Sentences with phrase «progressive teacher union movement»

Our country desperately needs a progressive teacher union movement that fully embraces customized teaching and learning, decentralized decision - making, and empowerment of students and educators.

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That Cuomo marched alongside the leaders of the city and country's most prominent teachers unions in the same park where the Occupy Wall Street movement erupted was a clear demonstration of the governor's eagerness to burnish his progressive credentials.

But when you talk to progressive union leaders and the teachers at the vanguard of this new movement, it's striking how much they have in common — even accounting for disagreements around specific policies.

Now, more than ever, progressive teacher union leadership is needed if the teacher union movement is going to survive.

Survey results show progressive stances toward education reforms, particularly with regard to school choice, technology, teacher preparation, leadership, and collective bargaining.Following the release of the survey, AAE Executive Director Gary Beckner penned an opinion editorial about the changing teacher sentiments and the disconnect between teacher unions and the growing non-union teacher movement.