Sentences with phrase «teachers unions who»

On the April 4 ballot will be two - term incumbent Tony Evers, a public school advocate backed mostly by liberals and teachers unions who has been at odds with Republicans for years over his adoption of the Common Core State Standards and his opposition to the expansion of private school vouchers in the state.

Then there are the teachers unions who want a cut of my money.

«You have this unlikely marriage of folks on the far right who are convinced this is part of a federal takeover of local education, who have joined hands with folks on the left associated with teachers unions who are trying to sever any connection between test results and teacher evaluation,» said Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee, a Republican who supports the Common Core.

This message has apparently been lost on some people in our teachers unions who used their recent national conventions in...

Rather, it's that they work all too well and thus present a threat to the education status quo and the teachers unions who control it.

But you would not realize that with the hysteria from Senate Democrats and their allies in the teachers unions who ran a massive campaign -LSB-...]

Senate Democrats needed to stand with the teachers unions who fund their campaigns.

But you would not realize that with the hysteria from Senate Democrats and their allies in the teachers unions who ran a massive campaign over the past month to discredit, and ultimately defeat, DeVos.

You'd think that the teachers unions who profess to really care about teachers would think twice before leading their members down the rosy path to RIFs.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

For those of us who cover the nation's education crisis, it is easy to joke about the ranting and raving of some defenders of traditional public education, who have what they consider to be clever names for charter schools and impugn the motivations of reformers with wealth (even as they defend teachers unions who bring in $ 622 million every year through dues collected forcibly from teachers who may or many not even support their aims).

The problem is we have politicians and teachers unions who truly, truly, truly don't know what they're doing.

Meanwhile, Cuomo has also had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions who are uneasy with his support for charter schools.

Panepinto confirmed then that four staffers had left his Senate payroll since the end of December, including Daniel Corum, a former employee of the New York City teachers union who worked on the senator's 2014 campaign before joining his staff in 2015.

But then again, why would the NPR blogger paraphrase the president of a local district's teachers union who asserts that, despite low test scores, «their parents are happy» and then not ask parents like Salvador Ramirez and Jennifer Perez who have very publicly expressed their unhappiness with that district in their local paper of record?

Leadership for American education has increasingly been provided by big - city and state superintendents, professors of education, and officials of the education associations and teacher unions who see little need to respond to the uninformed views of the general public and of parents.

And it was not likely that her remarks would expand upon her brazen admissions in the past that she wields her family's vast fortune to specifically get political outcomes that she favors, nor was she ever going to admit to the committee that her major goal in education activism is one part ideology and another heaping part destroying the organized teacher unions who tend to support Democrats.

Malloy's action also received praise from the leadership of Connecticut's two teacher unions who heralded the move as an important step in the right direction.

Not exact matches

The teachers union is also putting pressure on its pension managers, who oversee $ 3 trillion of teacher retirement savings, to push fund companies to shed gun - maker stocks, offer funds that specifically exclude gun - related investments or drop investment managers that refuse.

Countering these arguments, Andrew Cuomo has cobbled together a coalition to support his amendment, the most vocal of which have been the business leaders who stand to profit from casinos and public sector workers, primarily teacher's unions, who will be the beneficiary of increased state revenues.

Let's end with more words from this great master and teacher: O you who were created for union with God himself and whom he is ever attracting to himself, what are you doing with your precious lives, with your time?

In a number of states, these agencies are dominated by teacher unions and public school advocates who have made it virtually impossible for some religions to operate schools in accordance with their religious principles.

The gop has alienated so many people from so many walks of life that the only voter represented by them will be a 50 year old white man who mistrusts minorities and women and unions and non christians and seniors and government employees and teachers and librarians and nurses and postal workers and immigrants and firefighters and I have probably left out quite a few of you who they have managed to insult this past year.

A Member of Parliament — or a magistrate, or the Head Teacher of a school, or a borough councillor - who dared to say «Children should be taught that marriage is the lifelong union of a man and a woman, bringing new children into the world» would in all probability be denounced with vigour and forced to resign.

Thus he claims that «the Word, who is the first - birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter.»

«If same - sex marriage is enacted into law what will happen to the teacher who wants to tell pupils that marriage can only mean - and has only ever meant - the union of a man and a woman?

And how about the teachers unions that protect teachers who teach what the want to teach instead of teaching their curriculum.

We're also one of the only public schools to have guaranteed recess for every kid, everyday — it's a gift from our teachers who voluntarily gave - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise it.

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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.

In a Facebook post last year, Loeb said Stewart - Cousins has done «more damage to people of color than anyone who ever donned a hood» because of her support for public school teachers union.

Silver didn't address any of Cuomo's policy positions, some of which seem to be a direct hit on the speaker and his colleagues — like the one that would require full disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, for example, or the lifting of the charter school cap (not popular with the teachers unions, who are close allies of the Assembly Democrats).

Moe, who has been writing about education reform for more than two decades, argued last year that «The teachers unions are the raw power behind the politics of blocking [education accountability reform].

The teachers unions have also pointed to wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign.

The measures are predominantly opposed by the teachers unions, who say Cuomo's posture — especially on making it easier to fire educators who do not perform well in evaluations — as essentially anti-teacher.

The 2.5 million - member AFL - CIO has backed Gregg Lundahl, a UFT member primarying Democratic Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, who has angered the teachers union by introducing a bill that would give principals authority over teacher layoffs.

Scaling back the teacher evaluation law is a key issue for the teachers unions, who have influence with lawmakers as well as Democratic voters.

The disclosure of teacher evaluations has been firmly supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but is a sensitive issue for teachers unions, who point to other public employees not having their evaluations released to either the general public or a narrowly defined portion of the populace, like parents.

Speaker Carl Heastie, who is already under fire from NYSUT, the state's largest teacher's union for a budget they felt was unfavorable, said as much last week.

Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.

9 CCD Councilman Bill Perkins, who won this seat in a Special Election earlier has a rematch with some of his earlier opponents & some others — District Leader Cordell Cleare, union official Marvin Holland, lawyer Pierre Gooding, teacher Tyson - Lord Gray, Marvin Spruill, Dianne Mack & Julius Tajiddin.

Among those pushing for Paladino's removal are the state teachers union and several other elected officials who have been at odds with the Buffalo developer.

Assembly Democrats, who are close allies of the teachers» unions, opposed that.

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.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who made a point recently of speaking to a rally organized by a group tied to the teachers union, says he thinks Cuomo's plan to force teacher evaluation agreements makes sense.

Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired under the mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a statewide coalition of education groups including teacher unions, contends that all additional state financial assistance allotted to districts in 2016 - 17 should be distributed according to the state's «foundation» formula, which gives extra weight in funding distribution to districts with students who are poor or non-English speaking.

Villaraigosa's chief rival in the June 5 primary is Lt. Gov. and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who told the teachers» union that he would push for a freeze on charter school expansion.

The governor is likely to get push back from many in the legislature, who are close to education interests like the teachers unions and local school leaders.

The proposal to exempt those schools, though, was sharply opposed by most Assembly Democrats, who have close ties to teachers» unions and related education groups.