Sentences with phrase «laying off teachers»

Wonder how many of those superintendents polled are pulling in millions of dollars a year while their schools are laying off teachers and can't afford to buy books for all of the students in the decaying classrooms?

The New Jersey School Boards Association spoke most strongly against the bill, saying it would not end the practice of laying off teachers based on seniority, a practice known as «last in, first out.»

TRENTON — The first major change toNew Jersey's tenure law in a century, but one that leaves intact the practice of laying off teachers based on seniority, won unanimous backing today of a Senate committee.

The state was seen as dysfunctional, it couldn't win federal grant money, its budget was shattered, California was cutting school funds and districts were laying off teachers.

EDSOURCE: These are relatively good times yet we hear that districts are cutting back programs, laying off teachers and other district personnel.

Three key aspects to the state's teacher policies were challenged: the way tenure («permanent employment») is granted, the process for firing teachers, and the last - in - first - out method of laying off teachers when it's financially necessary.

In addition, AB 114, backed by teacher unions, prohibited districts from laying off teachers in anticipation of midyear cuts.

So, let's see — if we indeed have a shortage, why exactly are districts laying off teachers?

For instance, it is irresponsible for officeholders to reduce school funding while giving more tax breaks to big corporations and the super-rich, while laying off teachers and increasing class sizes, and while forcing educators to teach to the test rather than teaching critical thinking or problem - solving.

It's not about laying off teachers for laptops, it's about enhancing the role of the teacher in America's classrooms.

So why, with over half a billion dollars in federal education stimulus money flowing to Connecticut — money intended to promote reform and protect jobs — is Hartford Public High School laying off teachers?

«This consent decree is the first in the country to recognize what everyone already knew - laying off teachers at already vulnerable schools can and does deny kids their right to educational opportunity.

Saying that the state's education code allows school districts flexibility in laying off teachers in order to comply with constitutional requirements to provide equal education to all students, a Superior Court judge granted an injunction today that prevents the Los Angeles Unified School District from laying off teachers at Gompers, Liechty and Markham middle schools this year.

laying off teachers, bringing in short term TFA recruits, creating education consultant positions for your reformer buddies who move in temporarily and then pack up this circus.

It's an interesting shell game, one that we've seen play out recently in the «teacher bailout» pushed for by President Obama; the Wall Street Journal reported that the $ 10 billion subsidy to states to keep them from laying off teachers led to at least $ 100 million in additional dues for the National Education Association.

«The injunction granted by a conscientious and courageous judge establishes the principle that government may not deny children their right to equal educational opportunity by disproportionately laying off teachers in communities such as Watts and Pico - Union.

Arne Duncan, the federal secretary of education, urged state and local authorities to avoid short - sighted decisions as they cut school budgets, and said laying off teachers based solely on seniority was «a wrong way to cut spending.»

Schools would be barred from laying off teachers based on seniority if a bill approved by the Senate Friday becomes law.

Korn said seniority is «the fairest, most objective way of laying off teachers» and noted that other public - sector unions, such as those representing firefighters and police, often use similar systems.

Bridgeport has been laying off teachers; class sizes will jump with the range of classes students may take will drop.

Both moves have guaranteed that the two unions have gotten their way on nearly every educational issue — including the passage of a law last year that bans districts from laying off teachers at the expense of fewer days in school for children in need of more time in classrooms, and Brown's decision to cancel funding for the CalTIDES teacher data system (effectively ending efforts to overhaul teacher evaluations).

and in New York they are laying off teachers and closing schools (so how is opting - out helping) my kid will opt out and next year we should have every kid opt - out — the data we get from the first year will help us in getting rid of all this crap — and then what do we replace it with??

The grant would provide a needed financial infusion as cash - strapped districts statewide are resorting to laying off teachers and shortening the school year to balance budgets.

The Republican majority in the Minnesota House took a solid step forward for K - 12 education last week when it voted to require school districts to consider performance — not just seniority — when laying off teachers.

Teach Plus, for example, which connects groups of teachers to top policy makers in six cities, including Boston, Chicago and Memphis, helped alter the Indianapolis contract to ensure that teacher effectiveness was considered when laying off teachers with less than six years of experience.

Cutting arts classes and laying off teachers should never be an option.

When cutting arts classes and laying off teachers is an option, the legislature needs to respond with a solution.

California, like Connecticut has been facing extraordinary budget problems that have resulted in raising taxes, laying off teachers and cutting instructional programs in public schools.

Ironically, the polar opposite is the reality: when California's economic woes required laying off teachers over the last few years, teachers were pink - slipped according to seniority only, and because those who have been in the system for fewer years are lesser - paid, i.e. the newer, younger teachers, many more of them had to be laid off to save the required amount.

As other districts were laying off teachers, Corona - Norco's union agreed to a pay cut and a five - year salary freeze in 2010.

A really thought out plan where now less than two years later public schools are laying off teachers because of lack of funds.

I suppose the public schools laying off teachers because of lack of funds should also fire ineffective teachers.

I am sure that this is great comfort to all the poverty schools like yours that are laying off teachers because of lack of funds.

Villaraigosa praised Melvoin's role in the Reed v. California lawsuit, which challenged the L.A. district's system of laying off teachers based on seniority.

Within the education field, some cities faced with rising pension costs are already laying off teachers and freezing salaries.

Is there any data on the number of districts that are laying off teachers vs implementing teacher furloughs.

The law had an impact on districts during the early 1990's, when the economic recession forced some districts to consider laying off teachers.

Many doubt such a strategy is possible with an elected board, because closing schools and laying off teachers triggers fierce resistance.

The decision has already influenced other California school districts, including San Francisco and Sacramento, to stop blindly laying off teachers — and the lawsuit could be a model for more ambitious legal action in other states.

But we found out, by like 90/10, that if there were a federal contest, with seven hundred million dollars at stake, at a time when we're talking about laying off teachers in districts all over the place, New York State should be doing everything they can to win it.

Corbett, a Republican, proposes chopping $ 34.1 million from the Pittsburgh public schools, slashing funding for state universities, giving a free hand to districts in laying off teachers and imposing a one - year freeze on the wages of public school employees.

Continuing their battle to stop the mayor from laying off teachers and cutting child care and after - school program funding, a group of parents and community members gathered at City Hall on June 16 to deliver a petition on seven 50 - foot scrolls signed by more than 20,000 New Yorkers telling Mayor Bloomberg and City Council members to invest in school improvement, not cut programs or personnel.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, «Since the city continues to run a multi-billion dollar surplus, New Yorkers should wonder why the mayor insists on laying off teachers.»

A state where a librarian in NYC is paid $ 600,000.00 a year in salary, a convicted felon former state senate leader and comptroller are collecting large pensions but we can only balance the budget by laying off our teachers.

In a statement, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said «The only thing worse than laying off teachers would be laying off the wrong teachers.»

Cuomo's plan may fall short of what the mayor seeks: i.e., an immediate, wholesale end to the state's «Last in, first out» law for laying off teachers.

«If the state was paying 50 percent of the Department of Education, we would not be talking about laying off teachers.»

Bloomberg insists he means it this time, that the money isn't there, and that he isn't laying off teachers to prove a point about LIFO.

In their response to the budget short falls, districts have turned to not only laying off teachers and staff but to closing entire school buildings.

Washington (CNN)- Education Secretary Arne Duncan says a West Virginia school district is laying off teachers due to deep spending cuts across the federal government set to take effect on Friday.