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For example, a March 2012 Quinnipiac poll saw voters support tenure reform by 60 % to 32 % against.

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These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

Asked by Elizabeth Kaledin about the biggest «difference in style» between Cuomo and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer that might make the push for reform by the former more successful than what the latter tried to do during his truncated tenure in Albany, Lopez replied:

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened the first six legislative sessions of his tenure by making bold requests for reform proposals, and ended them by blaming opposition in the Legislature when nothing or a slimmed - down measure made its way into law.

Although, the governor was represented by the Chairman, Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Dr Samuel Omotoso pointed out that «The only time this country made an attempt at a reliable electoral reform was during the tenure of President Umaru Yar» Adua who appointed retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais as the chairman.

NYSUT is pledging to defend New York's teacher tenure system in the face of a legal challenge backed by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown's education reform organization.

Cuomo's ambitious education reform proposals include raising the charter cap by 100 slots, weighing standardized tests more heavily in teacher evaluations and linking evaluations with tenure awards, among other reforms.

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changes to teacher evaluations and tenure certifications and giving the state more authority to save schools considered to be «failing.»

Valesky says the education reform proposals, which include tougher teacher evaluation rules and changes in tenure, could be handled after the budget is approved, which is supposed to happen by April 1.

Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changing the system for teacher evaluation, tenure certification and preparation, and giving the state more authority to save schools considered to be «failing» under state evaluations.

Reforms being sought by Cuomo include changes to teacher evaluation, tenure certification and preparation processes, and giving the state more authority to rescue schools evaluated by the state as «failing.»

Any reflections on that work, especially given that those recommendations were piloted by the state and made their way into successful tenure - reform legislation?

One case in point is Colorado, where the successful push for ground - breaking tenure reform legislation was led by Senator Mike Johnston and Representative Christine Scanlan, Democrats both.

Her tenure as superintendent was marked not only by reforms but also by battles with school board members.

«During my tenure in the House, I can't remember a more sweeping reform effort undertaken by this or any other committee,» said Rep. Bill Goodling, R - Pa., the panel's chairman.

After estimating that new teacher supply has declined by more than 20 percent between 2007 and 2016, they calculate that implementing high - stakes evaluation reform and repealing tenure shrunk the teacher labor supply.

Uh, maybe because the only possible way to create sufficient pressure for something as «radioactive» (Mike's word) as tenure reform is the «competitive effects» created by choice?

There is little evidence evaluation reforms had any differential effect by university selectivity, while tenure reforms appear to have reduced supply more among candidates from less selective universities.

During his tenure in the district, the high school was described by the United States Department of Education as «the most recognized and celebrated school in America,» won four Blue Ribbon awards from the United States Department of Education, and was one of the first comprehensive schools designated by the DOE as a New America High School for being a model of successful school reform.

That process will allow the lawsuits» supporters to publicize embarrassing facts about incompetent teachers protected by tenure and generate momentum for reform in the legislature.

Tenure reform should balance the benefits of using this protection to attract and retain good teachers with the costs it imposes by making it more difficult to eliminate bad teachers.

In the bubble of optimism that came with the dawn of former schools chief Al Davis» tenure, all seven of the city's universities and colleges joined with the Orleans Parish School Board to work with some of the district's most academically troubled public schools by training teachers and nurturing reform efforts.

This 2008 report by Ann Duffett, Steve Farkas, Andrew J. Rotherham, and Elena Silva and sponsored by Education Sector and the Joyce Foundation analyzes a survey completed by 1,010 teachers about their feelings in regard to various educational reforms such as accountability measures, tenure, differential pay, and workplace environment.

One of the hottest tickets was a session led by Charlotte Danielson, the architect of a teacher - evaluation model being used in a majority of New Jersey school districts as part of the state's new tenure - reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performance.

After all, the concerns that handed former governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar's first major defeat — the slew of propositions that would have addressed pension reform, budget reform, teacher tenure rules and other issues that would have kept our state on an even economic keel — were thrown asunder by the public sector unions who now OWN this state.

