Sentences with phrase «majorities of teachers support»

Leading up to oral arguments for Friedrichs v. California E4E conducted a survey of over 1,000 members — current classroom teachers from across the country — and found that a majority of teachers support paying fair - share fees and were opposed to the plaintiffs» position in this case.

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Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers.

In addition, United for the Future, the political committee of the United Federation of Teachers, spent $ 100,000 on online advertising in support of Thompson, though the majority of the $ 3.3 million it spent to support him and other candidates went to traditional mailers.

By an overwhelming majority, (85 - 12), voters support the repeal of the «last in, first out» rule governing teacher layoffs, agreeing that the decision governing who loses a teaching job should be based on performance and not seniority.

«While by 11 points Republicans support allowing teachers to be armed, Democrats, independents and downstaters overwhelmingly oppose it, as do a majority of upstaters and a narrow majority of gun owners,» Greenberg said.

«You can rest assured that there will be people scrutinizing any write - in ballots,» said Philip Rumore, president of the Buffalo Teachers Federation, which is supporting candidates attempting to upend the current majority on the board.

Once again, the political winds on the Buffalo School Board are shifting, with Tuesday's election putting an end to the current majority and replacing it with a new one backed by the teachers union.Candidates supported by the Buffalo Teachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up foteachers union.Candidates supported by the Buffalo Teachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up foTeachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up for grabs.

«While by 11 points Republicans support allowing teachers to be armed, Democrats, independents and downstaters overwhelmingly oppose it, as do a majority of upstaters and a narrow majority of gun owners.»

It's all too easy to make mistakes when you're emotional about the rigged teachers» contract by an incompetent Board of Education majority who sold out the school district as payback to teacher's union leader Phil Rumore for his election support.

A majority of members on the Board of Regents also tend to support the state teachers union, which is one of the groups seeking Paladino's removal.

Newly - released numbers from Siena Research Institute suggest a wide majority of New York State residents support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun control legislation known as the SAFE Act and oppose the idea of arming teachers.

While the majority of 147 teachers surveyed provided some classroom - based support for students, almost half indicated their school had no clear policy for responding to the crisis and half received no training to help them.

They will be representing the majority of teachers and a voice for the education profession, including support staff, lecturers and leaders working in state - funded and independent schools and colleges.

The overwhelming majority of teachers (68 %) indicated support for this testing program when it is used as a diagnostic instrument, and even as a accountability tool when similar schools and / or school districts are being compared.

The majority of respondents indicated that more needs to be done to support teachers, with 58 % stating that they would like to receive more training in delivering financial education.

Charter school conversions, which typically require majority teacher support, are perhaps the closest analogue to the film's version of the trigger.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

According to union NASUWT, the majority of UK schools have no guidelines in place to support teachers who receive online abuse from parents and pupil.

A majority of those who took part in one of the largest ever teacher surveys also said that departmental support had remained static or declined over the same period.

Brimelow suggests repealing collective - bargaining laws so that «school boards would no longer be forced to deal with the union just because a majority of the teachers voting in a certification election supported it.»

Notably, every subgroup in the survey except for public school teachers increased their support of merit pay to a majority of at least 55 percent.

A poll this month by Louis Harris & Associates has found that a majority of Americans support a vast overhaul of the education system, and that nearly three - quarters of the respondents believe teachers, rather than legislatures or school boards, should enact the reforms.

The results suggest the majority of the teacher vote will be Labour, with 65 per cent of correspondents supporting Jeremy Corbyn's party.

Some have wondered why there's not been a groundswell of support from the majority of teachers who, after all, bear the burden of ineffective colleagues.

Similarly, most parents (63 %) support using student test scores in deciding whether to award tenure — again, a policy opposed by the majority of teachers (62 %).

A bare majority of Americans support increasing the salaries of those teaching in challenging school environments instead of using the same funds to offer all teachers a smaller pay increase.

In the majority of schools today, teachers and support staff are the ones logging IT issues for support providers to fix.

Anne has spent the majority of her career in art museums and arts organizations that support teachers and students through arts exposure, arts education, and integration of the arts into classroom teaching.

