Not exact matches
After last week's Vergara v. California ruling,
New York's teachers unions and education
reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's
tenure laws.
Education
reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the
New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against
New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local
tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.
One of the hottest tickets was a session led by Charlotte Danielson, the architect of a teacher - evaluation model being used in a majority of
New Jersey school districts as part of the state's new tenure - reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performan
New Jersey school districts as part of the state's
new tenure - reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performan
new tenure -
reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performance.
Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA:
New Law,
New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher
Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?
This alignment of goals contributed to the rash of statehouses that
reformed teacher
tenure and evaluation
laws from 2010 to 2014, with prominent Democrats such as
New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo championing the cause.
Reform New York state's outmoded
tenure law to enable principals to effectively manage their schools and staffs.
A state arbitrator has decided the first contested case under the state's
new tenure -
reform law that involves a teacher's classroom performance.
Education
Reform Now claims credit for
New Jersey's draconian anti-teacher
tenure law that was designed to undermine the rights of teachers and the teaching profession.
Of that, $ 1.25 million will be made available to districts in grants to help pay for training of administrators and teachers in the state's
new teacher - evaluation system under the
tenure reform law known as TEACHNJ.
During his
tenure, he spearheaded significant educational
reforms, pioneering a
new model of multidisciplinary legal studies, enlarging the clinical education program, revamping to foster a public service ethos, and developing the international
law program to support a growing emphasis on globalization in legal practice.
As the Christie administration's
new regulations for teacher evaluation near a critical juncture, the prime author of the landmark
tenure reform law behind the proposed rules said the administration may be moving too aggressively in some places.