Sentences with phrase «power of teachers unions»

Another important factor on the side of charter school advocates is the greatly diminished power of the teachers union, which had often been an obstacle in earlier reform efforts.

Predicting how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule based on oral arguments can be a risky business, but the January 11 arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association indicate that a majority of the justices want to overturn a 38 - year - old mistake and eliminate one of the most cherished powers of teachers unions — the authority to confiscate money from nonmembers.

[49] The MA Charter Public School Association said that the out - of - state money from financial executives is essential to combating the financial power of teacher unions, despite the fact that the No side had nearly half the money of the Yes campaign.

School board members, by and large, are not gripped by «strike phobia,» but rather reflect a very rational fear of the political power of teacher unions.

How much money is spent, and where, who is hired or fired, how we promote effective teaching, how we measure education outcomes, and more — all are affected by the relative power of the teachers unions at any given moment.

Like Mishak, he makes a case for the enormously destructive power of the teachers union,

After the January 11 arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a majority of the justices were clearly poised to overturn a 38 - year - old mistake and eliminate one of the most cherished powers of teachers unions — the authority to confiscate money from nonmembers.

The MA Charter Public School Association said that the out - of - state money from financial executives is essential to combating the financial power of teacher unions, despite the fact that the No side had nearly half the money of the Yes campaign.

Voters approved every school district budget in Erie and Niagara counties yesterday in an election that saw the power of teacher union endorsements continue to be strong across the region.

«There's no doubt that this decision could weaken the power of the teachers union.»

Voters approved every school district budget in Erie and Niagara counties Tuesday in an election that saw the power of teacher union endorsements continue to be strong across the region.

Recent remedies proposed include everything from reducing the power of teachers unions and opening more charter schools to ending test - based accountability.

Even prior to the Court's ruling, litigation that challenges the power of teachers unions to collect agency fees was waiting in the wings.

But it is inherently limited, because it does little to reduce the power of the teachers unions — and they will continue to use their power to prevent the schools from being effectively organized.

A Nation at Risk may have jolted the education world, but it had no effect on the growth and power of teachers unions.

There are three factors that have contributed to the failure of other groups to check the power of teachers unions.

Budgetary concerns also provided the impetus for Republicans seeking to curb the power of teachers unions, the primary example being the passage in 2011 of Act 10 in Wisconsin, which greatly restricted the bargaining power of NEA and AFT affiliates in the state, and ultimately reduced their dues - paying membership by more than one - third.

Teachers in virtual schools will be fewer in number and because they are dispersed will be harder to organize, thereby reducing the power of teachers unions.

This group's influence reached its zenith with the Obama administration, when Obama and his secretary of education, Arne Duncan, proved willing to embrace DFER's Wall Street - funded goals of promoting school choice, blocking the power of teachers unions and otherwise carrying water for elite interests.

The case also became a battle over the power of teacher unions to preserve protections that are not always available to other public employees.

These reforms would negate the power of the teachers unions and their legislative toadies, all of whom seem intent on maintaining an abusive status quo where failure all too often has become acceptable.

They sought to eviscerate the power of our teacher union by eliminating job protections, seniority rights, and tenure.

The legislation prepared by state Republican Sen. Phil Pavlov, who chairs the state Senate's education committee, would allow private, for - profit companies to compete for teaching jobs in public schools and would limit the power of teachers unions in seeking compensation packages.

It is about decentralizing the public education system as a means to diminish the power of teacher unions.

He hadn't even considered another career, he says, until Gov. Scott Walker proposed Act 10 in 2011, a controversial budget measure that was widely perceived as an attack on the power of teachers unions.

It was founded around 2007 by Whitney Tilson, a hedge - fund manager and longtime Democratic funder and activist, in an effort to take on the «entrenched» power of teachers unions.

Charters are also often non-union, so their expansion could threaten the power of teachers unions.

3) An issue conservative leaning Moe believes is «largely due to the power of teacher unions» (pg.

«The power of the teachers union has been overwhelming,» Rauner said.