Sentences with phrase «unions over tenure»

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During her tenure at the Department of Labor, Chao was criticized for supporting the interests of industry over concerns raised by unions.

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.

After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's tenure laws.

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.

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.

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.

For our part, we're tired of seeing teachers cast as scapegoats, of all the carping over unions and tenure.

While Republicans are aiming to weaken teachers unions through such policies as private - school vouchers and legal battles over dues collection, the unions are colliding with Democrats who are challenging bedrock labor rights, such as seniority and teacher tenure.

She faces court cases challenging teacher tenure and job protections, the defection of historically loyal Democrats, growing apprehension over the Common Core, diminishing ranks, public relations campaigns painting her union as greedy and a complicated chessboard of state and local members with a variety of interests.

Being touted as the suit that could «reignite the battle over union protections for Minnesota teachers» by local publications such as the Star Tribune, this suit is being modeled after recent landmark cases in New York and California that seek to chip away outdated tenure provisions that many reformers contend degrade the professionalism of educators and hurt students.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

which by the way is no small task given the impasse between teachers» unions and lawmakers over things like tenure and merit pay in several states.»

The survey of 1,076 public school teachers nationwide indicates that educators are becoming increasingly supportive of doing away with unions and tenure, with support growing by four to five percentage points over the past 15 years, to 19 percent and 33 percent, respectively...

Teachers thought they had it pretty good when the union and Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to a new contract that provides 18 percent raises over the next five years, but now parents are mounting an aggressive campaign to eliminate teacher tenure and weed out unsatisfactory teachers, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported Wednesday.

Michelle A. Rhee butted heads frequently during her three - year tenure as schools chancellor of Washington with the president of the local teachers» union, George Parker, and eventually a voter backlash over the city's school reform wars cost both of them their jobs.

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.

During his tenure as Connecticut's education commissioner from 2011 to his 2014 resignation, Pryor had a rocky relationship with teacher unions and some education advocates over standardized testing and charter school expansion.

During the campaign, Tuck criticized the unions» influence over the Legislature and brought attention to Vergara v. the State of California, the lawsuit challenging current teacher employment laws, including teacher tenure after two years, a lengthy dismissal process and layoffs based on seniority.

Over time, teachers tend to get very comfortable with all the perks that unions provide, even though they're bad for kids — collective bargaining, seniority, tenure, a job that is virtually guaranteed for life, etc. (In Special Interest, Moe's excellent new book about teachers unions, Chapter 3 and Appendix C deal with young teachers.)

Teachers unions have been a hot topic at the convention, following remarks from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that he was willing to take educators to task over tenure.

The case was closely watched across the country as teachers unions and educational reform groups have battled over teacher tenure.

In California, an appeals court overturned a decision by a state judge that overturned that state's teacher tenure laws over the objections of teachers unions.

For over 30 years Deborah Remington was a fine arts professor with the majority of her tenure spent teaching at The Cooper Union School of Art.