Sentences with phrase «of angry teachers»

Images in newspapers and on TV of angry teachers in the streets of Chicago and New York with placards demanding higher wages while their students are locked out of their schoolrooms for days stand in stark contrast to the well - dressed, soft - spoken teachers of our childhood.

Education policy expert Jay Greene addresses this phenomenon in The Army of Angry Teachers which was posted on Education Matters, his own blog, and elsewhere last week.

Greene writes «But when the public face of the teacher unions is the Army of Angry Teachers, they no longer seem like Mary Poppins and begin to look a lot more like longshoremen beating their opponents with metal pipes.»

The teacher union - backed SOS (Save Our Schools) March on Washington — will have the Army of Angry Teachers and others taking to the streets and screaming about various education issues such budgetary shortfalls that must be made up by «taxing the rich.»

Reformers have delusions of influence because of the thousands of followers they have on Twitter and the number of hits to their web sites, failing to realize how much bigger the likes of Diane Ravitch and her Army of Angry Teachers are in social media.

But when the public face of the teacher unions is the Army of Angry Teachers, they no longer seem like Mary Poppins and begin to look a lot more like longshoremen beating their opponents with metal pipes.

It'll be Randi Weingarten, Diane Ravitch and their army of angry teachers who will drive a stake through the heart of Common Core, not me or any other current critic.

When the leaders of the American Federation of Teachers — whose president Randi Weingarten hopes to become Secretary of Education — endorsed Clinton without holding local meetings to consult the members, hundreds of angry teachers rebelled and signed up with Labor for Bernie.

Not exact matches

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

«I am angry that a man who was a violent, aggressive bully, a drunkard with an unhealthy interest in children, and that was obvious, was allowed to be a principal of a school, was allowed to be teacher in a school over a long number of years, allowed access to young boys.

Nita Ashford, a Cleveland school teacher and a relative of Fletcher, told NewsChannel5 that her family was attacked by angry Browns fans as the family left Sunday's game.

If on the day of the meeting you do not agree with what the teacher says, do not be angry - remain positive and calm, as you try to reason with the teacher.

The other day, for purposes of replying to an angry teacher who used textbooks made by our publishing house, we asked our resident botanist to respond and he wrote a long statement.

These are fantastic tips and as a former preschool teacher and current mom of three boys under 7, I can definitely agree that it's not always easy to avoid your angry voice!

Moskowitz has cancelled school tomorrow at all 22 of her charters, and plans to bus angry parents, students and teachers to Albany to protest de Blasio's decision.

Angry and extensive coverage has characterised last week's Chicago teachers» strike as a series of splits: children's interests vs. teachers» interests; «reform» vs. «status - quo»; elites vs. the public.

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On the schools, the teachers are angry, because he's underfunding and he's imposing these high - stakes tests and the evaluations of teacher based on that.

Angry at the idea of teacher layoffs?

Angry teachers held a mock grand jury Tuesday night and indicted Governor Cuomo for such things as depriving students of enough school aid to meet the State Constitution and forcing standardized tests on students.

Teachers are angry at the Government's continual undermining of their pay, pensions and working conditions.

Cuomo's veto of a bill that would have protected teachers at risk of losing their jobs for two years is being described as everything from a case of «angry sour grapes» to «strange» to «a brave and good move» by teachers, union leaders, administrators and reform advocates.

There was drama and confusion on Monday when teachers and pupils of the school had to run for their lives when angry and heavily built young men stormed the school premises to attack caterers of the School Feeding Programme.

The labor community has been pretty pissed off with incumbent lawmakers this year, particularly the public employees and the teachers, who were very angry about the passage of Tier 6 — so much so that CSEA is holding off on contributions and endorsements until further notice.

New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee says teachers are angry over what they see as Governor Cuomo's increasingly negative view of their union, and the public education system in Teachers President Karen Magee says teachers are angry over what they see as Governor Cuomo's increasingly negative view of their union, and the public education system in teachers are angry over what they see as Governor Cuomo's increasingly negative view of their union, and the public education system in general.

