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The United Federation of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations, along with student demographics, suspension rates, and teacher and student attrition.

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He says there are two big issues for mathematics education in his country - a changing teacher demographic and the possibility that teachers are increasingly focusing on preparing for tests.

There are also articles about obstacles to greater progress: a study reveals that teacher expectations impact students» likelihood of completing college and are often lower for black students than for their white counterparts, even after accounting for students» academic and demographic backgrounds; and a look at how allowing laptop use in the classroom actually distracts from student learning.

Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parents.

Further bolstering support for this third theory, the largest effect sizes we uncover demonstrate perceived differences in instructional techniques that are associated with teacher / student demographic similarity.

Over the last eight years, the district has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional computers that allow teachers to access the system; much of this funding has come from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»

Previous predictions of teacher shortages later in this decade based mainly on demographic projections of increased elementary - school enrollment have been called into question by recent federal demographic surveys.

State demographics, student academic performance (measured relative to expectations), and teachers union strength all play important roles in shaping state charter legislation and student participation.

In our report, we introduced a method for adjusting for the bias in classroom observation scores by taking into account the demographic make - up of teachers» classroomIn our report, we introduced a method for adjusting for the bias in classroom observation scores by taking into account the demographic make - up of teachers» classroomin classroom observation scores by taking into account the demographic make - up of teachers» classrooms.

As a new crop of teachers age into the workforce, earn higher salaries, and slowly take their place as the dominant group in schools, the trends may reverse, and we may start to see demographics artifically inflating average salaries.

, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.

While it is beyond the scope of their research to determine the causal consequences of providing alternative routes for college graduates to become teachers, they provide some evidence indicating that there might be even larger demographic gaps in the teaching force were it the case that only those with undergraduate teaching degrees could become teachers.

Arnup and Bowles report that «lower resilience and poor job satisfaction were found to significantly predict intention to leave the teaching profession,» adding «Importantly, resilience was found to explain additional variation in intention to leave teaching over and above job satisfaction and teacher demographics.»

Debate continues about the validity of these findings, but there is no denying that these programs operated in a far different social and demographic setting than programs today and that they were «hothouse» programs: Run by top - notch specialists, the programs served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child rearing.

However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.

But, in general, salaries within a given school system should not systematically favor teachers from some demographic groups over others.

Teacher personnel data include teacher - level data about tenure status, years of experience in the district, demographic information, level of education attained, and certification Teacher personnel data include teacher - level data about tenure status, years of experience in the district, demographic information, level of education attained, and certification teacher - level data about tenure status, years of experience in the district, demographic information, level of education attained, and certification status.

Vicky Romano, a tech support staff member for student teachers at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, suggests using a handheld to keep class demographics.

No matter your class demographics or grade level, ELA and social studies teachers should integrate similar projects in their own classrooms, because every student will benefit from learning to craft a compelling visual story backed by persuasive facts and ideas.

Yet, much of that work depends on a simple, often unstated, assumption: that the short list of control variables captured in educational data systems — prior achievement, student demographics, English language learner status, eligibility for federally subsidized meals or programs for gifted and special education students — include the relevant factors by which students are sorted to teachers and schools.

We also control for teacher experience as well as for class and school characteristics, including class size and the academic performance and demographic characteristics of all students in the relevant classroom and school.

Teachers who work in a given school, and therefore teach students with similar demographic characteristics, can be responsible for increases in math and reading levels that range from a low of one - half year to a high of one and a half years of learning each academic year.

That is, if we take two students who have the same 4th - grade test scores, demographics, classroom characteristics, and so forth, the student assigned to a teacher with higher VA in grade 5 does not systematically have different parental income or other characteristics.

Following an existing literature on teacher and school value - added, this recent charter school research controls for student demographics and baseline academic achievement in order to estimate the effectiveness of individual schools.

One major point of pushback to using test scores in teacher evaluations has been the concern that such tools, known as value - added measures, reflect student demographics more than a teacher's ability, and penalize teachers who take on more difficult students.

Demographic trends in school enrollments indicate the need for multicultural education in preservice teacher preparation.

