«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite
their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
The UFT on Jan. 13 asked the state's Public Employment Relations Board to order mediation to bring
negotiations on a teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools back on track, after the city walked out of the talks during the Christmas break week.
Not exact matches
I am sorry to announce that I have notified Governor Cuomo and other state officials that — despite long nights of
negotiation and a willingness
on the part of
teachers to meet the DOE halfway — the intransigence of the Bloomberg administration
on key issues has made it impossible to reach agreement
on a new
teacher evaluation system.
In an effort to jumpstart all - but - stalled
negotiations on a new
evaluation system for New York City public school
teachers, StudentsFirstNY today launched a «10 Days of $ 300 Million» campaign to highlight the negative impact of losing these funds.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew discusses the union's decision to go to PERB to try to restart
negotiations for a
teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools at a press conference at union headquarters
on Jan. 13.
MANHATTAN —
Negotiations between the city and the
teachers union
on a new
teacher evaluation system fell apart Friday, prompting the State Department of Education to suspend more than $ 60 million in federal funding that had been targeted at some of the city's worst - performing schools.
Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address
on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for
teachers, vowed to step up efforts to remove ineffective
teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of
negotiations over a
teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years.
In a letter sent
on behalf of some families Wednesday to L.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy and the school board — and just before the district begins
negotiations with the American Federation of
Teachers» City of Angels unit over a new contract — Barnes & Thornburg's Kyle Kirwan demanded that the district «implement a comprehensive system» of evaluating teachers that ties «pupil progress» data to teacher eval
Teachers» City of Angels unit over a new contract — Barnes & Thornburg's Kyle Kirwan demanded that the district «implement a comprehensive
system» of evaluating
teachers that ties «pupil progress» data to teacher eval
teachers that ties «pupil progress» data to
teacher evaluations.
This petition demands broad and democratic discussion about the new
evaluation system which would include that (1) our union immediately poll the membership with regard to the new measures agreed upon by our leadership (2) provide more frequent updates
on the
negotiations, (3) host forums at chapter, borough and city - wide levels where members can discuss this new
system, and (4) open the New York
Teacher newspaper and the Edwize blog to alternative viewpoints and information.