Sentences with phrase «between public school teachers»

This represents an average salary gap of 17.5 % between public school teachers and their college - educated peers.

This project represents a strong collaboration between public school teachers, education coaches, and researchers.

Lines are already drawn between public school teachers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and the charter school movement.

Not exact matches

Allowing public remedial teachers to go onto the premise of parochial schools, it said, was an «excessive entanglement between church and state.»

Nearly 250 teachers, administrators, board members and parents representing public Waldorf schools spanning the east coast to the west coast and everywhere in between participated in this revitalizing weekend.

The latest fight between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and Buffalo Public Schools is heating up, this time over incentives like ice cream socials to persuade kids to take state - mandated tests and threats of punishment for those who don't.

A legal fight between the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by Teachers Federation over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by the BTF.

The veteran public school teacher and administrator said he's «not sure what I'm doing next,» but he said he's focusing all his attention between now and then on the task at hand.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) State Senator Chris Jacobs says he was surprised to learn only public schools were required to report claims of sexual abuse by teachers after reading the Nichols report on decades of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students.

And between 2008 and 2013, New York City public schools lost 202 certified, school - based arts teachers; school spending on arts and cultural organizations, which provided arts programming for students, declined 47 percent, from $ 25.7 million to $ 13.6 million.

They say their interest was piqued when it became public through state financial disclosure forms that the wife of Joe Percoco, Governor Cuomo's former close associate and a former middle school teacher, received between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 from a consultant to Competitive Power Ventures.

One father of twins in the public school system commented on the differences he sees between the two teachers his children have, noting:

The dispute between Buffalo Public Schools and the Buffalo Teachers Federation centers around whether the district can cut 5 1/2 teaching positions and hire aides to perform non-supervisory roles.

Parents in Kafanchan have called for dialogue between the Kaduna State Government and Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to end ongoing strike by public school...

The activists say their interest was piqued when it became public through state financial disclosure forms that the wife of Joe Percoco, Governor Cuomo's former close associate, and a former middle school teacher, received between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 from a consultant to Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), the company building the power plant.

The contract showdown between the Buffalo Public Schools and its teachers union has been a long time coming.Perhaps surprising is that teachers are frustrated with those on both sides of the bargaining table, feeling caught time and again in the middle of what has become an epic battle shaped by politics, ideology and personalities.They feel many people in the community bl...

The new contract agreement between the Buffalo Public Schools and the Buffalo Teachers Federation follows a decade of change in the economy and education.

The contract showdown between the Buffalo Public Schools and its teachers union has been a long time coming.

A collaborative effort between Western New York STEM Hub, AT&T and the Girl Scouts will allow more than 200 Buffalo Public School students, Girls Scouts and teachers to see the movie» Hidden Figures» Saturday.

They say their interest was piqued when it became public through state financial disclosure forms that the wife of Joe Percoco, Cuomo's former close associate and a former middle school teacher, received between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 from a consultant to Competitive Power Ventures.

The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the union and the Department of Education over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.

02 «Value,» the sixth episode of Donald Glover's extraordinary first season of Atlanta, opens with an extended showcase scene of friendly rivalry between the luminous Zazie Beetz (as long - suffering public school teacher Van) and one - episode wonder Aubin Wise (as her childhood pal, now an «Instagram escort»).

In surveys with 300 New York City public school teachers that included an open - ended question about the largest threat to school safety, the most common response was a lack of cohesive culture and positive relationships between staff and students.

«I had expectations of what the parents were supposed to do,» says Melissa Bryant, a math teacher and dean of students at D.C. Scholars Stanton Elementary, a novel partnership between the Washington, D.C., public schools and Scholar Academies, a charter operator.

One teacher brought up the 2011 - 2012 collaboration between Mindful Schools and UC Davis — a study that involved 937 students, 47 teachers and 3 public elementary schools that were certainly considered «at - risk.Schools and UC Davis — a study that involved 937 students, 47 teachers and 3 public elementary schools that were certainly considered «at - risk.schools that were certainly considered «at - risk.»

