Sentences with phrase «push for tenure»

In the competition for funding and jobs and the push for tenure, scientists who are also mothers are often at a disadvantage.

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«Andrea's tenure has been underscored by a deep commitment to our representatives,» a company spokeswoman wrote in an email, noting that Jung pushed a new incentive system for reps and made it easier for them to do business online.

The ranks of the army were depleted because the citizenry had lost its land tenure, and that's what led kings Aegis and Cleomenes and Nabis to push for a debt cancellation to restore land ownership.

u r kidding right... That might happen once wenger leaves but not before... Players are comfortable coz the geriatric laurel and hardy combo just sit there all game trying to remember where they left their Zimmer frames... At one point in his tenure wenger recognized that a skillful midfield was key to quality forward pushing football... The current crop are just a bunch of very average players all of whom could have been playing for WBA

However, though several of the lowest moments of his tenure pushed me right up to the line of resigned pessimism, I've heretofore resisted crossing it, in large part because I think Mack Brown is both tougher and more flexible than a lot of people give him credit for - sufficiently so to keep me out of the pessimist's camp.

Cuomo pushed successfully this year for a new teacher evaluation system more closely linking state testing to performance as well as teacher tenure.

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

Asked by Elizabeth Kaledin about the biggest «difference in style» between Cuomo and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer that might make the push for reform by the former more successful than what the latter tried to do during his truncated tenure in Albany, Lopez replied:

Quinn lauded Gillibrand's push for the repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» which the senator has made a hallmark of her tenure.

The deputy to substantive minister Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare also stated that it is during their «tenure that the first and second drafts of the film bill have come into being and although parliament is yet to pass it for the president to append his signature, stakeholders can lobby parliamentarians so the film bill is passed as the ministry continues to push for the passage.»

In respect of the allegation of financial maladministration, it is said that some senior staff of Graphic are pushing for a probe into Mr. Ashigbey's tenure at Graphic.

Astorino, meanwhile, blames Cuomo for not pushing for an end to the longtime tenure of Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, primarily over his role in securing confidential settlement funds for aides who charged Assemblyman Vito Lopez with sexual harassment.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the tenure of outgoing Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch on Monday, but at the same time indicated he will push for broad reforms to the state's education curriculum and Common Core standards.

The attorney general's investigation of the pay - to - play culture at the state pension fund during the tenure of DiNapoli's predecessor, Alan Hevesi, led Cuomo to push for reforms to the comptroller's office that would diminish its power.

At Cuomo's urging, the Legislature pushed through some reforms in 2015, tying tenure to teacher performance instead of time in the classroom, and requiring teachers be evaluated for tenure after four years on the job, rather than three.

Paladino has vowed to run for governor on the Conservative Party line should New York Republicans nominate a «RINO» or a candidate who doesn't push to end Skelos and Kolb's tenures.

The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has gotten a lot of push - back over his handling of a spiraling homeless population so far during his tenure, but now his administration is preparing to introduce his most comprehensive homeless - services plan to date: Nearly $ 3 billion in funding for about 15,000 units of supportive housing and accompanying social and health services for all participants.

Rosenblum cited a twofold rationale for her candidacy: a belief that her experience as a Town Board member — and as deputy supervisor during much of former supervisor Jeff Moran's four - year tenure — will enable her to push projects and decisions through to completion; and a determination to make better use of the local talent pool.

A push for oil sands oversight and new climate targets Harper has been a target of environmentalists for most of his tenure — they say he turned Canada into an international pariah by not regulating greenhouse gases from oil and gas, cutting clean energy and climate science programs, withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, «muzzling» scientists, pressing aggressively on Keystone XL and fossil fuels, and allowing the country's emissions trajectory to spiral away from targets under the Copenhagen Accord.

«You want to get off the train before they push you off,» he says in the piece, before it goes on to expand that the remaining reshoots for next year's second new Avengers movie will, he expects, mark the end of his tenure as Cap.

We've all heard the horror stories of tenured teachers who did nothing all class period, but the reality is that a teacher who doesn't push students to figure things out for themselves isn't much better help.

One case in point is Colorado, where the successful push for ground - breaking tenure reform legislation was led by Senator Mike Johnston and Representative Christine Scanlan, Democrats both.

At Cuomo's urging, the Legislature pushed through some reforms in 2015, tying tenure to teacher performance instead of time in the classroom, and requiring teachers be evaluated for tenure after four years on the job, rather than three.

His tenure in New York was turbulent; he played a key role in pushing for the adoption of a new teacher evaluation system that was tied to test scores.

What also has not helped, she said, has been the push in recent years, as evidenced by the Vergara v. California ruling, to make it more difficult for teachers to get tenure, and making it easier to fire them, along with a national drive to link teacher evaluations to student test scores.

Under the leadership of Chris Cerf, the New Jersey Department of Education successfully pushed for the first tenure - reform legislation in one hundred years.

During her 18 - month tenure, she pushed for the development of voluntary national standards for all students.

This week, The 74's Matt Barnum looks at the national push to improve teacher quality — specifically, the Obama administration's call for states to «evaluate individual teachers and tie those evaluations to pay, tenure, promotion and dismissal decisions.»

Michigan's Public Act 4 is the most extreme example, but lawmakers from New York to California are seeking ways to circumvent or eliminate public school teacher tenure, pushing for staffing decisions to be made based on merit rather than seniority.

Put that data point together with this survey just released by Education Sector, and a picture begins to emerge where teachers are beginning to embrace some reforms focused on the profession such as «evaluation, pay, and tenure, and the role of unions in pushing for or against these reforms.»

In Pennsylvania, where teachers are eligible for tenure after three years, reformers are pushing to extend it to five years, insisting that three years is too short.

Pushing his education reform agenda, Bush called for ending teacher tenure, implementing teacher evaluations and compensation based on standardized test scores and utilizing alternative paths to certification / licensure.

The CT Parents Union, who is hosting the rally at the State Capitol, is pushing for the widespread use of school vouchers and an end to teacher tenure in Connecticut.

Support for the Government and NIC push for a move to individual titling of communal land tenure has been given mainly by conservative commentators30 while the majority of Indigenous leaders oppose it.

While the EFF's motion in Parliament pushed for all land in the country to be state - owned, the resolution ties this down by stating that: «The ANC's approach to land reform must be based on three separate elements: increased security of tenure, land restitution and land redistribution.»