He inherited a deadlocked
negotiation over teacher evaluations between the Bloomberg administration and the United Federation of Teachers that exposed the state to the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds.
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.
Not exact matches
that the issue of whether to limit public access to the
teacher evaluations popped up in the last - minute budget
negotiations over the weekend.
Bloomberg in turn accused the union of walking away from
negotiations over a new
teacher evaluation system.
Heastie did not offer details on his
negotiations with Cuomo
over the controversial education proposals, including a plan to overhaul
teacher evaluations and one to provide the state with the power to take
over failing schools and districts.
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he would seek the right to take
over teacher evaluation planning in New York City if local
negotiations fall through again, f...
Negotiations between the city and union
over new
teacher evaluations broke down in December.
LA School Report has learned that LAUSD has filed a «declaration of impasse» in their
negotiations with UTLA
over teacher evaluations, and as a result the
negotiations have gone to mediation with the Public Employee Relations Board.
The letter, dated Tuesday, came as the union and school district say they want to begin formal
negotiations over a new
teacher evaluation system.