Sentences with phrase «teachers union officials went»

In Adelanto, in San Bernardino County, the Wall Street Journal revealed, teachers union officials went door - to - door to confront parents who had signed Parent Trigger petitions, insinuating they could be deported if they didn't rescind their signatures.

Not exact matches

The recommendations now go to the union's state affiliate, the New York State United Teachers, which makes the official union endorsements for congressional races.

A senior American Federation of Teachers official has acknowledged the request from UTLA, but has not yet responded with details about the union's decision or the amount of funding that's going to be shared.

But in doing so, states from Massachusetts to Colorado are tangling with their teachers» unions as they test how far they can go to meet federal officials» demands that they be aggressive, yet inclusive, in devising a road map to dramatically improve student achievement.

Officials of the teachers union, UTLA, have accused the group of attempting to «dismantle» public education in Los Angeles, and just this week, the school board went on record opposing the GPS Now plan, of which few details are actually known.

It's not popular to pursue any reform that goes after the sad reality that some teachers simply shouldn't be teaching (some shouldn't even be around children), and it's often political suicide for an elected official, especially a Democrat, to take on the teachers unions, but in Colorado, Johnston led an unstoppable force that left the teachers union standing alone in the cold.

Union critics and wealthy advocates have hired lawyers to take on the teachers; the teachers, through their unions, have gone before the bench to go after state officials and their policies.

According to an article by Michael Levinson in the Boston Globe (6.6.14), Barbara Madeloni «won her race by openly criticizing the current union president... for his record of negotiating with — rather than fighting — officials on the development of teacher assessments and the Common Core...» He went on to say: «Her agenda forcefully rejects those policies, which have gained increasing support from Republicans and Democrats over the last 20 years.