Sentences with phrase «teachers and unions as»

Do the policymakers have to focus on a villain, in this case, teachers and unions as the bogeyman?

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Chicago has had a pretty painful year — it just experienced its most violent summer in recent memory and the teacher's union strike in September paralyzed schools as they prepared to open.

Among them there were reports accusing the leader of a Teacher's Union of not being a teacher; of the Buenos Aires Province Governor raising her own salary by 100 % and even a claim that the US Government recorded Macri's Administration as being the most corrupt in theTeacher's Union of not being a teacher; of the Buenos Aires Province Governor raising her own salary by 100 % and even a claim that the US Government recorded Macri's Administration as being the most corrupt in theteacher; of the Buenos Aires Province Governor raising her own salary by 100 % and even a claim that the US Government recorded Macri's Administration as being the most corrupt in the world.

David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

The author points to evidence in a variety of other civic arenas as well — labor unions, parent - teacher organizations and fraternal organizations.

As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011 - 12 budget Wednesday, school officials and the teachers union are battling publicly over related issues of withdrawn raises and the mayor's push for a longer school day.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

As principals got a better sense this week of their school's budget for the coming year, officials with the Chicago Teachers Union and privately run charter schools — which rarely agree on anything — both sounded an alarm over the effects of potential funding cuts.

The Public and Commercial Services union backed a strike on June 30th, the same day as industrial action planned by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (union backed a strike on June 30th, the same day as industrial action planned by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (Union of Teachers (NUT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

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 current dispute dates back to a 2007 «cap and share» agreement, in which teachers» unions agreed to accept increased pension contributions - so long as the government came up with evidence that the move is necessary.

Cuomo, noting that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor, said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

Republicans in the state Senate have introduced a «same as» bill that would decouple state - based standardized examinations from teacher and principle evaluations — suggesting the measure strongly backed by the state's teachers union stands a strong chance of advancing in Albany.

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.

Responding to the departure of Michael Gove MP and the appointment of Nicky Morgan MP as Secretary of State for Education, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has always sought to engage constructively with the Secretary of State for Education and will continue to do so.

The NASUWT is pleased to formally announce the re-election of Chris Keates as General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest and the leading union representing teachers in the UK.

Although they haven't been anywhere near as public about it as their colleagues at CSEA, officials at the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, have also quietly turned off the campaign cash spigot and is reassessing its contribution habits for everyone from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on down following the passage of Tier VI.

Silver and the Democratic - run Assembly now have to decide between low - income, mostly minority parents demanding charter schools as an option for their kids, and the teachers unions, their longtime allies, which are trying to rein in charters.

Before her career as a photographer took off, Grossman was a labor activist within the teachers» union and a member of the American Labor Party.

Cuomo — who noted that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor — said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

The Chicago Teachers Union has never gotten over its resentment for Duncan, who served as Chicago superintendent of schools from 2001 to 2009 and implemented many of the same accountability measures that Bush and Obama embraced.

«It makes this page uneasy knowing that many of the opponents to real reform in Albany are contributors to Cuomo's campaign such as public employee and teachers unions.

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.

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Faso was never accused of a crime or personally held liable for the improper pension contact, but the Albany Times Union cited «a source close to the investigation» in reporting that «Faso arranged or tried to arrange meetings between the investment firm Kellner DiLeo & Co. and officials at the state Common Retirement Fund, as well as the teachers, police and firefighter funds.»

The salty speech came on a day when union officials discussed hot - button issues such as teacher seniority rights and charter schools.

«We have to find a way to dial down the tone of the rhetoric and high volume as it relates to discussions with the teachers union,» she told the crowd gathered in an auditorium at the Fordham Law School for the «2013 Mayoral Candidate Forum.»

State Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblymembers Denny Farrell and Keith Wright, as well as several unions including District Council 37, United Federation of Teachers, New York State United Teachers, Civil Service Employees Association, Operating Engineers Local 891 and Sanitation Workers.

While Cuomo is socially liberal on gun control and abortion, he's seen as more fiscally conservative, willing to battle teachers unions and supportive of business friendly tax cuts.

Before becoming an MEP, Lucy was employed as a senior manager for the National Union of Teachers for five years, and before that as a Business Manager at the Greater London Authority.

This year's NAEP results are being released the same week that state assessments begin for students in grades 3 - 8 and as the state's largest teachers» union is conducting a campaign to lower expectations for students on those assessments.

Cuomo has called the teachers union and their allies part of bloated bureaucracy that needs to be broken, teachers have responded with mass rallies at the Capitol and around the state, as well as negative TV ads.

United Federation of Teachers President Mike Mulgrew referred to Klein and the Department of Education as acting «nuts» and doing «nutty» things while addressing Big Apple union delegates Friday at a meeting in Washington, DC, attendees said.

«I remember being scared witless as an 11 - year - old by a fire - and - brimstone history teacher who told us we would all be dead by Christmas because the Soviet Union urgently needed access to warm water ports for some reason, and the Red Army was going to sweep through Europe,» he wrote.

On Sunday, a top Cuomo aide cited a Newsday report as evidence that most Long Island school districts used union - endorsed scoring to «skew» results and «ensure that their teachers are rated only «effective» and «highly effective.»»

You're only concerned with directing as much money at the teachers union as possible and nothing else.

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

Finally, there are the teachers unions, NYSUT and UFT, whose members successfully painted Cuomo as the enemy of overworked and underpaid teachers.

But the event also comes as Cuomo is taking a post-budget victory lap and as he faces fresh skepticism from organizations like the Working Families Party and the statewide teachers union over his fiscal priorities.

As this year's A-level students prepare to receive their results, the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, is calling on the Government not to squander their potential by further funding cuts to education and training.

«Now when this national committee was established, we expected them to have written to us, as we hold the collective bargaining certificate, that look; teacher unions, we are setting up a national implementation committee and therefore we want you to send us a representative.»

They are culled from a variety of sources — including our state affiliate, New York State United Teachers, and national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers — that you are entitled to as a union member in good standing; others are DOE discounts or discounts from individual companies.

That refusal further frustrated some employees who have disapproved of the union's tactics, namely the «Boycott the Desmond» campaign, which has cost the hotel at least a million dollars, according to management, and persuaded such patrons as New York State United Teachers, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and members of the Senate Democratic Conference to publicly withdraw their business.

The GNAT General Secretary described this as «very wrong,» in an interview on Eyewitness News, and bemoaned the fact that his union, one of the three teacher unions in Ghana, was not invited.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

21) A rare personal passage describes Corbyn getting his socialism from his parents and working as a teacher and trade union organiser.

Cuomo has been pushing for such a tax ceiling since his campaign, and the Assembly had been seen as one of his most challenging hurdles, since the New York City Democrats that lead the body have close ties to teachers» unions, which have opposed the cap.

Democratic elected officials aligned with the city and state teachers unions see charters as a thinly - veiled, well - moneyed effort to erode job protections for teachers.

She echoed the union's concerted push for more school aid and a moratorium on using students scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions, such as teacher evaluations.

As president of New York State United Teachers — a union whose 600,000 - plus membership is more than 70 percent women — I am proud to be leading a steering committee that is exploring issues of particular importance to women in today's society — issues like the minimum wage, child care and paid family leave.