Long - simmering battles flared up between Albany, New York City, and
the unions over teacher evaluation.
Not exact matches
Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the
teachers unions and school districts
over the creation of
teacher evaluation systems.
First, the state Education Department and the
teachers unions must resolve a lawsuit
over the
evaluations or Cuomo will insert his own plan into the 30 - day amendments (taking advantage of the broad powers the governor has
over the budget in New York).
It's a reversal from only three years ago, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo muscled the
evaluation law through the Legislature
over the objections of the state's politically powerful
teachers unions.
King recently expressed extreme frustration with the
teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate,
over what he said was a failure to come up with a
teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.
Unfortunately, the governor's laudable efforts will be squandered if he gets drawn into a narrow fight with the
unions over details, like points and weighting percentages in
teacher evaluations.
The
teacher's
union is suing the Education Department
over the
teacher evaluation process, and won a partial victory in state court last summer.
The governor is also asking for the state's largest
teachers union and the state education department to drop a lawsuit
over the
teacher evaluation has that has further delayed things.
The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's
teachers union is encouraging the movement as well
over concerns of how the results will impact performance
evaluations.
Without a real
evaluation plan in place created by the
teacher's
unions and the State Education Department within 30 days, the government will take
over and institute an
evaluation plan.
New York State United
Teachers, the state's largest teachers union, supported the movement and leveraged it in the battle over teacher and principal eval
Teachers, the state's largest
teachers union, supported the movement and leveraged it in the battle over teacher and principal eval
teachers union, supported the movement and leveraged it in the battle
over teacher and principal
evaluations.
Last spring, after Albany's long season of scandals, plus a battering from the state
teachers union over evaluations and Common Core, the governor was on the defensive, his poll numbers falling.
This year's state exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking this week, immediately follow a bitter battle between Cuomo and
teachers»
unions over evaluations as well as tenure, merit pay and turnaround strategies for chronically underperforming schools.
Public employee
unions were angry with the governor for reducing pensions benefits for new workers, and
teachers were upset
over a property tax cap, which impacts school budgets, and test - based
evaluations.
The testing question also figures prominently into the debate
over teacher performance
evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the
evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the
teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.
The poll comes as the city and
union are butting heads
over a new
teacher -
evaluation system, which would be used in
teacher - firing decisions.
Bloomberg in turn accused the
union of walking away from negotiations
over a new
teacher evaluation system.
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....
The
union has sparred with Cuomo
over teacher evaluations, the Common Core standards and his support for charter schools.
The
teacher's
union, which is locked in a bitter war with Mayor Michael Bloomberg
over the terms of a new
teacher evaluation system, has repeatedly slammed the administration for using closures as a key method for turning schools around.
Teacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps
Teacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week
over a proposed
teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps
teacher evaluation system.But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to «empower local school districts» — steps that...
But
unions and the State Education Department have battled
over how districts should handle
teacher evaluations in the absence of test scores, with the
union saying scores should be thrown out entirely and the state saying a backup measure should be used.
MANHATTAN — The city's
teachers union has taken to the airwaves once again with a new ad blasting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education record as the two sides remain locked in a stalemate
over teacher evaluations.
GOPers were furious
over what they viewed as heavy - handed lobbying by Bloomberg and his team as they tried last week to kill the governor's
union - favored compromise bill to limit the public release of
teacher evaluations, insiders say.
The state
teacher's
union is currently embroiled in its own battle with the state DOE
over its push to implement tougher
teacher evaluation standards this fall.
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo can not penalize city schools by withholding $ 260 million in state aid
over the DOE's failure to get to a
teacher evaluation agreement with the
union, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice ruled on Feb. 21.
The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the
union and the Department of Education
over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.
But can it possibly be true, as reported in his recent post, that the Regents and the New York State Department of Education went to court with the
teachers union over whether test scores would count as 20 percent or 40 percent of a
teacher's annual
evaluation?
Meanwhile, in school districts from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles and Seattle,
teacher unions and superintendents have clashed
over the use of new
evaluation systems that base compensation on student test scores.
