Sentences with phrase «few teachers noted»

Furniture breaks more easily with bigger bodies, a few teachers noted.

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It was so bad that a few months into school the teacher actually wrote me a note saying she thought Lucas would like to try something new for lunch.

Charles Moerdler of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, representing the New York State United Teachers and the UFT, noted that «every few years the Legislature looks at what it is that it needs to do to refine the (tenure) processes.»

In a radio interview on Friday, Mr. Bloomberg noted the spreading financial woes of local governments, saying, «Towns and counties across the state are starting to have to make the real choices — fewer cops, fewer firefighters, slower ambulance response, less teachers in front of the classroom.»

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We noted that few observers questioned their own consistency between classes and teachers and that few schools had processes in place for observers to work together to design protocols for observation and feedback.

We noted that few supervisors had ever been asked to consider the reliability and validity of the school's observations — whether these were of undergraduates by academic observers or of more experienced and expert teachers by more experienced and expert teachers.

That introduction might include an anecdote, a few notes about the students» special strengths or the changes teachers have witnessed over the years, or other personal memories.

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«Few teachers ever take coursework on instructional design and, therefore, have little knowledge of the role it plays in student learning,» notes Marcy Stein, an education professor with expertise in evaluating instructional design at the University of Washington Tacoma.

«It was basically nothing,» he said, noting that few teachers are paid more than $ 30,000 annually.

In the book, we note that charter school teachers report working longer hours, receiving fewer benefits, and are more likely to cite frustration as a reason for leaving.

But at the same time, she resists easy comparisons to law or medicine: she notes that teaching is the largest occupation in the United States, and that just to fill openings each year requires as many teachers (200,000) as there are total graduates from even our moderately selective colleges (colleges that admit half their applicants or fewer).

She noted that many previous studies have examined the effect of teacher quality on test scores, but few have examined the effect of teacher quality on attendance.

But in addition to a growing evidence worldwide a practical note, few teachers argue against an idea that reduces workload, admin, stress, and monotony, while reducing the number of students you're having to focus on.

The University of Maryland's Douglas Besharov calls them «hothouse programs,» noting that they were «run by top - notch specialists,... served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child - rearing.

A few weeks back, I wrote about a note I'd received from teacher and blogger John Thompson.

Accordingly, experienced practitioners suggested that teacher leader preparation programs utilize a variety of strategies in preparing teacher leaders for their work, noting that «one size fits few teacher leaders.»

More distressing notes: Amid growing concerns about teacher shortages, a report from ACT notes that fewer high school grads plan to become educators.

In a brief statement released a few hours after the ruling was announced, Torlakson noted that «all children deserve great teachers» and that attracting and training good ones is the most important job of a school district.

Related, I should note that in a few places the authors exaggerate how, for example, teachers» effects on their students» achievement are so tangible, without any mention of contrary reports, namely as published by the American Statistical Association (ASA), in which the ASA evidenced that these (oft - exaggerated) teacher effects account for no more than 1 % -14 % of the variance in students» growth scores (see more information here).

Expert practitioners also noted that a STEM PLC with teachers from multiple schools is a useful strategy when it is not possible to get more than a very few teachers from a single school (e.g., a PLC focused on the work of high school physics or a PLC for mathematics or science teachers in small schools in a rural area).

As Vellutino, Scanlon, Zhang, and Schatschneider (2008) note, we could change the futures of roughly one - half of the students who begin kindergarten at risk of becoming struggling readers by providing expert tutorial services; 1st grade teachers could do the same by providing expert tutorials or «very small» group lessons (with three or fewer students).

In promoting the national TEACH campaign to encourage more minorities, especially males, to pursue careers in the classroom, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted that fewer than 2 percent of public school teachers are black or Hispanic men and that the need is greatest in elementary and middle schools.

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

In a 2007 report to the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for Teaching Quality noted that few teachers receive the «intensive, sustained, and content - focused professional development» that leads to increased student achievement.

These findings began to make more sense when the researchers noted that Philadelphia did not increase school - level supports in tandem with this reform, but instead simply removed a tool from teachers» toolkits: Schools were not required to adhere to the policy, so fewer than 1/4 of Philadelphia schools did so, making it more difficult to evaluate its impact.

«The findings suggest that while teachers and leaders at all levels of JCPS articulate the importance of focusing on (limited English proficient) students, very few can articulate a specific vision or set goals for (their) growth,» the study noted in its recommendations.

Bill Turque of The Washington Post recently noted that what gets «edu - entrepreneurs excited is that the hybrid model can be operated with fewer certified teachers, generating savings that can be used for instructor pay and new schools.»

The study also noted that kindergarten teachers reported the expectation that fewer of the children who had participated in the PATHS program in preschool would be held back a grade.

As NPE noted, these forms of instruction are «potentially profitable» because the schools receive the same funding per student that a standard district public or charter school would get, «while having far fewer costs for teachers, services, transportation or facilities.»

As one reporter noted, despite the fact that Duncan has dedicated the last few years to undermining public education, his speech to the delegates, «steered clear of mentioning charter schools expansion, teacher evaluation, and aggressive school turnaround — policies at the heart of the Obama administration's agenda...»

Additionally, students can look up their assignments, grades, teacher notes, class schedule and activity calendar at any time, meaning they have fewer questions for you.

The report also noted that some subjects, notably languages, maths and the sciences, were still struggling to find teacher trainees and it said fewer of the trainees in these subjects went on to become teachers.

Add a few specialized group functions, such as being able to share notes with a specific user or group of users (i.e. a teacher makes a few notes) and I think you'd have a winner.

On the research that has been produced as part of PKP, Willinsky highlighted a few strains (some of which are noted at the PKP website), including studies of school teachers and * registered * massage therapists that demonstrated their keen interest in research and strong propensity to self - education, when access to the literature was provided.