Sentences with phrase «with the teachers union on»

On education, 48 percent of respondents said they generally side with teachers unions on education issues, while 36 percent said they tend to stand with the governor.

«I think that on issues of education, I've gotten in trouble with the teachers union on this — that we should be experimenting with charter schools.

Talks with the teachers union on a one - year deal were abandoned last week.

* UPDATED LA Unified met today's deadline and filed an application for a No Child Left Behind waiver without one of the key requirements of the U.S. Department of Education — an agreement with the teachers union on a three - level teacher evaluation system.

LAUSD Board OKs Deal With Teachers Union on Performance Evaluations The LAUSD school board signed off Tuesday on a deal with the teachers union to implement a new system that will incorporate student test data in performance evaluations.

New York has similarly struggled to deliver on its Race to the Top promises, failing to strike an agreement with the teachers union on evaluations and delaying the creation of a student data system.

The city could lose nearly $ 60 million in federal aid for its failing schools after officials were unable to reach a deal with the teachers union on instructor evaluations.

Not exact matches

Though it operates with the mission of providing high - quality, low - cost education for all, Bridge has drawn criticism from some education experts and teachers unions for the model it uses to make good on that mission.

He noted that one candidate (Mr. Walker) said his battles with labor unions would prepare him to take on terrorists, and that another candidate (Mr. Christie) said a teachers» union deserved a punch in the face.

David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

Again on Thursday, Lewis called on CPS to sit down with union leaders to negotiate better terms for teachers if the school day and school year is extended.

As principals got a better sense this week of their school's budget for the coming year, officials with the Chicago Teachers Union and privately run charter schools — which rarely agree on anything — both sounded an alarm over the effects of potential funding cuts.

State Commissioner John King suspended federal improvement grant funding for 10 districts — including NYC — that failed to live up to their commitment to reach agreements with their teacher and principal unions on new performance evaluations).

This warning came on the heels of the planned protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Kaduna State chapter to express solidarity with the over 21,000 teachers recently sacked by the state govTeachers, NUT, Kaduna State chapter to express solidarity with the over 21,000 teachers recently sacked by the state govteachers recently sacked by the state government.

Commenting on the judicial review on the indexation of public sector pensions, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High CUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the HigTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the Higteachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Cunion, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Court.

Silver didn't address any of Cuomo's policy positions, some of which seem to be a direct hit on the speaker and his colleagues — like the one that would require full disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, for example, or the lifting of the charter school cap (not popular with the teachers unions, who are close allies of the Assembly Democrats).

Commenting on the report by Women and Equalities Commission, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The latest report from the Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some time.

ommenting on the Education Committee's report into the English Baccalaureate, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said: «The NUT welcomes the Select Committee's findings that the English Baccalaureate should only have been introduced after proper consultation with stakeholUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said: «The NUT welcomes the Select Committee's findings that the English Baccalaureate should only have been introduced after proper consultation with stakeTeachers, the largest teachers» union said: «The NUT welcomes the Select Committee's findings that the English Baccalaureate should only have been introduced after proper consultation with staketeachers» union said: «The NUT welcomes the Select Committee's findings that the English Baccalaureate should only have been introduced after proper consultation with stakeholunion said: «The NUT welcomes the Select Committee's findings that the English Baccalaureate should only have been introduced after proper consultation with stakeholders.

Three in ten teachers (30 %) say they have turned to medication in the last 12 months to deal with the physical and mental toll their job is taking on them, a survey by the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, hateachers (30 %) say they have turned to medication in the last 12 months to deal with the physical and mental toll their job is taking on them, a survey by the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, haTeachers» Union, has found.

From small business owners to union members, along with seniors, teachers, college students, farmers, health care professionals, and many others, I am proud to be able to bring people together to focus on solutions.

Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the 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.

Though 99 percent of districts were able to reach an agreement on a plan with their local teacher unions, submit it to the state, and have their plan approved by the State Education Department before their January deadline, New York City failed to so.

With the strike, the Chicago Teachers Union is sending a strong message to Washington — to both Obama and Duncan — that it is in charge of what goes on in the public schools, and it won't be dictated to by politicians in Chicago or Washington.

But the school board pursued his removal based on the sharing of information from a closed - door executive session of the board, arguing it helped undermine the district during its negotiations with the teachers union for a new contract.

The fact that Bloomberg avoiding being critical of the Assembly Democrats on the charter school cap issue even as the pro-charter advocates have placed the blame squarely on that chamber and its cozy relationship with the teachers union, further proves the point.

In their first joint appearance since the presidential election and since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer bowed out of the race, the field of hopefuls criticized Bloomberg's emphasis on testing and his contentious relationship with the teachers union.

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With teacher contract negotiations seemingly at a standstill, and a battle over the state's new receivership headed to court, tensions between Buffalo union and school district leaders are on the rise.

Speaking about the federal models for schools identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving, Mulgrew said that the union could not come to an agreement with the DOE on the transformation or turnaround models because the UFT wanted a teacher to be able to discuss an informal observation write - up with an administrator, but the DOE refused to require that.

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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.

The party's manifesto explicitly mentions cooperation with teachers» unions, building on the consensual model of educational policy development that exists in Wales, compared to the more confrontational stance taken in England.

Heastie, who says he's having private talks with the governor on education issues that do not include the Senate, also indirectly criticized Cuomo's public attacks on the teachers unions.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

Mr. Mulgrew said his union would be working with the State Education Department on a formula for teacher evaluations.

VOTE - COPE, a PAC with ties to the New York State United Teachers, a union with ties to the left - leaning Working Families Party, has spent $ 4 million on this year's Senate races, records show.

«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.

Democratic lawmakers, who are closely aligned with teachers» unions but have mixed opinions on whether to support the movement, argued nevertheless that this year's testing boycott would send a specific message to the State Board of Regents: Minimize the impact of test scores in teacher evaluations.

Those less - happy labor groups include public employee unions, who will offer formal testimony Friday afternoon at a legislative budget hearing, and teachers» unions, who are mobilizing against the governor at meetings around the state and trading press barbs with the second floor on a near - daily basis.

The union also ran a full - page ad in the Daily News on Thursday, with the text «you talk a lot about teachers, why not talk to teachers?

The largest teaching union, the NUT, has joined forces with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) which represents 28,500 school leaders, to launch a petition calling for greater consultation on the new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC).

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

On Monday, Cablevision signed it would pull a TV ad critical of Larkin released by a super PAC aligned with the New York State United Teachers Union after Republicans raised issues with the spot's accuracy.

A State Supreme Court judge has placed a temporary restraining order on the Buffalo School Board for attempting to eliminate the controversial cosmetic surgery rider from the teacher contract without negotiating it with the union.

An independent expenditure committee aligned with the New York State United Teachers union has dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on mailers and TV ads bolstering Democratic state Senate candidates running in key swing districts.

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

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.

With Skelos and Cuomo on the same page, teachers unions will no doubt continue to point to the wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign as well as independent expenditure campaigns backing Republican Senate candidates last year.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of «National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «With increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leadWith increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leadwith record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leaders.