Sentences with phrase «access to quality teachers in»

Here is one of Connecticut's leading corporate reform voices: «'' The Vergara case exposed the fact that children have unequal access to quality teachers in California.

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Data released by the New York State Education Department on the distribution of teacher quality reveals inequitable access to highly effective teachers in New York City.

Commenting on the publication of the Key Stage 2 SATs results today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT congratulates teachers for their hard work in ensuring that children have access to high quality teaching and are able to progress and achieve during their time in primary school.

Khan and Hess are somewhat onto this, but seem to be thinking of it more as just enabling in - person teachers of any quality to engage in more interaction with the kids they have — rather than specifically to give dramatically more kids access to the best available in - person teachers.

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

We are working to achieve this by making it easy for teachers and others involved in STEM education to access subject - specific, high impact professional development and quality - assured resource.

We stand for quality in terms of initial teacher education and we believe it's vitally important that students have access to high - quality teaching courses and that those courses provide them with the particular expertise they need to be classroom ready at the end of that study.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruTeacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recrTeachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recrteachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruteacher recruitment.

«It would be worth establishing the extent to which out - of - field teachers are supported by in - field teachers and by the school leadership, particularly in relation to access to high - quality professional learning.»

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

In addition to her full schedule of classes in the International Education Policy Program (IEP), Chan interned at UNICEF, participated in a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to servIn addition to her full schedule of classes in the International Education Policy Program (IEP), Chan interned at UNICEF, participated in a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to servin the International Education Policy Program (IEP), Chan interned at UNICEF, participated in a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to servin a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to servin Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to serve.

In order to give young people a world - leading STEM education, teachers should have access to high impact professional development and quality - assured resources

The objective of the consultation, which closes on 9th March, is around supporting teachers and ensuring the right structures are in place at the beginning of a teacher's career, improving access to high - quality professional development and improving progression opportunities for all teachers throughout their careers.

The Department for Education (DfE) launched the public consultation in December 2017, and it set out a range of proposals for ensuring teachers have the right support in place at the beginning of their careers, improving access to high - quality professional development, and improving progression opportunities for all teachers throughout their careers.

There is an emerging opportunity to boost student achievement and improve working for teachers here in the U.S. — and a huge opportunity to expand access to quality learning to every young person on earth.

Make your voice heard by tweeting, posting and sharing why you, your students, your teachers, your community and your school district #LovePublicEducation and why every student in America deserves access to a high - quality public school.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Grow - your - own programs could be delivered in rural areas using distance - learning options provided by higher education institutions and district - provided coaching and mentoring — giving prospective teachers greater access to high - quality training while remaining in their local community.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

In this court case, student plaintiffs from the San Francisco Unified School District sued the state, arguing that the state had failed to provide equal access to instructional materials, quality teachers, and safe and decent school facilities.

But in actuality ~ somehow it seems bolder to argue that all students can learn regardless of background ~ in safe supportive environments ~ with high - quality teachers and school staff that maintain a collaborative relationship with management ~ have access to professional learning opportunities ~ and receive adequate salaries and professional respect.

Michael Soskil: We need a shift in focus from accountability measures based on standardized test scores toward metrics that take into account universal access to quality teachers and learning environments, robust curricula that include the arts, as well as student engagement and well - being.

I'm talking about things like teacher licensing mandates, which researchers have long found do not improve teacher quality and traffic in disproven education fads (but do provide easy - access cash cows for state departments of education and teacher colleges since teachers are required to keep buying their products to maintain certification); ever - increasing testing and data - entry mandates; centralized curriculum mandates like Common Core; centralized teacher evaluation and ratings systems; and the massive data entry required to document things like student behavior problems and special education services.

«By funding schools to partner with cultural organisations, the fund will enable teachers to gain access to high - quality CPD from artist - practitioners, and allow schools and arts organisations to work collaboratively in order to embed arts - based learning in the primary curriculum,» she said.

[I] saw so many difficult issues within the district: lack of quality teaching, lack of leadership in buildings, lack of empathy and understanding of the children, [and] the lack of access to services that would have made high - performing teachers really be able to deliver the promise for kids.

About: The Save Our Schools coalition is made up of students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens who want children in Jackson to have access to high quality public charter schools.

Many global institutions working to improve access to education, such as the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Education International agree that «teacher quality» is the critical element in whether or not an educational system succeeds.

