Sentences with phrase «when teachers unions»

And when teachers unions stop buying legislators in Sacramento, litigation will no longer be necessary.

As Mike Antonucci writes, when teachers unions become «the man,» they are no different than any other employer.

But it remains a disturbing spectacle when teachers unions count as a legal «victory» when disadvantaged children are returned to troubled, unsafe institutions.

This much is already clear: At a moment when teachers unions are everywhere on the defensive — from legislatures, to bargaining table to Hollywood — the teachers have wrung major concessions from the mayor.

The focus on collaboration as a means for reform in public education comes at a critical time when teachers unions are facing attacks that threaten to destroy collective bargaining rights in several states.

But the measure evaporated when the teachers unions and the PTA mounted enough political pressure to kill it.

When teachers unions wear their duplicity like a bright red bandana, it shows the whole world what they really are about.

This has helped Kentucky preserve support for the Common Core among teachers when teachers unions elsewhere have faltered.

Keep that in mind this spring when the teachers unions try to paint cost - cutting governors and legislators as right - wing lunatics.

Flanagan said he really stepped up his level of activity when the teachers union began actively opposing the tax cap: «We did an emergency alert to our members.

You were superintendent of Chicago Public Schools when the teachers union went on strike for the first time in 25 years.

In 1975, when teacher unions were just getting themselves into the collective bargaining game, teacher labor disputes nationwide numbered 241.

The Center for Union Facts, a nonprofit, ran an ad in today's USA Today that urges parents and school reform advocates to to follow Vergara's lead and sue when teacher unions block reform efforts.

Seattle — What happens when teacher union leaders step up to support teachers, students, parents and public schools

Not exact matches

The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector unions such as teachers.

In the»90s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when people saw their elderly teachers digging in dumpsters while young, moneyed mobsters drove around in luxury cars, the reality they were experiencing ran contrary to the Russian understanding of basic justice.

When I first started teaching in Chicago, I was skeptical about being a member of the Chicago Teachers Union.

When I saw then - Harlem Children's Zone CEO Geoffrey Canada tell Oprah Winfrey that teachers unions...

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

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.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

The salty speech came on a day when union officials discussed hot - button issues such as teacher seniority rights and charter schools.

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She is supportive of the Common Core education standards, but at a news conference following her election as commissioner, Elia spoke in conciliatory terms when discussing teachers, whose statewide umbrella union has been especially restive over the changes.

Teachers are being swamped with work - related emails on weekends, in holidays and even when they are on sick leave, adding to their already excessive workload and causing rising levels of stress, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, haTeachers are being swamped with work - related emails on weekends, in holidays and even when they are on sick leave, adding to their already excessive workload and causing rising levels of stress, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, hateachers» union, has found.

The union broke rank with the state organization New York State United Teachers, when it endorsed law professor Zephy Teachout instead of Governor Cuomo.

«Now when this national committee was established, we expected them to have written to us, as we hold the collective bargaining certificate, that look; teacher unions, we are setting up a national implementation committee and therefore we want you to send us a representative.»

When it comes to knowing what is best for students, respondents invested the most trust in local teachers, placing them atop a list that — in descending order — included their community's school board, the state Board of Regents, teachers unions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Education Commissioner John King and the Legislature.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

And it allows the charter advocates to portray their staunchest foes, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the teachers» unions, as flat - footed when it comes to low - performing schools.

Unfortunately, most districts and unions across the state set the bar so low that nearly 60 % of teachers got the highest rating when only a third of students read and do math at grade level.

The United Federation of Teachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inTeachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was inteachers when he was in office.

When New York State United Teachers president Karen Magee last month announced the union's support for the testing boycott, she said her intention was to undermine the state's teacher evaluation system, which Cuomo and lawmakers made more stringent in the recently approved state budget.

But in Oklahoma — unlike West Virginia — when state union leaders called members back to school, teachers returned, even though the legislature had budged no further.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

Dr. Cash comes to the Buffalo Public Schools at a pivotal time, when 25 schools have been placed into State Receivership, and the District works to negotiate a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Union.

Paladino was protecting the public's interest when he disclosed in a newspaper story secret details about contract talks with the Buffalo teacher's union — information he received during School Board's confidential executive session, his attorney said.

When attacking teachers and public sector unions was in vogue, he did that.

Commenting on the latest jobless figures and the news that youth unemployment has crossed the one million mark, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 educaUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 edTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 edteachers» union, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 educaunion, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 education.

Commenting on changes to A-Levels announced today by Ofqual, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there can always be modifications made to any examination system, the NUT believes that current A-Levels stand up very well when compared with qualifications internationUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there can always be modifications made to any examination system, the NUT believes that current A-Levels stand up very well when compared with qualifications internatTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there can always be modifications made to any examination system, the NUT believes that current A-Levels stand up very well when compared with qualifications internatteachers» union, said: «While there can always be modifications made to any examination system, the NUT believes that current A-Levels stand up very well when compared with qualifications internationunion, said: «While there can always be modifications made to any examination system, the NUT believes that current A-Levels stand up very well when compared with qualifications internationally.

Karen Magee, president of the state's largest teachers» union and the first women to hold that post, will not seek another term when her three - year appointment ends in April.

Remember last year, when Cuomo was in full - on war mode against the teachers unions, and trying to force education reform down the Legislature's throat by inserting it into his budget language and tying his proposals to a boost in school aid?

Lundhal has been endorsed by the teacher's union, which is displeased with Bing's support for a bill that change the way teachers are laid off when funding gets cut.

Members of the new majority elected to the Buffalo School Board Tuesday do not appear to be looking for a major reset regarding Superintendent Kriner Cash and the agenda he has laid out for the schools, but there are some major issues on which they will likely take a different approach — especially when it comes to the teachers union contract.

A legal challenge to the cap was first made in 2013, when the New York State United Teachers union held the limit on local property tax increases constricts both local education spending and unlawfully requires a 60 percent majority to approve a budget that increases the levy over the cap.

The two warring sides in the education battle — Cuomo and the teachers union — have reached something of a détente, at least when it comes to policy issues.

Jonathan spoke to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he reacted to the threat by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on strike over government's refusal to shift the date.

Instead, he was silent when the state's largest teachers union called for a three - year «moratorium» on using the Common Core for high - stakes decisions.

Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll, said that in a lot of polls the teachers unions are not very popular with voters, but when it came to trust, they chose teachers over Cuomo.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.