Sentences with phrase «restrictive teacher contracts»

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But the superintendents came up with solutions to these barriers to overcome teacher - credentialing limitations at the elementary and secondary levels, line - of - sight rules, class - size limits, and restrictive provisions in union contracts that specify the instructional and non-instructional time for each teacher in a given day.

In fact, the main reason teachers go to work in charter schools is that they like the freedom that these schools offer... including freedom from top - down restrictive union contracts that dictate a teacher's every move.

While it is true that when Green takes off his journalist hat and puts on his columnist one he is no longer under any obligation to describe things accurately, he is being more than a bit disingenuous to suggest the «Commissioner's Network» (Section 18 of Senate Bill 24) simply means «longer days, year - round school, more social services, better pay for sought - after science and math teachers — without the constraints of restrictive labor contracts.»

Green says, «certainly the unions could compromise and agree to allowing Malloy and Pryor a dozen or 18 schools where the state could take dramatic action — longer days, year - round school, more social services, better pay for sought - after science and math teachers — without the constraints of restrictive labor contracts.»

There's a reason for this: without the restrictive terms of a typical union contract, charter schools are able to reward top - performing teachers and experiment with the most promising teaching methods.