Sentences with phrase «of teacher unionism»

The 25 articles weave together issues of teacher unionism, classroom reform, working with local communities, and social justice.

The Chicago teachers» strike of 2012 will be looked back on as a turning point in a new kind of teacher unionism, something that rank - and - file union activists have been advocating for years.

Highlights this spring include a conversation with University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan; a discussion about the future of teacher unionism with National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García and Teach Plus CEO Celine Coggins; and a talk by Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist, filmmaker, and Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas...

As two teachers» union activists in cities that have the nation's first publicly funded voucher programs, we believe that never in the history of teacher unionism has there been a greater urgency to rethink strategy.

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Wayne Urban, professor of education and an expert on teacher unions, notes that NEA president Robert Chase gave a pivotal address on behalf of new unionism at the National Press Club in 1997, calling for «the transformation of his organization away from the adversarial stance institutionalized in collective bargaining toward one that was more professional.»

Even the teachers unions have been in the grip of neoliberal education policies, although for years I have advocated a social movement unionism — that is dedicated to engage beyond workplace concerns, but also in terms of wider political struggle for social and economic justice, for human rights, and for participatory and direct democracy.

If teachers would like to enjoy similar self - policing, argues Denis Doyle, they will need to jettison the tactics of industrial - style unionism in favor of organizations more like the medieval guilds.

As a result, while debates between teachers» unions and reform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaining.

A small but growing number of teacher union locals have attempted to go beyond the industrial unionism model by fashioning new ways of organizing teaching around high - quality practice and high - performing schools.

Teachers embraced unionism for a simple reason: they wanted to be involved in shaping the conditions of their employment.

His influence can still be felt most palpably in four areas: teacher unionism; the standards movement; the choice movement; and the adoption of reforms to improve teacher quality.

Because teacher retention and quality are not the only factors that influence student outcomes, Han also looked at the effects of unionism on an important education attainment benchmark: high school dropout rates.

Han also examined the causal effect of weakening unionism in four states in particular — Indiana, Idaho, Tennessee, and Wisconsin — where restricting the collective bargaining of teachers in 2011 provided «a natural experiment» for confirming her national analysis.

The Fellows examined the Teacher Leadership Institute (www.teacherleadershipinstitute.org /) competencies, investigated the 3 Frames of Unionism that include Industrial, Professional and Social Justice (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvrfHlDzV7I) and reflected on their own leadership journey during the training.

If UTLA's referendum on John Deasy meant little to the Superintendent himself, and wasn't persuasive to UTLA - endorsed mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, it was, perhaps, a sign of just how little clout teacher groups like Teach Plus, Educators 4 Excellence and Teachers for a New Unionism have exhibited thus far within the union.

Whether he is successful or not, Saunders» quest highlights the unfairness and un-American nature of forced unionism that exists in 27 states and D.C. Interestingly, teacher union leaders are always telling its members how much they have done for them.

When unabashed leftist — a community organizer in teacher's clothes — Alex Caputo - Pearl became president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles least year, he talked about the importance of «social movement unionism.»

«There is a deep factional divide in the Democratic Party over teacher unionism,» said David J. Menefee - Libey, a Pomona (Calif.) College professor who specializes in the politics of education reform.

Conservative politicians are seeking to drain union coffers even as they make frontal assaults on the institution of public employee unionism and seek the diminution of the stature of teachers.

As the Chicago Teachers Union has shown, social justice unionism is the only way to counter the attacks on public education and working people, which affect all communities but disproportionately affect people living in poverty and communities of color.

Issues include: High Stakes Testing, the charterization of public schools, lack of union democracy, weakening of tenure and teachers rights, demoralization of the teaching profession, importance of Social Justice Unionism, and so much MORE!

(Could this be what American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten was alluding to last week when she talked about «connecting with community and proposing solutions» as part of her laughable «solution driven unionism?»)

We believe that building solidarity among parents and teachers, supporting social movement teacher unionism and fighting racist school policies is key to building a high quality, equitable, and just public school system for all of Chicago.

Montgomery teachers redefine image of unionism (March 9, 2012) The Washington Post highlighted the Montgomery County Education Association in Maryland, where their collaborative relationship with the district enables fairness and success.

In this study, I answer this question by analyzing instances of «oppositional unionism» within teachers» unions in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.

By highlighting rank - and - file teachers marching with parents for alternative reforms, and by offering inspiration to union members seeking a different form of unionism, the strike has shifted the terrain for battles still to come.

He waxes eloquent about «renegade groups» of younger teachers who are rising up to demand a new brand of unionism — one in which the unions disavow seniority provisions, insist on serious teachers evaluations, make it easy to get bad teachers out of the classroom, and otherwise do whatever is best for children and effective schools.

CTEN was formed in 2006 to present objective information to teachers on education policy, education leadership, and education reform, professional liability insurance, options of relationships to teachers» unions, and the effect of unionism on teacher pay.

The president of the Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association describes paths and pitfalls in moving beyond bread and butter issues to social justice unionism.

Though teachers unions have existed in the U.S. for a long time, the idea of collective bargaining didn't take off until the second half of the 20th century, as membership in teachers unions grew, and public sector unionism gained strength more broadly.

The fact that both the NEA and AFT have become so fearful of the implications of last month's decision in Vergara v. California ending near - lifetime employment and reverse - seniority layoff rules — including the likelihood that teachers, now realizing that the two unions can no longer hold up bargain they struck with earlier generations in the profession — show how tied they are to this outdated model of unionism.