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Children create their own textbooks, moving from copying what their teachers create in the younger grades to writing their own text, based on their learning in the upper grades.

When the reich wing blowhard teacher - haters are all laid off from their jobs due to the contraction of the economy, the loss off the middle class consumer base and record small business failures, when their kids have to move in with them through their 20s and 30s because their only career paths go through low - wage positions at MacDonald's and Wal - Mart, and when all the good teachers find jobs in Europe, Asia and places like Dubai, maybe they'll be satisfied.

The move also will reduce the time teachers spend grading the tests and may speed the transition for some schools to computer - based testing, state officials said.

Going forward, move toward basing teachers» and principals» ratings, in part, on a 3 - year average of student test scores.

On the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on them.

Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.

Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.

In a move that few would have predicted a year ago, the State Board of Regents on Dec. 14 voted nearly unanimously to eliminate state - provided growth scores based on state test scores from teacher evaluations for four years.

In a move that few would have predicted a year ago, the State Board of Regents on Dec. 14 voted nearly unanimously to eliminate state - provided growth scores based on state standardized test scores from teacher evaluations for four years.

«When you move your body you feel good, when your blood starts flowing and you start breathing,» says Jennifer Fink Oppenheimer, a New York — based yoga teacher.

Moving enough is just as important as eating right, so we got in touch with Miami - based yoga teacher Sara Quiriconi for advice on how to move.

Jennifer studied yoga with an alignment based teacher in South Tampa for three years before moving and finding Stillpoint Studios and the Prana Vinyasa Teacher Training Program inteacher in South Tampa for three years before moving and finding Stillpoint Studios and the Prana Vinyasa Teacher Training Program inTeacher Training Program in Tampa.

Precise, too, are Davis» career choices since studying under acclaimed Montreal, Quebec — based acting teacher Jacqueline McClintock and then moving to New York City eight years ago to train at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

Based on the novel by Matthew Quick, the film centers on a former teacher (Cooper) who moves home after being released from a mental institution.

Based on the book by Matthew Quick, the story centers on Pat Peoples (a tracksuit and Philadelphia Eagles jersey - wearing Bradley Cooper), a former high school teacher who, after being released from a four - year stint in a mental institution, moves back in with his mother, then seeks to put his life back together.

«The Silver - Linings Playbook» Synopsis: Based on the book by Matthew Quick, the story centers a former high school teacher who, after being released from a four - year stint in a mental institution, moves back in with his mother, then seeks to reinvent himself, finding the titular silver linings in his life.

Read more about how schools and districts can move beyond these «pockets of excellence» to create a broad - based approach — and how to support teachers as they expand their classroom practices, as well as their confidence and capacities.

«We need to move away from reinforcing the idea of the teacher as the classroom power base so the teacher may see and facilitate what our young people are truly capable of,» added Linden.

Teachers told me that most NovaNET courses are comparable to textbook - based courses in length and content — a comeback to critics who talk of watered - down curricula at alternative schools — but that many students move through them more quickly, and often finish high school a semester early.

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

In his final chapter, Putnam recommends a variety of well - known school - based reforms, such as moving poor children into better schools, compensatory financing for schools in poor neighborhoods to enable them to attract the best teachers and counselors, more school - based extracurricular activities and social services, and more effort to engage the whole community in the education process.

As part of a move toward site - based management, some schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have tried to involve parents and teachers in hiring principals and other staff members.

Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners A well - organized, research - based guide for teachers who hope to move beyond test scores to meaningful lessons that support higher - level thinking.

Teachers that stick with this on a daily basis find that kids read for increasingly longer periods of time, and that the biggest challenge becomes bringing it to an end and moving on.

Some decisions were easy: to provide a program from 7th grade through graduation; to move students through the program on an individual basis; to ask our teachers to be well educated, but to act more as generalists than specialists; to keep teachers» student loads down, and to offer advisories instead of more formal and distant «guidance counseling»; to offer only one foreign language, but to expect all to learn it; to put our money into more adults, some of them young adults, rather than into high rents or new furniture.

