Teacher tenure is a policy that restricts the ability to fire teachers, requiring a "just cause" rationale for firing. The individual states each have...
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which the teacher proves themselves worthy of the lifelong position. Probationary periods range from one to three years. Advocates for tenure reform often...
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Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party...
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Academic tenure in the United States and Canada is a contractual right that grants a teacher or professor a permanent position of employment at an academic...
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him. The original form of academic tenure was removed in the United Kingdom in 1988 through the Education Reform Act. In its place, there is the distinction...
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second lady of the United States (SGOTUS or SLOTUS) is the informal title held by the spouse of the vice president of the United States, concurrent with...
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Randi Weingarten (category Presidents of the American Federation of Teachers)
that "tenure needs to be reformed," noting that the AFT had adopted recommendations for tenure reform. Observing that the issue of teacher tenure had "erupted...
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qualified teachers. During Reconstruction, the United States Office of Education was created in an attempt to standardize educational reform across the...
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Grover Cleveland (redirect from 22nd President of the United States)
American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in...
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competency test for teachers, merit pay for teachers, and more rigorous requirements for high school graduation. During his tenure as AFT president, Shanker...
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Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers...
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Michelle Rhee (section The New Teacher Project)
in order to catalyze education reform in the United States. According to The New York Times abolishing teacher tenure is a main objective of Rhee and...
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receive in the final stage of secondary education in the United States. In the United States most high schoolers are ages 13–18 but some ages could be...
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Southern United States Education reform Education policy of the United States, for role of national government History of school counseling in the United States...
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Decree 900 (redirect from Land reform in Guatemala)
the reform is credited with helping many Guatemalans find dignity and autonomy. The expropriation of land led major landowners–including the United Fruit...
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impressive showing during the 1996 presidential election, the Reform Party of the United States of America became the country's largest third party. The party's...
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This article addresses the history of transgender people in the United States from prior to Western contact until the present. There are a few historical...
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Lecturer (section United States)
considered tenure track. In many states of India, the term lecturer or Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) is also used for the intermediate college teachers. The intermediate...
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StudentsFirst (category 2010 establishments in the United States)
support of education reform. The organization worked to pass state laws on issues such as expanding charter schools and teacher tenure reform. On March 29, 2016...
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an instructor of history in 1985. He became an associate professor with tenure in 1991, and in that same year became Marquette's executive vice president...
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formal legal changes and reforms regarding women's rights in the United States except voting rights. It includes actual law reforms as well as other formal...
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History of education in New York City (category History of education in the United States)
the Education of Teachers. Bulletin, 1933, No. 10. Volume 2: Teacher Personnel in the United States (Office of Education, United States Department of the...
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education in the Southern United States covers the institutions, ideas and leaders of schools and education in the Southern states from colonial times to...
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Paula Franzese (section Ethics and Reform Advocacy)
named one of the 26 best law teachers in the United States. She is also a prominent advocate for government ethics reform, a spokesperson for legal education...
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Vergara v. California (category Education reform in California)
statutes on teacher tenure, layoffs, and dismissal violated the Constitution of California by retaining some "grossly ineffective" teachers and thus denying...
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Democratic Alliance (NDA) tenure by becoming the political party with the single largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha. It formed United Progressive Alliance...
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The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. It manifests...
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Waiting for "Superman" (category Documentary films about education in the United States)
school teacher achieves tenure, the inability to fire a teacher who is tenured, and how the system attempts to reprimand poorly performing teachers are shown...
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The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most teachers in New York City public schools. As of 2005[update], there were...
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Lyndon B. Johnson (redirect from United States Senate tenure of Lyndon B. Johnson)
was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John...
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