Sentences with phrase «about raising teacher salaries»

Meanwhile, Republicans in the GOP - controlled legislature brag about raising teacher salaries each of the past five years.

Not exact matches

The dark horse candidate talks with Alan about his ideas for demilitarizing the National Guard, raising teacher's salaries and making public transit and public colleges free.

But 56 percent of independents thought teacher unions had «done more harm than good,» 54 percent supported school vouchers, and only 34 percent favored raising teacher salaries, once they had been informed about average salary levels in their state.

School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.»

Heads of schools should also have more knowledge than central administrators about which teachers to hire and who deserves promotion or a raise in salary.

Support falls to 45 %, however, when the question (posed to the second group) asks about raising taxes to pay for teacher salaries.

In schools that average 500 students, savings are about $ 500,000 a year, which is used to raise teacher salaries, to extend the school day and to allow Rocketship to build its own facilities — quite a luxury in the charter - school world.

About $ 50 million of a 2010 gift from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg helped pay for provisions in the five - year contract, including higher base salaries for all Newark teachers plus annual raises for teachers who are rated well under a new evaluation system.

We've heard great ideas about how to change this from educators across the city: pay raises for mentor teachers and teachers who assume administrative responsibilities while still in the classroom, incentives to teach in high - needs areas and low - performing schools and salary steps based on fair evaluations.

I know when Michelle Rhee offered to almost double teacher's salaries (about 40 % pay raise) in exchange for those concessions the unions wouldn't allow members to even vote.

Fewer teachers meant increased class sizes, but it also enabled the district to raise remaining teachers» salaries in light of the massive project they were about to undertake.

Since 1993, when the state imposed limits on how much districts can raise revenue, average teacher salary and benefits in Wisconsin have increased more than 4 percent a year, even though revenue limits have increased about 3.5 percent a year.

The strike in West Virginia, which in 2016 ranked 48th in the nation for teacher pay, wasn't aimed only at securing higher salaries; it also sought to raise awareness about the countless burdens teachers shoulder, and at demonstrating that kids» learning and long - term outcomes suffer when educators are stretched too thin.

Subtract the average teacher salary plus benefits of some $ 85,000, and Oregonians should ask where the additional $ 300,000 are going before even thinking about raising taxes to address the alleged «inadequate funding» of public schools.

No problem — give them the great news about the two GOP governors who are leading the way to raise teacher salaries out of the swamp from which they just finished lowering them.