Sentences with phrase «bigger issue of teacher»

[11] Too often, schools make structural or organisational changes in the hope that these will lead to improved teacher and student performance, without addressing the bigger issue of teacher quality and its impact on learning.

Not exact matches

I guess most of my high school science teachers were pretty conservative and simply didn't address controversial issues like evolution or the Big Bang.

Security and theft are big issues, and the dining room is just a big, scary place... If I could hope for one change it would be for smaller schools... it is just one solution for a system that needs a lot of solutions and a lot of change... longer lunch periods, teachers willing to eat with the students, nutrition education, getting rid of the soda and snack vending machines that fund the sports programs, and more money and support for school food service programs...

Example: education - funding issues are going to be big in the upcoming legislative session, so you prepare a column by your caucus chair and pitch it to the state teachers» union newsletter, with of course a link back to your website.

One of the biggest issues that I find offensive about this panel is that it did not have any representation of special education teachers or early childhood or elementary teachers,» said Rudley.

As someone who also HAD lordosis and suffered many issues in the SI joint and impingement in nerves through the notch, I found that combining principles of Viniyoga (what the site writer studies) and Sadie Nardini's take on moving the human body (hugely inspired by Kaminoff, whose main teacher was Desikichar — now you see the full circle here) saved my back big time, which fed into healing other parts of my body as well.

I'm a teacher in a high school and it is one of the biggest pastoral issues we face on a day - to - day basis.

One of the problems, one of the biggest issues in it, was there was no real data on the number of Indigenous teachers that were in fact out there, other than that 72 that Hughes and Willmot counted back in 1979.

«Our big issue is safety,» Edda Cimino, a retired Dade teacher who co-chairs the South Florida Chapter of GLSEN, said in a Miami Herald news story (9/10/98).

• The big issues the Department of Education will face when issuing regulations • How states might think fresh about their accountability systems, teacher evaluations, and interventions in low - performing schools • The timeline for the coming two years

In the Fall 2008 issue of Education Next, economist C. Kirabo Jackson reported that the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which pays both high school students and their teachers for receiving passing scores on AP exams, boosted AP participation rates in participating schools (no big surprise!)

Almost a fifth of teachers (18 %) say that the safety of staff in their school is a big concern, with only 37 % of respondents believing it is not an issue.

Former Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell has said that the teacher crisis is «one of the biggest issues facing our schools», calling on the government to ditch the «terrible idea» of increasing the number of grammar schools and focus on the real problem.

Are schools really struggling to recruit a reasonable number of new teachers, or are low retention rates the bigger issue?

Since my last article for Education Business, there has been no further research into «security within the education sector» and we still see that, despite the issues raised following the stabbings in the 1990s and other major incidents, such as the death of a well ‑ loved teacher in Leeds, and the stabbing of a teacher in Bradford, there is still no formal strategy with costs being the biggest issue.

The interests of teachers and their unions don't always coincide with those of students, but on the really big issues, such as overall investment in education, the convergence of interests is strong.

In 2011, the California Teachers Association — CFT's bigger brother — issued a press release (H / T Mike Antonucci) which announced its «support of the nationwide «Occupy Wall Street» movement for tax fairness and against corporate greed.»

But the bigger issue is the question of whether teachers are «on strike.»

One of the biggest issues confronting schools today is how to provide continuous, high - quality professional development to teachers and staff.

Teacher workload is one of the biggest issues highlighted by unions and other groups, and the burdens of Ofsted inspections and what is seen as an increasing need to provide evidence of certain practices are often linked to the problem.

That's a big issue because charters are often established by a group of teachers that later serve as board members.

The report finds the teacher shortage is biggest in the subjects of mathematics, science, and special education and noted that in the 2014 - 15 school year, districts projected a need for 4,500 special education teachers while only 2,200 new special education credentials were issued.

The Slate / Teacher Project collaboration produced another big series in May, focused on the issue of online credit recovery projects and the danger that they're turning into a 21st century version of old - fashioned diploma mills.

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Sorry to be the bearer of unpleasant news, but the SOS (Save Our Schools) March on Washington — an attempt to con the public by diverting the debate away from real education reform issues like failing schools, irresponsible spending, retaining bad teachers, etc. — will be setting up their Big Top in Washington D.C. from July 28th to July 31st.

«Teachers are leaving the profession because of workload and stress issues caused by government policies but the biggest issue in this is that they haven't recruited enough teachers in the firsTeachers are leaving the profession because of workload and stress issues caused by government policies but the biggest issue in this is that they haven't recruited enough teachers in the firsteachers in the first place.

These issues are at the heart of the Obama administration's blueprint for reauthorizing ESEA: more flexibility and fairness in our accountability system, a bigger investment in teachers and principals, and a sharper focus on schools and students most at risk.

Teacher quality is one of the biggest issues being discussed now by teachers unions, politicians, and teachers themselves.

While the voucher fight may be the biggest education showdown this session, issues ranging from the scope of the state's Achievement School District to a «Teacher Bill of Rights» and of course, funding, will also be debated.

In this op - ed, Cody Miller, an English teacher at PK Yonge Developmental Research School and a doctoral student in English education at the College of Education, writes that this summer's biggest political fight — health care — is also an education issue.

A long - standing political lobby in Sacramento, the coalition generally focuses on big picture budget issues that both teachers and administrators can champion — even though the two sides are often simultaneously at loggerheads on a variety of other issues.

But the teachers» complaints go far beyond compensation, and when viewed in the context of their other demands, it's clear that the strike gets at the heart of some of the biggest issues facing America's children: access to effective teachers, high - quality learning materials, and modern facilities.

Establishing an understanding of the «big picture» of a district's current state, including student achievement, school environment, teacher community, parent community, and administrative issues;

How teachers are evaluated has become one of the big issues in the ongoing strike by Chicago public school teachers as well as in the many debates on school reform being conducted around the country.

For Jared Clark, a 27 - year - old music teacher in the Phoenix area who is thinking about buying a home, the size of the monthly bill is a big concern — but mortgage rates aren't the issue.

«Today's Generations X and Y now gravitate to the pulse and allure of big - city lifestyles, but tomorrow they won't put their children's education at risk in city schools beset by teacher shortages... and safety issues,» the report predicts.