Sentences with phrase «opposed by teachers»

JerseyCAN and Better Education for Kids often advocate for education reforms opposed by teachers unions.

Backed by billionaire charter interests and fiercely opposed by teachers unions, the two winners of last month's bruising election — said to be the most expensive school board race in U.S. history — will take office in July.

The group advocates for changes to the education system that are opposed by teachers unions, including tenure reform and teacher evaluations.

For real gains to be made, charter schools need the advantages in flexibility and competition they have over traditional district schools — advantages opposed by teachers unions.

But the move has been opposed by teachers» unions, including the NUT and the ATL, who have organised protests on Wednesday for teachers and parents.

She is opposed by the teachers unions.

Tuck, who supported the lawsuit and was heavily opposed by the teachers» unions, said he still believes the state needs «more rational policies around tenure and seniority - based layoffs,» but those would not be his first priorities were he to win.

Interestingly, almost all his reformers are Democrats, who face the problem of reconciling measures opposed by the teachers unions with the reality that these are the solidest supporters of Democratic legislators, governors, and presidents.

But the notion of paying teachers on the basis of their ability to improve test scores, often termed «merit pay,» while earnestly debated by education policy researchers, is strongly opposed by teachers unions and is a political nonstarter in many parts of the country.

Parent trigger laws are fiercely opposed by teachers» unions, Simon notes, «But in a sign of the unions» diminishing clout, their traditional political allies, the Democrats, abandoned them in droves during the Orlando vote.»

Cuomo's budget - which de Blasio gave mixed reviews during recent Albany testimony - ties a $ 1.1 billion increase in education spending to a number of reforms opposed by teachers unions and their allies.

It has been pushed heavily by the Catholic Diocese in New York and staunchly opposed by the teachers unions.

Recently named Regents members are opposed to a new state law — pushed by Gov. Cuomo and opposed by the teachers union — that more closely links teacher evaluations to students» performance on standardized exams.

But the measure remains opposed by the teachers union, who see it as a way of creating a back - door voucher program and not funding public schooling at appropriate levels.

The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.

One bill would provide for a five - year extension of the program, with the trade off being the creation of an education tax credit meant to spur donations that benefit private and parochial schools — a provision staunchly opposed by teachers unions.

Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

Assembly Democrats in April begrudgingly approved an spending spending plan that linked a boost in school aid to the adoption of education policy changes opposed by teachers unions.

The measures are predominantly opposed by the teachers unions, who say Cuomo's posture — especially on making it easier to fire educators who do not perform well in evaluations — as essentially anti-teacher.

Not exact matches

A plan put forth by the White House Sunday supports arming teachers, banning bump stocks, and strengthening background checks, but it does not propose raising the age to buy guns to 21 — something the president previously suggested but that the National Rifle Association strongly opposes.

As opposed to the end - of - the - year faculty retreat when we tend to table everything on the agenda until the back - to - school faculty retreat and spend the day gazing at the beauty of the sun on Teacher Elizabeth's pool and promising that by next year's b - t - s faculty retreat we will be courageous enough to wear a bathing suit.

Even on a test, a teacher can reduce the likelihood of cheating by asking for in - depth responses as opposed to fill in the blanks or multiple choice, and testing for mastery / deep understanding as opposed to memorization of content.

The measure is opposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose lobbying efforts today have already been setback after the GOP - led Senate announced it would take up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's teacher evaluation disclosure bill, a measure his office also opposes.

The bill is backed by the New York State United Teachers union, which had opposed the reliance on examinations in teacher evaluations.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a radio interview on Friday doubted whether there was enough support in the Democratic conference for the approval of the education - tax credit, a controversial measure opposed by the state's teachers unions.

The proposal to exempt those schools, though, was sharply opposed by most Assembly Democrats, who have close ties to teachers» unions and related education groups.

Senate Republicans oppose the passage of the DREAM Act, while some Democrats in the Assembly have been skeptical of the tax credit, which is opposed by the state's teachers unions.

Earlier this year, the conference approved a package of education policy changes opposed by the state's teachers unions, but linked to a spike in school aid funding for the new year.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

Senate Republicans have generally been supportive of expanding and strengthening charter schools in New York state with measures opposed by the state's teachers unions.

Voters want qualified teachers in the classroom by 66 % to 21 %, They want a national curriculum in every school by 56 % to 31 % and they oppose free schools by 47 % to 27 %.

Cuomo has had visibly tougher budget seasons, including changes to the state's education policies that had been deeply opposed by Democratic lawmakers and the state's teachers unions.

At the same time, he praised state lawmakers for taking a «gutsy vote» on education policies in the state budget that are staunchly opposed by the state teachers» unions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by using the threat of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the public — into opposing the governor's education funding cuts hasn't stopped them from doing... well... just that.

A proposal by SUNY that would allow for as little as 30 hours of training for charter school teachers is stirring a debate and is opposed by the union that represents professors.

The education tax credit legislation is opposed by the state's teachers union, but has been strongly pushed for by the Archdiocese of New York.

Kim says he was not swayed by the teachers unions, who oppose the education tax credit.

But the Assembly Democrats angered one of their closest political allies, NYSUT, by approving (though not unanimously) education reforms that the statewide teachers union staunchly opposed.

One bill would extend the law five years but also enact a controversial education investment tax credit that's vehemently opposed by Assembly Democrats and the state teachers union.

The measure passed the Republican - led Senate last session but failed in the Assembly, whose majority Democrats are backed by teachers unions that vehemently oppose the credit.

Silver is a fierce ally of the teachers union, which opposes a measure passed by the Senate to raise the cap on charters from 200 to 460.

The bill would also do away with a requirement that those abused in a public institution like a school must file a notice of intent to sue within 90 days of the incident occurring — something that in the past has been vehemently opposed by the public sector and powerful teachers union.

The issue is at something of an impasse: Republican - backed efforts to provide armed personnel in schools has been staunchly opposed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie as is the New York State United Teachers union.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had included the policy in his budget proposal, which was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions.

In recent years, the issues surrounding charter schools — funding pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that was opposed by Assembly Democrats and teachers unions — had subsided.

Intro 65 - A was vigorously opposed by out LGBT Councilmembers Daniel Dromm of Jackson Heights, a former public school teacher and head of the Education Committee, and Rosie Mendez of the Lower East Side, who said in a joint statement, «Yeshivas, private schools, and parochial schools — unlike public schools — are not subject to Council oversight or much of the NYC Human Rights Law.

He appeared ready to end the legislative session early after securing a number of education reforms that were fought tooth - and - nail by teachers unions (and opposed by de Blasio).

This would cover coalitions like the Committee to Save New York, real estate and business groups backing Cuomo's budget, as well as the Alliance for Quality Education, which is backed by teachers unions and opposes Cuomo's budget.

The Chancellor's decision was applauded by the teacher's union, which has opposed the new performance reviews» dependence on the controversial standardized tests.

Another issue on which Cuomo and the Republican Senate diverge is a proposed education tax credit that last year passed in the Senate but failed in the Assembly, whose majority Democrats are backed by teachers» unions that have strongly opposed the credit.