Sentences with phrase «for teacher resistance»

The book first recounts the technical challenges in reforming teacher pay and the reasons for teacher resistance, then how trial and error, tough negotiation, and assiduous efforts to win hearts and minds convinced teachers to endorse the plan in 2004.

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Thomas Upham, one of the more mystically inclined of early Holiness teachers, wrote in 1836 the important Manual of Peace, opposing the military chaplaincy, advocating «tax resistance,» and calling for the abolition of capital punishment.

In fact, parents, teachers and school administrators who propose swapping double - fudge brownies for apple slices are often met with resistance or sometimes even become targets.

Madeleine emphasized the importance of collaboration and communication; addressing barriers with teachers and principals who express resistance to in - classroom breakfast, and using the facts about breakfast — it improves test scores, and can be implemented with minimal additional work for everyone involved — to create support for the program.

However, the push for tougher testing and job evaluations drew growing resistance from teacher unions and parents, who say the combination places undue pressure on students and teachers.

Yet San Diego became notorious for the fierce resistance of its teachers union, abetted by school board members, to any and all efforts at change, whereas there is hardly any reference to the role of the unions in Cuban's account of Austin.

It argued, «Renewed resistance to accountability is now a middle - class project to «reclaim» schools for a select slice of the American population who no longer want teachers and schools to be on the hook for results or equity.»

My research reveals that resistance to the new law was, in many schools and districts, quite intense, indicating the depth of support for bilingual education among teachers and principals.

The more that teacher strikes resemble Occupy Wall Street lite — featuring street theater, expansive demands for new spending, and calls for dramatic tax increases — the more likely they are to spur resistance among taxpayers, families, and Republican officials.

Resistance to evaluating teachers on results is well - founded at one level: Unsophisticated administrators might use unsuitable measures like norm - referenced tests or unfairly evaluate teachers for failing to reach grade - level standards with students who were poorly taught the year before or who had significant learning deficits.

Duncan's efforts on school overhauls — as well as his more unconventional ideas, such as a program that paid students for good grades — stirred up resistance from affected communities and teacher organizations.

Today, the Common Core is not only on the public radar, but the focus of a growing nationwide resistance from an unusual coalition of right - wingers, liberals, teachers, and parents, for a variety of very different reasons.

The NRC report suggests several possible reasons, including a lack of knowledge about such opportunities among teachers and administrators; a bias among principals for more traditional methods; and institutional resistance from district professional development staff who might see their own jobs disappear if teachers bypass their programs and engage in training created from afar.

For Brill and the reformers in his book, the unions are the enemy, with their defense of incompetent teachers, their hostility to charters, and their resistance to efforts to judge teachers by the achievement of their students on tests.

Other districts are also using it as part of evaluations or the basis for merit pay programs, moves that have generated fierce resistance from some teachers unions and skepticism from some experts.

Feinberg recalled the tale of his early efforts back when he was a teacher — how, after encountering waves of bureaucratic resistance, he ultimately resorted to sitting on Houston superintendent Rod Paige's car for five hours just to get permission to launch KIPP.

Resistance might also be greater for high school teachers who typically view themselves as subject specialists, said veteran educator Ray Salazar, who blogs about his work teaching English language arts at a Chicago public high school.

For McCoy - Mitti, it was a «baked - in» sense of apathy on the part of both students and teachers, and a resistance to disruption from staff members who wanted to do their best for students, but had not been trainFor McCoy - Mitti, it was a «baked - in» sense of apathy on the part of both students and teachers, and a resistance to disruption from staff members who wanted to do their best for students, but had not been trainfor students, but had not been trained.

AACTE will honor Molly Baustien Siuty, assistant professor of inclusive teacher education at Portland State University (OR), with the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study (Re) constituting Teacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and Resiteacher education at Portland State University (OR), with the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study (Re) constituting Teacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and ResiTeacher Identity for Inclusion in Urban Schools: A Process of Reification and Resistance.