There are many interrelated storylines: turnover in city government, shifting demographics, the creation of a non-district charter sector, the mayoral takeover of the district, Michelle Rhee's hiring, the teachers» union scandal, implementation of a new teacher evaluation and compensation system, and the elevation of Kaya Henderson after Rhee's departure.

In addition to test - score data, the system will include, among other things, demographic data, teacher assignment by course, and each student's course enrollment and completion.

In this study, we analyze a unique set of student and teacher demographic and discipline data from North Carolina elementary schools to examine whether being matched to a same - race teacher affects the rate at which students receive detentions, are suspended, or are expelled.

We matched each teacher to the students they were teaching and assembled data on students» demographic characteristics, performance on prior state tests, and the averages of such characteristics for the peers in their classroom.

It found that, because they got a voucher, parents «were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent - teacher organizations, and other education groups» than parents of students at traditional district schools with a similar demographic profile.

Compared with the teachers in their buildings, principals are not much attuned to their building, district, or demographic context in their experience of leadership.

Thus, mounting evidence suggests that the seeming relationship between student demographics and teacher turnover is driven not by teachers» responses to their students, but by the conditions in which they must teach and their students are obliged to learn.»

In recent article in Education Week titled «Black male teachers a dwindling demographic,» Corey Mitchell writes that, «Even when teachers of color find work in the classroom, many end up fleeing out of frustration.&raquIn recent article in Education Week titled «Black male teachers a dwindling demographic,» Corey Mitchell writes that, «Even when teachers of color find work in the classroom, many end up fleeing out of frustration.&raquin Education Week titled «Black male teachers a dwindling demographic,» Corey Mitchell writes that, «Even when teachers of color find work in the classroom, many end up fleeing out of frustration.&raquin the classroom, many end up fleeing out of frustration.»

In addition, Brengard tries to hire faculty who reflect student demographics, though he admitted this can be a challenge amid teacher shortages.

With the shifting social and economic demographics in Iowa, the demand for quality teachers who are experts in literacy education has never been greater.

Indeed, a close look at MCAS results shows there is surprisingly little difference between the quality of teaching in so - called «good» schools (wealthy, suburban schools with high MCAS scores) and «bad» schools (inner - city schools with low scores) when the results are averaged across all teachers in the district and disaggregated by student demographics, specifically race and poverty.

There is a wide gulf between the demographics in the growing Hispanic student population and the teacher workforce.

«There are so many beginners in the classroom today not only because of greater demand for teachers, but because so many teachers in existing jobs are leaving before they become accomplished educators,» wrote Carnegie Senior Associate Susan Headden, author of «Beginners in the Classroom: What the Changing Demographics of Teaching Mean for Schools, Students, and Society.»

Demographic quotas for charters in the name of equity are the latest policy cudgel of choice pushed by teachers union bosses in states all over the country.

Two, because 90 percent of teachers are enrolled in defined benefit pension plans that push out veteran teachers, these demographic trends have widened the gap in retirement ages.

Dr. Imran Zualkernan spoke about his work with Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) in schools throughout Pakistan; in real - time the program utilized student ERGA and demographic data to provide targeted just - in - time coaching training to teachers to meet the learning needs of their students.

In shortage areas, demographic trends and school - enrollment changes tend to combine with other factors to spur greater demand for teachers.

It will include nearly 200 teachers and 10,400 seventh - grade students in 66 public middle or junior high schools across North Carolina, which researchers find provides a demographic sampling that is more representative of the entire nation and thus more likely to reliably reflect the impact of the program.

Compounding the issue is the increasing diversity of student demographics in public schools, meaning more and more teachers are called upon to teach diverse student groups in their classrooms (Capps, et al., 2005).

Who Believes in Me: The Effect of Student - Teacher Demographic on Teacher Expectations

Schools in which leaders and teachers believe that their work is the fundamental cause of student achievement perform significantly better than schools in which leaders attribute student achievement primarily to student demographic characteristics.

The study looks at class sizes, student - to - teacher, student - to - administrator and teacher - to - administrator ratios in suburban, rural and city school districts, teacher pay and the demographics of teachers between 2009 and 2014, using data from the Department of Public Instruction and school district data from the U.S. Department of Education.

KIPP schools dramatically outperform public middle schools that enroll students of similar demographics, and that's due in large part to the extra instructional time and the intensive teacher training the charter chain invests in.