Sentences with phrase «teachers union as»

With the support of former Soviet leader, Boris Yeltsin, Jerry is invited by the Creative Teachers Union as a keynote speaker to the first New Schools Festival in Russia on the democratization of education.

During his tenure, he made the MTA the voice of the profession and established the teachers union as a partner in developing and implementing state and federal policy such as teacher - evaluation frameworks, new curriculum standards, district and school accountability measures, while strengthening labor - management collaboration focused on improving student achievement.

Three times as many Chicagoans side with the teachers union as with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on how to improve public schools at a time when the two sides remain locked in contentious contract negotiations, a Chicago Tribune poll has found.

Having the local teachers union as a key player from the beginning is helpful then.

They also point recent endorsements from the statewide teachers union as well as 1199 / SEIU, the latter of which endorsed Grisanti in 2012.

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

That program, criticized by the state's teachers union as a voucher program, would increase by $ 3.35 million to make $ 8.85 million available for scholarships.

It was a dramatic increase from the existing evaluation rubric, settled with teachers unions as part of the state's Race to the Top deal, that used state tests as 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Instead of regarding teacher unions as an obstacle to reform, a perspective I vehemently held for many years, I imagine teacher unions serving as a partner to improve teacher quality, thus, improving student learning.

Furthermore, advocates are no longer considered right - wing kooks for casting the teachers unions as a big part of the problem.

As many people saw teachers unions as a positive force as thought that their role had been negative.

This enhances their value to the teacher unions as political allies.

The panel was also concerned by the film's representation of teachers and teacher unions as major sticking points in the education system.

This image of the teachers unions as part of our family is facilitated by the fact that virtually every college - educated household (the households with the greatest political influence) has at least one current or former public school teacher sitting at the dining table when they gather for Thanksgiving.

Yet teachers unions as a massive general political force is an untold story.

Berman's glossy ads, which have run in Washington, DC, and New Jersey, portray teachers unions as schoolyard bullies.

Similarly, Democrats frequently selected statewide teachers unions as one of the most important groups informing their position on teacher evaluation policy.

• Risk underestimated the resistance to change from the organized interests of the K - 12 public education system, at the center of which were the two big teacher unions as well as school administrators, colleges of education, state bureaucracies, school boards, and many others.

New Jersey does have slightly more LEAs signed on this time — 387, as opposed to 378 — and signatures from 21 local teachers unions as opposed to 4, but in a state with over 500 districts those aren't big changes.

To win that war, those of us who see teachers unions as the biggest impediment to any real education reform can not afford to let up.

The race for the three board seats generated nearly $ 17 million in campaign spending, a massive sum that signaled the importance these races represented for both charter school advocates and teachers unions as they battle over the direction of charter school growth in the state.

Public School Choice was crucified by city and state teachers unions as a «school giveaway.»

Until the teacher unions as a whole come together and act as one, the government of the day is not going to take them seriously.

The only news is that people, including the news media, public intellectuals, and policymakers, continue to treat the teacher unions as if they were credible actors in education policy discussions.

It was a dramatic increase from the existing evaluation rubric, settled with teachers unions as part of the state's Race to the Top deal, that used state tests as 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

The communications team there painted teachers unions as selfish and obstructionist forces, more intent on protecting their members than serving needy students.

There, Dr. Steve Perry delighted the reformer - heavy crowd with his unique brand of high - octane, high - expectations roof raising, including referring to teacher unions as «roaches» and regaling the audience with tales of children who are literally dying from excuses.

The accounts for K - 12 schools first appeared in 2011 in other states and are popular among conservatives and opposed by Democrats and teachers unions as a new version of a taxpayer - funded school voucher.

Are we going to have to buy off the teacher unions as well

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Despite efforts to paint the teachers unions as the evil empire, teachers, and those who support them from home, know this to be a false narrative.

It's best to think of Democratic reformers and the teacher unions as caught in a passive - aggressive marriage.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has spoken openly about teachers unions as the core cause of the country's education problem.

Unsurprisingly, the partial Democratic opposition to the pro-raise movement was bolstered by state teacher unions as well as the national arm of the American Federation of Teachers.

Not exact matches

An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.

If it does, it can be a crippling blow to public - sector unions, such as teachers unions.

Then, as if Emanuel's administration wasn't already besieged, the local teachers» union announced this week that its members had overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, which would put some 400,000 students out on the street.

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.

The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector unions such as teachers.

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.

He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of Education Minnesota, the state's main teachers» union.

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.

Disabled teachers are being held back in their careers, with the majority having experienced discrimination as a result of Government changes, according to a poll conducted today by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union.

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).