Ms. Magee and the 600,000 public school
teachers she represents lost out in their battle with Mr. Cuomo over the new test - based evaluations outlined in this year's budget agreement.
Not exact matches
The first year is death (shedding of the blood and sacrifice) the second day or the second thousand years is the revival though he himself is not seen because he is operating in apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers and evangelists (this was symbolized in him preaching to the
lost souls or spirits imprisoned) then the third day
represents the last 1000 years which signifies his second coming which he will appear and reign..
School districts from a funding perspective and unions that
represent the
teachers will
lose jobs.
An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not
represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of
teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he
lost on to the
teachers» unions.
He says each apple
represents a teaching job
lost because of funding cuts, and an apple that would otherwise be delivered by a student to their
teacher.
• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; •
teachers are
losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards
represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy,
teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging
teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and
teachers are now expected to provide their students.