Sentences with phrase «teachers union president»

Broward County teachers union President Anna Fusco said teachers supported the bill but not the provision that allows them to carry guns.

«Instead of students coming, they're just bringing in the staff to have time together, to talk and get emotionally ready,» said Anna Fusco, Broward Teachers Union president, adding that teachers» return will be the first time since the shooting that everyone will be together.

Superintendent Robert Runcie, School Board members and Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco met with Stoneman Douglas teachers and staff Friday morning.

The red - shirt - wearing teacher activists from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Oklahoma obviously learned a thing or two from Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.

In July Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis shared a post on Facebook about the bleeding loss of school librarians in Chicago.

Sue McCabe, the Highline teachers union president, said that although she believes that Enfield has moved away from a strictly top - down approach to disciplinary reform and is now doing a better job of listening to teachers, she worries that the teacher turnover, which hasn't slowed significantly, will harm the district long term.

Which pretty much describes yesterday's op - ed in NJ Spotlight signed by State Senator Ronald Rice Sr., Newark School Board member Leah Owens, Newark Teachers Union president John Abeigon, and other Newark luminaries.

New York teachers union president Richard C. Iannuzzi said in a statement that the changes are outside the scope of the law.

Quoting Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, the AP reports that school will resume Wednesday.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announces to members of the press that CTU is still deliberating and a decision to strike has not yet been made at the SEIU Healthcare headquarters Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Chicago.

Broward teachers union president Anna Fusco said the union and the evaluation department plan to send teachers a survey soon to find out their biggest gripes related to evaluations.

But the mayor, superintendent, and the teachers union president did not welcome receivership.

Teachers union president Michael Mulgrew, who collaborated with Fariña on the plan, praised the changes.

In a statement reported by the Orlando Sentinel, teachers union president and lead plaintiff Joanne McCall expressed frustration with the courts» decisions, and asked: «Who is allowed to challenge the constitutionality of the tax credit vouchers?»

Conservative firebrands like Glenn Beck, Phyllis Schlafly, and Michelle Malkin have denounced it as «ObamaCore» and as a leftist plot, while liberal education expert Diane Ravitch and Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis have called it anti-teacher.

Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English said the district was rushing the vote without taking many «concerning factors» into account.

It's Monday, Jan. 25, and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is helping Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis see eye to eye on at least one thing.

Critics, such as local teachers union President Alex Caputo - Pearl, look skeptically at the dollar amounts and the pro-charter history of the group's board of directors, which includes Gregory McGinity, executive director for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, and Marc Sternberg, K - 12 education program director at the Walton Family Foundation.

Teachers union President Warren Fletcher agrees that a better system is needed; UTLA has designed its own.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, shown speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Nov. 2, 2016, says she had a «tiny» stroke last week.

Local teachers union President Alex Caputo - Pearl said teachers in traditional schools, who are represented by unions, have an edge: better job security and frequently superior working conditions.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Vice President Jesse Sharkey at a news conference on May 4, 2016.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to reporters after casting her ballot in a strike authorization vote.

After Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed a record 50 schools in Black and Latinx neighborhoods in 2013, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said that the CTU would organize to change our city and county's political landscape.

Do you know how much you and your fellow taxpayers are spending to pay your local teachers union president to leave the classroom and work for a private labor organization?

The policy was co-authored by longtime Newark Teachers Union President Joseph DelGrosso and was approved overwhelmingly by his members.

Díaz, the teachers union president, told the Intercept that Rosselló has been unresponsive to their concerns.

In several school districts the negotiated master agreement not only grants the local teachers union president full - time leave from the classroom, leave that counts toward earning seniority credit on the old - time salary schedule, but also asks taxpayers to foot the bill.

How much are you paying the local teachers union president?

(See our interview with Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis)

But to me, the disappointing fact remains that the same arrangements remain to let Poudre's teachers union president take the year off to work for the union mostly at public expense.

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis, a black women, is one of the most important leaders in the country against corporate education reform, and she led the union in the «Let Us Teach!»

City teachers union president Michael Mulgrew angered NYSUT after he put out a statement Sunday night — before the education bill was even in print — claiming victory in beating back some of Cuomo's more strident proposals, sources said.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who has objected to Emanuel's plans to withhold teacher pay raises and change work rules, issued a less - than - subtle statement about the mayor's decision.

As Harford County Public Schools implement a five - year initiative to provide a tablet - type computer for each student, the Harford teachers union president says that money for that project could be better spent elsewhere.

Teachers union President Warren Fletcher delivered a fiery speech to more than 400 UTLA chapter chairs and activists on Saturday, using language more suited to a situation room than a classroom.

Milwaukee Teachers Union President Bob Peterson says many students live in poverty, and some teachers aren't prepared for that reality.

Despite the strike and the resulting turmoil, the sides say there are close on some parts of an agreement, such as compensation, said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis at a news conference Sunday night announcing the walkout.

In Chicago, student «growth» — or improvement — on standardized tests will count for at least 25 percent of a teacher's evaluation, a system that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has called «unacceptable.»

Los Angeles teachers union president Warren Fletcher lashed out at the school district Monday for its handling of teachers accused of misconduct, vowing to file federal and state age - discrimination complaints.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Vice President Jesse Sharkey at an April 2016 news conference.

Madison teachers union president Mike Lipp publicly embraced the new teacher evaluations mandated under the state's waiver from the No Child Left Behind law, saying feedback is useful and Madison school administrators haven't always been good about evaluating staff in the past.

Warren Fletcher, teachers union president, said that data give teachers more useful information about student performance on specific skills.

Los Angeles teachers union President Warren Fletcher said he would no longer actively campaign for reelection, clearing the path for challenger Alex Caputo - Pearl to become the next leader of United Teachers Los Angeles.

DeVos reveals chat with fiercely critical teachers union president New York Post ow.ly / 2EpW309jLST

5) Who do you trust more to help improve schools in your neighborhood, Mayor Rahm Emanuel or Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis?

In a letter addressed to Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and the teachers union president Michael Mulgrew that was delivered last week, teachers petitioned the two sides to reach an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system that would fulfill the requirements of the federal grant and allow the state to restore their financing.

But Washington Teachers Union president Elizabeth Davis insists teachers haven't been given enough information about what evaluators are looking for, and that it was a mistake not to involve the union in designing IMPACT.

Last night, American Federation of Teachers union president Randi Weingarten appeared on FOX News to defend her union against charges leveled in our full - page ad in yesterday's New York Times.