Sentences with phrase «fund teacher pay increases»

Combining these and other sustainable models to extend the reach of excellent teachers and promote excellence by all instructional staff may produce even greater savings to fund teacher pay increases and other priorities, while producing excellent student outcomes.

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I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private funder, we approached the city — until finally we were able to get it funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»

«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current on obligations to statutory funds, restore teacher and nursing training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?

Michael Rebell, an attorney who won a landmark case requiring the state to fund school districts more equitably, and Randi Weingarten, president of a national teachers» union, wrote in appendices to the report that they agree with much of the group's findings, including recommendations for increased access to pre-kindergarten, technology and learning models that connect high school and college, and merit pay for teachers.

«Lawmakers have substantially increased funding support for our K - 12 schools, boosted pay for our best teachers, and given local schools more flexibility and freedom.

Teachers now pay 6 percent into the fund, and that would increase to 7 percent in 2018.

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The UFT's other legislative priorities this year include new curriculum and teacher training aligned with the education standards that are being developed; restored funding for Teacher Centers statewide; additional funding for community schools and the Positive Learning Collaborative; closing tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share; and increased investment in technology and career and technical education prteacher training aligned with the education standards that are being developed; restored funding for Teacher Centers statewide; additional funding for community schools and the Positive Learning Collaborative; closing tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share; and increased investment in technology and career and technical education prTeacher Centers statewide; additional funding for community schools and the Positive Learning Collaborative; closing tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share; and increased investment in technology and career and technical education programs.

According to her analysis, schools with full pay autonomy may not be using this to increase the salaries of physics teachers — potentially because of «an aversion to within - school pay inequality» or because of the «overall squeeze on state school funding».

«ASCL urges the STRB to press the DfE to fully fund pay rises so that the government meets the additional costs rather than again expecting them to be met from existing school budgets which are already under huge pressure because of unfunded increases to employers» contributions to teacher pensions and National Insurance costs.»

She said: «The next Labour government will give our teachers the pay rise they deserve, with a fully - funded plan to end the public sector pay cap and increase wages in our schools.»

Mr. Phillips» plan for educational reform calls for increasing teachers» pay, funding school construction, decreasing the student - teacher ratio, and establishing day - care programs in the schools.

The joint letter noted that unions want the government to restore pay levels to at least the levels that existed before the start of the pay restraint in 2010; give teachers a pay rise of five per cent in 2019 as a first step towards restoration; make teacher pay a priority in discussions within the government; and provide sufficient additional funding for this increase in teachers» pay in the chancellor's budget statement this autumn.

Funding inequities, which allow some districts to have state of the art facilities and programs, complete with new computers for all students, quality free athletic programs, and comparatively high teacher salaries, while other districts are forced to cut teachers, increase class sizes, institute pay - to - play athletics, and do away with busing and art programs, need to be addressed.

It urges: «The government must fully fund the necessary pay increases for teachers and school leaders in both England and Wales.»

From time to time, the state has been able to appropriate funds to increase pay for teachers, according to Charles Pyle, the public information manager for the Virginia Department of Education.

Georgia teachers will receive a 3 percent pay raise and funding for the state's Quality Basic Education Act will be increased as a result of the legislature's adoption of the first major tax increase in 18 years.

And President Obama has announced that the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, a competitive grant program to support pay for performance plans, will increase five-fold, from $ 97 million to $ 483 million.

The union is also calling for pay levels which remain competitive in the longer term with other professions and reward teachers fairly; a common pay increase for all teachers, recognising that different pay awards for different groups are ineffective and demotivating; and additional government funding for all schools to help them implement the award.

A bare majority of Americans support increasing the salaries of those teaching in challenging school environments instead of using the same funds to offer all teachers a smaller pay increase.

It sets out the NEU's case for a substantial pay increase for all teachers, beginning with an immediate 5 % across the board increase for all teachers which should be fully funded by the Government.

«With a teacher shortage crisis, the Government needs to focus on improving teachers» pay and provide a fully - funded pay rise as part of a package of increased funding for all schools and colleges.

Mr. Corbett is offering the district a one - time $ 45 million grant and $ 120 million in recurring funds from a one - percentage - point city sales tax increase on the condition that teachers accept lower pay and benefits as well as «work rule» changes.

