Sentences with phrase «teaching unions argued»

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However, Professor Brian Benestad, who teaches theology at the University of Scranton, argues «If the Catholic schools are required to recognize the union, then you're going to have government... intervening in the school, making decisions about whether the bishops» invocation of doctrine is really genuine.»

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

Northern Ireland's largest teaching union the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has rejected the latest offer of a one per cent rise in teacher pay, arguing that any increase should be above the rate of inflaunion the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has rejected the latest offer of a one per cent rise in teacher pay, arguing that any increase should be above the rate of inflaUnion of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has rejected the latest offer of a one per cent rise in teacher pay, arguing that any increase should be above the rate of inflation.

However, the suggestion of forced academisation drew heavy criticism from teaching unions and the Labour Party, who argued that there was no clear evidence that academy conversion actually raised standards and it would be a waste of money to force successful local authority run schools to convert.

Teachers» unions have argued that a growing workload is partly to blame for putting people off teaching.

The teaching union made the declaration on a statement on its website, arguing that government assessment requirements, in regard to children's writing standards, have come «far too late» in the process.

As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerging theory about what to teach kids, from Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed.

Union City, Kirp argues, is successful because it fosters a culture of continuous improvement of existing staff and schools, utilizes bilingual instruction, and guarantees high quality pre-school — eschewing high stakes accountability, Teach for America teachers, and school choice.

Unions have also argued in briefs that there isn't evidence linking the least effective teachers to the neediest schools, and that there's no evidence students named in the lawsuit have been taught by the worst teachers.

Teaching, at least in major cities, is also a profession in which minorities are heavily represented; when reformers argue that we need to take down teachers unions to give more opportunity to minority youth, the argument veers perilously close to «We need to destroy the black middle class in order to save it.»

Teaching unions have long argued that academisation has been used as a way of privatising the school system, while the government says it is about introducing innovation.

Teachers unions and some education experts have argued that value - added is an unreliable measure that encourages teaching to the test.

Teaching unions have argued it does not reflect what is happening in schools and that the requirements change from year to year.

Unions brought lawsuits arguing that the measures were arbitrary and capricious, that they unfairly penalized teachers who taught more disadvantaged students, and that they were being inappropriately used to measure things they were not designed for.

For example, Shanker said, class size requirements might be waived in order to merge two classes to allow for team teaching.13 But the basic union structures and protections should remain in place, he argued.