The answer, again, is that the
teachers unions are opposed to performance - based
evaluations (as are most districts), and they have used their power
over the years to stand in the way of genuine reform.
The district sought to use that type of analysis, known in L.A. Unified as Academic Growth
over Time, in
teacher evaluations but was fiercely resisted by the
teachers union, which argues that it is unreliable.
A high - profile
teacher evaluation agreement was but days old Friday when Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy and the district's
teachers union expressed sharp disagreement
over a contentious provision.
As per Weingarten: «
Over a year ago, the Washington [DC]
Teachers» Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the data from the school district's IMPACT [teacher] evaluation system — a system that's used for big choices, like the firing of 563 teachers in just the past four years, curriculum decisions, school closures and more [see prior posts about this as related to the IMPACT progra
Teachers»
Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the data from the school district's IMPACT [
teacher]
evaluation system — a system that's used for big choices, like the firing of 563
teachers in just the past four years, curriculum decisions, school closures and more [see prior posts about this as related to the IMPACT progra
teachers in just the past four years, curriculum decisions, school closures and more [see prior posts about this as related to the IMPACT program here].
The recent groundbreaking agreement
over evaluations for educators in the Los Angeles school district is a major victory for the
teachers union because it limits the use of a controversial — but increasingly widespread — measurement of
teacher effectiveness.
Not only will principals finally receive more meaningful feedback on their performance but the
union also agreed that student growth data — the major sticking point in the ongoing fight
over teacher evaluations — could be one factor on which principals are rated.
The state's
teachers»
union said it plans to call for a vote of no confidence in state Education Department Commissioner John King on the ongoing controversy
over new student testing and
teacher evaluations.
He noted that the district and
union already are negotiating
over terms of a
teacher evaluation that, under state law, must incorporate test scores.
But the bill, supported by the powerful California
Teachers Assn., attracted a firestorm of criticism
over the costs to financially strapped districts and the requirement to negotiate with
unions every element of
evaluations, including the use of state standardized test scores.
Negotiations between the city and
union over new
teacher evaluations broke down in December.
School and
union leaders in the nation's largest school districts who are waging epic battles
over teacher evaluation, compensation and the future of the teaching profession could learn a lesson from their colleagues in Newark, New Jersey.
In what may be among the first of many lawsuits
over the new
evaluations — which have been adopted by multiple states — the Florida
teachers union is challenging the state's use of test scores in decisions about which
teachers are fired and which receive pay raises.
Over the past ten years, the policies undergirding the national education reform movement — offering more school choice, weakening
teacher union power, and creating new accountability systems (with incentives like pay - for - performance and
teacher evaluations based partly on student test scores)-- have taken hold in the nation's capital.
In an effort to settle the case, the district and its
teachers»
union reach agreement on an
evaluation program that factors in standardized test scores as well as Academic Growth
over Time, a mathematical formula used to measure student achievement.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) today announced REACH Students (Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students) a new, comprehensive
teacher evaluation system, designed
over the course of 90 hours of meetings in collaboration with the Chicago
Teachers Union (CTU), that will provide teachers with unprecedented tools and support to improve their practice and better drive student l
Teachers Union (CTU), that will provide
teachers with unprecedented tools and support to improve their practice and better drive student l
teachers with unprecedented tools and support to improve their practice and better drive student learning.
Education reform in K - 12 schools has become politically fraught, dividing
teachers unions, one of which endorsed Clinton during her 2008 presidential run, from Democrats in the Obama administration
over issues such as
teacher tenure, performance
evaluations and school accountability.
The
teachers union has filed an unfair labor practice charge against LA Unified
over the new
teacher evaluations.
Headlines about
teacher and
teacher union concerns
over efforts to link
teacher performance
evaluations to student achievement scores leave one with the impression that
teachers are either unwilling to be accountable for student achievement or that they are just resistant to changing their ways.
Los Angeles schools chief John Deasy expressed disappointment Wednesday
over a robo - call sent this week by the
teachers union, urging members not to participate in the district's voluntary performance review system that for the first time includes student test scores in
evaluations.