The same path could have been taken
with public school employees without the political distortions that public employee unions introduce by virtue of having their interests represented on both sides of the bargaining table.
Not exact matches
At the hands of bureaucrats, bosses, and judges, Christian merchants, universities,
schools, hospitals, charities, campus fellowships, students,
public officials,
employees, and citizens have been fired, fined, shut down, threatened
with a loss of accreditation, and evicted for living out traditional convictions about marriage and sexuality.
To qualify for leave under the FMLA, an
employee must have worked for over 12 months for the state or federal government, a
public school or private employer
with more than 50
employees.
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional
public schools v. charter
schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle
school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where
schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in
schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter
schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter
school supporters, his views on academically screened high
schools, his view on the
school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter
schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city
employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform /
with banners.
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well
with the labor community, including a
public employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter
schools.»]
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well
with the labor community, including a
public employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter
schools.
«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war
with the
public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter
schools and wants to impose caps on
public spending.
Kermit the Frog: who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war
with the
public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter
schools and wants to impose caps on
public spending.
Current state law requires
public school administrators to report a
school employee's inappropriate behavior
with students to authorities immediately.
«The contract
with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts
with the union for principals and other
school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest
public employee union, expired in March 2010.
The database includes every
public employer on the Island - from the Village of Baxter Estates in Nassau, which has one active
employee in the pension system, to the Brentwood Union Free
School District in Suffolk, the largest on Long Island,
with 2,987
employees in the system.
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.
As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the
public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular
with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter
schools.
She has recently split
with the mayor by supporting equal disability pensions for city uniformed
employees, and by advocating for free
school lunches for all
public school students, both proposals Mr. de Blasio views as too expensive.
Achieving that portion of the $ 302 million «presumes that Cuomo will be able to knock out State Police, correctional officers and other unionized
employees with three zeros,» said Lee Adler, who teaches
public sector collective bargaining and labor law at Cornell University's ILR
School, referring to the lack of salary increases.
Klein, who oversaw more than 1,600
public schools with 136,000
employees and a $ 21 billion operating budget, also helped grow the number of charter
schools in the city.
The harsh glare of state accountability systems has brought to
public attention the expansive collective - bargaining agreements that local
school boards negotiate
with their
employees.
For example, no effort is made to show the increase in
public -
school spending in America during the past 30 (or 50) years, the uses to which that money has been put, the steady reduction in class size, the huge increase in numbers of
school employees, and the various trends in achievement that correlate almost not at all
with any of these resource trends.
They often resemble a dysfunctional family, composed of three unlovable types: 1) aspiring politicians for whom this is a rung on the ladder to higher office; 2) former
employees of the
school system
with a score to settle; and 3) single - minded advocates of one dubious cause or another who yearn to use the
public schools to impose their particular hang - up on all the kids in town.
Responding to recent reports of sexual misconduct in New York City's
public schools, a state legislator wants to make it a crime for
school employees to have sex even
with students who are above the age of consent.
Under the latest proposals,
public bodies
with 250 or more
employees - including
schools - will have a duty to take on apprentices.
For the past hundred years,
with rare and short exceptions and after controlling for inflation,
public schools have had both more money and more
employees per student in each succeeding year.
Five Detroit
Public Schools employees have been charged
with embezzlement in an ongoing probe into the «culture of corruption» that took hold in the state's largest district, a prosecutor said Wednesday....
The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative
Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals and other
school administrators
with business leaders, in an effort to give
school leaders better training on how to manage their
employees and get better results.
·
Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with public school employers, except that once an employee organization is recognized or certified as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit... only that employee organization may represent that unit in their employment relations with the public school e
Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations
with public school employers, except that once an
employee organization is recognized or certified as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit... only that employee organization may represent that unit in their employment relations with the public school e
employee organization is recognized or certified as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit... only that
employee organization may represent that unit in their employment relations with the public school e
employee organization may represent that unit in their employment relations
with the
public school employer.
For instance, the 7th Grade Poetry Foundation has partnered
with schools to bring student poetry to
public employees on Random Acts of Poetry Day.
The book The Prize details how the reform effort in Newark
Public Schools failed, in large part, because Newark residents and district
employees felt like reform was done to them, not
with them.
As superintendent of the sixth largest
school district in the nation and second largest in Florida,
with nearly 270,000 students in 238
schools, centers, and technical colleges, and more than 30,000 employees — Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie is committed to educating today's students to succeed in tomorrow's
schools, centers, and technical colleges, and more than 30,000
employees — Broward County
Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie is committed to educating today's students to succeed in tomorrow's
Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie is committed to educating today's students to succeed in tomorrow's world.
