Sentences with phrase «seniority protection for»

Deborah Gist (class of 2008), Rhode Island Commissioner of Education, has supported the firing of all teachers in Central Falls and more recently in Providence, and is aggressively fighting seniority protections for teachers.

Eli Broad has said he «expects to be a major contributor» to Students First, former D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee's organization that advocates for the expansion of charters, vouchers, and an end to seniority protections for teachers.

Not exact matches

She said she has disagreed with past legislation that would do away with protections for senior teachers, but thinks there may be some sort of formula that takes more than just seniority into account.

«It is right that everyone working for or with Parliament regardless of position or seniority should have the same rights and protections and should be held to the same high standards.»

Teachers who entered the profession under these rules and patiently served their time, waiting for the rewards of seniority, are understandably resistant to measures that would significantly alter pay scales, job protections, or work rules.

The Washington Post reported that the court decided «tenure, seniority and other job protections for teachers have created unequal conditions in public schools and deprive poor children of the best teachers.»

The case arose from a challenge, funded by anti-union organizations, to five California statutes that provide K - 12 teachers a two - year probationary period, stipulate procedural protections for non-probationary teachers facing termination, and emphasize teacher seniority in reductions of force.

A bit more than a year ago a California Superior Court, ruling in Vergara v. California, overturned California statutes guaranteeing due process protections for K - 12 teachers with more than two years experience (so - called «teacher tenure») and layoff by seniority.

While other districts have put performance - pay systems in place and others still have relaxed seniority rules, the initiative coming out of the nation's capital would, in one stroke, swap job protection for salaries that outpace what most...

The tight budgetary environment played a big supporting role in the D.C. contract, in which teachers got a 21.6 % salary boost and a bucket of bonus dollars in return for substantial concessions on job protections, seniority, and merit pay.

Missing from the convention agenda, however, was that the prior week a judge heard initial arguments in a lawsuit aimed at dismantling Minnesota's union - orchestrated tenure and seniority «protections» for public school teachers.

Jordan and others also pointed to what they described as a wholesale attack on the teaching profession — through legislation proposing to lower qualifications and to eliminate seniority protections — in explaining the reasons for the statewide walk - out.

«The Education Code expressly allows a school district to deviate from... seniority for... purposes of maintaining or achieving compliance with constitutional requirements related to equal protection of the laws,» said the ruling from Judge William F. Highberger.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

The court did note that plaintiffs successfully highlighted some inequitable practices regarding tenure and seniority protections, but placed the blame on district administrators — and not state law — for their counterproductive hiring and placement practices.

Their supporters argue that children pay the price for such job protections as teacher tenure and seniority.

He argues that the Commonwealth Foundation and Pennsylvania School Boards Association make the case for eliminating the seniority protection «only from an economic angle,» and that firing veteran teachers would cause educational quality to suffer.

The plan called for an «infusion of philanthropic support» to recruit teachers and principals through national school - reform organizations; build sophisticated data and accountability systems; expand charters; and weaken tenure and seniority protections.

Thus, the highest number of points — 138 of the 500 - point scale that Duncan and his staff created for the Race — would be awarded based on a commitment to eliminate what teachers» union leaders consider the most important protections enjoyed by their members: seniority - based compensation and permanent job security.

Academics — especially in Europe, and especially those with seniority — have impressive protections against outrages, and petty flare ups between colleagues are commonplace enough that one flip - flopping publicly because of some unpleasant friction for a few days or weeks has revealed far more about his own character than that of his detractors..