It was 2010, the federal Race to the Top competition was well under way, and Terrance Carroll, a Democrat who was then the speaker of the House of Representatives, had the task of getting a bill that the state's largest and
most powerful teachers» union refused to support through several key committee votes.
First, the idea for charter schools came from one of
the most powerful teachers» unions in the nation, the American Federation of Teachers.
Even for
the most powerful teachers out there, life turns upside down.
She's shared the stage with many of
the most powerful teachers in the world.
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's ruling that Superintendent Kriner Cash can circumvent the union contract to make changes at receivership schools will likely end in a court battle with one of
the most powerful teachers unions in the country.
Example is still
the most powerful teacher.
As such, it can be
the most powerful teacher that any human being can encounter.
«It's unproven at best,» Mark Jewell, president - elect of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), one of
the most powerful teacher lobbying groups in Raleigh, told House lawmakers last week.
Not exact matches
The monopoly is defended by what is probably the
most powerful political lobby in America, the
teachers» unions.
Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest
teachers» union and one of the
most politically
powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?
Mr. Cuomo protected New York City
teachers, one of the state's
most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end
teacher seniority protections.
While some of the
most politically
powerful unions like the United Federation of
Teachers, 1199 SEIU and 32 BJ SEIU calculated that Bill Thompson, Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Christine Quinn were viable pro-labor choices for mayor, throwing their weight behind them, Mr. Seabrook ignored Mr. Liu's stagnant poll numbers.
He said he views his school aid proposals with the
most optimism because
powerful teacher unions will make the case on both sides of the aisle.
Meanwhile, Jackson has the endorsement of the
teachers unions, which have one of the
most powerful get - out - the - vote operations in the state.
Caught up in the lobby logjam recently were members of the state's
most powerful public employees» and
teachers» unions - there to «pick Silver's pockets,» as one lobbyist said to another.
The United Federation of
Teachers, one of the
most powerful unions in the city, has voted to recommend backing State Senator Adriano Espaillat in his bid to unseat Charlie Rangel, the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
California's
teachers have some competition for the title of
most powerful union in California.
NYSUT also won't be blocking any of its affiliates —
most notably the
powerful downstate
teachers union, UFT — from going their own way in endorsements if they so choose.
The
teachers union, considered by many to be «the
most powerful interest group in the Capitol,» has stepped up its political giving in the wake of Vergara v. California, a landmark court ruling that could ultimately throw out California's
teacher tenure system.
The predictor that emerged as
most powerful in both the UNC study and the UC San Francisco analysis was letters of recommendation from applicants» undergraduate
teachers — in other words, subjective assessments from people who presumably knew both them and their subjects well.
Wieman told the committee that «
powerful, vested interests» on college campuses discourage the adoption of new ways to teach science and train future science
teachers, saying that
most universities place a higher priority on research productivity than on student learning.
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The result is that, as our nation has struggled to improve its public schools, the
teacher unions have emerged as the fiercest,
most powerful defenders of the status quo, and the single greatest obstacle to the reform of American education.
I agree with Stuart's comment on feedback - one of the
most powerful influences on student learning - and best from the
teacher
«[
Teachers] are telling us that they find that it's some of the
most powerful professional development they've ever done,» Gore says.
The board was unwilling to take on the
powerful teacher union in many instances when it
most mattered.
Furthermore,
teacher unions that vehemently oppose vouchers are a
powerful force within
most state legislatures, almost assuring rejection in
most places.
I feel that what this
teacher needs to do is filter out non-essential great ideas and focus on what will bring the greatest and
most powerful return.
One of the
most powerful parts of the training, especially in building empathy, was giving
teachers the opportunity to meet a transgender student.
If Crist becomes Florida's next Senator, the
teacher unions can claim that they are not only the
most powerful interest group in Florida but strong enough to underpin a third - party movement.
Despite her belief that «the
most powerful way to learn something is to use it,» educational consultant and former Washington high school
teacher Eeva Reeder says she would «have a hard time arguing in favor of [a project graduation requirement] unless it's done right.»
There's plenty of conventional wisdom, to be sure, mostly along the lines of, «unions are
most powerful where every
teacher must belong to them and every district must bargain with them and least consequential in «right - to - work» states.»
But among them, the
teacher unions are almost always the
most active and
powerful, and they generally take the lead in championing the cause of employee interests in politics.
The interviews suggest that the
teacher unions are typically the
most powerful participants in school - board elections and that their power is common across districts of all sizes (and not restricted to large urban districts).
The first is that the
teacher unions are far and away the
most powerful actors in American education.
And these people are represented by organizations —
most prominently, the
teachers unions — that are extraordinarily
powerful in politics, and are even now taking action to prevent technology from transforming American education.
Teachers, school leaders and how we organize schools it turns out are among the
most powerful antidotes of all.
The best apps for
teachers will always be those that optimize bulky admin processes, support and encourage remote teamwork and bring
powerful data together in its simplest and
most accessible form.
One of the
most powerful forms of feedback used by effective
teachers was the one - to - one interview with a student.
The
teacher can be the
most powerful force in modeling and teaching how to control anger, resolve conflicts, and motivate students.
Experiential learning and constructivism, among other ways of thinking about how students learn, hold that learning is not only available outside the confines of the iconic
teacher - student relationship, but is perhaps
most powerful there as well.
But our formal educational institutions stand out as the places where our future citizens spend the
most hours, and where they encounter
powerful role models —
teachers, staff, older students — who impact how they think and how they behave.
Even weakened, together the NEA and the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT) constitute the single
most powerful force in American education policy.
Challenging as well as informative Some of the
most powerful learning occurs when professional development causes a
teacher to re-evaluate their fundamental beliefs around mechanisms of learning and effective teaching.
While AB 934 was once an honest attempt to support effective
teachers and prioritize quality in California's education system, the bill is now the product of backroom deals in the state capital with the state's
most powerful special interest groups.
Data: Timely, credible, interim assessments that generate actionable data were among the
most powerful strategies districts used and key to engaging
teachers in using data.
The strategy of flipping your classroom that I learned from Jon Bergmann has been, without exception, the single,
most powerful overnight transformation in education I have ever seen in my 30 + years as a
teacher.
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Teacher Efficacy which was demonstrated by John Hattie to be one of the
most powerful influences in effect sizes related to student achievement.