

Around 60% of the district’s teachers are white, while more than 60% of the students are from racial minorities.Īdvocates say students from racial minorities perform better when their educators include teachers and support staff of color, and that it’s especially critical in a district that suffers from stubborn achievement gaps. The contract exempts “teachers who are members of populations underrepresented among licensed teachers in the District,” as well as alumni of historically Black and Hispanic colleges, and of tribal colleges. The contract language doesn’t specifically say that white teachers would be laid off ahead of teachers of color, though critics say that’s what the effect would be. Walker on Twitter called it "another example of why government unions should be eliminated." Scott Walker, who curbed the power of public employee unions in his state. Recent coverage in conservative platforms such as the local news website Alpha News, Fox News nationally and the Daily Mail internationally sparked criticisms from prominent figures, including Donald Trump Jr. And we could not be more proud of this language." “This is all made up by the right wing now. "The same people who want to take down teachers unions and blame seniority are now defending it for white people," said Greta Callahan, president of the teachers unit at the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. Supreme Court cases that could reshape affirmative action.

Meanwhile, the feud is unfolding just months ahead of arguments in a pair of U.S. The teachers union paints the dispute as a ginned-up controversy when there's no imminent danger of anyone losing their job. One legal group is looking to recruit teachers and taxpayers willing to sue to throw out the language.

Months later, conservative media outlets have erupted with denunciations of the policy as racist and unconstitutional discrimination against white educators. In the cluttered royale genre, you need a long-term hook.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs and help ensure that students from racial minorities have teachers who look like them. But there's something deadening about the way it slots in among Battlefield V's other modes and begins to contribute to the same XP-powered trudge towards cosmetic items and whatever else XP unlocks. It's out the gate in a very polished state and has all the key ingredients for a solid anecdote generator: crumbling masonry, a liberal scattering of explosives and zippy vehicles, the latter lent some extra spice (and tractors) by the petrolheads at Criterion. Here, why not watch it incinerate me in a handy impressions video.Īs the title suggests, I'm a tad torn over Firestorm. The titular blaze dominates the whole affair, looming on the horizon, chewing the map into tiny chunks of Frostbite engine and breathing its magma-hot breath down the back of your neck like some creep on the London underground. Having now played the mode, due as a free update next Monday, I can see why they went with it. They called it Firestorm instead, which sounds like a terrible Steven Seagal film you'd buy for 99p at a petrol station. DICE appeared to drop the ball when they didn't call Battlefield V's upcoming battle royale offering 'Battlefield Royale'.
