Sentences with phrase «union supports school choice»

Root said the teachers» union supports school choice.

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He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parents.

We see only slight changes in people's views on the quality of the nation's schools, for instance, or on federally mandated testing, charter schools, tax credits to support private school choice, merit pay for teachers, or the effects of teachers unions.

Instead, Brimelow's concluding chapter seems to instruct readers to support school choice not so much because doing so might improve the schools, but because it will annoy teacher unions.

Teacher unions and allied opponents of school choice persist in searching for support in state constitutions, with mixed results.

Washington Examiner If teachers» unions truly want racial integration, they should support school choice

Additionally, we are thankful for the support of the Laborers Union Local 872 membership, the Nevada Pastors Alliance for School Choice and Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce in fighting for educational choice programs in the state.&Choice and Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce in fighting for educational choice programs in the state.&choice programs in the state.»

As things stand now in non-right-to work states, all teachers are forced to financially support union policy concerning issues like school choice, tenure, seniority, etc..

You can have a majority support on school choice in polls but lose in elections because union members have a far bigger stake than the average voter.

Good Morning A huge turnout in support of school choice at Florida's state capitol on Tuesday, as Martin Luther King III and several thousand parents and children rallied to urge the state's largest teachers» union to drop a lawsuit against the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship.

A huge turnout in support of school choice at Florida's state capitol on Tuesday, as Martin Luther King III and several thousand parents and children rallied to urge the state's largest teachers» union to drop a lawsuit against the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship.

All three families / foundations fund a plethora of organizations, all of which endorse, promote or in some way support one or more of the following public school reforms: charter schools, vouchers, data - based decision making, high - stakes testing, parental choice, merit pay, eliminating tenure, union busting, and superintendent training.

It's time candidates in my party take back the civil rights issue of our time, stand up to the teachers» union and support our parents who want more access to school choice,» Chavous said.

So, Mr. Cunningham, thanks again for all that you and Education Post do to «honor teachers for the work they do every day as professionals», and shining the bright reformer spotlight on the serious problems in public education today — by attacking unions, working to eliminate teacher tenure and job protections, and supporting the proliferation of for - profit charter schools (under the guise of «school choice») that under - perform and siphon money away from public schools.