In communities where the shift has been mandated — high schools in and around Portland, Me., for example — it has faced considerable resistance from parents and teachers annoyed that the time - consuming, and sometimes confusing, change in classroom life has come from top - tier school administrators.

More importantly, it is important for school board members to be cognizant that removing ineffective teachers may cause resistance within a school.

With resistance coming from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, the 3000 - member professional association for reading teachers, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction appearing cool to the idea, the bill languished in committee.

Indeed, the simplicity of the guided video viewing activity may help overcome the resistance that Shepherd and Hannafin (2008, as cited in Rich & Hannafin, 2009, p. 64) encountered from teacher education faculty, preservice teachers, and cooperating teachers to using video annotation tools for analyzing the teaching practice of student teachers.

Later, when she worked with other senior teachers to push for pro-student scheduling changes, she was surprised at how much resistance she found among some of her colleagues.

Teachers» resistance to change and «fear» of integrating computers into classrooms resulted from not recognizing the usefulness and necessity of technology to teaching and learning; teachers still viewed the computer as a part of the curriculum rather than as a tool for teaching (Medcalf - DavenportTeachers» resistance to change and «fear» of integrating computers into classrooms resulted from not recognizing the usefulness and necessity of technology to teaching and learning; teachers still viewed the computer as a part of the curriculum rather than as a tool for teaching (Medcalf - Davenportteachers still viewed the computer as a part of the curriculum rather than as a tool for teaching (Medcalf - Davenport, 1998).

As a result, the overarching guiding question for this study was, «What is the relationship between learning preference and teachers» resistance to change within the context of a school undergoing a large - scale complex technology intervention?»

Taking into account the need for more empirical information in this area, this study represents an exploration of the relationship between teachers» learning styles and their level of resistance to change within a group of schools implementing a large - scale technology intervention, as well as the relationship between those variables and teacher attrition.

The accrediting organizations have not been a target for reform because of resistance by teacher education colleges, the use of these colleges by universities as cash cows that bring in more students and money when standards are low, etc. etc..

She anticipated significant resistance from the central office and the teachers union, as well as her peers, but she felt her first action had to be to ask for support.

It's hard to change a whole system around when you have some resistance amongst leadership, resistance among teachers and inadequate support for retraining and providing teachers with a sense that if we do it differently, they are going to get some help.

Gary Rubinstein: Why I did TFA and Why You Shouldn't Owen Davis: Teach for America Apostates: a Primer of Alumni Resistance Jesse Hagopian: Seattle Public Schools should avoid «Teach for Awhile» program Alex Caputo - Pearl: Teach for America Shows the Downside of Quick Fixes in Education Camika Royal: Swift to Hear; Slow to Speak: A Message to TFA Teachers, Critics, and Education Reformers True Confessions of a TFA Dropout Julian Vasquez Heilig: Teach for America: Feel - good Spin vs. Dose of Reality From a Corps Member Why I'm Quitting TFA The Atlantic: I Quit Teach for America Jameson Brewer: Hyper - accountability, Burnout and Blame: A Former TFA Corps Member Speaks Out Matt Barnum: It's Time for Teach for America to Fold — former TFAer Noam Hassenfeld: This Former TFA Corps Members Thinks You Should Join City Year Instead

For teachers eager to convey accurate information on climate change, two needs are first, a good source of information, and second, strong support for their teaching in the face of resistance from some parents and teacheFor teachers eager to convey accurate information on climate change, two needs are first, a good source of information, and second, strong support for their teaching in the face of resistance from some parents and teachefor their teaching in the face of resistance from some parents and teachers.

For backup support, it seems to me that one area that needs shoring up is textbook material on climate change, because a teacher who can point to a text source is better equipped to handle studen / parent resistance than one who can merely repeat verbal arguments.

Despite the state's efforts in implementing several strategies to improve supports and training for the teachers and administrators who are participating in MKEA, there remains resistance from school districts and other stakeholders about MKEA.