Sentences with phrase «of tens of thousands of teachers»

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday, after a vote that would clear the way for a $ 26 billion measure to help states with their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees.

Klein's story has contributed to the demoralization of tens of thousands of teachers who are now blamed for their low - income students» poor test scores.

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Members of the group stopped using the app several months ago after realizing it had been compromised, but it still made it easier to swiftly purge tens of thousands of teachers, police, soldiers and justice officials in the wake of the coup.

Tens of thousands of Arizona teachers, whose pay is at least $ 10,000 below the national average, have led the largest teachers» strike in US history over the past week

And no, tens of thousands of teachers should not get paid more.

He donates tens of thousands of dollars to firefighters, the troops, teachers.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

Parents pay tens of thousands in tuition to educate their children at private institutions, where teachers get a pass to abuse students if the behavior doesn't rise to the level of crime, said State Sen. Tim Kennedy, a Buffalo Democrat, at a press conference Monday.

De Blasio is also is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New Yorkers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.

«For the past two months, as part of an unprecedented coalition, NYSUT members made more than 500,000 calls from phone banks; knocked on tens of thousands of doors; and distributed literature to their friends, families and colleagues,» New York State United Teachers said in a statement.

The threats, made at North Dakota State in Fargo and the University of Texas in Austin, have proven to be false alarms, but nevertheless forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of students, teachers and personnel.

Links between student testing and teachers» job evaluations are an explosive issue on Long Island, where tens of thousands of students in grades 3 - 8 boycotted English and math tests in recent weeks.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC, spent tens of thousands of dollars backing Senator Rivera.

At a time when thousands of teachers in New York have foregone raises simply to keep their jobs, and while the state is poised to cut an additional $ 1 billion or more in education funding, NYSUT is sitting on tens of millions of dollars in cash and investments and spending lavishly on six - figure employee salaries and conferences at high - end resorts.

«Tens of thousands of voters have been contacted districtwide, with an emphasis on veterans, women, labor members, teachers, and college students,» said Abraham White.

The United Federation of Teachers will work to win state approval for a city tax increase to expand prekindergarten to tens of thousands more children in the city.

Today in NYC, millions of breaths later, tens of thousands of chakras opened and with over one thousand teacher graduates we are having a yoga festival, a lotus reunion to gather, to share, to chant to celebrate and of course to DANCE!

Ten years, three mats and thousands of downward - facing dogs later, I felt it was time to share my love of yoga with you (yes, YOU) and became a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT - 200) through Black Dog Yoga in Los Angeles, California where I taught for four years.

Studytracks really works, and with tens of thousands of teachers under one roof, Bett is the perfect place for us to show them how our app can really help their students to retain information, increase attainments, and improve exam results.»

Meanwhile, teachers earn tens of thousands of dollars less than other professionals — such as accountants, system analysts, and engineers — even though nearly half hold master's degrees or doctorates.

«This is an opportunity for tens of thousands of middle and high schools students, teachers, parents and community members across the country to begin or continue their involvement in youth activism,» said Doug Pietrzak, Ed.M.»

Tens of thousands of black teachers and principals were out of work.

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Office of Education released James S. Coleman's «Equality of Educational Opportunity» report, an immense analysis of data from around 600,000 public school students and tens of thousands of teachers.

It is also important to congratulate and thank their teachers, tens of thousands of whom each year use their expertise to mark the millions of examination papers.»

Unlike the tens of thousands of teachers and students from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama displaced by Hurricane Katrina, he figures he'll resume teaching his own students at Harry M. Hurst Middle School in Destrehan, Louisiana, within a month.

Keeping an eye on your luggage and personal items is something all travellers should be conscious of, particularly with figures for Teachers Health Fund travellers between July 2013 and June 2014 showing that lost and stolen luggage was the highest paid claim type in Asia, Europe and the Pacific with tens of thousands of dollars in claims.

Are you a passionate teacher who would like to reach tens of thousands of learners?

Each year, tens of thousands of math teachers try to get kids to understand the notion that division by zero does not exist.

A collection of strong charter schools remain, but even these must engage in perpetual fights with teachers unions and the mayor for space and funding parity, despite waiting lists numbering in the tens of thousands.

Over two years, they recruited tens of thousands of teachers, students, and scientists from around the world to share data and take part in their Kids as Global Scientists computer network.

Michael Turner, director general of the Joint Council for Qualifications, which represents the exam boards, said: «It's disappointing that some organisations have decided to undermine the tens of thousands of teachers who, each year, mark exam papers to a world - class standard.

Schools Minister Lord Nash said, «Our investment in school buildings across the country is transforming the learning environment for tens of thousands of pupils and their teachers.

Working for one of the leading and largest academy trusts in the country, and liaising directly with heads and teachers every day, there is huge scope to shape the futures of tens of thousands of children and young people, which is enormously exciting.

The rush to privatize education will also turn tens of thousands of students into guinea pigs in a national experiment in virtual learning — a relatively new idea that allows for - profit companies to administer public schools completely online, with no brick - and - mortar classrooms or traditional teachers.

Lastly, children's activity is currently a disparate sector, with tens of thousands of schools, teachers and thousands of independent sports coaches approaching schools every day.

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With New Jersey several months into the second year of a new teacher - evaluation system, the Christie administration has released its first report on how the first year went for tens of thousands of affected teachers.

The issue has gained momentum as tens of thousands of teachers nationally have been dismissed without regard to their abilities and research has established that veteran instructors on average are no better or worse than their less experienced colleagues.

During the Vergara trial, attempting to do away with teacher due process rights, sworn testimony (during discovery) was given that, as stated above, thinking administrators were able to successfully ease teachers out of the profession, careful scrutiny of beginning teachers by competent administrators prevented districts from hiring teachers who did not fit the district, and the average time to dismiss a teacher via the legal process was months and tens of thousands of dollars.

Every year our high schools have tens of thousands of teachers giving variations of the same lectures on the Civil War, the digestive system, and the properties of quadratic equations.

As the proximity between the red dotted line and the solid blue lines suggest, LPI's estimates assume that tens of thousands of people who trained to become teachers aren't part of the «teacher supply.»

While these programs help tens of thousands of teachers, the sheer number of options has become a problem in itself, according to the teachers we surveyed as well as some researchers.

After all of the effort and political capital expended to enact [Florida's teacher evaluation] program, tens of thousands of hours spent observing and documenting teachers, and tens of millions of dollars spent developing the requisite tests... 97 % of teachers were rated effective or better.

«We have implementations of Dr. Marzano's model in a number of states with thousands of observers and tens of thousands of teachers,» said Toth.

Over the course of those ten years, CEL's leadership experts have worked with thousands of teachers, principals, and central office leaders across America.

A coalition representing «tens of thousands» of parents, teachers and education reform organizations is petitioning Governor Jerry Brown to veto a bill letting California schools off the hook for testing students while the state transitions to a new curriculum and testing model.

on Governor McCrory hands out $ 10,000 bonuses to hundreds of teachers, while tens of thousands more continue to go without raises or classroom support

Chicago, IL: Today, tens of thousands of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) parents will flock to their children's schools to pick up student report cards and meet with teachers.

Tenure for teachers would be nothing more than a bad joke if it didn't destroy the education experience for tens of thousands of children who are subjected to incompetent / cruel / perverted people on a daily basis.

The study from the NFER also highlights the pool of tens of thousands of qualified teachers leaving the classroom each year.