VIDEO: Teachers Meet the Challenges of PBL Implementation: Teachers at Sammamish High share their difficulties and triumphs as their school moves from traditional delivery of instruction to schoolwide problem - based learning.

Based on a randomized controlled trial with 78 secondary school teachers and 2,237 students, MTP - S improved student achievement test scores in the year following its completion, equivalent to moving the average student from the 50th to the 59th percentile.

Moving forward, many school teams say they will use what they learned from the course and continue to meet on a regular basis to look at data through a different lens — how teachers can change teaching practice to improve student outcomes.

The casual ease with which I hear schools and teachers labeled as «good» or «bad» based solely on test scores is disconcerting, because it actually matters quite a lotwhy scores move.

Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School - Based Inquiry Teams (PDF).

For a long time, Khan has talked about how the use of Khan Academy videos can allow teachers to move beyond lecture mode and the lower levels of Bloom's taxonomy to help students engage in project - based learning and apply their learning.

Indeed, some teacher educators resist moving from the old practice of course - based teacher education and simply overlay a new surface of standards language.

Of course, the effects of moving to a system of compensation based on assessment by principals depend on the relative importance they place on a teacher's ability to raise standardized test scores when making overall assessments of teachers» effectiveness.

Now entire state systems are moving toward merit pay, with new policies established recently in Florida and Texas requiring districts to set teachers» salaries based in part on the gains their students are making on the state's accountability exam.

The system for teacher training has shifted dramatically since 2010, with move away from university led courses to more school based training, such as School Direct.

«Based on their study, English and King recommend that in the primary years, teachers should spend more time with the class «unpacking the outcomes» of the initial design (in this case the first test flight) and engage and scaffold students in discussions regarding areas for improvement before students move onto redesign,» Rosicka says.

By moving entry - level information outside the classroom — typically (but not exclusively) through self - paced, scored videos — teachers can reframe learning so that students spend more instructional time engaged in deeper discussions, hands - on applications and project - based learning.

For example, chemistry teacher George Hutcheson would move between student teams to monitor their progress on a project - based learning experience.

They have developed a standards - based report card for the elementary schools to support the paradigm shift, and, as young learners move into the higher grades, administrators hope the students and parents will demand project - based, technology - integrated education from their teachers.

Chief among these is the move to create prescriptive, top - down, statewide teacher - evaluation systems based largely on classroom - level test - score gains.

Moving the scale of quality of the United States» teaching force toward this higher level would, he recognizes, require significant changes in school districts» employment practices, basing recruitment, compensation, and retention policies on the identification and compensation of teachers according to their effectiveness.

I will briefly summarize the four types, presenting them in a hierarchical fashion based on what types might better influence students to control their own behavior moving to types that promote increasing teacher control.

Because of Ohio's federal waiver, Buckeye State districts couldn't just move to evaluations based on teacher observations and the like.

Indeed, many schools that embrace technology to drive personalized learning have actually moved in the opposite direction: extending the school day to build in time for students to do more project - and team - based learning, meet one - on - one with teachers and advisors, and even just access on - site wireless Internet.

I see some schools moving toward locating teachers and students not departmentally but across disciplines, which better suits problem - based, integrated learning.

Teachers at Sammamish High in Washington share their difficulties and triumphs as their school moves from traditional delivery of instruction to schoolwide problem - based learning.

«As teachers moved to standards - based learning, [we saw that] many of the electronic report card programs online aren't set up to be used as standards - based reporting tools.

As states move deeper into standards - based reform, they are experimenting with a variety of way to help teachers improve classroom instruction.

Where microcredentials pertain to teachers rather than students, I think the concept is an outstanding way to do a number of things in the area of professional development: 1) recognize professional learning milestones to inspire continuous improvement; 2) move away from a one - size - fits - all (and oft debunked) approach to salary schedules, which typically depend exclusively on time served and postsecondary attainment; 3) move towards recognition of skill development on an a la carte basis rather than solely as part of an advanced degree program; and 4) generate more personalized and self - paced professional learning opportunities.

Other districts are also using it as part of evaluations or the basis for merit pay programs, moves that have generated fierce resistance from some teachers unions and skepticism from some experts.