Sentences with phrase «protect teacher rights»

Their primary goal is to protect teacher rights and to ensure that their members are getting treated fairly.

It believes that educators know best, that elected school boards are the embodiment of democracy in action, that colleges of education are the path to true professionalism, that collective bargaining is necessary to protect teacher rights, and that any failings visible in today's schools, teachers, and students are either the fault of heedless parents or the consequence of incompetent administrators and stingy taxpayers.

Not exact matches

The mother of Scott Beigel, a teacher who was killed in the shooting, to NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch: «Why are my son's unalienable rights not protected as fiercely as the right to bear arms?»

The full exercise of this right requires that trustees and administrators protect teachers and students against pressures from outside in favor of certain methods and conclusions of inquiry, and that support for teaching and research be kept as free as possible from exerting a controlling influence on academic pursuits.

While there are specific provisions for churches, the rights of teachers, for example, are not so clearly protected.

«While the Majority bill protects children, teachers and schools from being penalized for opting out of the tests, it's missing the critical piece that parents should be informed by schools in writing or via email that they have a right to refuse to have their children take these developmentally inappropriate high stakes tests.»

«The Common Core Parental Refusal Act protects the rights of parents to have their children refuse to take these high stakes tests and it ensures that students, teachers and schools are not penalized or rewarded for participation — or lack thereof — in the exams.

The BHA is working with Peers from across the Parties in seeking to have the Education Bill amended in ways to protect the rights of teachers and children.

«NASUWT supply teacher members have today pledged their support to Protect the Right to Strike and made it clear that they will not be pawns in the Government's plans to undermine the vital work of trade unions on behalf of their members.»

Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT is left with no option but to take action to protect the well - being of our members and restore their rights to do their job thoroughly and pTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT is left with no option but to take action to protect the well - being of our members and restore their rights to do their job thoroughly and pteachers» union, said: «The NUT is left with no option but to take action to protect the well - being of our members and restore their rights to do their job thoroughly and properly.

«Until this Coalition took office, there was comprehensive guidance in place nationally, providing details of teachers legal rights and entitlements and a suite of good practice for schools to use to protect teachers and pupils from this kind of abuse.

Supporters of gun rights in New York say there should be someone stationed at schools to protect students and teachers.

John Banks, head of education at the NUT, said it was right teachers» anonymity should be protected if they were suspended after an abuse allegation, but pointed out it was impossible to do this once a court case began.

«We are pleased that New York's appellate court has recognized that, after decades of dedicated service to their students and school districts, the privacy rights of retired teachers in the New York State Teachers Retirement System should be prteachers in the New York State Teachers Retirement System should be prTeachers Retirement System should be protected.

He jabbed at the teachers union, saying, «Albany has been too concerned with protecting the pension rights of teachers and not concerned enough with the future of students.»

Teacher Evaluations Go Public, Teachers» Rights Protected A new New York law ensuring that parents and the public have access to information involving how the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the Teachers» Rights Protected A new New York law ensuring that parents and the public have access to information involving how the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the horizon.

Mindful of criticism that she has moved to the right politically in her years as speaker, Quinn also mentioned her role in enacting a living wage requirement for businesses receiving city subsidies, in curbing deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of minor offenses, in protecting a woman's right to choose, and in preventing teacher layoffs.

Advocates have argued Cuomo's plan strikes the right balance, by protecting teachers» privacy, while still providing information to parents.

This protects the rights of teachers to teach in an objective way.»

* Empower teachers, parents and leaders with secure, protected real - time data and analytics to adjust instruction, match the right interventions to the right students at the right time, and glean new insight into student learning.

In Part II of my Teacher copyrights and copy wrongs blog, I will discuss how to protect your own materials and what rights you have within and / or outside of your classroom for ownership.

The kit includes advice and a suite of resources for leveraging video technology for teacher development, choosing the right technology for the classroom, and protecting the privacy of students and teachers.

Provisions about how teachers will be hired, tenured, and distributed among schools and how they are assigned work have profound budgetary consequences, as do measures like salary cost averaging that districts adopt in order to protect teacher placement rights.

Teachers given the right to anonymity if they are accused by pupils to protect them from false accusations

In a subsequent post on its website, the union went bonkers, claiming, «Corporate millionaires and special interests have mounted an all - out assault on educators by attempting to do away with laws protecting teachers from arbitrary firings, providing transparency in layoff decisions and supporting due process rights.»

They also file legal action on behalf of teachers to protect their rights.

