Sentences with phrase «union leaders across the country»

As teacher - contract negotiations proceed this spring, union leaders across the country report that the reform movement is giving a new legitimacy to their longstanding efforts to improve salaries and working conditions, and that in some districts teachers have made startling gains in these areas.

Although on the surface E4E supports many proposals that union leaders across the country have been fighting, Stone said they've gotten mixed reactions from their teacher peers and union leaders, some of whom approve of E4E.

Independent of the California ruling, teacher union leaders across the country have left no doubt how they feel about the role of parent as teacher.

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African leaders are poised to sign a deal that would unite the 55 member countries of the African Union in tariff - free trade across the continent.

And the controversy over public pensions is helping to fuel a broader battle in statehouses across the country between public unions and elected leaders who want to curb their influence.

While party bosses across the country have seen their power diminished over the past 40 years because of changes to civil service law and the rise of municipal unions, Dawidziak says Mondello remains the unquestioned leader of the Nassau GOP.

According to him, the development, which has become of great concern to many countries across the world, should be key on the agenda for African leaders attending the African Union (AU) Ordinary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Increasingly, policymakers, district officials, and union leaders have pointed to PAR as a promising component of an effective human capital strategy, fueling interest and initiatives across the country.

«This view is shared by both national teacher unions and state leaders all across the country who are committed to doing a better job of preparing our young people for the global economy.

Union - led reform can't be accomplished without collaboration, and NEA members at priority schools across the country are teaming with parents, principals, community organizations, and elected leaders to raise student achievement.

CEC supports labor - management collaboration to improve student learning across the country by providing training, resources, and coaching to union leaders, administrators, teachers and principals to build knowledge and capacity for collaboration.

It's the vehicle that enables shared responsibility; it's the vehicle that has all our backs as opposed to throwing us under the bus, or under the bicycle,» she told an audience of union leaders and school and district administrators from across the country at the West Coast Labor Management Institute.

It bought together union leaders, teachers and ministers from high performing countries to talk about how do you elevate and enhance the teaching profession across the world?

Across the country, district leaders are re-negotiating contracts with vendors and unions, repurposing technology or equipment, or creating site - specific programs for students with specific disabilities that have made their special education programs stronger and reduced special education expenditures.

Alexandria, VA — This weekend, union leaders and liberal advocacy groups from across the country will march in Washington, D.C. for what they call the «Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action.»

As the Chicago Teachers Union begins the second week of their strike, some political leaders and media commentators are quick to blame teachers for resisting a system for evaluating teachers that other states and school districts across the country have already adopted.