Sentences with phrase «debate around teacher evaluation»

Anna Duncan, writing for New America, explores the power of teacher leaders to transform the debate around teacher evaluation and place the emphasis more squarely on professional development.

The intense debate around teacher evaluation has been fueled in recent years by the federal government's efforts to spur the creation of more sophisticated evaluation systems at the state level, in large part through incentives embedded in the Race to the Top grant competition and No Child Left Behind waiver process.

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There have been some previous allusions to Wisconsin here in New York — particularly around the topic of repealing LIFO, although that cooled down after Cuomo proposed his compomise statwide teacher evaluation bill (still a topic of debate in the budget).

In our next webinar debate, on Thursday 5th July at 7 pm, we'll be exploring the issues around the time and resources needed by teachers in order to collaborate effectively, not just for lesson planning but also for peer observations and evaluation of student work.

Race to the Top initiated a long - overdue debate over how to improve teacher quality in the United States and highlighted a number of dysfunctional state practices around teacher training, placement, evaluation, tenure, and dismissal.