Sentences with phrase «figures as a public school teacher»

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For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

If we use the traditional definition of a C grade as «satisfactory,» then the public, on average, thinks about one - fifth of teachers in the local schools are unsatisfactory (13 % D and 9 % F)(see Figure 3).

And in the past few years, as debates about merit pay for school teachers have come up, major public figures such as Bill Gates and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have questioned the wisdom of rewarding teachers for degrees.

Justice, a Republican, has promised to convene a task force as early as this week to figure out a way to resuscitate the insurance agency, whose severe funding shortfalls have resulted in rising co-pays and other health - care costs not only for public - school teachers but also for state employees across the board.

As Figure 4 indicates, the percentage of public school teachers who are non-white has not increased markedly among any group except Hispanic teachers, despite the growth of AC programs over the same time period.

-- Mayor Michael Udine has directed Parkland's attorney to figure out a way to take $ 25,000 in city funds and earmark it as a gift for the city's public school teachers.