Sentences with phrase «class size policy»

Labour education spokesman Des McNulty branded the SNP's class size policy a «shambolic failure», adding: «The SNP have reneged on every one of their education commitments.

Because small class sizes are proven way to boost achievement, the district should not postpone working on a strong class size policy.

Since introducing the proposed class size policy on Dec. 11, the MMSD administration and school board members have made some important changes.

The current class size policy is inadequate.

The current MMSD Class Size Policy is weak.

The Relative Influence of Research on Class Size Policy.

Similarly, class size policies are likely to be effective if they include large class size reductions in the earliest grades targeted at the neediest children.

Not exact matches

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

Lander's hard - hitting policy reports have led to concrete changes on issues from improved bus service to smaller class sizes to better inclusionary housing policy.

The key Welsh Liberal Democrat policy of reducing infant class sizes continues to be implemented by Kirsty Williams in Government as schools across Wales are set to benefit from 80 new teachers to reduce class sizes.

Reducing infant class sizes was one of the Welsh Liberal Democrats» headline policies at the last Assembly Election so it's hugely encouraging to see the policy being delivered so successfully.

suggests that class size reduction policies are not the best option in terms of value for money to raising pupil attainment, compared to others such as increasing teacher effectiveness.

Highlights were policies still claimed by Labour today as among its most significant achievements — the creation of the minimum wage, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and bills to reduce class sizes — as well as one key Brownite policy whose wisdom has now become disputed: independence for the Bank of England, which also involved removing its role as City regulator.

«However, we're delighted that he will take the opportunity to highlight the Welsh Lib Dem policy of cutting class sizes.

They represent teachers in contract negotiations, defining local policies, and practices ranging from class size and length of the school day to textbook selection and teacher evaluation.

Although the demand for teachers also depends on policies such as class size and the use of technology, this increase in retirement - eligible teachers may well portend the need to hire more teachers in upcoming years.

At the same time, she shepherded the state education department through a host of major policy shifts, from lowering class sizes to implementing a new accountability system and a controversial bilingual education law.

Published earlier this month in the electronic journal Education Policy Analysis Archives, the study is based on California's recent experiences at reducing class sizes to 20 or fewer students in kindergarten through the 3rd grade.

It is hard to think of a more popular education policy proposal than reducing class size, but reducing class size on a large scale can have major unintended consequences.

Districts could address within - district inequities in lots of ways — they could offer higher salaries to teachers in poorer schools, they could have lower class sizes in poorer schools, or they could expand other services within poorer schools — but local teachers» union contracts often prohibit all of these policy options.

Research on teacher quality, charter schools, school leadership, class size, and other factors in school quality is likely to be as or more important than research on race - specific policies for reducing gaps in student achievement.

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

Class Size: Reducing class sizes in the early grades has emerged as a popular policy initiative across the country as states look for ways to improve student performClass Size: Reducing class sizes in the early grades has emerged as a popular policy initiative across the country as states look for ways to improve student performclass sizes in the early grades has emerged as a popular policy initiative across the country as states look for ways to improve student performance.

An effect of this size would be so small as to be essentially negligible from the standpoint of public policy; a one - point gain is too little to justify the expense of class - size reduction.

By going back to the tried - and - true rhetoric of class size reduction, the union would like to distract attention from any alternative school improvement policies.

This suggests that it may be better policy to devote the limited resources available for education to employing more capable teachers rather than to reducing class sizes.

Thus, even if school districts did succeed in reducing the gap in access to effective teaching with their own personnel policies, they would inevitably have to reduce other services to pay for them, e.g., larger class sizes, or lower base salaries.

While class - size reduction has helped achievement in most of California's large urban school districts, not all of those have enjoyed such results, says a study by the Public Policy Institute of California.

According to Schools Week, who saw an early copy of the manifesto, some of Labour's policies include reducing class sizes to under 30 for those aged between five and seven, abandoning baseline tests and reviewing SATs, and reintroducing national pay bargaining.

Many of the individuals who are driving education policy in this country... sent their own children to abundantly financed private schools where class sizes were 16 or less, and yet continue to insist that resources, equitable funding, and class size don't matter — when all the evidence points to the contrary (Haimson, 2009).

Reviewing data from Project STAR — a longitudinal research study on class - size reduction in Tennessee and the most famous experiment on the topic — Spyros Konstantopoulos, an assistant professor of education and social policy at Northwestern...

Reducing class sizes — a popular policy among parents, teachers, and lawmakers — has long been viewed as a way to increase student achievement.

Policy makers, politicians and media too often discuss data about class sizes and their impact on student learning without an evidence base, relying largely on second - hand research or anecdotes.

While lower class size has a demonstrable cost, it may prove the more cost - effective policy overall in closing the widening gap between the lowest and highest achievers, even in tight budgetary conditions;

ATL policy adviser Anne Heavey, who spoke to MPs at the drop - in session, said: «We urged MPs to speak to heads to find out what they will lose per student and what that will mean in terms of staff redundancies, bigger class sizes, school repairs and so on.»

Building this foundation is rooted in educationally sound policies and practices such as reducing class sizes, recruiting and retaining qualified teachers and increasing parental / family involvement.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

Given these facts, some policy analysts claim that current spending levels are more than adequate and that further cuts in class size are unnecessary, while others say much more needs to be done, especially on the teacher salary front.

One held that problem policies like zero tolerance, general abuse of administrative power, class size, and concerns over having qualified teachers, etc., all need to be addressed — that, basically, the system needs to be reformed.

One wrinkle is that several of the above - mentioned policies, but particularly increased spending (on smaller class sizes) and early childhood education are likely to be much more beneficial if narrowly targeted.

This led some economists of the time to conclude that «input - based» policies such as providing more money to schools, reducing class sizes and improving teacher qualifications had «failed», and that improvements in schools now depended on giving teachers direct incentives to raise student performance:

The initiatives we have emphasized in policy discussions — class - size reduction, curriculum revamping, reorganization of school schedule, investment in technology — all fall far short of the impact that good teachers can have in the classroom.

Moreover, when collective bargaining covers education policy areas, such as class size or discipline codes, the public is shut out of the negotiations, some assert.

One option is to focus on structural features of schools and classrooms, such as teacher education and certification, class size, and curriculum, and enact policies to ensure that these proxies for quality are uniformly in place.

They concluded that those states that had the greatest student achievement gains shared the following school reform policies: smaller class size, greater access to pre-K programs, and more spending on resources for teachers.

Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

Rethinking Class Size to Expand Access to Best Teachers and Raise Pay In this presentation given at the 39th annual conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy Suzanne Simburg shared the findings of an Edunomics Lab study exploring cost neutral options to raise teacher pay and provide more...

«Relative to other things that social scientists and education policy people have tried to boost performance — class sizes, tracking, new buildings — these schools are producing spectacular gains,» said Joshua Angrist, an M.I.T. professor.

However, most courts that have historically entered into educational policy areas other than funding have discouraged real structural changes, focusing instead on the continuation of past policies, such as class size reduction or across - the - board salary increases for teachers, which carry with them increased funding.

[5] The turmoil in Wisconsin got the most attention as the state limited bargaining to just wages and benefits and removed larger issues such as class sizes and teacher assignment policies.