Sentences with phrase «less teachers mean»

Activists say less funding and less teachers mean larger class sizes, special education cuts and an overworked school staff.

Not exact matches

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

In a world where issues are ever more complicated, where ideas are ever more complex, and where politicians and teachers and preachers are less and less sure of themselves, we ask: what does it all mean?

Modern safety precautions also mean that there is less for the student to do and more for the teacher, meaning that much of science is observed demonstrations rather than hands - on experimenting.

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

Does this mean that when teachers are competent and caring, children cheat less?

Compared to the larger public schools around, this school gets less funding, which means less supplies and other necessities teachers need in the classroom.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Slightly less than half of its 75,000 employees are classroom teachers, meaning that Los Angeles spends just 35 percent of its budget on teacher pay.

As noted earlier, female teachers are less responsive to increases in salary, meaning that the bonus required to keep them at a school will be larger than for males.

This planning shift means that teachers have less time to do unit planning.

If the teachers are less assimilationists this means they understood the importance of cultural identity and focused on it.

De Blasio has pledged to maintain Bloomberg's focus on closing the achievement gap, but his education agenda has revised the means: turnarounds instead of closures, heavy emphasis on addressing the «root causes» of K — 12 underperformance through pre-kindergarten education and social services, less antagonistic relations with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and more - relaxed school - discipline policies.

In the median state, less than half of all teachers are expected to work long enough to vest in their retirement plan — meaning that despite big spending and promises, less than half of all public - school teachers, on average, will ever receive retirement benefits for their years on the job (see Figure 3).

Experienced teacher who is always looking to improve the learning experience for children.Lots of detail which should mean you can spend less time planning!

More cash for teacher salaries, as the Chicago Teachers Union is demanding, means less for everything else — after - school programs, early childhood initiatives, police, public health, everything.

In those places, Greene's argument is exactly backward: Charter schools and their teachers pay the same high employer and employee contribution rates as all other schools, but higher turnover rates mean their teachers will get much less in return.

This means that, among women, the value of teachers» skills has grown by 15 percentage points less than the value of nonteachers» skills.

Introduced in Denver and Des Moines in 1921, the single salary schedule was meant to resolve the inequities of an era when women, minorities, and elementary school teachers were paid less than their counterparts.

This means that less teachers will be required to mark test papers and will have more time to spend focusing on planning the next lesson.

«It's the equivalent of cutting one in seven teachers — it means less one - on - one attention for our kids, less focus on the basics.»

(Because NAEP employs just a sample of students and schools, it also means less curricular distortion and pressure on teachers.)

According to Hattie, teacher subject - matter knowledge had an effect size of 0.19, meaning that it was far less effective than other factors like classroom management (0.52) or effective teacher feedback (0.75).

When teachers do not feel supported in their attempts to teach SEL, this means they are more stressed and less satisfied with their work.

According to the National Education Union (NEU), the cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «The way Ofsted makes judgements on data means they simply compare less privileged schools to more privileged schools.

Larger classes mean less individual support for students, and put more pressure on teachers at a time when we desperately need to reduce workload.»

This means there are less questions for the teacher and we can focus on our teaching without interruptions.

Unions have claimed the new freedoms for schools to decide details regarding teacher wages has led to a «wild west» situation, whereby inconsistent guidance and budget pressures has meant that less teachers are being told about their pay awards.

Tier 2 offers worse benefits for new teachers: it has a higher minimum service requirement (up from five to 10 years, making it more difficult for new teachers to qualify for a minimum benefit), a higher normal retirement age (meaning teachers have fewer years to collect pension payments over a lifetime), a less generous pension formula (calculating the final average salary from the last eight years of service instead of just four), and a lower COLA.

An expanding history base means that teachers cover more topics in less depth than in the past, Altoff says.

Pupil teacher ratios are rising which means bigger class sizes and less attention for individuals.

The average starting teacher salary still hovers under $ 40,000 and the median base teacher salary sits at approximately $ 47,400,37 meaning teachers make a staggering 60 percent less than other full - time professionals with college degrees.38 Like other professionals, teachers should earn a salary commensurate with their skillset, responsibilities, and level of education.

What this means in this case, for example, is that for every teacher who is rated highly effective there should be a teacher rated as highly ineffective, more or less, to yield a symmetrical distribution of teacher observational scores across the spectrum.

Now into my second year as a blended - learning history teacher — meaning I have a group of students in my classroom every other day, assigning them to work online, at home, on the «off» days — I've found the scary parts less frightening than most fear, with far greater benefits than I expected....

Small class size means less work for teachers.

Larger classes mean fewer teachers which translate to less dues money for the union.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, claimed that cutting support staff would mean «less support for children who need most help and put extra pressure on other staff».

When school leaders already have a good understanding of teachers» skills, value - added measures may not add much, but they may be helpful for leaders who are new to the job or less skilled at evaluating teachers through other means.

When applied to teachers employed by federal programs such as Title I, teacher cost averaging also means that less is spent on program services than reported, and some federal funds leak into schools that are supposedly not eligible for them.

All of these increased responsibilities have come without a significant increase in the length of the school day or the school year meaning that teachers are expected to do more with less.

There, United Teachers of Los Angeles vice-president and English teacher Cecily Myart - Cruz slammed charters, saying «If we lose 50 percent of our students to unregulated charters, that means we're going to have 50 percent less of a teaching force.

Our teachers spend far less time evaluating and grouping students» needs, which means that teachers have more time to identify and apply various interventions for our mix of learners.

The NASUWT says the changes mean less - qualified people are being put in charge of classes - and are being paid less than teachers.

Less people in the profession hardly means there will be more quality teachers.

Organized by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), «Walking the Talk: Teacher Preparation for Deeper Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused peTeacher Preparation for Deeper Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused peteacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused pedagogy.

But the law of flexibility says you can only move that money back at the beginning teacher salary rate — which means locals effectively get less money.»

Put simply, this means that the best teachers close achievement gaps, while the worst teachers widen them.38 And these results are not just a matter of which teachers receive the less challenging teaching assignments: A major, multiyear study from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation showed that high - performing teachers remained so across schools, regardless of whether those schools were high - or low - poverty.39

Instead, it actually spends $ 105 million less on TAs than what was planned for the upcoming year, which means local school districts are taking a 22 percent hit to their teacher assistant funding stream — and that's on top of huge cuts to TAs over the past several years.

Increases in class size mean less individual attention for children, but they also increase workload for teachers and support staff — driving more people away from teaching and intensifying the recruitment and retention crisis that has developed.