Sentences with phrase «for raising teacher salaries»

Among those living in above - average districts, however, support for raising teacher salaries remains essentially unchanged once they learn of their district's standing nationally.

Nationwide, support for a raised teacher salary is consistent and overwhelming.

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Failure in love and life is a requisite for success in teaching, and the problems of TV teachers are solved by leaving their profession — not by towns raising taxes, building schools, or giving higher salaries.

In another high - profile ballot initiative, residents in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 must decide whether to raise their tax rate 13 percent to pay for teachers» salaries and to stave off program cuts.

Proposals to raise the minimum salary threshold for migrant workers will exacerbate the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has warned.

The Union has written to the Home Secretary to call for teachers to be exempted from proposals to raise the minimum salary threshold for migrant workers.

In the city budget, savings came from removing more than $ 900 million reserved from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's original spending plan for teacher salary raises of 4 percent.

The dark horse candidate talks with Alan about his ideas for demilitarizing the National Guard, raising teacher's salaries and making public transit and public colleges free.

Budget includes $ 100 million for teacher - quality initiatives, half of which will be directed toward raising teacher salaries and half designed for financial rewards for teachers at low - performing schools whose students show marked academic gains.

The bitter tug - of - war over Denver's performance - pay plan has ended with the teachers» union and the school district reaching a compromise agreement that includes a 3 percent pay raise for all teachers and higher starting salaries.

In a recent Public Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teachers.

Such pay innovations should also boost student achievement and, because they are based on performance, strengthen the argument for dramatically raising teacher salaries — at least for those with the highest levels of professional expertise.

«A president who chose me to be Secretary of Education would share my views and would campaign to raise teachers» salaries to a level that would demonstrate respect for teachers and make teaching attractive to top college students.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Concerned that this system makes it difficult to retain talented teachers and provides few incentives for them to work to raise student achievement while in the classroom, many policymakers have proposed merit - pay programs that link teachers» salaries directly to their apparent impact on student achievement.

For example, experienced teachers could be guaranteed their current salaries, plus cost - of - living adjustments, rather than the original raises on the traditional schedule or the salary declines imposed by an evidence - based schedule.

A new NPR / Ipsos poll finds that just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly, but other surveys have found that when respondents are told what teachers currently earn, support for raising salaries drops.

Miller briefly relates the tale of the $ 2 billion court - ordered desegregation plan in the mid-1980s for Kansas City, in which teachers» salaries were raised, class sizes slashed, and beautiful facilities created.

With the city of Philadelphia facing severe financial problems, a program that boosts salaries for some senior teachers in the city school district — at a cost totaling up to $ 16 million this school year — is raising some eyebrows.

Connecticut raised salaries to one of the highest levels in the nation and then equalized salaries throughout the state, making it easier for poor districts to attract certified teachers.

Our estimates suggest that a policy intervention that simultaneously raised teacher base salaries and broadened financial penalties for absences could both raise teachers» expected income and lower districts» expected costs.

If not told what the salaries were, 65 percent favored higher salaries, but if told the real numbers, only 41 percent wanted raises for teachers.

Florida's budget troubles have left the country's fourth - largest school district unable to pay teachers for advancing on the salary schedule or to offer cost - of - living raises.

Breaking tradition: A fixed - dollar pay raise strategy that benefits teachers and school districts In this analysis Marguerite Roza examines both the degree to which pay systems for teachers are more heavily back - loaded than for many other professions and the ramifications of this steep salary curve for teachers, states and school...

Support falls to 45 %, however, when the question (posed to the second group) asks about raising taxes to pay for teacher salaries.

But state teachers» union officials say neither of the competing plans should be passed because both fail to raise salaries for teachers.

In contrast to the general public, teachers are less likely to support school choice, testing, and school accountability, and more likely to support higher teacher salaries and raising taxes to pay for them.

In an unusual and controversial move, the New York State Board of Regents has approved a budget proposal that would require school districts to use 1986 - 87 increases in operating aid solely for the purposes of raising teacher salaries and hiring additional teachers.

Wisconsin teachers have a choice, according to Republicans in the state legislature: Scale back your health benefits in exchange for salary increases, or give up any hope of raises.

He proposes a $ 5,000 raise for all qualified teachers and a $ 10,000 salary increase for all master teachers.

