Sentences with phrase «on behalf of teachers unions»

Looming over the entire issue is the anticipated litigation on behalf of teachers unions, school districts and administrators who remain opposed to the measure.

Who would have guessed that the Assembly, acting on behalf of the teachers unions, would want to destroy the cap by adding exemptions to it that would render it useless..

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Rich Napolitano, a high school social studies teacher in Suffolk County whose children are in kindergarten and first grade, said unions» fight on behalf of teachers indirectly benefits children.

«NASUWT supply teacher members have today pledged their support to Protect the Right to Strike and made it clear that they will not be pawns in the Government's plans to undermine the vital work of trade unions on behalf of their members.»

Meanwhile, the political arm of the New York State United Teachers union, has spent more than $ 41,000 on mailers on behalf of Democratic Sen. Ted O'Brien.

The races have seen an influx of outside cash on behalf of both the Democratic and Republican candidates, including labor groups like the Communications Workers of America, the state teachers union, and super PACs like Friends of Democracy and Common Sense Principles.

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

While teacher unions and other organizations representing administrators, policymakers, and school chiefs all claim to be acting on behalf of children, they are all by their very nature really only looking out for their own best interests - that's what they're there for.

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.»

Another survey, conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance on behalf of Education Next, found that only 43 percent of teachers have a positive view of unions, while the percentage of teachers holding negative views doubled from 2011 to 2012 to 32 percent (see complete results for 2011 and 2012 Education Next - PEPG surveys at educationnext.org).

Peterson, Howell and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2012 «On behalf of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: «Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school rUnions Have a Popularity Problem The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2012 «On behalf of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: «Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school reforOn behalf of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: «Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school reforon Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: «Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school runions are a stumbling block to school reform.

In his infomercial on behalf of for - profit education enterprises, there is a technological determinism that assumes no opposition from or conflict with special interests such as teacher unions, administrators, and education bureaucracies.

That means lobbying efforts on behalf of the precollegiate community — teachers» unions, principals, school board members, superintendents, state officials, and others — are about to enter a new and more dynamic phase.

It is no longer just unions advocating on behalf of teachers.

Lobbyists, communications staff, and, in the case of this hearing, teachers on a panel asked to state the union's position from their perspectives as classroom teachers also speak on behalf of the CTA.

The article stated clearly that Karen Sher, a veteran teacher and instructional coach and member of the Oxnard Union High School District board, spoke on behalf... Read More

The article stated clearly that Karen Sher, a veteran teacher and instructional coach and member of the Oxnard Union High School District board, spoke on behalf of the CTA at the hearing on the three - year tenure bill.

On behalf of the California Teachers Association, Karen Sher, a veteran teacher and instructional coach and member of the Oxnard Union High School District board, said that the current law offers ample time for multiple evaluations to determine whether a probationary teacher should continue in the classroom.

We plan to democratize the Chicago Teachers Union, hereinafter referred to as CTU and turn it into an organization that fights on behalf of its members and the students we educate.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

The lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, challenges the right of states to require public sector employees to pay compulsory dues to unions doing collective bargaining on their behalf.

On behalf of the BTU, we send a warm welcome to the staff and teachers of the third charter school to our union: City on a Hill New BedforOn behalf of the BTU, we send a warm welcome to the staff and teachers of the third charter school to our union: City on a Hill New Bedforon a Hill New Bedford!

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation sued on behalf of three teachers in the Taylor School District over a side agreement the union and school board reached that would force teachers to financially support the union for 10 years.

United Teachers Los Angeles and unions throughout the state should advocate on behalf of high - quality implementation of the Common Core at both the negotiating table and in the public discourse, taking into account the needs of both its members and students.

The Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education is making big statements on behalf of the local teachers» union these days.

But in states where systemic political dysfunction is the norm, teachers unions and other defenders of traditional public education can rally supporters on their behalf.

But at the very moment that the children of the land face certain defeat, parents, teachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what iteachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what iTeachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what is right.

«What is especially troubling about the states that failed to work with teachers unions is that, as teachers well know, the common denominator for all good schools is an environment where the adults work together on behalf of the students,» Weingarten said.

Just after New Year's Day, Illinois educators introduced a major reform proposal to hold school administrators, school board members and teachers accountable for their work on behalf of school children statewide.Three unions representing more than 230,000 Illinois education employees, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability teachers accountable for their work on behalf of school children statewide.Three unions representing more than 230,000 Illinois education employees, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability for All.

The United Teachers of New Orleans, an affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, petitioned the labor board for union elections on behalf of teachers groups at both International High and Lusher CharterTeachers of New Orleans, an affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, petitioned the labor board for union elections on behalf of teachers groups at both International High and Lusher CharterTeachers, petitioned the labor board for union elections on behalf of teachers groups at both International High and Lusher Charterteachers groups at both International High and Lusher Charter School.

«This is really a very surgical challenge to one aspect to the law and, at the same time, what we'd like to do is pursue a legislative fix,» said CEA President Kerrie Dallman, whose union filed the suit on behalf of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association.

On behalf of parents, students and teachers across Connecticut, we are publicly asking the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter and local teacher union chapters to end their silence and take immediate steps to speak out and support the growing effort by Connecticut parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBteachers across Connecticut, we are publicly asking the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter and local teacher union chapters to end their silence and take immediate steps to speak out and support the growing effort by Connecticut parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBTeachers — Connecticut Chapter and local teacher union chapters to end their silence and take immediate steps to speak out and support the growing effort by Connecticut parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test.

Many school districts in Rhode Island establish their own salary schedules for teachers, with organizations like the Providence Teachers Union and Howard Union of Teachers bargaining with local government on behalf of edteachers, with organizations like the Providence Teachers Union and Howard Union of Teachers bargaining with local government on behalf of edTeachers Union and Howard Union of Teachers bargaining with local government on behalf of edTeachers bargaining with local government on behalf of educators.

Dumping the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test is a critical part of derailing the corporate education reform industry's unwarranted attack on teachers, students, parents and public schools, but Connecticut's teachers unions should make it a priority to speak out on behalf of parents» right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test....

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