Sentences with phrase «let teachers and their unions»

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Let's end with more words from this great master and teacher: O you who were created for union with God himself and whom he is ever attracting to himself, what are you doing with your precious lives, with your time?

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 rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

Then the unions fed the paranoid «opt out» movement, with hundreds of thousands of parents (mostly middle - class Long Islanders) refusing to let their kids take the state exams that measure student achievement — and Cuomo waved the white flag on using exams as part of teacher evaluations.

The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

It started by reaching out to all the stakeholders — parents, unions, school administrators, students, and teachers — and letting them know they were not alone.

But let's also not discount teachers» unions ability to adapt and change with the shifting political tides — this is not the first time (and likely not the last time) the political pendulum will swing away from teachers» union interests.

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.»

On education matters, he appoints the school board and lets the members run the Boston schools as they please — so long as they avoid upsetting the local teachers union.

Let's hope that Seattle and Baltimore are a stronger indication of the future of union - district cooperation around teaching evaluations than is the case of DC and that when properly engaged, unions can embrace the idea of teacher evaluations that include a component for student performance as well as compensation packages that are linked to evidence of effective teaching practices.

I think teachers are disillusioned; that's why the union has to step up to the plate and say, «Let's bring some sanity to this process.»

The first is that the teacher unions win, and we head back to a future in which we just let teachers teach without meddlesome interference from above.

In a post after I won a Tribune contest that let me ask Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and CPS CEO Jean - Claude Brizard some tough questions, I was able to bring up the issue that we lack college - prep schools on the Southwest side.

We'd like to propose an «unless» that could get teachers, administrators, policymakers, and unions on the same page: Let's keep yardsticks off the teaching profession, unless... unless teacher evaluation leads to these changes:

The administration doesn't want to let reform - minded school districts miss out on Race to the Top funding just because their states are recalcitrant dinosaurs in the grip of teacher unions, etc.S o they're going to try something unusual: channeling dollars AROUND the states and directly to districts.

Since Pavlov and teacher union officials rarely talk, let alone have anything resembling a productive relationship, any misunderstanding — if one exists — isn't patched up.

Klein also gave schools A through F letter grades based on student performance, ended the teachers» union's practices of letting teachers pick schools based on their seniority, and established a citywide curriculum.

Whatever anyone thinks about charter schools or district schools, education reformers or teachers unions, Democrats or Republicans, or any other false choice that has divided our politics and our district, let's stipulate that everyone on all sides of this debate are good people who care about kids.

Let lawmakers and the state teachers union argue about money and control.

Education policy would let him play up his focus on bipartisan cooperation, at least on issues like tenure reform, while maintaining his image of being tough on the teacher unions and low performing school districts.

We'll let you know when we hear back from any of the remaining candidates — or when we have more to tell you about how the district and union communicated with teachers about the new teacher evaluation guidance.

It's analogous to the way that «reformers» will let anyone teach, just so long as so doing undermines teachers» unions and destroys teachers» professional status.

And there is no better way to complete the public schooling monopoly — to let the teacher unions, administrator associations, and other adult interests do one - stop shopping for domination — than to centralize power in one plaAnd there is no better way to complete the public schooling monopoly — to let the teacher unions, administrator associations, and other adult interests do one - stop shopping for domination — than to centralize power in one plaand other adult interests do one - stop shopping for domination — than to centralize power in one place.

In fact, all parents should have a right to sidestep the tricks of the traditionalists and teachers unions, knock down doors and demand the best education treat possible — a choice of a public or private school for their children — and let the edu - dollars follow the student.

This is pure union obstructionism and especially laughable coming from an organization whose mantra is, «Let's spend bushels more on public education... but don't hold any unionized teachers accountable.»

Now that the dust has settled on the tentative contract agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools, and all the parties have patted themselves on the back, let's take a closer look at what was lost at the bargaining table.

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, a black women, is one of the most important leaders in the country against corporate education reform, and she led the union in the «Let Us Teach!&rUnion president Karen Lewis, a black women, is one of the most important leaders in the country against corporate education reform, and she led the union in the «Let Us Teach!&runion in the «Let Us Teach!»

At the same time, let's get rid of protectionism from unions and let good teachers really do their jobs while bad teachers either learn how to improve their craft or do something else.

Last year, The Lens revealed that the board of Lusher Charter School privately discussed how to deal with a teachers» union drive and orchestrated meetings so they didn't have to let the public in.

Mrs. Clinton made the terrible mistake of diverting from the teacher union party line by saying, «when schools get it right, whether they are traditional public schools or public charter schools, let's figure out what's working... and share it with schools across America.»

And, as one who often gives NJEA leaders grief, let's give credit where credit is due: I'm proud to live in a state where the primary teacher union advocates for historically under - served students.

Teachers - union members were even more blunt in their opposition: «Let's be very clear and dispel any notion that the school board majority, representing more than $ 15 million in political donations from the charter lobby, is here in the best interest of our public schools,» charged United Teachers Los Angeles secretary Arlene Inouye.

Sadly, most superintendents, boards of education and even the teachers» unions are letting parents and schoolchildren down by not informing them of the pernicious nature of the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) test.

Let me close with a few questions for the New York totalitarians, AROS, the teachers unions, and any of their friends who agree with them.