New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Karen Magee says teachers are angry over what they see as the governor's increasingly negative view of their union and the public education system in Teachers (NYSUT) President Karen Magee says teachers are angry over what they see as the governor's increasingly negative view of their union and the public education system in teachers are angry over what they see as the governor's increasingly negative view of their union and the public education system in general.

There was drama and confusion on Monday [March 27, 2017] when teachers and pupils of the school had to run for their lives when angry and heavily built young men stormed the school premises to attack caterers of the School Feeding Programme.

Tony Okafor A mathematics teacher at the Community Secondary School, Isuofia in Anambra State, Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe, and his family members narrowly escaped being lynched by some angry youths in their Agba village, Ekwulobia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State penultimate week, when news filtered that the teacher had secretly married his 17 - year - old -LSB-...]

There were many reasons for city workers to be angry on June 16 as they rallied at City Hall to «Save Our City» from devastating budget cuts, but for classroom teachers perhaps the biggest fear was of being «excessed» — as in being placed on the Absent Teacher Reserve list.

With the threat of 4,200 teacher layoffs still looming as the school year draws to a close, an angry Michael Mulgrew called on the delegates to be prepared to hit the streets this summer in the event that even one teacher receives a pink slip.

«Same smoke, same mirrors, same attempt to blame others for his decision to lay off thousands of teachers, despite increased state aid, hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenues and a surplus that has grown to more than $ 3.2 billion,» Mulgrew said in an angry response to the mayor's presentation.

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Teachers were angry at one member of the Campaign for Real Education's comments about sabbaticals, says Stephen Petty

From the early days, I was dismayed that most government agencies saw charter schools more as an escape valve for angry parents and disaffected teachers, not as a way to create better schools by establishing binding performance goals and consequences, placing the locus of authority and accountability at the school level, and pushing schools to be distinctive and purposeful about their instruction.

On one occasion, Wheeler told the children, some of the older boys became very angry with the teacher because he whipped them, so they picked him up and threw him out the school window.

An angry parent came barging through my classroom door and accused me of being a terrible teacher.

It helps when teachers like kids and like teaching — I know that sounds obvious but demoralized, angry, and frustrated teachers bring a different kind of energy to the job than do those who look forward to their work.

I get angry when fellow reformers cavalierly propose to do away with Common Core for the sake of school choice or, more to the point, when they suggest that «pausing» the implementation of the standards or tests is necessary to keep them from disrupting the move to consequential teacher evaluations.

Students who are angry might make threatening comments to their teacher as a way of venting frustration and exercising power.

What feels like success to angry teachers is actually sowing the seeds of failure for the teacher union.

Diane Ravitch and Valerie Strauss may provide psychological comfort to angry teachers (some of whom seem so irate that they may need professional psychological help to manage their anger), but it undermines the double - game that is at the heart of the teacher union strategy.

A recent study noted that 40 percent of U.S. faculty members have ignored cases of cheating in their courses, an indication that teachers don't want to rock the boat or deal with angry parents.

Wow, students who actually want to learn and are angry at the attitude of the teachers.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

A small but loud and angry faction of teachers and advocates on the political left want the NEA and the AFT to be more aggressive in resisting those efforts, which they associate with the Obama administration.

Bauerlein is even angrier with the «digital enthusiasts,» who equate an interest in the new media with learning, «the custodians of culture... the teachers, professors, writers, journalists, intellectuals who will not insist upon the value of knowledge and tradition.»

Typing «What's wrong with teacher evaluation» into search engines produces pages of well - reasoned thought and evidence, not just angry rants.

Teachers are right to be angry at those broken promises, especially because so much of the backlash to Common Core has little to do with the standards themselves.

But with four of seven seats on the board up for grabs in Tuesday's election, reformers find themselves fending off a spirited challenge from a coalition of angry parents and well - funded teachers unions.