Sentences with phrase «tenure reform proposals»

Over the past year many states have begun debating tenure reform proposals.

It will provide an overview and history of teacher tenure; analyze the nature of current and past teacher tenure reform proposals and their variation across states; offer a brief assessment of the reforms where they have been enacted; and highlight recommendations for policymakers going forward.

Such evaluation systems are an essential precondition for effective tenure reform, but have been missing from most past state tenure reform proposals

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[70] Describing Paterson's tenure in the senate, The New York Times cited his «wit, flurries of reform proposals and unusual bursts of candor.»

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.

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.

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.

Cuomo proposed a series of reform proposals that would have been anathema for the unions, and a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's teacher tenure protections was working its way through the courts.

The proposal freed school districts to adjust employee work assignments without negotiating with the teachers union and promised to make objectives like merit pay, scheduling revisions, and tenure reform far more attainable.

Yet a number of proposals to reform teacher tenure at the state level have emerged during the past 20 years.

Gov. Chris Christie repeatedly has said education reform will be his top priority of the lame duck session, including proposals for revamping how teacher tenure is granted and retained.