Sentences with phrase «union over charter schools»

41 % disagree with their union over charter schools.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

Not exact matches

As principals got a better sense this week of their school's budget for the coming year, officials with the Chicago Teachers Union and privately run charter schools — which rarely agree on anything — both sounded an alarm over the effects of potential funding cuts.

The second largest lobbying spender was the teachers union, which reports spending far less than the charter school groups, at just over $ 3.2 million.

The NYC - based teachers union is ratcheting up its war over charters in the wake of the Senate's 45 - 15 passage yesterday of a bill that would increase the cap on the schools from 200 to 460.

«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.

A proponent of charter schools, Cuomo is in a protracted battle with teachers unions over the direction of public education — as well as spending — in the state.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

The state's largest teacher union is crying foul over potentially more state funding for charter schools.

The union is upset over a speech to be given by former CNN anchor and now charter school advocate Campbell Brown.

In part due to fights over charter schools, unions have spent significantly more helping Democrats than Republicans in the past couple of Senate elections, the largest partisan battleground in the state, but as recently as 2012, the reverse was true.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

«Perkins is definitely siding with the teachers union over the parents and children... It's a sorry state of affairs,» said Karl Willingham, whose son, Micah, 8, attends the Harlem Success Academy II charter school.

Key legislative Democrats, with strong teachers - union backing, have sought to give the Regents, who are controlled by the Legislature's Democratic majority, sole control over charter schools.

And public - sector labor groups, including the teachers unions and CSEA, have either declared a truce or largely step aside from directly knocking Cuomo has issues like less generous contracts and fights over charter schools have died away.

Nolan also expressed her dismay over the recent decision by a SUNY committee that allows some charter schools to certify their own teachers — a move that is being challenged by the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, and its NYC affiliate, the UFT, both of which are longtime allies of the Assembly Democrats.

The race for the 30th SD (the Harlem district once represented by Gov. David Paterson) has become a proxy war over charter schools, with Perkins enjoying support from the teachers union.

Albany's long legislative session is over, but teachers» unions and education reform groups are now engaged in spin campaigns involving the cap on charter schools.

The union, which didn't make an endorsement in the 2010 race either, has sparred with Cuomo over teacher evaluations, the Common Core standards and his support for charter schools....

UPDATE: Johnson released a lengthy statement in response to the AFL - CIO attack, noting he has been a «strong supporter» of a property tax cap and charter schools, was «proud» to support Tier V — «a move that will save Long Island taxpayers $ 8.5 billion and save this state $ 35 billion over the next three decades» — and has been urging teacher and public sector unions to sit down with elected officials to «hammer out revised wage agreements that reflect the current economic reality.»

A group of veteran charter school proponents has filed with the State Education Department to take over East High and Waterfront, dropping union contracts and adding longer school days and longer school years.

To be fair, he likely promised as much to win the union's backing to take over the Assembly leadership — and no matter that some Assembly Democrats oppose the UFT's efforts to, for example, kill the charter schools that are working miracles in high - poverty, minority neighborhoods.

The union has sparred with Cuomo over teacher evaluations, the Common Core standards and his support for charter schools.

One of the measures the union is watching seemingly has paradigmatic implications in the debate over charter schools and standardized testing.

The governor did not mention charter schools, but Cuomo took a shot at teachers and their unions, who he's been at odds with over school policy, saying the teacher's fight is not about education.

Teachers» unions and public - school advocates have railed against Cuomo, arguing that he's prioritizing privately run charters over traditional public schools.

The New York education sector has had its own controversy over race in the past week: Daniel Loeb, a political donor and chairman of the board of directors of Success Academy, the state's largest charter school network, said in a since - deleted Facebook post that state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, was worse for racial minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood,» because of her support of teachers» unions.

The unions say the changes could cost city public schools over $ 183 million from increased charter tuition and payments for charter personnel and over $ 88 million for the increase in rental assistance.

Cuomo and the teacher unions have been at war over the governor's proposed education - reform package that would revamp the teacher tenure and evaluation programs, make it easier to fire bad and lecherous instructors, and expand charter schools.

Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for teachers, vowed to step up efforts to remove ineffective teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of negotiations over a teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years.

A judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles teachers union that was aimed at blocking the school district from allowing charter operators to take over new schools.

This model, in which principals are no longer hog - tied by elaborate bureaucratic or confining union rules, proved attractive to teachers eager to take over campuses, but who equate charters with privatization of school management.

In the words of an Education Week reporter, «Both national unions have endorsed the charter idea within fairly narrow limits, requiring district control over the schools and collective bargaining for the teachers within them.»

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But when the school district and teachers union got wind of the Broad Foundation's plan to help launch schools to serve those students, simmering tensions over charter school expansion exploded.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

As reported elsewhere, the survey asked about school spending, charters, vouchers, teacher unions, bilingual education, digital learning, state take - overs of troubled district schools, teacher unions, merit pay, teacher tenure, and many other matters.

So when Harlem Success Academy, a charter group in New York, proposed to take over P.S. 194's building after the school was shut down for poor performance, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the New York Civil Liberties Union took the obvious step: they filed a lawsuit claiming that the state pressed forward without proper consultation with local school boards.

If democracy were the real value at issue, how is it that the political elite, not to mention the union, are indifferent to the fact that well over 10,000 parents applied for a placement in a charter school, only be told that there is no space for their child?

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THE state teachers union should not sue over Washington's new charter - schools law.

The race for the three board seats generated nearly $ 17 million in campaign spending, a massive sum that signaled the importance these races represented for both charter school advocates and teachers unions as they battle over the direction of charter school growth in the state.

The California Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Wednesday to audit Alliance College - Ready Public Schools over the charter management organization's use of funds in its unionization conflict with the LA teachers union, UTLA.

Here's a more immediate benefit: Under a resolution sponsored by Yolie Flores Aguilar, vice president of the L.A. Unified school board, charter operators, along with unions and community groups, could submit proposals to run any of more than 50 new campuses that will open over the next three to four years.

The nation's second - largest school system is once again inviting bidders to take over poorly performing and new campuses, in a school - control process that is, once again, pitting teachers and their union against independently operated charter schools, most of which are nonunion.

Yes, yes, UFT leaders hate charter schools but you've already gifted the teacher union's members with a golden contract (19.5 % increase over 9 years with less student contact time and less accountability) so consider it even.

By contrast, Villaraigosa has been more closely allied with the charter school movement over a period of many years as well as being a harsh critic of teachers unions, both in Los Angeles and statewide.

The NAACP and its teacher union benefactors never get around to explaining the above - mentioned Stanford study or why there are over a million kids nationwide on charter school wait - lists, desperately trying to escape their zip - code mandated school.