Sentences with phrase «education teachers across the state»

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Since then, James has worked as both a teacher, examiner and in management across a broad spectrum of the State and Independent Education sectors.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

New York has nearly 8,600 fewer active educators than it did five years ago, and the number of SUNY students majoring in education has dropped 50 percent since 2007, fueling fears of a looming teacher shortage across the state.

United University Professions President Frederick Kowal quickly called the report flawed, incomplete and failing to tap the experience of SUNY education professionals who teach and mentor future teachers across the state.

Ultimatums Cuomo will try to tie at least some of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid — some $ 800 million — to implementing teacher evaluations in districts across the state.

During a conference in Saratoga Springs, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia called on teacher educators across the state to train future teachers who can rise to the challenges inside struggling urban schools.

The state commissioner for education, Ja'afaru Sani said the 11,395 teachers were distributed to the over four thousand public primary schools across the state.

• The ARRA Education programs, administered by the State Education Department, continued to support the jobs of teachers and support staff across the State, and directly funded 29,531 positions.

Peneston was one of seven New York teachers of the year who signed an open letter to Cuomo saying his education reform proposals would hurt rather than help public schools across the state.

Together, they called on Mayor de Blasio, Schools Commissioner Fariña, and other officials across the City and the State to deliver on the promise of a quality education and great teachers for all students, regardless of the school they attend or the neighborhood they live in.

(New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in New York City who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening study of the City's teacher rating data, published today by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across New York State.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says Governor Cuomo has named a group of diverse education leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to thEducation Reporter Eileen Buckley says Governor Cuomo has named a group of diverse education leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to theducation leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to this panel.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalstate — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalState United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalstate Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

Hundreds of teachers and parents from across western New York got their chance to address concerns about Common Core testing standards with New York State Education Commissioner John King.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

The commissioner of education in Florida, where 70 percent of the 15,000 applicants for new teaching certificates each year come from out of state, has asked school chiefs across the country to help improve interstate information - sharing on teachers whose licenses have been revoked.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, for instance, houses its education resource center in the academy's library, where local students and teachers from across the state may use it, and interns from nearby Children's Hospital and Harvard University work with the academy's support - services team.

In classrooms across the United States, teachers, students, and society are being bombarded by what Harvard Graduate School of Education Senior Lecturer Katherine Merseth calls, «math wars» — an ongoing battle over how to teach and assess mathematics.

«I hope his new role will allow teachers and students across the State to share innovations and build on their passion for education.»

The federated structure of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) allows for redistribution of funds across states.

The recommendations sent by the Kansas board of education last week to Gov. John Carlin are similar to those that have been considered in states across the country as they have moved to respond to a public perception of widespread incompetence among the nation's teachers.

The National Council on Teacher Quality, in conjunction with U. S. News and World Report, has issued an ambitious report evaluating the quality of teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United Teacher Quality, in conjunction with U. S. News and World Report, has issued an ambitious report evaluating the quality of teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United teacher preparation programs in schools of education across the United States.

Although the United States spends $ 620 billion on education annually, it invests less than one percent of that in the research needed to improve how teachers teach and students learn: Across the economy, industries spend 2.8 percent of gross domestic product on research and development.

And it means to governor and the legislature, regardless of political party, working together to prioritize both teacher education and effective teaching across the state.

A study released last September, The State of Teacher Diversity in American Education by the Albert Shanker Institute, examined nine cities across the country and found that only in Los Angeles were minority teachers the majority.

Michelle has worked in the NSW Department of Education's Futures Learning unit to develop resources and professional learning to support teachers across the state in implementing future - focused teaching and learning.

In a major study we released this week together with Education Reform Now, How Strong Are U.S. Teacher Unions: A State - By - State Comparison, we dug deep, churning vast amounts of data to parse the differences in political strength across state - level unions in the fifty states plus the District of ColuState - By - State Comparison, we dug deep, churning vast amounts of data to parse the differences in political strength across state - level unions in the fifty states plus the District of ColuState Comparison, we dug deep, churning vast amounts of data to parse the differences in political strength across state - level unions in the fifty states plus the District of Colustate - level unions in the fifty states plus the District of Columbia.