HTF is a combined fellowship and Master's program from the Harvard Graduate School of Educaiton (HGSE), offering Harvard College seniors and alumni a fully funded teacher licensure / certification pathway and a paid year - long teaching placement; additionally, Fellows have the opportunity to earn a majority - funded Ed.M from HGSE during their teaching placement, and receive continuous coaching and support throughout the program.

Teachers» unions are playing a strong role in state elections this fall, providing candidates across the country with grassroots support, endorsements, and millions of dollars in campaign contributions — the vast majority of that money flowing to Democrats.

The concept of blended learning was fairly new to the majority of teachers, so a key element of Gwinnett County Public Schools» implementation strategy was support to build teachers» knowledge and confidence and to establish effective practices.

To: Speaker Carl Heastie Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine Nolan Majority Leader John Flanagan Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins Senate Education Committee Chair Carl L. Marcellino Governor Andrew Cuomo Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization of over 13,000 New York City public school educators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality educators.

Almost half (41 %) of respondents who cover classes for teachers stated that the role nearly always requires an element of teaching, and the majority (75 %) considered their work to be identical to that of a teacher, despite being paid at a support staff rate.

The New York Times reported that the trigger law portrayed in Won't Back Down differs from its real life counterparts in a key respect: Unlike standard parent triggers laws which require just a majority of parents» signatures to trigger a turnaround, the law in the movie requires support from a majority of a school's teachers as well.

Our core substantive findings cohere with results from the last three decades of education technology research: Most wikis reproduced typical classroom dynamics: the majority of wikis disseminated teacher content rather than nurturing student voice and supported individual activity rather than collaboration.

[quote] Supporting institutions that produce the majority of prospective educators of color is a critical issue if we truly want to address the diversity of our nation's teachers.

The majority of our teachers are credentialed in special education and are therefore prepared to meet the needs of historically low performing youngsters such as students with special needs, English language learners and students in need of remedial support.

Over the past six years at Blue Engine, Aisha has spent the majority of her time in schools coaching teachers and teaching apprentices on how to become highly functional teams that support dramatic academic gains for students.

The majority of teachers noted that both their science pedagogical content knowledge and geospatial pedagogical content knowledge increased as a direct result of their use of the curriculum and educative support materials (Table 3).

In addition, the vast majority of teachers (96 %) report taking on leadership or student support activities beyond their regular assignments even though many are not paid for these extra tasks.

As this PBS article states, the majority of people in the United States support raises for teachers (although I think the more important point is raising per - pupil spending overall).

Survey: Teachers support changes in state job protection laws The majority of public school teachers who participated in a new survey support changes in state teacher job protection laws that were the focus of last year's landmark ruling in Vergara v. CalTeachers support changes in state job protection laws The majority of public school teachers who participated in a new survey support changes in state teacher job protection laws that were the focus of last year's landmark ruling in Vergara v. Calteachers who participated in a new survey support changes in state teacher job protection laws that were the focus of last year's landmark ruling in Vergara v. California.

27a — 8 In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status, evidence that the proposed formation of the charter school has received majority support from certified teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if applicable, from a local school council, shall be demonstrated by a petition in support of the charter school signed by certified teachers and a petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a vote of the local school council held at a public meeting.

[1] According to the survey, «For school districts, which receive the majority of these funds, allowable uses include: recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers; offering professional development in core academic areas; promoting growth and rewarding quality teaching through mentoring, induction, and other support services; testing teachers in academic areas; and reducing class size.»

Teachers on the organizing committee said that despite this, they were confident, based on private conversations with their colleagues, that they would still have a majority in support of the union when taken to a secret vote.

Title II Part A offers critically important supports for solving current teacher shortages that are reported as a «big challenge» in a majority of school districts and in more than 40 states.

If those results hold up, Deasy would maintain a fragile majority in support of his policies, which emphasize holding teachers more accountable for student achievement in the nation's second - largest school district.

«During bargaining and contract discussions, a majority of POLA's teachers recognized that the unique ideals and practices of the school were not supported by UTLA,» the teachers said in a statement.

Although Zimmer has resisted attempts to fire Deasy and has voted for the vast majority of his proposals, he also has supported attempts by the teachers union to modify or soften them.

Is there a majority or consensus of teacher and school administrator support for the chosen vendor?