Nichols, a former teacher, told the court that she believed the dismissal and tenure statutes protected her rights as a teacher.

I understand that teachers (like other employees) have rights and that they need to be protected in their jobs.

E4E teachers came to D.C. on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination to share with Secretary DeVos that the Federal Department of Education has a critical role to play in protecting the civil rights of all students and as a result must continue to highlight the disparities that exist in school discipline, investigate districts where those disparities may be caused by bias, and support the implementation of strategies to reduce punitive discipline.

Teachers and Their Unions 8.18.10 - David W. Kirkpatrick - Teacher unions like to say they represent their members and look out for their best interests, including protecting their rights to speak out without reprisal.

Do we intend to continue to ignore a system that promotes and protects mostly white teachers who don't do right by their largely minority students?

Buncombe County explores how it can protect career status for all of its eligible teachers, in spite of a state mandate requiring that 25 percent of teachers give up tenure rights this fall.

Their exchange largely focused on the recent decision by Brown, as a loser in Vergara vs. California, to appeal the ruling, which struck down laws protecting teacher employment rights.

The case was brought by nine student plaintiffs who say the current state laws protect ineffective teachers and deny their constitutional right to receive a quality education.

Contrary to what Tony Smith and the plaintiffs in the Vergara v. California case contend, laws protecting teachers» rights don't punish children.

The rights and responsibilities of parents, students, teachers and school officials in protecting sensitive data, and in determining how others can use that data, must be transparent and well - regulated, and city, state and federal officials have key roles to play.»

«The teachers, staff and administrators within the Rockaway Township School District are, as they have always been, and as they will continue to be, committed to protecting the rights and safety for all our students.

James Noble - Rogers (pictured right), executive director of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers, said: «The government must do more to protect the teacher education supply base by allocating training places to universities in a way that will allow them to plan strategically over a number of years.

But regardless of the false information and rhetoric coming from the Malloy administration, parents not only have the fundamental right to opt their children out of the unfair testing program, they should strongly consider doing just that as a way to protect their children, Connecticut's teachers and our state's historic commitment to local control of public education.

In my opinion, folks need to converge on their state assembly - persons and let them know in no uncertain terms that constitutionally protected property rights such as K - 12 teacher tenure is one of the issues we elect them to safeguard.

Provide supports to teachers, administrators and other educational staff to address discipline challenges in a way that protects students» human rights to education and dignity; and

The court noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had long ago decided that the Indiana teacher tenure statute created contractual rights that are protected by the federal Impairment of Contracts Clause.

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).

Since then, United Teachers Los Angeles has won and protected an impressive collection of bargaining rights for LAUSD educators and health and human services professionals.

On Monday, the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) put out a statement that said, «while the Protect Our Schools Act is supported by teachers, the Maryland PTA, civil rights groups — including the ACLU of Maryland and CASA de Maryland — and leading education scholars, it is only opposed by national school privatization advocates and Governor Hogan's administration.»

To implement this moratorium, Solutions Not Suspensions, a grassroots initiative of students, educators, parents, and community leaders, is calling on states and districts to support teachers and schools in dealing with discipline in positive ways - keeping students in the classroom and helping educators work with students and parents to create safe and engaging classrooms that protect human rights to education and dignity.

Connecticut's two teacher unions — the Connecticut Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers — have said that they want to phase out the SBAC Test, but it is disappointing that neither of the two teacher unions have taken a strong and proactive stance in support of parents and their fundamental, inalienable and constitutionally protected right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC Tests.

While their involvement was once intricately linked to teacher professionalism and school success, today they are locked in a mindset that is focused almost entirely on protecting collective bargaining rights and ensuring that tenure, seniority and uniform pay scales dictate who gets paid what, and who stays and goes in the classroom.

Summing up the teachers unions» take on this latest iteration, California Teachers Association president Dean Vogel said, «Passage of AB375 addresses our concerns of keeping students safe, safeguarding the integrity of the profession, and protecting the rights of educatorsteachers unions» take on this latest iteration, California Teachers Association president Dean Vogel said, «Passage of AB375 addresses our concerns of keeping students safe, safeguarding the integrity of the profession, and protecting the rights of educatorsTeachers Association president Dean Vogel said, «Passage of AB375 addresses our concerns of keeping students safe, safeguarding the integrity of the profession, and protecting the rights of educators.»

Unlike teachers, lawyers are statutorily required to uphold the public interest in the administration of justice by preserving and protecting the rights and freedoms of all persons.