Sentences with phrase «because public educators»

«To the extent that there's any accountability for charter schools, it's because public educators and legislators have dragged the district kicking and screaming into that position,» CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said Monday.

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Shockingly few public - school educators have lost salary or received a raise or a promotion because of their students» test results.

The Alabama Best Practices Center (ABPC) ~ a professional development arm of A + Education Partnership ~ was created because its leaders believed there was great potential in forming substantial partnerships with educators at all levels in public education to help inform policy - making on the state level and address disconnects between the intent of policy and subsequent implementation.

Because of the size of city school districts — New York City is the nation's largest school system with 1,189 public schools and 78,100 teachers — urban educators often teach large numbers of at - risk students.

Some educators felt that because the school is considered a public place, we can not prohibit parents from taking pictures.

Put another way, educators need to be mindful of the impact of their actions because poor public relations can erode needed support for schools.

He and a group of nationally recognized and respected educators came together to form this new organization because they thought the two unions were leading our public schools in the wrong direction.

Even these simple principles may be hard to implement, some educators say, because preschool instructors are often paid far less than public schoolteachers and receive scant training.

Tanner Jesso, Fifth - Grade Teacher ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FLORIDA «I quickly became active within my teacher's union because of its purpose as a crucial vehicle for education rights,» says Tanner Jesso, a third - year teacher and member of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association, where he was recently named chair of Florida's Young Remarkable Educators (FYRE), a branch the local Association.

I think Drew successfully integrates community resources because there was a clear plan and vision for how schools would contribute to and interact with other community institutions (a large percentage of the staff are former Atlanta Public Schools educators).

According to organizers, the rally is being called «Win Back Wednesday» because public education must be «won back» from the profit - driven entities behind high - stakes testing and school privatization schemes and returned to actual stakeholders: parents, students, and educators.

Paul T. Hill, founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, has toured many such schools, including the now - famous Oyler Community Learning Center in Cincinnati, a school that has confounded educators because student performance has been lackluster, despite an expansive and thoughtful model.

Consider some of the things that have happened because tens of thousands of public school educators remain strong dues paying members:

But a review of the best evidence on teachers» sentiments shows that educators are not unhappy because they resent the new emphasis on teacher evaluations, a key element of President Obama's Race to the Top program; in fact, according to a separate survey of 10,000 public school teachers from Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, the majority support using measures of student learning to assess teachers, and the mean number of years teachers believe they should devote to the classroom before being assessed for tenure is 5.4, a significant increase from the current national average of 3.1 years.

The retired longtime public schools executive said at her weekly press briefing that «this is really hard for me because I'm a public school educator.»

Because of only a few educators who did not have those qualities, I lost sight of myself, of my value in the fabric of public education.

Holtz, a former teacher, principal and superintendent, touts himself as a more experienced educator and clear conservative candidate, in part because Humphries signed a petition to trigger a 2012 recall of Walker after the passage of Act 10, which curtailed collective bargaining and sparked massive protests — especially from public school teachers.

This was created because the state recognized that its public report cards would never be detailed enough to satisfy educators, and previous attempts to do so left families bogged down in data and confused.

He kept likening charters to the consciousness - expanding «red pill» in The Matrix while calling for an all - out assault on public schools and public school educators who were irredeemable because they had taken the «blue pill» of complacent resignation.

Because I was a public school educator, the assumption was that the only model of education I'd ever support was that of a traditional public school.

Ohio: Megan Kinsey, Principal, Ridge Middle School, Mentor Public Schools, OH Catalyst, a state - of - art observational classroom that Megan Kinsey helped co-found, contributes to her commitment as a lifelong learner because it allows her to engage in action research around new technologies and instructional strategies that can assist her in finding the best way to support the educators and learners in her building.

By Shawnta Barnes and David McGuire In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

Because public school teaching, leadership, and governance tend to reflect white middle - class norms, educators may not be aware of the variety of child - rearing practices that exist in their school communities.

As an educator in the arena of personal finance, I generally avoid matters of public policy or politics because they tend to devolve into dogma and division, all too often leaving wisdom and understanding behind.

By creating an environment where early childhood educators perceive their work as a profession where they're making a difference in children's lives because of their knowledge and expertise, you will not only make them more likely to remain with your organization, but will also be enhancing the public image of early education more widely.