Sentences with phrase «unions over those of students»

In the sharpest exchange of the first, and most likely, only debate between the two leading gubernatorial candidates, GOP challenger Neil Kashkari on Thursday night accused Gov. Jerry Brown of putting the interests of teachers unions over those of students.

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A number of plan sponsors have moved to cover medical cannabis costs over the years, Zaid noted, including the University of Waterloo's student union, the Arthritis Society, Loblaw Companies Ltd., the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and the Labourers» International Union of North Ameunion, the Arthritis Society, Loblaw Companies Ltd., the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and the Labourers» International Union of North AmeUnion (OPSEU), and the Labourers» International Union of North AmeUnion of North America.

There are just over ten official pro-life societies in 125 educational institutions in the United Kingdom; this is hardly going to be effective for combating the vehemently pro-abortion policies of the National Union of Students and of individual Student Unions.

The latest furore was over the National Union of Students LGBT representative refusing to share a stage with Peter Tatchell.

While Zimpher praised the five - year plan as providing a predictable increase in funding, Frederick Kowal of United University Professions, the union that represents SUNY professors and other employees, said that state support has gone down over the long term, placing more of a burden on students and their families.

While acknowledging the fact that the June 12 struggle was waged not only by Abiola and members of his family but also pro-democracy groups particularly National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), students, trade unions and indeed all Nigerians, Governor Ambode said it was a thing of joy that by the collective efforts of government and people, Lagos State, over the years, has kept alive the yearnings and aspirations of the people expressed on June 12, 1993.

But over the past few years, students» union officers have begun using the tactic against a wider range of speakers as part of attempts to create a «safe space» on campus.

The leader of the Buffalo teachers union is outraged over the Buffalo School District's Sit and Stare policy for students who opted out of state assessments this week.

The statement reads in parts: «this honourable House deems it fit to suspend and impeach some of the erring elected officers of the Students Union over what it is considered as obvious impeachable and suspendable offences committed by the affected officers.

The campus of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree was on Tuesday in tense mood for hours as the Students» Union President of the institution, Muhammad Surajudeen was unanimously suspended by the Students Representative Council (S.R.C) over alleged financial misconduct.

Despite fences erected to keep them away from a black - tie gala, hundreds of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students on Friday voiced their anger at President Shirley Ann Jackson in a protest over the fate of their student union.

«We hope that this resignation marks the beginning of a new chapter for Cooper Union — one that honors Peter Cooper's mission of free tuition, transparency and fiscal conservatism that has benefited thousands of students over the years,» the group said.

The demonstrations have virtually taken over Lower Manhattan for more than two weeks and grown into thousands Wednesday night as college students walked out of class and labor unions took the streets in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street protest.

COOPER SQUARE — Dozens of Cooper Union students and alumni upset over the college's consideration of proposals to charge tuition at the free university sent an uncompromising message to the new school president Wednesday.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a heavily intoxicated student in Albany who died over the weekend and New York State Senate Republicans working with senate Democrats.

The National Union of Benue State Students on Thursday, thronged the major streets of Makurdi, the state capital to express their outrage over the killing of one of their colleagues by armed herdsmen last weekend.

«After watching teachers unions spend $ 60 million over five years to protect their interests, we are proud to serve as the much - needed voice of students in Albany.»

Last night the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, wrote to the head of the National Union of Students appealing to students not to distort the debate over fees, saying that many believe wrongly that they will have to pay fees immediately instead of when they gStudents appealing to students not to distort the debate over fees, saying that many believe wrongly that they will have to pay fees immediately instead of when they gstudents not to distort the debate over fees, saying that many believe wrongly that they will have to pay fees immediately instead of when they graduate.

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Contract negotiations in the 74,000 - student district attracted the national spotlight this year because of disagreements between the district and the union over changes proposed by Superintendent Michael Bennet to the pay system called Professional...

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.

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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.

Students seem to benefit from their teachers» having influence over the curriculum, but only when they act as individuals and not as part of a union.

But in schools where teachers acting collectively as a union had a lot of influence over the curriculum, students performed 32 points worse in math, 18 points in science.

Teachers» unions are strongly against these plans for a variety of reasons, including that they say it's nearly impossible to accurately measure an individual teacher's contribution to a student's success, since a child's achievement is cumulative over a period of years and the result of the efforts of many people.

The research reinforces the concerns and sense of uncertainty being voiced by many international student's following the referendum, largely over the possible increase in university fees and or visa restrictions once the UK exits the European Union.

