Sentences with phrase «antiquated system of school»

However, charter students are funded, on average, $ 1,180 less than the average district student due to Arizona's antiquated system of school finance.

We want to put an end to the antiquated system of school funding which saw so many young people miss out on resources because of an unfair postcode lottery.

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about mayoral control, non-educators running public school systems, Klein's legacy, and who Cathie Black was — and wasn't; we saw Steiner appoint an eight - member panel of experts to advise him on whether to grant a legally - required waiver to non-educator Black, Checker call the need for a waiver «antiquated,» the special panel recommend no waiver, polls showing New Yorkers opposing Black, a flurry of celebs — including Gloria Steinem and Whoopee Goldberg — weighing in to support her, Steiner losing sleep.

Unless states choose to overhaul the antiquated cost structures and operating models that undergird most schools systems, any new investment they make will fall short of hoped - for transformation.

We are paid using the same antiquated system established four decades ago: incremental salary increases with every new contract, automatic raises for time in the classroom regardless of our success, and rewards for graduate school classes that are required by law but have shown no correlation with teacher effectiveness.

These prescriptions were developed by a diverse group of 26 teachers who volunteered months of their time and leveraged their unique classroom experiences to tackle the problems of an antiquated compensation system and punitive school climate.

This case has helped raise awareness among policymakers and the general public about Arizona's broken, antiquated system of funding public schools.

Our antiquated education delivery system should be allowed to evolve from a «school system» to a «system of schools», with comprehensive traditional public school choice, expanded charter school capability, access to more choices for special needs children, and a fully paid exit option for students in failing schools.

He said, «The legacy of the factory model of schooling is that tens of billions of dollars are tied up in unproductive use of time and technology, in underused school buildings, in antiquated compensation systems, and in inefficient school - finance systems.»

We'll also need to tackle some pretty boring — but essential — implementation work to replace antiquated and risk - averse central office systems and habits with nimble and updated ones... We know the values and practices necessary for school systems to achieve much greater levels of dynamism in their problem solving.

Whereas most U.S. districts are mired in antiquated teacher assessment models, there are indeed some progressive schools and districts that have endeavored to create evaluation systems that truly value the professional learning of teachers.

Nearly half of all U.S. workers report not having any form of flexibility in their work schedules, and almost 40 percent of all workers do not even have paid vacation time.57 Public school schedules are not based on student achievement but on an antiquated system that relies on two - parent, one - income households.