Sentences with phrase «say aft»
«As everyone knows, our union is opposed to high - stakes testing and value - added model, but even when MaryEllen applied it as required under Florida law, she made collaboration her mantra,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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«By working together and recognizing their shared responsibility to all Los Angeles public school students, United Teachers Los Angeles and the district were able to keep more than 4,000 teachers in classrooms, preserve early childhood education and prevent class - size increases,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
While no one wants to a craft a whole new system, overcoming the enormous teacher dissatisfaction with the first plan will make it difficult to revisit the topic, said the AFT's Weir.
Social promotion, says the AFT report, is «rampant» in this country.
As professionals, we want to learn and grow and provide all of our students with the best opportunities,» says AFT New Mexico President Stephanie Ly.
«We believe in high - quality public education because it is an economic necessity, an anchor of democracy, a moral imperative and a fundamental civil right,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
«When teachers and parents join together, we can be an unstoppable force to fulfill the promise of education as a pathway to opportunity for all children,» says AFT President Randi Weingarten
«This Gallup poll shows how important it is to have a strong teacher induction program,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
«When students see their teachers or anyone wearing the blue wristband, it will serve as a signal to students that they are not alone, that school is a safe haven, and that they can turn to and depend on their educators to deal with bullying or harassment,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
Miss Hoxby, an expert on the economics of school choice with the National Bureau of Economic Research, said the AFT study was «junk research» and «misleading.»
«AFT - Michigan is actively supporting legislation that improves teaching through clear and concise guidelines,» said AFT - Michigan's Julie ROWE.
«Of all the things in the Race to the Top guidelines, this is the one that's given us the most pause, the most concern,» said AFT president Randi Weingarten.
«What our union liked about this was these are rank - and - file folks from across the country,» said aft President Randi Weingarten, even as she cautioned that the union may disagree on some «nuances» of the SOS principles.
«Sadly, what has changed is that rather than helping teachers help kids, some... are suing to take away the voices of teachers,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
AFT: «The idea of representative democracy underscores our identity as a nation, yet for it to succeed, government must safeguard the ability of all individuals to make their voices heard,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
«The Solution - Driven Unionism prize is rooted in solving problems and successfully meeting the many challenges facing our communities, often in the most difficult of environments,» says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
He said the AFT should «put out a careful analysis of the range of types of charter schools and what's good and what's bad about different provisions in them and how they work.»
«In vision, in experience and in leadership, Hillary Clinton is the champion working families need in the White House,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.
«This is a turning point,» says AFT president Randi Weingarten.
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Querétaro will manufacture both the forward and aft fuselage for the Learjet, «almost the entire body,» says Abaroa.
«We have reached out to the AFT to set up a meeting and that's on - going,» Sloan said in response to the questioner, while continuing to defend the bank's decision not to stop doing business with gun makers.
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«Our delegates chose to take action in the governor's race on Saturday because they're tired of the non-stop attacks on working people,» AFT Connecticut President Jan Hochadel said in a written statement.
The AFT, with the UFT's support, has lobbied hard for the compromise legislation, Mulgrew said.
AFT President Randi Weingarten said Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.
PEF's national affiliate, the AFT, has said no to a request by former Secretary - Treasurer Carlos Garcia's request to investigate the June 2015 vote in which he and former President Susan Kent were ousted.
The collapse of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee's effort to agree on a plan to slash the federal budget deficit isn't just a defeat for congressional Republicans who, as AFT President Randi Weingarten said, «insisted on protecting the 1 percent from any additional taxes.»
In a statement this week, AFT President Randi Weingarten wouldn't make the same commitment to Garcia, saying that «circumstances have changed» and the union would have to re-evaluate the race.
After a panel that he created said it concurred with the AFT's report recommending a bar - like exam, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, endorsed the idea in his State of the State address on Wednesday, saying that «every teacher» should take such a test and pass it «before we put them in a classroom.»
Then, «earlier this year, Rutgers AFT representatives [began] asking around to postdocs about their particular conditions and their interest in unionizing,» says postdoc Alan Wan, who was «heavily involved» in the drive.
Daniel Radcliffe says he's too young for JK Rowling's «Harry Potter» Sequel «My inclination is to say «No»,» Daniel Radcliffe told TV critics this aft...
AFT's poll found that just 27 percent of respondents said that their district has provided them with the tools and resources necessary to teach to the CCSS — and 53 percent said that they have received either no training or inadequate training to help prepared them to teach to the standards.
The Toledo Federation of Teachers, another AFT affiliate, is also considering changing its salary structure, said Francine Lawrence, president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers.
In fact, in a 2012 study of 500 new teachers by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), respondents said that their training was too theoretical and didn't prepare them for teaching «in the real world.»
«We were supportive of the Louisiana legislation,» said Jamie Horwitz, speaking for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which supports standards testing.
«Politicians who have declared the public schools a «disaster» are out of sync with the American people,» said Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in a written statement.
The NEA, AFT, and Council of Chief State School Officers all have said they want higher entry standards.
The AFT was careful not to say anything against the standards themselves, and spent time before and after the convention making sure that its external partners, funders and nonprofits, knew the nuances behind its statements.
«Another thing that's a distraction from our students,» she said,» is the big dark money that is a part of our local school board race,» Nelson, in turn, raised both the AFT mailer and his eyebrows at Holtzmann and then at the audience.
«One of our major battlegrounds for helping poor rural and poor urban children is to fight for more Title I money,» said Jamie Horwitz, speaking for the AFT.
Jon Caldara, president of the right - leaning Independence Institute, said that the AFT «understands that this is the biggest race no one's heard of, and that if Elevate wins, then Blaine Amendments could be stripped out of 38 constitutions.
«There are more costs associated with performance pay; you have to identify performances, measure those, and it is more complicated,» the AFT's Weil said.
The AFT's Weil said the union is not opposed to alternative pay structures, but certain conditions have to be in place:
And last November, AFT President Randi Weingarten said, «You think Obamacare is bad?
«Teachers shoulder endless challenges and responsibilities — mastering content, standards and curriculum, and meeting the diverse needs and abilities of each of their students,» said American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten.
AFT President Randi Weingarten said it appeared to be «deeply flawed and misleading» and faulted it for omitting poverty in the analysis.
Rochester and Chicago are the only two districts so far to adopt these types of programs, according to American Federation of Teachers records, said Jamie Horwitz, an AFT spokesman.
Parents and guardians say that making sure students graduate with the knowledge and academic skills needed to succeed in college is one of schools» most important goals (second only to providing a safe and secure environment for children), according to the AFT poll.
The AFT provided dozens of teachers to the development and review effort, president Randi Weingarten said.