Sentences with phrase «relationship with teachers unions»

(Obama favors some school choice but not vouchers — were he to do so, it would destroy his lovey - dovey relationship with the teachers unions.)

Meanwhile, Cuomo has also had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions who are uneasy with his support for charter schools.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

The fact that Bloomberg avoiding being critical of the Assembly Democrats on the charter school cap issue even as the pro-charter advocates have placed the blame squarely on that chamber and its cozy relationship with the teachers union, further proves the point.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is seen as a close ally of the mayor, walked a more cautious line, but said that Bloomberg's hostile relationship with the teachers union had become counter-productive.

In their first joint appearance since the presidential election and since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer bowed out of the race, the field of hopefuls criticized Bloomberg's emphasis on testing and his contentious relationship with the teachers union.

For example, the SAFE Act angered gun owners and his support for charter schools made his relationships with teachers unions tenuous.

Cuomo's truculent relationship with the teachers union is nothing new: The labor group NYSUT did not endorse him in 2010, nor did the union back his re-election in 2012.

Scott and Murray, like most Democrats, have good relationships with the teachers unions.

In addition to those concerns, the school board and its new superintendent, Tony Smith, will inherit a tense relationship with the teachers union, which has been asked to accept a 3 percent pay cut.

From 2007 to 2013, Alonso, 60, managed to navigate opposing political forces in Baltimore, forging a respectful relationship with the teachers union while also winning praise from advocates, such as charter backers, who frequently do battle with unions.

Many urban districts across the nation have expanded the proportion of charter schools; increased the percentage of teachers trained in alternate certification programs; widened attendance zones; adopted voucher programs; constructed new facilities; and changed their relationships with teachers unions.

During his tenure as Connecticut's education commissioner from 2011 to his 2014 resignation, Pryor had a rocky relationship with teacher unions and some education advocates over standardized testing and charter school expansion.

Not exact matches

«It's our goal to prove that the system is not more work for teachers and to change the relationship with unions,» she says.

The largest teachers union in the country is ending its relationship with Wells Fargo because the bank does business with the gun industry and the NRA.

Cuomo has feuded with the teachers unions but generally has a good relationship with other unions.

Cuomo has less - than - rosy relationships with other labor unions, including public - sector organized labor and the New York State United Teachers union.

Weingarten's push for Hochul drew some union members» ire at the time, but Cuomo's relationship with the state's teachers unions has gotten even worse since then, as he has pushed for more stringent evaluations.

«This is probably the one union endorsement I'm most proud of because our children are our most important commodity and our teachers really make a difference,» said Weprin, who noted he has a «very good working relationship» with New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi and UFT President Michael teachers really make a difference,» said Weprin, who noted he has a «very good working relationship» with New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi and UFT President Michael Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Mr. de Blasio has also maintained a very close relationship with the city's teachers union, which bitterly opposed Mr. Bloomberg's school closings.

It's at first at coy device, though it becomes less so as the series goes in its machinations from D.C. abstracts to grounded details, ones involving the Teachers Union, a powerful oil lobbyist and former colleague named Remy (Mahershala Ali), Claire's water nonprofit and an ambitious blogger named Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) who develops a mutually beneficial relationship with Underwood.

Given the adversarial nature of the relationship, there was never any real possibility of teachers accepting joint responsibility for student performance outcomes, as was the case with unions in northern Europe, where the relationship has never been hostile.

By trading trust for manifest distrust, the McGuinty government laid the base for the collaborative relationship with teachers and their unions that it saw as the prerequisite for improving student performance.

But a new report based largely on interviews with 30 local union presidents who each have spent less than eight years in office paints an evolved picture of leaders who are often involved in collaborative relationships with their school superintendents; who have to work constantly to balance the needs of a new generation of teachers with the needs of older members; and who see the importance...

The district has been a flash point in Colorado, where the system's difficult relationship with its local teachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiteachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiTeachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relationships.

The term «teacher union leader» typically evokes a hard - charging labor activist who shares an adversarial relationship with the school district, is focused solely on protecting members» bread - and - butter interests, and flees from phrases like «school reform.»

Antoinette Baskerville - Richardson, a former theater and speech teacher, union official, and district administrator who now chairs the advisory board, said Cerf's relationship with the board is evolving.

Still, there are some built - in tensions that Cerf has not been able to soothe, such as his relationship with the Newark Teachers Union.

At the same time, Duncan maintained at least a cordial working relationship with the Chicago Teachers Union, and both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) backed his nomination.

For those interested in the politics of charter schools, Reichgott Junge's description of her fraught relationship with her state's teachers unions was fascinating.

Along the way Payzant cultivated a generally positive relationship with the wide variety of education groups in and around Boston, including the local teachers union.

That in turn could weaken the relationship between the teachers unions and the Democratic Party, with big pro-reform implications, especially in blue states.

In making the case against further teacher union endorsements of Clinton, the blog Defend Public Education meticulously chronicled Broad's relationship with the candidate, going back to a visit Broad made in 1983 to the Arkansas home of Clinton and her husband, then - Gov.

Garcetti, meanwhile, was endorsed by the teachers union, although they declined to spend any money on his behalf and his relationship with UTLA has gotten a bit complicated.

The Sacramento Bee also reported earlier this month on Villaraigosa's relationship with unions, particularly the teachers union.

Cortines has a reputation of someone who can have a constructive relationship with the teachers and administrative unions without being a doormat.

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Henderson has had a rocky relationship with the Washington Teachers» Union.

Richard C. Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers union, said, «N.Y.S.U.T. will suspend its collaboration with the State Education Department through the remainder of the school year if these pass today, so we can re-evaluate this relationship.»

ITPI has a well - documented and partial point of view on the role charter schools play in the public education system, and longstanding financial relationship with teachers» unions.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of National Association of Head Teachers, acknowledged the «productive relationship» the union has enjoyed with Carter.

As I have written before — as recently as last Tuesday — the teachers unions have a schizoid relationship with charter schools.

As I've written before, the teachers unions have a constantly shifting relationship with charter schools.

For liberals who sought to weaken their party's relationships with «special interest groups» like teachers unions, charters were a boon.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is moving to close 11 % of the city's elementary schools, possibly the largest number of schools closed at one time, to address a yawning $ 1 billion budget deficit — further straining his already lousy relationship with the city's teachers» union.

Mayor de Blasio and the Department of Education prefer district schools that have relationships with teachers» unions — like PS 194, where Osman Couey taught.

Not surprisingly, Bobb also has a strained relationship with the city's teachers union.

MITUL provides leadership and organizational development services to teacher union locals by engaging in a multi-year consulting relationship with the locals and providing a cohort experience for a group of «critical friend» locals.

Needless to say, and admittedly for other reasons, too, Christie's relations with the teachers unions, who had an on - again - off - again relationship, with Schundler only worsened.

They have a strained relationship with the teachers» union.