Sentences with phrase «about teacher demographics»

Educator Certification and Standards conducts studies about teacher demographics, teacher attrition and retention, teacher shortages, mathematics and science teachers and administrators in Texas.

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If the bill is passed, the city would also be required to report a slew of new information to the state annually, including statistics about teachers, principals, admissions, student demographics, school overcrowding, expenditures, and more.

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.

You do that through statistical procedure where you're basically taking the kids who show up at a teacher's doorstep and getting all the information that you can about them: their incoming tests, their poverty level, demographics, identification for special needs, etc., and trying to statistically factor those things out so that you are left with a clear picture of what teachers are contributing to student learning gains.

Data about student learning, demographics, school processes, and teacher perceptions are used to inform decision making, and extensive professional development is used to set goals, prioritize, and make appropriate intervention plans (Slavin, Cheung, Holmes, Madden, & Chamberlain, 2012).

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.

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.

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.

The demographics of the American educator workforce has changed over the past 25 years, with the ranks Read more about September Issue Brief: The American Teacher -LSB-...]

In response to these changing demographics, schools are sending teachers to workshops about culturally inclusive classrooms and curricula and demanding teachers get special credentials to serve students who don't speak English.

Student writing (with and without teacher feedback) in the archive is accompanied by relevant demographic information about students, like their native language or whether they have an individualized education plan (IEP).

It's still an elite that Meryl Tisch and Susan Fuhrman might now be part of, so it's less exclusive, probably, in terms of gender... although I don't know about race... but that it is still an elite who somehow have to... Bill Pinar always says that the teacher is still seen as female, regardless of the exact demographics, the classroom teacher is still seen in our imagination, is still always a woman.

With the ultimate goal to inform the statewide conversation about education, EdNC has included a variety of data — from public school demographics to teacher turnover rates to student enrollment by school type.

The demographics of teachers - who they are and who people think they should be - rests at the center of many of the debates about early - entry certification.

Oakland Tech High School teacher, Steve Wright shared his experience of studying school - wide grades by demographic and feeling deeply concerned about the achievement gaps between white, African American, and Latino students at his school.

Following - up on two prior posts about potential bias in teachers» observations (see prior posts here and here), another research study was recently released evidencing, again, that the evaluation ratings derived via observations of teachers in practice are indeed related to (and potentially biased by) teachers» demographic characteristics.

This chapter examines the makeup of the current teacher workforce in the United States, exploring trends and changes over time and what is known about how some of these demographic factors relate to measures of effectiveness.

Thinking about the demographics of white women teachers in schools, it can be hard to imagine Black and Brown students feeling a high sense of attachment to people who may not understand them, and they feel they can not relate to.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

The Australian Early Development Index is an adaption of the Canadian Early Development Instrument.6, 7 It has been the subject of numerous reliability and validity studies.8 — 13 Studies have also shown teacher ratings on the questionnaire to be more reliable and consistent than parent ratings, 11,14 and that these ratings predict later educational outcomes.8, 15 In addition to the developmental data, the AEDI census also provides information on any special needs the child might have, the child's care and educational arrangements prior to enrolling at school as well as demographic data, attendance and geographical information about where the child lives.