Sentences with phrase «class sizes by»

Murphy had originally proposed upping average elementary school class sizes by one student each, with average increases of.75 pupils in each middle school class and.5 students in high school classes.

Average teacher compensation increased $ 10,000 in 2013 - 14 and the Capistrano Unified School District used 3 Instructional furlough days and increased class sizes by 1.5 students across all grades to pay for that.

The Spokane school board voted 4 - 1 Wednesday to temporarily raise class sizes by up to three students.

No, No, No ---- No — we don't need partners that disparage what we do at every turn — we need partners who are with us and who care about ALL children — sure we can experiment (if it ends up in reducing our lower grade class sizes by 6 or 7 students per class) but partnering with this group is not acceptable — this is surely a setback in the relationship between the NHFT and the BOE --(say it ain't so)-- please — I am very disappointed and a bit discouraged — Tom

No local school district will want to fire 10 % of their already low supply of teachers just because housing prices dropped - something that would raise class sizes by 10 % when our State already has the highest class sizes in the nation.

The class size report breaks down class sizes by grade and offers information on test results compared to class sizes.

The achievement gap continues to grow and without lowering the class sizes by putting a cap on the number of kindergartners per class (and other lower elementary grades), we are setting these students up for failure.

The study determined healthier meals cost approximately $ 80 more per year per student; to achieve similar testing improvements through reducing class sizes by hiring more teachers would cost five times as much.

School districts were encouraged during those eight years to reduce class sizes by two students per year, and Florida budgeted annually during that time to help districts hire more teachers.

Murray says the PTA's generosity has allowed him to use district funds to reduce class sizes by hiring more teachers.

One group of survey respondents, randomly chosen, was told, «Reducing average class sizes by three students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by 13 % or buying $ 10,000 in new books and technologies for each class every year.»

Class Size Reduction Question: Reducing average class sizes by 3 students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000.

Even when they are told that «reducing average class sizes by three students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000,» 44 percent of Americans select class - size reduction, whereas 28 percent select increasing teacher salaries.

People want teachers to have the time to be able to dedicate to each pupil - that is why we'll deliver smaller class sizes by capping them at 25.

In comparison, an experimental study of class sizes in Tennessee finds that reducing class size by one - third increases test scores by 4 percentile points in the first year at a cost of $ 2,151 per student per year (in 1996 dollars).

Prepared with a class size of 32 in mind but can easily be modified to any class size by altering number of slides in use.

There's no doubt that teachers and parents prefer smaller classes, but what would the impact on student learning be of increasing class size by this modest amount in order to make a large increase in the number of days students spend in school?

The United States would have to reduce teacher salaries about 5 percent below their current average of $ 41,460 and increase class size by 10 percent — to nearly 17 students per teacher — to be optimally efficient, the researchers said.

In its 2015 - 16 budget, Detroit Public Schools called for classes in grades four through 12 to increase class size by five students in order to help reduce the district's $ 127 million deficit.

You can often learn a lot about class size by looking at the course catalog.

Whilst all the research indicates that dropping class size from 33 to 28 gives rise to no difference for pupil outcomes, cutting the class size by half and doubling the non-contact time for teachers actually does make the difference an educational community needs to thrive.

The effort to reduce class size by statute is noble.

Our baseline results suggest that increasing class size by 20 students reduces a student's wage by approximately 6 percent.

Not exact matches

We are not constrained by class size.

For one thing, class size will, by necessity, be limited at each hub, which seems to undercut the notion that these courses are «massively open,» in the first place.

He gave the example of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he would argue has less power today than five years ago because of economic turmoil caused by sanctions and a middle class of an unprecedented size and aspirations.

Good data on the exact size of the middle class are hard to come by, but it remains small across most parts of the continent.

China's middle class is already around the size of the entire population of Canada and U.S. combined and expected to double by 2020.

They extend tests of DR - CAPM to six portfolios of U.S. stocks sorted by size and book - to - market ratio, five portfolios of commodities sorted by futures premium and six portfolios of government bonds sorted by probability of default, and to multi-asset class combinations.

The truth from the ground, based on the extensive footwork due diligence I conduct plus emails from readers around the country reporting similar observations, is that the inventory of home listings of soaring (the published inventory reports by design have 2 - 3 month lag), prices are dropping quickly, the time it takes to sell a home is increasing significantly and, most important, the potential pool of middle class home buyers no longer have an income level that will support the size of mortgage it takes to «buy» a home.

To accommodate the requests, Brady would have to find new tax revenue elsewhere, possibly by shrinking the size of provisions in the bill aimed at benefiting middle - and working - class households.

I picked this recipe size because it can be easily made by hand in class.

NABCA regularly publishes reports containing sales by brand, size, class and type of beverage alcohol.

He can fend off three linemen the size of small duplexes and grab a 230 - pound running back by the bottom lip and plant him like a rhododendron, but he can't seem to get his butt out of bed for class.

* World Class — Goal Keeper * Lots of new talent for youth teams * Reduced wage bill by reducing our squad size of over 21s from 25 (24 really as Diaby never counted) to 21.

Bla, a holding midfielder who is part of the 2019 graduating class at YSC Academy, said the size of the school, its campus and the distance and accessibility by train all factored into his decision.

The district's director of communications, Jessica Maxey - Faulkner, said that programs and classes are limited by the size of the local field houses, as well as the supervisor - per - pupil ratio.

Your child is one of many (even if you luck out and have small class size), and you're swept away by a system that has little room for individuality.

If all children are to be given the chance of a good education, regardless of their background, the Government needs to ensure that classrooms are staffed by fully qualified teachers, class sizes need to be reduced and the poverty gap closed.

Class sizes would be cut, the Lib Dems promise, by a programme targeting # 2.5 billion at struggling pupils.

By Sean Ryan The only difference between a 40 - hour asbestos course and an eight - hour class is the size of the bill, according to roofers who want the state to back off a new training requirement.

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.

Funding for the new teachers comes from the # 36m fund to reduce infant class sizes set up by Welsh Liberal Democrat Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams.

While the Labour leader decried rising class sizes in primary schools, David Cameron countered by yah - booing at trade union control over the opposition.

Nonetheless, class size is perceived as a very important factor by parents.

Dwindling teacher retention and low schools funding had, by the mid-1990s, led class sizes, particularly in primary schools, to be regarded as something of a crisis.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools was 20.4 in January 2011, down from 20.5 in January 2010.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded primary schools increased slightly, while the average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools decreased slightly.

And following the formation of the Coalition government, Mr Clegg remained consistent by promising «we will aim to cut class sizes.»

Other proposals aimed at increasing the availability of one - to - one adult supervision, such as Classroom Assistants, were received less well, with teachers initially reacting badly to the perceived de-skilling of their work and the belief that smaller class sizes were going to be achieved by diluting the role of qualified teachers.