Sentences with phrase «large class sizes»

In defense of teachers, with large class sizes it is difficult to «tailor» the curriculum to students who are above or below average.

Filed Under: Special Education Tagged With: children with disabilities, college and career ready, early childhood education, large class sizes, phonics, school reforms, testing

It is unfair to the 1,100,000 students in schools throughout our state sitting in large class sizes, old technology, and other old equipment... for a self - governing school down the road, with no accountability to an elected school board, to be given all the bells and whistles.

Maria Montessori actually preferred large class sizes with a range of ages, because that gave the kids more options for peer interaction and mentoring.

Their professionalism and candor underscored the damning nature of Jim Crow, not in the lack of quality instruction but in the substandard facilities, large class sizes, lack of resources, and psychological impact segregation had on students — not to mention the disparities in pay and benefits including tenure.

But large class sizes and low teacher salaries persist in Utah.

The kids attending the schools named in the lawsuit generate per - pupil funding for their districts and schools, but the students are often warehoused in «service» classes where they receive no actual instruction with large class sizes and long - term substitutes.

Parents might also place many expectations on the regular education teacher, who most likely has the burden of large class sizes, and might have lesser preparation in special education.

They say the real issues holding back student achievement are inadequate resources, large class sizes and lack of parental involvement.

teachers often have large class sizes and are not prepared to work with students who have disabilities.

Teachers from this school reported large class sizes, a lack of physical space, and a scarcity of time to implement science activities.

Commissioned by the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the research found that teachers» practical knowledge of teaching young people with disabilities needed to be more relevant to their working environment, especially in areas with poor infrastructure, a lack of teaching materials or large class sizes.

Among the characteristics shared by urban schools include large class sizes, social and disciplinary problems, a large percentage of poor and minority children, and little involvement from parents compared to their suburban counterparts.

My fear is that unwitting parents and community members will join SFC because they want to rectify the problems they see every day in their children's public schools, such as underfunding, lack of arts programs, large class sizes, and cuts to the school year, only to find that they get roped into very different goals.

(Also, the previous comment indicates that teachers» unions call for low funding and large class sizes.

reductions in force and large class sizes or massive borrowing, often at high interest rates.

Fewer adults mean large class sizes — today about 30 students per classroom — that substantially diminishes our ability to monitor how students are doing and meet their unique learning needs.

Dan Olweus asserts that bullying is not a consequence of large class sizes or schools, competition for grades, or insecurity («A Profile of Bullying at School,» p. 12).

To what extent is the large variation between pupils» maths achievement within classes a result of widening access, large class sizes and a lack of tracking in the education system?

With the demands of teaching and with many teachers having multiple classes and large class sizes, teachers need tools to quickly see where they are in their understanding, and to answer questions such as:

The reports describe these programs as being characterized by large class sizes, heavy responsibilities placed on parents, and weak student academic growth.

In this write up about the Chinese educational system by the International Center for Educational Benchmarking, two things popped out at me: 1) large class sizes (50 students / class); 2) specialized teachers, who might only teach one particular class, such as «Senior Secondary 2 Physics», but they teach it multiple times a day.

They, relatively speaking, have large class sizes.

If you are tired of large class sizes where you feel that you son or daughter is lost among the crowd, you should consider Harbor City International School.

Observers of Chinese classrooms share a common impression — namely, large class sizes with students sitting in rows of desks facing the teacher and the teacher leading nearly all of the classroom activities and doing most of the talking to reticent students (Fang & Gopinathan, 2009; Huang & Leung, 2004; Paine, 1990).

This is all very true, but don't current practices wrt automatic progression, large class sizes and age grading all militate against this idealistic model?

«Textbooks are especially relevant to improving learning outcomes in low income countries with large class sizes, a high proportion of unqualified teachers and a shortage of instructional time,» the GEM report says.

«Teachers also tell me about the problems they face teaching large class sizes.

For challenges like large class sizes, high - stakes testing, and intense focus on teacher and administrative accountability, increasing success by all students means we must engage them into the learning dialog.

In Australia commentators and politicians alike point to high performing systems such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, where large class sizes are the norm, as evidence that reducing class sizes is a futile exercise.

However, critics claim this funding is an «irresponsible use of public money» in light of merciless cuts which are leading to large class sizes, a reduction in resources and potentially staff losses.

Such large class sizes can undoubtedly benefit from a classroom management tool to ensure precious moments aren't wasted during a lesson.

«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

On the other hand, very large class sizes are correlated with low performance.

Proctor tells Next Wave Canada that she hears many complaints from junior faculty members about the heavy teaching load (the university requires assistant professors to teach 5 courses per academic year), large class sizes, and extensive administrative duties early in their careers.

The survey found that teachers thought other causes of indiscipline were a lack of backup from senior management, the influence of negative TV and media, large class sizes and a lack of enforcement of school rules.

«Year after year we have seen cuts or small increases that haven't kept up with inflation,» said Ms. James, who bemoaned a list of problems with city schools including large class sizes, schools closing, the high drop out rate for children of color and cuts to music and arts programming.

I also became acutely aware of the challenges public school art teachers face with large class sizes, poor quality materials, and infrequent class time.

This year the state returns to more familiar territory, with some of the nation's largest class sizes, near the lowest per - pupil spending and a finish in the bottom tier for the category.

The number does not include benefits but it does include pay beyond base salary, such as stipends for coaching, longevity bonuses or extra pay for large class size.

As a professional in that field I'm also curious how Romney, who says we need larger class size, can possibly help your child's learning environment.

Classroom management challenges are growing as our school systems experience financial cut backs, staffing shortages, larger class size.

This accounts for larger class sizes (i.e. worse student: teacher ratios) in poorer schools as expected.

And though the results as published do not completely rule out the idea that other factors were at play, the ad campaign itself seems to have been a deciding factor in defeating a Florida initiative that would have led to larger class sizes in the state's public schools.

«The kids will have double problems — larger class sizes — and not have any of their service,» one special needs teacher from Brooklyn said.

This has meant larger class sizes, the elimination of entire programs and the elimination of electives at the high school level — and every district in New York has suffered.

We urgently need to reinvest in our classrooms and reverse years of cuts that have led to larger class sizes and the loss of many programs and services that students depend on.

Opponents argue that it will result in fewer jobs, larger class sizes, and less money being available for scholarships and tuition relief.

In addition, several speakers spoke of «work creep» in the form of larger class sizes with no extra pay.

The UFT will present the fact - finding panel with evidence that New York City public school teachers, in addition to having the largest class sizes and the neediest students, are on average the lowest paid in the region.