With over 23,000 members and a wide range of services, offers and facilities, the University of Southampton Students» Union is one of the biggest in the country.

Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, said: «Over the past five years, in England alone, over # 1bn has been spent on measures to improve student retention in higher educatOver the past five years, in England alone, over # 1bn has been spent on measures to improve student retention in higher educatover # 1bn has been spent on measures to improve student retention in higher education.

The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which will be implemented over the next two academic years, seeks to develop an array of measures that will be viewed by teachers, unions, administrators, and policymakers as reliable and credible indicators of a teacher's impact on student achievement.

The experiences of these six districts demonstrate how collaboration between teacher's unions and administration can be created and sustained over time to improve teaching quality and student performance.

Tables of elderly black matrons in their Sunday finest buzz with neighborhood gossip, while just a few feet away union reps pass the inexpensive red wine to their wives, and elsewhere unreserved tables of strangers make nice with college students, entrepreneurs, government workers — white, black, and Hispanic — all bonding over their common hopes for the city.

And from teacher union watch dog Mike Antonucci, we learn that in Ohio from 2000 - 2008 the number of teachers increased by over 17 % while the student population shrank by almost 7 %.

The Professional Staff Congress — the union the represents CUNY's 27,000 faculty and staff, along with CUNY Rising, an emerging coalition, is asking faculty and students at Bronx Community College, Brooklyn College, Hostos Community College and Lehman College to grab their cameras and take pictures of crumbling buildings and classrooms, and other evidence that the system and its infrastructure have been neglected over the years.

While negotiations between the union and district have stalled over the issue of how much weight to give student test scores, E4E - LA members found that teachers would support incorporating student growth data, but worry about focusing myopically on one high - stakes test.

I do agree with this comment but the problem is that this government does not and will not listen to teachers nor parents.There have been many contentious issues over the past ten years and the government just ploughs on regardless.There needs to be a massive demonstration by society in order to protect the interests of students first.Politicians are notorious for telling us what we need and what is good for us and they have no clue what goes on in schools.I do not see a solution to this but the teacher unions must be much more vocal and really speak up for the teachers and parents in this country.

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.

The district has launched a voluntary review program using student test scores as one measure of instructor effectiveness, but the teachers union has opposed it and filed an unfair labor practice complaint over the program's introduction without collective bargaining.

Parents of students and members of teachers unions sued Walker over the law as it applied to rules put together by the Department of Public Instruction, which is headed by Evers.

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.

In July 2007, Fenton Avenue Charter School welcomed the first residents of Hope Gardens, the Union Rescue Mission's interim housing complex for homeless families providing Fenton with over one hundred students.

Union City, New Jersey has implemented high - quality pre-K for all for over a decade and illustrates the long - term potential: though 90 percent of students are economically disadvantaged, the district scores one - third of a grade level above the national average in reading and math (looking at scores from grades 3 to 8).

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 learning.

After two years of trying to get changes at the school, and dropping the threatened trigger by the parents at least once, the 20th Street Parents Union filed again last month to take over the school with 57 percent of the families (the parents of 342 students) signing a petition.

As a result of commitments made under federal funding or prompting from community demands as well as courts - a number of districts are engaged with their local teachers unions over new evaluation systems that include student performance as an indicator.

Over the last several years federal and state accountability legislation has come under attack from a duo of strange bedfellows: Tea Party / Trump - ish acolytes who wave the banner of local control and teacher union leaders who disdain objective measurements of student learning, at least when they're tied to teacher evaluations and job security.

It's about not treating students like dirt and breaking the stranglehold the unions have over any kind of meaningful change like longer school days or school years, etc..

This includes the new teacher evaluation pilot program that is part of the revised version of Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform package contained in what is now Public Law 116, which will only involve eight - to - 10 districts; the fact that NEA and AFT affiliates are still opposed to this plan and are also battling reformers over another evaluation framework that uses student test score data that the unions had supported just several months earlier also raises questions as to whether Connecticut can actually earn the flexibility from federal accountability that has been gained through the waiver.

However, because standardized testing is a matter of public concern, a local speaking as a union, or an individual member speaking as a parent or citizen, about educational concerns over standardized testing, for instance, in a letter to the editor or in a statement to the Board of Education, is protected by the U.S. Constitution at least so long as they are not encouraging other parents or students to opt out from a test.»

This School Board has been implementing their innovative strategy over a number of years, incorporated all partners — including teacher unions and support staff — and built a budget in support of this collective vision, with ongoing parent and student voice that continue to inform these changes.