Public schools struggle with the buy - in problem for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that teachers and administrators have rights as public employees and need only go so far in cooperating with r
Public schools struggle
with the buy - in problem for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that teachers and administrators have rights as
public employees and need only go so far in cooperating with r
public employees and need only go so far in cooperating
with reform.
The Springfield
Public Schools is a large and diverse urban district
with over 4,800
employees.
Human Resources works
with employees in all matters related to employment, serves as the primary contact for all individuals considering employment
with Springfield
Public Schools.
Last week, the General Assembly approved legislation that allows private, for - profit charter
school management companies to keep their
employees» salaries secret, even though they are paid
with public funds.
The charter
schools model offers a community a way to create a
school that often has lower operating costs than traditional
schools — particularly for
employee compensation — and greater flexibility in class offerings, all funded
with federal start - up money and a large portion of the annual per - pupil payment from the state for
public school students.
Chicago
Public Schools said it will quit paying the bulk of pension contributions for more than 2,000 nonunion workers, a move that lays groundwork for the district to request similar concessions from the Chicago Teachers Union and other
employees with labor contracts.
For the initial criminal history check, each noninstructional contractor who is subject to the criminal history check shall file
with the Department of Law Enforcement a complete set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an
employee of a
school district, a
public school, or a private company who is trained to take fingerprints.
The term «personnel file,» as used in this section, means all records, information, data, or materials maintained by a
public school system, in any form or retrieval system whatsoever,
with respect to any of its
employees, which is uniquely applicable to that
employee whether maintained in one or more locations.
If allegations arise against an
employee who is certified under s. 1012.56 and employed in an educator - certificated position in any
public school, charter
school or governing board thereof, or private
school that accepts scholarship students under s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395, the
school shall file in writing
with the department a legally sufficient complaint within 30 days after the date on which the subject matter of the complaint came to the attention of the
school.
Each expenditure by a district
school board for legal defense of an officer or
employee, or for reimbursement pursuant to this section, shall be made at a
public meeting
with notice pursuant to s. 120.525 (1).
In accordance
with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 («Title VI»), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 («Title IX»), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 («Section 504»), Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 («ADA»), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 («The Age Act»), applicants for admission and employment, students, parents,
employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and employment, and all unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements
with Capital City
Public Charter
School («Capital City») are hereby notified that Capital City
Public Charter
School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities.
This summary of benefits is intended to provide
with an overview of the various benefits available to
employees of Milwaukee
Public Schools (MPS) and is a companion piece to the MPS
Employee Handbook effective July 1, 2013.
Lewis Robinson is Executive Director of the Prince George's County Educators» Association (PGCEA), the professional
employee organization whose purpose is to improve the teaching and learning conditions in the Prince George's County
public schools and the professional well - being of its members, which is affiliated
with the National Education Association.
Friday's rulings on several complaints that were brought to the California
Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) were mixed,
with some in favor of the independent charter
school operator and some in favor of the union.
Coalition Members: Our Community, Our
Schools, Alliance AFT, Coalition for an Accountable System of Education, Dallas AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, LULAC District III, NEA Dallas, Texas State Teachers Association, North Texas Jobs
with Justice, Dallas Friends of
Public Education, Texas Organizing Project, Foundation for Community Empowerment, Tejano Democrats, Stop the Takeover, Texas AFT, Mexican American Democrats, Oak Cliff Coalition of the Arts, Association of Hispanic
School Administrators, Zen Holmes Community Outreach Center, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Service
Employees International Union.
The first is that Ms. DeVos has no direct experience
with public education as a student,
employee, parent, or
school board member, of which we are aware.
His expertise is labor, education, and employment law
with 40 years of experience representing, «over 100
school administrator associations, in addition to individual
employees,
school superintendents, and other
public sector unions, including teacher, police, fire, secretarial, paraprofessional, nurse, and town hall
employee units in collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, termination matters, and unfair labor practice complaints.
People are erroneously claiming that this bill has something to do
with protecting charter
school employee eligibility for
public retirement systems.
Trustees, beholden to teachers and other
employee unions opposed to the parent reform efforts, never agendized a
public discussion
with the Palm Lane parents to learn why they launched the
school reform movement.
Two federal agencies and the D.C. Office of the Inspector General are investigating the District's
public school system following revelations of inflated graduation rates, according to a current and a former D.C. government
employee with direct knowledge of the probe.
Union leaders say they'd like to see a superintendent
with a career in education; a history of collaboration
with various local groups, including
employees; and a commitment to focusing on the success of traditional
public schools.
If the president goes ahead
with his plan to spend billions more on
public schooling, he'll be driving this country deeper into dept for no good reason at all... unless of course you consider swelling the ranks of the
public school employee unions a good reason.