Sentences with phrase «local teachers union official»

New mandated evaluations are rolling out this fall for New York teachers and a local teachers union official says educators are likely nervous.

Local teachers union officials said they planning a rally for this Thursday near City Hall.

Not exact matches

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

Teacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps Teacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps that...

Officials from several states criticized the scoring of the contest, which favored states able to gain support from 100 percent of school districts and local teachers» unions for Obama administration objectives like expanding charter schools, reworking teacher evaluation systems and turning around low - performing schools.

They, along with the teachers unions and local officials, operate a Teacher of the Year contest.

Teachers know that if they lose their unions during a fiscal crisis, they will have no protection at all as long as state and local officials face enormous pressure to cut teaching jobs, compensation, and benefits.

This may be popular with teacher unions and local district officials in Texas, but the general public nationwide may think otherwise.

The settlement ends a dispute that began in 2002, when teacher Nathan Saunders II filed a federal lawsuit against former top union officials, the union's former board of trustees, the AFT, and a local bank.

But within a few years, the law came under bitter attack by teacher unions, local school officials, and small advocacy groups.

An official of a Wisconsin teachers» - union local has stirred up a minor political tempest with a private memo he wrote attacking a state Senate candidate.

A continuing dispute between the local teachers» union and school administrators has some education officials in Detroit worried that several alternative schools that opened in August to lure high school dropouts back to the classroom will be forced to close.

The New Orleans teachers» union and a lawyer for several local families have sued to force the opening of more public schools in the storm - ravaged city, but state education officials contend that enough space is available at the schools already operating.

Charter schools draw fire from teachers» unions and other education groups, who say taxpayer money should be spent to fix traditional public education system rather than creating schools that have less oversight from state and local officials.

• A plan for a new teacher - evaluation system in New York City led to a temporary loss in turnaround funding after city officials clashed with the local teachers union.

A new poll out today suggests many Americans are unfamiliar with the hottest topics in the education world, and that they'd rather trust their local schools and teachers — not the federal government, their elected officials, or unions — to figure out what's best for kids.

Almost every local teachers union in the state without a contract has filed to keep its official status, according to a State Journal analysis.

Officials for the school district say they worked jointly with the local teachers» union to agree on how state - generated test - score data would be interpreted, and took pains to make the evaluation instrument clear, to help make those finer distinctions in performance.

Union officials objected in particular to granting school boards wider dismissal powers, saying at the time that the bill would «open teachers to dismissal at the whim of local administrators, who have shown themselves woefully ill - equipped to protect students or teachers.»

The deal — struck between Republican governor John Kasich, Democratic mayor of Cleveland Frank Jackson, and a bipartisan group of local officials, businessmen, and, yes, even the local teachers» union — is an impressive, encouraging break from the trend of conflict and stalemate.

Back in the summertime, when a lone liberal Democrat state legislator funded by a local oilman was pushing to bring his tax hike proposal to the ballot, a teachers union member's question was published in the CEA Journal (the union's official «rag»):

There, at the entrance, the unionist would find virtually all of the peons and office workers on the staff of the once - mighty Chicago Teachers Union distributing the official local gift to the 3,000 or more delegates gathering from across the USA and around the world.

The push comes amid a heated debate over the voucher program, which the state teachers union and local officials contend pulls money away from traditional public schools.

All five recommendations are unanimously endorsed by the 27 politically diverse commission members, including scholars, teachers» union leaders, state and local education officials, and education reformers and advocates.

In New York and in other locations around the country, the teacher unions have put state and local officials on notice that attempts to punish teachers for speaking honestly about the testing scheme will be met with the full resources of the union.

For comparison, the American Federation of Teachers argued in a report issued in 2008 that compensation is best negotiated between district officials and local teachersTeachers argued in a report issued in 2008 that compensation is best negotiated between district officials and local teachersteachers unions.