Sentences with phrase «own nonunion teachers»

Charter schools are often a subject of considerable public debate, since they receive public funding but may be privately operated and staffed by nonunion teachers, in contrast to traditional public schools.

On average, union teachers may enjoy better salaries and benefits than nonunion teachers, but many individuals make tangible sacrifices under union contracts.

Last week, the court allocated time for U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement to argue in support of five nonunion teachers and Washington state when their appeals are heard by the court on Jan. 10.

Charter schools receive public funding but, unlike public schools, employ mostly nonunion teachers and have autonomy in school districts, which allows them to set their own conditions, such as longer school days.

Union teachers are 16 percentage - points more likely to have a master's or other advanced degree than nonunion teachers.

Last term, in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the justices deadlocked 4 - 4 in a case in which nonunion teachers asked it to overrule Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the 1977 Supreme Court cast that authorized public employee unions to charge service fees to employees in the bargaining unit who refuse to join.

In Friedrichs, teachers are challenging the teacher union practice of collecting agency fees from nonunion teachers.

Teacher certification arises as another common sticking point in any discussion about charters, which generally get more leeway to hire more uncertified and nonunion teachers, which they say lets them recruit people who don't come from the usual teacher - education tracks.

This spring, a Colorado teacher emailed the state director of a nonunion teachers association, explaining why she wouldn't publicly speak for a bill extending the state's two - week window for ending union membership.

Not exact matches

Children and resources will begin to flow to nonunion schools, and unions will find themselves with fewer members, less money, and a growing number of schools and teachers that are outside the traditional system and difficult to organize.

However, pilot schools, which were started by Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union, remain part of the local school district and are continuing to grow — seven new schools are slated to open this September; charter schools have independent advisory boards, are mostly nonunion, and report directly to the state.

As in most charters, Icahn teachers are nonunion.

The state teachers union and others oppose them because they hire nonunion employees and divert money from traditional public schools.

Chicago Public Schools said it will quit paying the bulk of pension contributions for more than 2,000 nonunion workers, a move that lays groundwork for the district to request similar concessions from the Chicago Teachers Union and other employees with labor contracts.

The nation's second - largest school system is once again inviting bidders to take over poorly performing and new campuses, in a school - control process that is, once again, pitting teachers and their union against independently operated charter schools, most of which are nonunion.

AAE is a nonprofit, nonunion, pro-charter schools association offering most of the benefits the teacher unions provide but at a fraction of the cost.

Compared to their nonunion counterparts, members of teachers» unions are 16 percentage points more likely to have advanced degrees — which increase the quality and skills of the employee.

Similar complaints forced the California Teachers» Union to offer refunds to nonunion, fee - paying tTeachers» Union to offer refunds to nonunion, fee - paying teachersteachers.

But hiring nonunion staff could raise other legal issues because Madison's current collective bargaining agreement with Madison Teachers Inc. requires district schools to employ union staff — although Howard said there's disagreement about that interpretation.

Both Hite and Green said the teachers» new benefit plan is still a so - called Cadillac program, comparable with what the district's principals, blue - collar workers and nonunion workers have.

The vast majority of charter schools, nationwide and in Chicago, are not unionized, and the flexibility that teachers and schools gain from not having a typical union contract does seem to make a difference — one researcher found that nonunion charters in Milwaukee performed better academically.

Both were instrumental in turning Sacramento High into a charter school in 2003, getting rid of the teachers and replacing them with a nonunion staff.

At a new teacher orientation in Jacksonville, Fla., a union representative heard a presentation by a nonunion group.