The Meriden Public Schools — with 8,000 students and 700 teachers — have benefited greatly from our collaboration and utilization of memorandums of understanding (MOUs), agreements between two parties that can be used to make adjustments to union contracts.

When Andrea Curtis became the education program manager for the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, her first priority was to listen to what teachers had to say, a lesson she learned from studying partnerships between Boston Public Schools teachers and area museums.

It is important to keep in mind, however, that the differences observed between all of these groups are dwarfed by the overall gap between the public's understanding of school expenditures and teacher salaries, and the truth.

While the overall employer contribution rate for public school teachers is higher than for private - sector professionals, the group average may mask differences between teachers who are and are not covered by Social Security.

A recent paper published by Public Health England, «The link between pupil health and well ‑ being and attainment: A briefing for head teachers, governors and staff in education settings» (November 2014) presented the following evidence: pupils with better health and well ‑ being are likely to achieve better academically; effective social and emotional competencies are associated with greater health and well ‑ being, and better achievement; the culture, ethos and environment of a school influences the health and well - being of pupils and their readiness to learn; and a positive association exists between academic attainment and physical activity levels of pupils.

My journey for understanding the transactional relationship between the learner and the learning environment began when I walked into a first and second grade public school as a teacher's assistant in East Harlem, New York City.

While the private sector contribution rate has been relatively flat over the four years, the rate for public school teachers has markedly increased, doubling the gap between them from one - fifth to two - fifths.

Yassine's dedication to working on literacy problems both real and theoretical led her to a collaboration between a group of HGSE students and the litigants of the first federal case asserting a right to literacy based on gross inequity in Detroit Public Schools (DPS) that culminated in an on - campus event where parents, teachers, and students from DPS led a conversation.

New York — On a recent Friday morning, while legislators and other state officials were making financial decisions that would make the difference between retaining and immediately laying off 1,000 of New York City's public - school teachers, Frank J. Macchiarola did what, in almost any other case, would be described as switching hats a few times.

These dynamics set the stage for the current confrontation in the United States between the unions and the teachers on one side and, increasingly, school district management, legislatures, governors, and the public on the other.

There seems a growing recognition that value - added gains are a fair and important indicator of school performance and they address an issue that has crippled education reform for decades: Poor alignment between teacher training, teaching practices, and public policy.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

Those same rules punish any teacher or principal who may wish to transfer between a traditional public school and a charter school.

With painting, drawing, singing, and dance classes dwindling in public schools, Sarson hopes the half - hour special opens up a dialogue between administrators, policymakers, parents, and teachers about the importance of such activities and the potential consequences of raising generations of children that aren't encouraged to appreciate the arts or think outside the box.

To shed new light on this question, my Brookings colleague Matthew Chingos and I used a unique administrative database to follow the careers of almost 32,000 high school teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001 - 02 and 2006 - 07 school years, roughly 3,500 of whom left teaching for a new job in the state during that time.

Public policy and unionization may have severed the link between the skill of teachers and their wages or schooling; teachers may be as capable as ever.

«Audrey is able to make connections between what she has seen in the classroom as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools and effective policy solutions.

The difference between the charter and public school teachers is highly statistically significant.

Almost half of the teachers in Ohio's charter schools quit their schools in the four - year period between 2000 and 2004, in comparison with about 8 percent in conventional public schools and 12 percent in high - poverty, urban public schools, suggesting that new organizations are not a magic formula for school stability.

The difference between charter and regular public schools was quickly apparent in Algiers when ACSA began hiring teachers.

Support for charters among public school teachers fell from 47 percent to 39 percent between 2008 and 2010, while opposition grew slightly from 33 percent to 36 percent.

For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Confschools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools 50th Annual Fall Conference.

Some of the most important differences between the private and the public schools pertain to the quality and motivation of their teachers.

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.