Each year math educators from across the state nominate an educator with a minimum of 20 years involved in mathematics education, who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of math education and has a distinguished record as a math teacher in the state.

Higher standards and greater expectations are driving reforms in teacher education across the United States, and more of the 1,200 plus colleges and universities that prepare teachers are doing a better job than they have in the past.

Now that the technological foundation for the use of robust systems of longitudinal education data has been laid in most states and school districts, experts say the focus needs to turn to making such data more useful for teachers, administrators, parents, and students, That will require a mix of strong leadership at the state and districts levels, greater collaboration across state agencies, and much better professional development and ongoing support for teachers and administrators.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School have collaborated on a new professional learning opportunity designed for the nearly 114,000 principals — as well as 78,000 assistant principals and 210,000 teachers aspiring to move into school leadership — across the United States.

Join Todd Wirt, assistant superintendent for academics with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), N.C., and Carol Wetzel, senior director with Discovery Education, as they discuss the challenges WCPSS faced implementing Common Core State Standards across the district and how they determined the best way to scale professional development for its 11,000 teachers as they embarked on this digital and instructional journey.

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Peter Stewart, Senior Vice President of School Development, works with parents, teachers, community groups, school districts, school boards, departments of education, and policy makers across the United States and internationally to start new high - tech schools that use the K12 academic program.

By using data from the Illinois State Board of Education Teacher Service Record (now known as the Employment Information System), Bellwether was able to explore patterns in supply and demand, diversity, and staff retention across Illinois schools and within specific districts.

Sixty - one CSSS members across 38 states responded to our survey and reported that their work most frequently involves activities that attend to key components of their state's education systems, including: reviewing and developing state science standards, designing state science assessments, and designing or conducting teacher professional development.

Governor Christie's Department of Education (NJDOE) is in the second year of its «Excellent Education for New Jersey» (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program in over 30 school districts across the state right now, which will expand to every school in the state this fall.

In one study, Robert Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, found that in observations of 700 preschool classrooms across 11 states, teachers in less than 15 percent of the classes demonstrated «effective teacher - student interactions.»

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When the PDK / Gallup questions on standards are put next to the Education Next findings on the Common Core, the responses are not out of alignment, Peterson said: People are generally in favor of setting higher expectations for students across states but they also want local teachers to have leeway in how those goals are met.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

Quality Counts 2005, the ninth annual edition of the report, continues to track state policies and information across key areas of education: student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and financial resources.

Despite an outpouring of opposition from parents, teachers, and others across the state, Senator Bob Corker has indicated he will support Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

As part of its Race to the Top initiative, The Florida Department of Education, through its Partnership with Learning Sciences International, will provide School Districts across the State with a Research Based Framework and Implementation Services for a Teacher Evaluation System.

The latter group constitutes about 80 percent of all teachers across the state, according to the Department of Education.

The state is being watched closely by education policymakers across the country, and teachers are suing the state.

In partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education, National Board Certified Teachers will work directly with students in their classrooms, as well as with other teachers in their schools and districts, to transform literacy teaching for K - 3 students across thTeachers will work directly with students in their classrooms, as well as with other teachers in their schools and districts, to transform literacy teaching for K - 3 students across thteachers in their schools and districts, to transform literacy teaching for K - 3 students across the state.

It includes four strands: (1) development of a tool (the «Framework») to guide teachers» design of student learning experiences, (2) enhancement of teachers» leadership skills (particularly related to sharing leadership for instructional improvement), (3) dissemination efforts that support understanding and use of the Framework across levels of the education system and in all areas of the state, and (4) provision of a platform that provides rural areas in Colorado with easy access to the Framework and extends access to and use of the Framework across the nation and the globe.

She is also the Guide to Elementary Education for About.com, where she provides educational information and lesson plans for teachers across the United States.