The commitment to invest # 42 million in a Teacher Development Premium pilot to enable teachers and leaders working in areas of greatest need to access high quality professional development, and drive school improvement; and

For teachers to use educational research in the classroom a few things must be considered: teachers» access to research, their ability to identify and evaluate up - to - date, high - quality research, the goals of the classroom and school, and the context in which the research needs to be used.

A Montessori parent, teacher, and school founder, she has worked in public charter schools and is committed to expanding access to free, high - quality Montessori education for the children who need it the most.

There are big challenges in education right now that require our immediate attention — raising literacy levels, increasing access to high - quality teachers and clearing pathways to careers in STEAM, just to name a few.

By creating nationwide access to our programs, we will impact millions, offering teachers quality curriculum and introducing students to options for college and careers in STEM.

In remarks delivered at Granada Hills Charter High School, Greuel called for an audit of LAUSD «to slash non-school site administrative expenses» and a student's bill of rights including access to technology, mental health counselors, arts and a «quality teacher in every classroom.&raquIn remarks delivered at Granada Hills Charter High School, Greuel called for an audit of LAUSD «to slash non-school site administrative expenses» and a student's bill of rights including access to technology, mental health counselors, arts and a «quality teacher in every classroom.&raquin every classroom.»

The U.N's Sustainable Development Goal 4 — focused on educational quality — represents an opportunity to get quality education right — to ensure that all children, especially in the world's poorest places, have access to a «qualified» teacher — not just an adult who happens to know how to read and write.

«ESSA will directly impact our students» outcomes and this policy gives us the opportunity to think critically about what it means to truly have a high - quality education, where we look beyond test scores to data on student growth, wellness, attendance, engagement and access to enrichment activities,» said Clare Foley, a fifth - grade teacher at Richard R. Green Central Park School in Minneapolis.

As the district embraces the Common Core and National Core Arts Standards, visual arts teachers have been invited to the table to participate in district - wide conversations and initiatives aimed at addressing issues of access and quality.

Though this multimedia case study can help teacher educators address other difficulties raised at the beginning of this paper — providing preservice teachers with quality field observations and providing them with a common experience to reflect upon together — our focus in this paper has been examining more closely lessons we have learned about how to provide preservice teachers access to the complexities of classroom teaching.

Educators could see, for example, how Finland has put in place a powerful program to prepare educators; how Singapore has created a career ladder to enable teachers to develop their skills continually; how Estonia has committed to equitable access to high - quality education.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

One of the major issues in the case is the role teachers play in student achievement, as the plaintiffs contend that the inferior ones block access to a quality education.

The study, conducted by CALDER director and University of Washington professor Dan Goldhaber, synthesizes two separate research topics: the influence of teacher quality on student achievement, and the inequities in access Read more about Disadvantaged Kids Need Equal Access to Great Teachers -LSaccess Read more about Disadvantaged Kids Need Equal Access to Great Teachers -LSAccess to Great Teachers -LSB-...]

The Chartered College's knowledge pathways are designed to support teachers in accessing high quality, relevant evidence via a range of bespoke routes connecting the worlds of research and education.

Students in Boston need more access to high - quality, ambitious teachers of color who are culturally responsive, who believe in and are committed to students» long - term success, and who can help students to see and capitalize on their strengths.161

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Additional measures that have a critical impact on student achievement are reported only (not included in schools» ratings) such as access to quality state - funded preschool; half - day vs. full - day kindergarten; the percentage of first - year teachers; teacher turnover; teachers with certifications in their specialized area; career counselors / coaches; out - of - school suspensions; and whole child supports such as access to a school - based counselor or mental health services provider; nurse or health services provider; librarian / media specialist; and a family resource / youth service center.

So yes, if we could get many of these students access to targeted, high - quality and effective after - school programs, that would be a great help to teachers in challenging classrooms like hers.

The Vergara decision, striking down tenure and dismissal laws in California as depriving the state's most vulnerable students equal access to a quality education, was widely seen as a blow to the teachers union and has moved public opinion toward agreeing with change.

But LaBolt said he joined Duncan and other Democrats in embracing the idea that «the best way we can ensure that every child has access to a quality education is to provide strong teachers in every classroom.»

About The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1994 as a bipartisan effort to engage education policymakers and practitioners to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining great teachers in order to ensure that all students have access to quality teaching in schools organized for success.

We know from research that the main issue with regard to these shortages is teacher retention and that factors such as high - quality preparation, good compensation and working conditions, the ability to exercise their judgment in the classroom, and access to high - quality professional learning opportunities responsive to teachers» identified goals will help keep good teachers in the classroom.