LA Unified said today it has altered its salary offer to teachers by eliminating any contingency on a package that includes raises of 2 percent for this year, 2 percent for next year and 2.5 percent for the year after that.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

But that budget included no teacher salary raises with the understanding the budget would be amended once a contract was in place, according to a spokeswoman for the district.

We are paid using the same antiquated system established four decades ago: incremental salary increases with every new contract, automatic raises for time in the classroom regardless of our success, and rewards for graduate school classes that are required by law but have shown no correlation with teacher effectiveness.

The study tried to determine which districts offer teachers the most «bang for the buck» by accounting for variables like districts with performance - based raises, the time it takes a teacher to climb the salary ladder and cost of living in the district.

This much we know: Mayor de Blasio gave in to the union's demands for sizable raises but got very little in return - no premium sharing of health - care costs, no higher co-pays, no guaranteed dismissals for ineffective teachers who don't even teach full time, no changes to the rigid seniority - based salary schedule, nothing.

Asked if he believes the legislature can raise salaries again in 2015 for all teachers, Rep. Horn said, «If I can, I will.»

Teachers who work in hard - to - staff schools, teach high need subjects like math or chemistry, and pursue «other opportunities for improvement» could also earn raises beyond what would be offered with the new professional salary schedule.

About $ 50 million of a 2010 gift from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg helped pay for provisions in the five - year contract, including higher base salaries for all Newark teachers plus annual raises for teachers who are rated well under a new evaluation system.

From low starting salaries, to capped raises, to a lack of opportunity for income growth, teachers indicate they seek higher earnings beyond the classroom.»

For veteran teachers who have been working for years without a raise and are struggling to make ends meet, McCrory billed the plan as a first step to improving salaries for all teachers and other state employeFor veteran teachers who have been working for years without a raise and are struggling to make ends meet, McCrory billed the plan as a first step to improving salaries for all teachers and other state employefor years without a raise and are struggling to make ends meet, McCrory billed the plan as a first step to improving salaries for all teachers and other state employefor all teachers and other state employees.

After years of frozen salaries, the busy 2014 session saw large pay bumps for beginning teachers and relatively small raises for veteran teachers — but those raises came at the expense of teacher assistants and classroom supplies as well as cuts to other critical areas of education spending.

We've heard great ideas about how to change this from educators across the city: pay raises for mentor teachers and teachers who assume administrative responsibilities while still in the classroom, incentives to teach in high - needs areas and low - performing schools and salary steps based on fair evaluations.

In a new report on the effects of the recession on teacher salaries in 41 major school districts, the National Council on Teacher Quality found that teacher raises for experience and market forces like inflation were one - third to one - half of what they were at the beginning of the recteacher salaries in 41 major school districts, the National Council on Teacher Quality found that teacher raises for experience and market forces like inflation were one - third to one - half of what they were at the beginning of the recTeacher Quality found that teacher raises for experience and market forces like inflation were one - third to one - half of what they were at the beginning of the recteacher raises for experience and market forces like inflation were one - third to one - half of what they were at the beginning of the recession.

While lawmakers raised beginning teachers» salaries in 2014 and 2015, veteran teachers were for the most part left behind, with minuscule pay bumps over the past several years, base salaries capped at $ 50,000 and salary supplements eliminated for teachers who earn master's degrees.

Prominent in the discussions surrounding teacher pay, in addition to the one - time bonuses proposed by McCrory and raises targeting early - career teachers, will be the state's salary schedule for educators, an ever - shifting model that, since it was revised by legislators in 2014, drops teachers into multiple pay tiers.

With an average salary of $ 76,000 (not including employee benefits or pensions), Chicago teachers were already among the highest paid in the nation and the new deal included a 7 percent raise over three years, with additional raises for experience and education.

N.C. Rep. Craig Horn, an influential budget writer from Union County who chairs the House education appropriations committee, isn't sure he likes the current salary scale for teachers, the one adopted by lawmakers two years ago that nixes annual raises for teachers in favor of a multi-tiered approach with bigger pay bumps every five years.

The district announced Thursday that teachers will receive 9 percent raises, with the salary for first - year educators increased from $ 39,954 to $ 43,887.

I know when Michelle Rhee offered to almost double teacher's salaries (about 40 % pay raise) in exchange for those concessions the unions wouldn't allow members to even vote.