for most of the nation's state and local public pension funds, including all five New York City funds and the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS).

Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed incentives, including merit pay, so the city can retain and recruit the best teachers during his State of the City address last Thursday in the Brcity can retain and recruit the best teachers during his State of the City address last Thursday in the BrCity address last Thursday in the Bronx.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

Panepinto confirmed then that four staffers had left his Senate payroll since the end of December, including Daniel Corum, a former employee of the New York City teachers union who worked on the senator's 2014 campaign before joining his staff in 2015.

The city's four biggest funds, including those for teachers, firefighters and cops, lagged their peers in a Post analysis of the 50 «most active» city and state public pension private equity investors.

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has argued that nearly half of the city's college - ready students come from only ten percent of the city's public high schools, including Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art.

Other provisions include an agreement to implement yet to be finalized changes in employee health care intended to save at least $ 3.4 billion, a loosening of regulations intended to allow greater control by individual principals and teachers, an increase in parent / teacher interactions, changes in teacher professional development and evaluations and an enhanced ability of the City to terminate teachers who behave inappropriately and teachers who are in the Absent Teacher Rteacher interactions, changes in teacher professional development and evaluations and an enhanced ability of the City to terminate teachers who behave inappropriately and teachers who are in the Absent Teacher Rteacher professional development and evaluations and an enhanced ability of the City to terminate teachers who behave inappropriately and teachers who are in the Absent Teacher RTeacher Reserve.

NYSUT — an umbrella union that includes the city United Federation of Teachers — has made no secret of its disdain for Johnson.

Bloomberg also reiterated his threat to lay off «thousands» of city employees — including teachers — if the state fails to act.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, whose large Democratic conference includes legislators friendly to the state teacher's union and New York City residents, has said he would be in favor of a cap, but with some exemptions.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

City Councilman Daniel Dromm, a fellow Democrat and former public school teacher whose district includes Jackson Heights, played host and moderator.

Many of those challenges include political pressure, primarily from advocates for the city's unionized teachers.

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

E.J. McMahon: «Yesterday marked the end of a second straight sub-par fiscal year for most of the nation's state and local public pension funds, including all five New York City funds and the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS).»

The jury includes three people in nursing, a transit employee, a campus recruiter, an employee with the New York City Education Department, a salesman, a preschool teacher, a cabdriver, an office manager and a technician.

This system already exists in New York City, and it has enabled dozens of grassroots community advocates - including librarians, teachers and tenant leaders - to challenge corporate - backed candidates and win election to city offCity, and it has enabled dozens of grassroots community advocates - including librarians, teachers and tenant leaders - to challenge corporate - backed candidates and win election to city offcity office.

Paladino insisted he was being unfairly targeted by his enemies over the removal, including the city's teachers union.

Under the mayor's plan, which matches a similar increase for state employees enacted by Cuomo last year, about 50,000 city workers — including crossing guards, prekindergarten teachers, custodial workers and others — would see their pay reach the $ 15 - an - hour level by the end of 2018, making them some of the country's highest paid municipal employees.

New York City teachers, who were included in the data for the first time, performed worse than their colleagues in the rest of the state, with only 9 percent earning the «highly effective» rating, compared to 58 percent outside the cCity teachers, who were included in the data for the first time, performed worse than their colleagues in the rest of the state, with only 9 percent earning the «highly effective» rating, compared to 58 percent outside the citycity.

The state Education Department on Tuesday released preliminary results of the second year of the mandatory teacher - evaluation system, which included data from New York City for the first time.

ALBANY — On the last night of the legislative session, lawmakers in Albany passed a flurry of bills, including a measure that would lower New York City's speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour, and alter the state's current teacher evaluations system.

The deal also includes the settlement of a bitter stumbling block between New York City's teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers, and the administration of Mayor Mike Blteachers union, the United Federation of Teachers, and the administration of Mayor Mike BlTeachers, and the administration of Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

Almost 127,000 teachers were evaluated (New York City schools weren't included because of delays in developing their system) and they fell into one of four categories: Highly effective, 50 percent; Effective, 42 percent; Developing, 4 percent; and Ineffective, 1 percent.

With so many other cuts under consideration, including thousands of teacher layoffs, it's unclear whether this will become a priority at the City Council.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

Enough to hire at least five rookie sheriff's deputies (or five city teachers) for a year, including benefits.

The remaining sponsors include WNBC - TV; the New York Daily News; City University and the United Federation of Teachers.

The 50 - year city educator says some of her major accomplishments in her inaugural year include new contracts for teachers and principals, the rollout of universal pre-K and the creation of 128 community schools with added social services.

Despite a recent news report indicating that student feedback is not likely to be included in New York City's new teacher evaluation system, the poll found firm backing for this idea.

In 2015, the awards will include the «Inspire Award» for city school teachers, with a $ 200 prize, and additional awards drawn from the categories of business, volunteers and making a difference — all focused on support for city students.

In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program.

If the bill is passed, the city would also be required to report a slew of new information to the state annually, including statistics about teachers, principals, admissions, student demographics, school overcrowding, expenditures, and more.

Thanks to M & T Bank, which is donating the booth for our use, and to our volunteers — including city school music teachers — who will be sitting at the booth.

The list includes «Sex and the City» actress Cynthia Nixon; former Clinton White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes; Bertha Lewis of the old ACORN grass - roots organization; and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, partner of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

The BTF presented then rested its case first after calling two witnesses, including a City Honors teacher and BTF President Phil Rumore.

The report recommends a longer school day, higher starting pay for city school teachers and removing outdated provisions including cosmetic surgery.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

Also included will be $ 1.8 million to expand the city's Emergency Food Assistance Program, $ 1.14 million to fund 80 new crossing guards, and $ 6.6 million for 50 new physical education teachers at city schools, the news release said.

Monday's hearing at the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany is expected to include testimony from the chancellor of the City University of New York, Matthew Goldstein; state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr.; State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, leaders of the teachers union and other officials.

The panel includes activist and retired Rochester city school district teacher Howard Eagle, and Carla Walker, a city resident and parent activist.

Cuomo's national strategy also explains other high - profile actions, including his belated embrace of a «women's agenda,» his refusal to permit «fracking» for natural gas even after repeatedly promising to do so, his anti-gun Safe Act, his embrace of the teachers unions he had once sharply criticized, and his recent high - profile crackdown on Korean - owned nail salons in the city that, according to a deeply flawed report in the New York Times, were exploiting their immigrant workers, said the source.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several communityteachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several communityTeachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

Speakers will include Dr. Barbara Wallace, Columbia University, Teacher's College; Dr. Mardia Stone, MD, PhD, Health Advisor to Liberian Government; Eluemuno Blyden, PhD, Virologist AfriVax; Dr. Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, NYC DOHMH Assistant Commissioner; Dana March, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University; Rudolph Pyatt, Deputy General Counsel, NYC Commission on Human Rights; Assistant Commissioner Israel Rosario of the Mayor's Office on Immigrant Affairs; Christina Farrell, Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs, New York City Office of Emergency Management; and Health and Hospitals Corporation President Dr. Raju Ramanathan, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE.

The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, strongly criticized the temporary moratorium until 2017 on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system.

She worked as a bilingual teacher and served as principal of IS 218 in Washington Heights, and was later named superintendent of School District 8 in the Bronx, which includes some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.