Sentences with phrase «teacher strikes across»

As teachers» unions scramble to blunt the impact of a looming Supreme Court decision regarding their ability to collect dues, the recent teacher strikes across the nation have handed them a rallying cry.

«The ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country.

This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three - quarters of public school enrollment.

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The decision comes after head teachers across England had suggested that they could go on strike as a result of forced academisation.

Day Four: Here's everything you need to know about why teachers across the state of West Virginia have been on strike since last Thursday.

Thousands of teachers across the north - west went on strike today to demonstrate against Michael Gove's teaching reforms.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) and National Union of Teachers (NUT) at schools, colleges and universities across London will tomorrow (Wednesday) take strike action in protest against changes to their pensions.

Teachers and lecturers from across London will be going on strike tomorrow, in a row over changes to their pensions.

Thousands of schools across England will close today, as teachers go on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions.

The Vergara ruling, which is likely to be appealed, struck down key teacher protections in California and is expected to have reverberations across the nation.

This award - winning film follows naturalist and author Joel Greenberg, A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, (Bloomsbury USA, 2014), as well as scientists, artists and teachers that are drawn to this literal teachable moment and its striking relevance to conservation challenges today.

An injunction issued by a lone circuit - court judge ordering striking teachers across West Virginia to return to their classrooms last March was illegal, the state supreme court has ruled.

Yet a multiple choice test of discrete facts plucked from across a millennium strikes me as a poor ruler for measuring how well teachers can animate the past.

With a plethora of mobile learning applications, such as Explain Everything, available across different mobile platforms (both android and iOS), video - based learning has struck an unprecedented cord with teachers / trainers as well as mobile learners.

Whilst working on a teacher - training project in schools across Pokhara, Nepal a few years ago, I was struck by the absurdity of some of the pedagogical practices.

How the teacher pay raise formula could worsen Seattle's inequity In this oped Marguerite Roza describes one critical issue underlying the fall 2015 Seattle Public Schools teachers» strike that neither the Seattle School District nor the Seattle Education Association, the teachers» union, took on: the built - in inequities across schools created...

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

For over two weeks, a dozen parents, teachers and community members have been leading a hunger strike to save Dyett High School in Chicago — and in so doing they have inspired education justice organizers across the country.

Next week's rally coincides with the opening of the N.C. General Assembly — and is attracting national attention because it also coincides with #RedForEd teacher strikes and walkouts across the nation.

In oral arguments presented in the Appellate Division, 2nd Department of the New York State Supreme Court, the plaintiffs argued that the existing school system is failing their children, and that the outsized job protections for chronically ineffective teachers across New York must be struck down.

Following a 13 - day statewide strike among West Virginia teachers last month which culminated in an across - the - board 5 percent raise, teachers in Arizona have conducted a series demonstrations demanding higher pay, while Kentucky teachers have rallied to protest proposed cuts to their pensions.

Whereas the Seattle Education Association went on a one day strike last spring in protest of the current reform movement that is damaging public education and, therefore stood tall for all public school teachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Associatteachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers AssociatTeachers Association; and

At the beginning of the new school year, the United Teachers of Los Angeles and other teachers unions across the country are threatening to strike if their wage demands areTeachers of Los Angeles and other teachers unions across the country are threatening to strike if their wage demands areteachers unions across the country are threatening to strike if their wage demands aren't met.

More than 6,100 school pupils across East Sussex have been affected by teachers striking in a row over pay, a union has said.

On the eve of a potential strike, we want to have a visible presence across the city showing the breadth of support for our teachers.

It's the latest in a series of strikes across the nation over low teacher pay.

Teachers set to strike across England in July over pay and conditions as schools face heavy budget cuts (Mirror)

The success of the teachers» strike in West Virginia, which resulted in a 5 percent pay increase, has inspired a movement among educators across the nation.

The Oklahoma teachers» strike has a lot in common with an earlier strike last month in West Virginia, where classrooms across all of its 55 counties were shuttered for nine school days.

This is happening as teachers across Oklahoma continue their walkout and after teachers in West Virginia got the raise they wanted by striking for more than a week.

The strike has attracted national attention because school systems across the country are grappling with how best to evaluate their teachers, with many moving toward systems that link teacher performance to student test scores.

Peoria, IL demands investment in public education, and teachers across West Virginia go on strike.

Opinion: By Nicole Braun OtherWords School teachers across the U.S. are striking for many reasons, from

In this oped Marguerite Roza describes one critical issue underlying the fall 2015 Seattle Public Schools teachers» strike that neither the Seattle School District nor the Seattle Education Association, the teachers» union, took on: the built - in inequities across schools created by the district's outdated, traditional pay scale.

Teachers across the country are striking for higher pay and more school funding.

Explain that in today's lesson students will be exploring the teacher strikes that have spread across states including West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky.

Parents Across America is pleased to stand with our nation's schoolteachers in efforts to improve education for all children — efforts that range from the issues raised in the Chicago teachers» strike to the Seattle teachers» boycott of wasteful standardized tests.

As the Chicago Teachers Union begins the second week of their strike, some political leaders and media commentators are quick to blame teachers for resisting a system for evaluating teachers that other states and school districts across the country have already Teachers Union begins the second week of their strike, some political leaders and media commentators are quick to blame teachers for resisting a system for evaluating teachers that other states and school districts across the country have already teachers for resisting a system for evaluating teachers that other states and school districts across the country have already teachers that other states and school districts across the country have already adopted.

Beyond that, the strike is based on union discontent with sensible policy changes — including the teacher evaluation system required by Illinois law — that are increasingly popular across the country and are unlikely to be rolled back, no matter how long the union stays out.