Sentences with phrase «problem with teachers unions»

Rhee said she didn't have a problem with teachers unions because in the end they are doing their jobs.

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Cornegy's primary problem is that he is out of favor with two important unions: Hotel Trades Council and the United Federation of Teachers because of his support for Airbnb and charter schools.

The teachers union says this prevents teachers from discussing test questions or pointing out problems with the exams.

Cuomo has said repeatedly that more money is not the answer to the state's education problems, and he's feuded with the teacher's union.

The unions are also highlighting the serious workplace and social problems that will accompany the enforced longer working age for public sector workers, particularly those with strenuous or demanding jobs like construction workers, cleaners, nurses, paramedics and teachers, including an increasingly frail workforce and the exclusion of younger workers from the labour market.

Commenting on the primary school performance tables released today by the DfE, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has consistently highlighted to Government the serious problems with the reforms to primary assessment, particularly the impossibility of comparing data for last year with previous years due to changes introduced to the testing system.

The real problem, in Magee's eyes, is that wealthy New Yorkers are trying to dismantle the publicly funded school system — complete with the powerful teachers unions — because they don't want to pay their «fair share» in taxes to support the education of all children, not just the «elite.»

Inconsistent Transportation: When late buses were impacting our ability to get teachers to their PLC Data Team meetings on Thursdays, our central office and union leadership identified the problem during a no - agenda meeting — the need to change district bus schedules to accommodate all schools — and worked with our transportation provider and building administrators to ensure that we didn't jeopardize this initiative moving forward.

«In its direct engagement with the Home Office and the MAC, the Union has made clear that the impact of a salary threshold on migrant teachers would create serious problems for schools, unfairness for migrant teachers and deny children and young people the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of these highly skilled professionals.

«Administrators should have worked on problems with the evaluations,» added Robert Weil, deputy director of the American Federation of Teachers, of which Cincinnati's teachers union is an afTeachers, of which Cincinnati's teachers union is an afteachers union is an affiliate.

For years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line problem).

His verbal attacks on teachers and the teacher union were not matched by any significant attempts to address problems with teacher quality.

That's what the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tTeachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tteachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the trenches.

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.

The union had worked with the school district to institute peer review, a program where top - flight teachers evaluated new teachers and even veteran teachers who had severe problems.

We have a similar problem with the teachers» union in New Jersey (the felicitously named New Jersey Education Association).

The L.A. teachers union has supported such reforms but said Deasy's administration provided too little assistance to help teachers cope with discipline problems, resulting in disrupted classrooms.

He cited one unnamed district with declining enrollment and a huge deficit problem that is seeking to roll back salaries, while another unnamed district has reached an impasse with its teachers union despite an offer of a 7.5 percent raise.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers» union, said its own survey, with 12,000 responses, showed there was a widespread problem with low - level disruption.

By standing by whilst successive governments have refused to negotiate with teacher unions we have a situation where teachers in England face horrendous workload problems with concomitant impact on teacher retention.

Problems in public schools do not need to be solved by creating a bunch of charter schools, publicly funded schools with less regulations, like teachers unions rules and school board mandates.

I do agree with this comment but the problem is that this government does not and will not listen to teachers nor parents.There have been many contentious issues over the past ten years and the government just ploughs on regardless.There needs to be a massive demonstration by society in order to protect the interests of students first.Politicians are notorious for telling us what we need and what is good for us and they have no clue what goes on in schools.I do not see a solution to this but the teacher unions must be much more vocal and really speak up for the teachers and parents in this country.

If Abeigon can't even accept a tiny measure of responsibility for this problem and pledge to fix it moving forward, how can anyone expect the Newark Teachers Union to work in partnership with the district to improve the city's schools?

The rules requiring waiver states to submit plans for providing poor and minority children with high - quality teachers was unworkable because it doesn't address the supply problem at the heart of the teacher quality issues facing American public education; the fact that state education departments would have to battle with teachers» union affiliates, suburban districts, and the middle - class white families those districts serve made the entire concept a non-starter.

Mrs Morgan said she would work with teachers» unions and representatives to discuss problems with workload - and to «treat them as the professionals they are».

Unfortunately, Randi and the teacher unions oppose these common - sense reforms with millions of dollars in political cash, forcing reformers to go to court to fix the problems.

Proponents of tenure note that since school administrators grant tenure, neither teachers nor teacher unions can be held responsible for problems with poor performing teachers who have tenure.

While there have been direct attacks on unions by legislators, there is also a serious problem with new teachers choosing not to join the union because they don't see it matching their values or meeting their needs.

Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «The general election has forced the government to accept that there is a major problem with school funding that must be addressed.

The Teachers Union With a Math Problem While the NEA's pension burden swells, the educators focus on getting Arne Duncan fired and fighting fracking.

The two biggest statewide teachers unions — California Teachers Association (CTA) and California Federation of Teachers (CFT)-- have problems with the waivers granted to eight school districts from the federal program, No Child Leftteachers unions — California Teachers Association (CTA) and California Federation of Teachers (CFT)-- have problems with the waivers granted to eight school districts from the federal program, No Child LeftTeachers Association (CTA) and California Federation of Teachers (CFT)-- have problems with the waivers granted to eight school districts from the federal program, No Child LeftTeachers (CFT)-- have problems with the waivers granted to eight school districts from the federal program, No Child Left Behind.

The real problem that AFT - USAS has with TFA is that it places a great number of its teachers in charter schools, which are overwhelmingly union - free.

The defendants in the suit — the state and its two biggest teacher unions argued that the regulations are fine as they are and blamed problems with ineffective teachers on poorly - run schools and districts.

Students with disabilities in Oregon and Washington had similar problems with accommodations, according to teacher surveys by the Washington and Oregon affiliates of the National Education Assn., a teachers union.

The list of problems with public schools in L.A. — from effectively teaching English language learners to dealing with an anti-reform-minded teachers» union to bad principals and teachers to a huge, messy bureaucracy to better parent involvement and so forth — is long and varied.

MYTH: The main problem with education is the lazy or incompetent teacher, who is protected by corrupt unions and supervised by out - of - control local school councils, so the key to reform is a system of rewards and punishments and the dismantling of rights to organize (as with state legislation currently under debate).

It is hard to imagine anyone having a problem with this, so, of course, Shavar Jeffries of «Democrats» for Education Reform laced into the changes saying that the platform had been hijacked by the national teachers» unions, and DFER tried, unsuccessfully, to block the language.

Clarke also criticised unnamed professional bodies — believed to be a reference to the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT — for putting to one side consideration of «the systematic problems» their Birmingham members faced in their relationships with school governors.

Another common problem with the union contract is a «bumping» policy that fills schools which are more needy (but less desirable to teach in) with greater numbers of inexperienced teachers.

While there are certainly many opinions about tenure, the problem with even discussing reform measures is that teacher's unions are categorically against cutting back on any protective measures for their members, even when those measures may need to be updated or reformed.

While I'm sure that most teachers are not in accord with thuggish union activities, it is not enough to stand on the sidelines and wish the problem away.