As part of Michigan's teacher tenure reform law, the Michigan Council of Educator Effectiveness was established by the Legislature in June 2011 with the charge of creating a «fair, transparent and feasible evaluation system for teachers and administrators.»

In the study, published as a working paper on the Teacher Policy Research website, researchers from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and the Stanford University Graduate School of Education used data for New York City public schools to examine a reform initiated in 2009 that altered the process by which teachers are granted tenure following their third year of teaching.

That's an independent body created by Governor Rick Snyder and the legislature two years ago after the passage of teacher tenure reform in Michigan.

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

The tests would still be rolled out as planned if the legislation passed but the results would not count toward teacher evaluations, the centerpiece of the teacher tenure reform law signed by Christie in 2012.

This is, indeed, a «war on teacher tenure» that, funded by this «latest batch of tech tycoons... follows in the footsteps of a long line of older magnates, from the Carnegies and Rockefellers to Walmart's Waltons, who have also funneled their fortunes into education - reform projects built on private - sector management strategies.»

By passing Senate Bill 10 - 191 with bipartisan support, the state led the nation in forging a new path forward for tenure and evaluation reform.

With a new twist coming out of the state Assembly, Democratic legislators continued this week to fine tune language and negotiate compromises in an effort to come up with a teacher tenure reform bill by the end of June.

This was one of the key lessons learned early on by EPAC and led to the recommendation to delay full implementation of the evaluation system by a year: 2012 - 2013 was scheduled in the tenure reform law as a capacity - building year for districts to choose, train in, and practice using a teacher practice instrument.

The effort, in turn, builds upon the decades - long efforts of standards and accountability activists within the school reform movement — including conservative outfits such as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and its president, Checker Finn — to improve the quality of curricula in schools; this began in the 1970s with the work of southern governors and chambers of commerce, accelerated during the Eighties with the Reagan administration's release of A Nation at Risk, and supported by Ronald Reagan's successor, George Bush, during his tenure as president.

During Henderson's five - year tenure, test scores have improved, schools have beefed up academic and extracurricular offerings and the system — once considered among the most dysfunctional in the nation — has been hailed by President Obama as an example of promising reform.

Union acquiescence may have taken the wind out of the sails of the reform effort, but it is now rejuvenated by the targeting of tenure itself through the courts in California.

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By TIMOTHY KNOWLES Colorado did right by its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law groundbreaking education reform to overhaul teacher tenure and evaluatioBy TIMOTHY KNOWLES Colorado did right by its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law groundbreaking education reform to overhaul teacher tenure and evaluatioby its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law groundbreaking education reform to overhaul teacher tenure and evaluation.

Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist vetoed a teacher reform bill that would have enacted performance pay and eliminated tenure after he was besieged by opposition.

California Schools Flunk Education Group's Ratings California is sorely lacking when it comes to school reform, failing to adopt policies to limit teacher tenure and use student test scores in teacher evaluations, according to a rating of states issued Monday by a high - profile education advocacy group.

The recriminations over the excesses, perceived and otherwise, of George W. Bush's tenure as president (as well as the defeat of Republican nominee John McCain by Obama seven years ago) even extend to education policy as movement conservatives otherwise unconcerned with education policy are accusing conservative reform outfits such as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute of being apostates.

Colorado did right by its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law groundbreaking education reform to overhaul teacher tenure and evaluation.

Remember when Charlie Crist sold out the future of Florida's school children by vetoing a school reform bill that would have introduced merit pay and tweaked tenure in order to curry favor with that state's powerful teachers union in the hopes that they would aid him in his race for the Senate?

This approach to education reform is premised on a few notions that have most recently been mythologized by NBC with its Education Nation: tenure and teacher unions are the chief obstacles to reforming America's schools, and monetary incentives will motivate teachers to improve their ability to raise test scores.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

The group advocates for changes to the education system that are opposed by teachers unions, including tenure reform and teacher evaluations.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.