Sentences with phrase «over tenure reform»

The debate over tenure reform in New Jersey is likely to be back on the front burner next week, as a high - profile bill goes before a key Senate committee with some key questions far from resolved.

Not exact matches

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's tenure laws.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

Looking over his tenure, The New York Times ran an editorial that criticized Pataki for the lack of tangible political reform and the consolidation of power under his watch.

Cuomo and the teacher unions have been at war over the governor's proposed education - reform package that would revamp the teacher tenure and evaluation programs, make it easier to fire bad and lecherous instructors, and expand charter schools.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

The researchers elaborate, explaining, «Evaluation reforms appear to result in a steady decline in new labor supply over time whereas tenure reforms result in a sharp and immediate contraction in the supply of new teachers that then slowly rebounds.»

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

The NJEA is not against every plank of the reform platform, and it was a key player in the final tenure law, but it has found itself more in battle with Christie over his plans than in concert with them.

The reforms Rhee implemented — stringent teacher evaluations, a heavy emphasis on test scores, dismissals of ineffective teachers — have continued largely apace since Henderson took over, without the sturm und drang that accompanied Rhee's tenure.

The recriminations over the excesses, perceived and otherwise, of George W. Bush's tenure as president (as well as the defeat of Republican nominee John McCain by Obama seven years ago) even extend to education policy as movement conservatives otherwise unconcerned with education policy are accusing conservative reform outfits such as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute of being apostates.

It was thus with No Child Left Behind, Massachusetts» landmark 1993 Education Reform law, and the reforms of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during whose tenure «teacher salaries rose over 40 percent».

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

Michelle A. Rhee butted heads frequently during her three - year tenure as schools chancellor of Washington with the president of the local teachers» union, George Parker, and eventually a voter backlash over the city's school reform wars cost both of them their jobs.

Education reform in K - 12 schools has become politically fraught, dividing teachers unions, one of which endorsed Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, from Democrats in the Obama administration over issues such as teacher tenure, performance evaluations and school accountability.

Mr. Pryor's tenure has been steeped in controversy, due in part to his commitment to the corporate education reform agenda, his leadership style and his relationship with charter schools, most directly with Achievement First, Inc., the charter school management company that has been the largest single financial beneficiary of state funds to charter schools over the past four years.

Over the past year many states have begun debating tenure reform proposals.

The case was closely watched across the country as teachers unions and educational reform groups have battled over teacher tenure.

Last night after the 28 - 5 vote, they dreg up a Gates Foundation Survey from over a year ago about teachers who want to reform tenure.

The tenure reform effort was not nearly as sweeping as measures passed in some GOP - dominated states, where, for example, principals and superintendents have been given direct control over personnel decisions.

They are a most direct expression of the Australian Government's focus on gaining control over Aboriginal land, rather than reforming tenure to assist Aboriginal people to better use their land.

The current Government has been more considered in its references to home ownership, saying instead that as a result of tenure reform «over time, remote Indigenous citizens will have a realistic opportunity to own their own homes».

This Chapter reviews tenure reform programs across Australia and reveals that the focus of reforms has been on enabling governments to obtain secure tenure over Indigenous land.

Over the past year, the Government has resolutely pursued long overdue reforms to put security of tenure at the centre of Indigenous housing policy - in exactly the same way that it underpins the private and social housing markets around the country.