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lareviewofbooks
April 23, 2018
I don't know if Hayden was great in the classroom, but he defended his students' right to learn and teachers' rights to teach. While a professor at UCLA in 1972, he acted as the sole plaintiff against the chief of police in a landmark California Supreme Court case regarding covert activities by police officersÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
April 9, 2018
They asked the court to hear the case expeditiously to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms. ... Justice Makau directed the case be mentioned on Thursday for further directions. ... The petitioners want the court to stop further violation of the Constitution and to ensure teachers' rights are protected.
Chalkbeat Colorado
April 4, 2018
The votes also come as the Denver teachers union, which sued the district for approving innovation plans it argued eroded teachers' rights, is gaining ... “It's probably equally important to learn from the cases where schools are renewing, as well as from these few schools that aren't, as to how we create theÃâà...
Sun.Star
April 4, 2018
But a teachers' rights group asked the Comelec and Department of Education (DepEd) to provide ample protection for teachers who will be serving in the ... Antonia Lim of ACT Cebu told SunStar Cebu that both agencies should provide insurance for public school teachers who are involved, in case ofÃâà...
Whitehorse Star
April 4, 2018
“This case is about the denial of collective agreement entitlements to the grievors because the employer, for whatever reason, chose to ignore the .... “The Yukon government should not be permitted to overwhelm the YTA on the issue of temporary teachers' rights – it has far greater resources than aÃâà...
teleSUR English
March 29, 2018
Leaders from FEB and Suteba presented their case to a tribunal court in La Plata today to try to stop the formal resolution presented by Maria Eugenia Vidal last week that ... The injunction presented by the unions said the decree is "unviable," violates teachers rights and the provincial teacher's statute.
The Guardian
March 27, 2018
It's persuasive because wedded to it, yet never fully articulated, is the notion that teachers in academies work harder precisely because their schools do not have to respect teachers' rights to decent working conditions. Academies merely reveal the truth behind all of that dissembling: they are a drive aimedÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
March 14, 2018
“The agents in civilian clothes had no manners,” a source with knowledge about the case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “They didn't show a warrant but they had a piece of paper from the IRGC's Sarallah Headquarters.” “When Mr. Habibi resisted arrest and demanded to see a warrant,Ãâà...
The Denver Post
March 12, 2018
The Denver teachers who challenged a landmark state law that allows school districts to put certain experienced educators on unpaid leave lost their cases Monday. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled against the educators, who sued Denver Public Schools in 2014 alleging that the state's largest districtÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 27, 2018
A related case, Yohn v. California Teachers Association, is still pending, and its advocates said Tuesday they will likely continue to push it regardless of the justices' ultimate decision in Janus. Both cases involve whether the First Amendment allowed dissenting public-sector union members to opt out ofÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 25, 2018
The FDE had formally put up their promotion case to the CADD's Promotion Cell on November 2, 2017. Almost a month later, December 6 to be exact, the CADD Departmental Promotion Committee met and approved all those cases after thorough discussion. However, the promotions haven't beenÃâà...
Center for Human Rights in Iran
February 22, 2018
Esmail Abdi, 44, arrested in November 2016, is serving a six-year prison sentence for peaceful activism in support of teachers' rights. Trade unionist Reza ... The Judiciary routinely assigns the most hardline judges to rule on political cases, and in many cases, forces defendants to hire lawyers they approve.
Greenville News
February 18, 2018
The most famous of the cases, in 1962, concerned a New York law that required public schools to open each day with the Pledge of Allegiance and a ... The following year the justices decided a case in which a Pennsylvania student objected to participating in school Bible readings each morning.
The Heartland Institute
February 2, 2018
Now, one public sector worker's lawsuit may result in the overturning of the Supreme Court's 1977 decision. ... The current case, Janus v. ... Friedrichs, a California teacher, argued forcing nonunion employees to pay union dues, which funded causes Friedrichs did not support, violated teachers' rights.
Courthouse News Service
December 5, 2017
CHICAGO (CN) – A 2012 Indiana law that allows schools to ignore tenure status when making layoff decisions cannot be applied retroactively to teachers who have already attained tenure, the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday. Joseph Elliott worked at Dupont Elementary School in Madison, Ind., for 19 yearsÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 25, 2017
Require the state Department of Public Instruction to post a summary of teachers' rights and protections under state and federal law on its website, and require ... Require law enforcement agencies in most cases to notify a public or private school when a student commits or is arrested for a felony or violentÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
October 9, 2017
In a letter announcing his hunger strike on April 30, 2017, the teachers' rights activist said he would continue to refuse food “until my case is investigated in a normal way outside the security apparatus.” “Is it a crime to protest the plunder of public funds, especially the teachers' pension fund? Do teachersÃâà...
Philly.com
September 28, 2017
The last Supreme Court case, making arguments similar to the Janus case, involved a California schoolteacher, Rebecca Friedrichs, and ended in a 4-4 tie in June 2016, four months after Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Since then, a handful of competing cases across the country, including Hartnett's, haveÃâà...
The Independent
May 24, 2017
The ruling brings sixth form teachers' rights up to date with staff in primary and secondary education, and means any college staff taking part in future industrial action must be paid accordingly. It is believed that similar cases may surface against schools and colleges as a result. Ms Chris Keates, NASUWTÃâà...
