Sentences with phrase «just hold teachers accountable»

Instead of recognizing the impact poverty and language barriers actually have on educational outcomes, the «education reformers» claimed that if we just hold teachers accountable, test scores will go up and students will succeed.

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They don't shuffle between a D.E.A.R book, a reading book, and a literature circle book... they just read books and are held accountable for doing so through persistent teacher / student conferences and an intricate portfolio.

It's how we know, for example, how much progress there has or has not been in closing achievement gaps nationwide, but it just doesn't work to say we can hold teachers accountable simply for raising math and reading scores.»

They need a teacher who holds them accountable for their reading just like with any other assignment.

We created it after I realized how many school leaders just weren't clearing the space for teacher coaching to happen at the highest level: foundational things like creating a vision for their schools, holding adults accountable to meeting schoolwide expectations, designing and holding weekly leadership team meetings, creating and sticking to a daily calendar; and more advanced things like using data to inform the design of responsive PD.

But isn't it just common sense to hold teachers accountable for their students» academic performance?

A deployment approach assumes that teachers (and, in some cases, principals) already know what to do; they just need to be held accountable for outcomes, and if they can't succeed, then school leaders should find others who can.

And to hold one person (the teacher) accountable for the actions of another person (the student) is just as unethical.

Just after New Year's Day, Illinois educators introduced a major reform proposal to hold school administrators, school board members and teachers accountable for their work on behalf of school children statewide.Three unions representing more than 230,000 Illinois education employees, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability teachers accountable for their work on behalf of school children statewide.Three unions representing more than 230,000 Illinois education employees, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability Teachers (IFT) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability Teachers Union (CTU) termed their plan Accountability for All.

York believes just as teams of teachers should be held accountable for the growth of students, American schools should be held responsible for the growth of teachers.

Just a few years ago, prominent leaders were calling to publish teachers» VAM scores, so that parents and taxpayers could better hold public school teachers accountable.

In that sense we need to make sure that it's a system that doesn't just hold schools, teachers, and students accountable, but also politicians, consultants, and foundations.

Just as in the market place, many believe that holding teachers and schools accountable for students» learning will lead to improved results.