Sentences with phrase «funding for teachers in grades»

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The resolution up for discussion in Comsewogue says the board «will seriously consider not administering the New York State standardized ELA and math exams in grades 3 - 8, and the science exam in grades 4 and 8,» citing disagreement with state funding and the linkage of teacher evaluations to student test scores.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a three - year, $ 1.1 - million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Early Adolescence to help improve the preparation and training of teachers and staff members in the middle grades.

If, as in the example above, state and local funds are to support one teacher per 25 students in grades K - 3, the auditor would check that any Title I funds spent on K - 3 teachers line up dollar for dollar with reductions below that baseline class size in Title I schools.

For example, part of a district's methodology could be using state and local funds to support one teacher per 25 students in grades K - 3.

There is a combination of reasons why this is the case; it is believed that many teachers are feeling pressured for their students to perform to qualify for school funding, and some parents are more eager for their children to obtain high grades than they have been in previous years.

The lowest - performing schools are given priority when applying for certain grants, and the state has earmarked funds to recruit teachers to work in schools that received D and F grades.

In the area of staffing, Kloczko has requested three fourth - grade teachers and funding for four additional «essentialists» to teach some of the intelligences.

The plan also asks for funding to put laptop computers in each ninth - and tenth - grade English and social studies classroom in urban districts, and funding to provide technology training to teachers.

In a radio interview, Julia Gonzalez, a second grade teacher and E4E - New York member, calls for more funding for implementing the Common Core Standards and...

Even if there were ample funds for individual professional development, the bill remains silent on the institutional practices (seniority when assigning positions; favoritism when drawing classes) that consign the newest teacher to the toughest grade level or set of courses, with the toughest students, in the district's toughest school.

Nevertheless, Committee members found the evidence on the impact of high - quality pre-K and third - grade reading so compelling that members recommended making difficult choices to prioritize these areas even at the potential expense of other K - 12 funding priorities, such as lowering class sizes, investing in teacher professional development, and improving classroom technology, that have not been shown to correlate as strongly with improved student outcomes, particularly for high - need students.

During his tenure in Ossining, Sanchez has held several positions, including fourth - grade teacher, English as a Second Language supervisor, assistant principal, supervisor for English Language Arts and funded programs, assistant superintendent and deputy superintendent.

That news, coupled with Republican proposals to scrap retiree health benefits and pensions for new teachers, skip cost - of - living adjustments for state employees and bypass written commitments for additional funding of «specialty» arts and P.E. teachers in elementary grades, will only exacerbate the state's well - documented troubles with teacher recruitment, critics say.