«The government must fully fund the necessary pay increases for teachers and school leaders in both England and Wales.»

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Jules White, the West Sussex head teacher who has co-ordinated the letter to MPs, says a pay increase for teachers would be welcome, but it needs to be fully funded.

With teachers» last pay raise dating back to early 2007, the union says a salary hike is long overdue, especially since last fall's voter - approved Prop. 30 increased the per - student funds the district receives from the state.

Adding to the pressure on funding are calls for the lifting of the cap on public sector pay, which could see increases in teachers» salaries.

With fiscal constraint continuing and macroeconomic uncertainty, this approach suggests there while there is a greater appetite for targeted interventions within current budgets, blanket increases to teacher pay funded with new money are unlikely.

Across every racial and ethnic background, in rank order, the top three ideas on how to improve K - 12 education were the same: increase school funding, improving teacher training, and increase teacher pay.

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.

The increase is, however, still below inflation and the NEU will continue to lobby to secure fully funded higher pay for teachers in schools and colleges alike.»

Evers» current budget request asks for $ 5.5 million to provide rural school districts with grant money to pay teachers to retain and recruit them; increase transportation funding for rural school districts and millions more in funding for bilingual - bicultural programs and programs aimed at students who are learning English as a second language.

The Governor's plan, the full details of which should be revealed next week when he submits his budget to the legislature, also includes boosting beginning teacher pay to $ 35,000 by 2015, increased funds for early childhood education and textbooks, and a variety of pay - for - performance incentives that would be implemented by 2018.

«The next Labour government will support our schools by giving them the resources they need, increasing per pupil funding in real terms and providing ring - fenced funding to end the pay cap and give our teachers the pay rise they deserve,» Rayner said today.

The Government must restore the value of school staff pay to 2010 pre-austerity levels, starting with an immediate and fully - funded 5 % pay increase for teachers to address the growing teacher recruitment and retention crisis.

Although all schools want to pay their teachers more — and all teachers would like to be paid more — the folks at Edkey Inc. are «committed to fiscal responsibility with the funding available to increase compensation for all staff at our schools,» Plitzuweit said.

We found that schools could free funds to pay excellent teachers in teaching roles up to 40 percent more and teacher - leaders up to about 130 percent more, within current budgets and without increasing class sizes.

Teachers continue to demand a substantial increase in public school funding so schools can buy new textbooks and technology and increase pay for support staff positions.

The movement for increased teacher pay and school funding has prompted walkouts in other Republican - led states like West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky and left lawmakers scrambling to meet teacher demands.

In addition to no meaningful pay raises, increased health insurance premiums and steep funding declines for public education overall, teachers have also lost tenure.

(Note: On April 12, Gov. Ducey proposed to increase teacher pay by 20 percent by 2020, but the proposal didn't include education support professionals and didn't address the requirement that school funding be restored to pre-recession levels.

Charter schools appear to offer the choice and competition — which we have idealized — we believe can raise the quality of education, but increasing funding of charter schools proves to be as flawed as teacher merit pay.

She added: «The government's decision to freeze school funding means that even a 1 % pay increase this year will lead to cuts elsewhere in schools - but its decision to allow schools to decide whether teachers get any increase means that many teachers may not even get 1 %.

Indeed, the May convergence in Raleigh may be one of the largest educator rallies in North Carolina in some years, some say, and it comes in a year when teachers in many GOP - controlled states have been organizing for, among other things, better pay, better pensions and an overall increase in public school funding.

Edwards says he will work to increase teacher pay, create scholarships for prospective teachers who commit to working in underserved areas, and increase funding for programs that provide training for teachers.

Instead of slashing education to pay for teacher raises, Tillis wants to draw on increased revenues from the state's lottery — which has Democrats, and even some Republicans, concerned about the prospect of relying on a more volatile and unpredictable funding stream to pay for statutorily guaranteed expenses.

Over the past few weeks, educators across the state have mobilized to demand a 20 percent increase in teacher pay (which would still place Arizona below the national average) and a return of pre-recession school funding levels.

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He also ignores the reality that the education spending has continued to increase for the past five decades, and that much of the troubles with American public education has little do with money than with the fact that so much school funding is trapped by practices such as degree - and seniority - based pay scales for teachers that have no correlation with improving student achievement.