Sentences with phrase «pass tenure reforms»

This decision is a chance for the state to pass tenure reforms that balance the needs of students with teachers» due process rights.

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the first black to hold the powerful perch — told a gathering of business, labor and nonprofit leaders today that his ascension to the powerful position «would be in vain» if Albany fails to pass some kind of criminal justice reform during his tenure.

TEACHNJ, with its new evaluation system and tenure reform policies, passed the state legisature unanimously.

There isn't a progressive state where a teacher evaluation framework, tenure reform law, equitable funding formula, charter, or choice program passed without the support of both Democrats and Republicans.

In 2011, Michigan's State Board of Education, Governor and Legislature, supported and passed teacher quality improvement and tenure reform legislation, significantly altering, and enhancing the rigor and requirements for teachers and...

The tests would still be rolled out as planned if the legislation passed but the results would not count toward teacher evaluations, the centerpiece of the teacher tenure reform law signed by Christie in 2012.

By passing Senate Bill 10 - 191 with bipartisan support, the state led the nation in forging a new path forward for tenure and evaluation reform.

Many legislative leaders and observers have predicted the bill will pass in some form this year, and Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly called tenure reform a core priority of his education agenda, even offering general praise of Ruiz's bill.

In July 2011, the state legislature passed a series of reforms that made tenure status non-permanent and tied tenure eligibility to teacher performance within the newly restructured educator evaluation process.

Michigan became the latest state to sink its teeth into the question of teacher discipline and tenure Thursday, when the state House passed a four - bill education reform package.

Pryor began his tenure by using no - bid contacts to pass out millions of dollars in public funds to out - of - state companies for the purpose of developing Malloy's «education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform industry.

The General Assembly passed teacher tenure reform legislation in 2011 which changes a teacher's probationary period before becoming eligible for tenure from three to five years as well as linking tenure status to performance evaluations.

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.