Sentences with phrase «math teachers in the public schools»

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Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Jerry Brodkey is a math teacher at a public high school in Northern California.

He emphasized that he was a public school teacher in the South Bronx teaching bilingual math and science to middle school students and that he founded a community development credit union in Washington Heights.

For 15 years, one of the biggest suppliers of alternatively certified science and math teachers to the Chicago Public Schools system was a program called NU - TEACH, run by Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus school policy on what really matters: classroom learning.

The bottom line, as phrased by Education Next's Paul Peterson, Martin West, and Michael Henderson, is that «everyone wants more emphasis on just about everything in school, except athletics, though the general public is especially eager for more emphasis on reading and math, while teachers see greater needs in history and the arts.»

One strand of his research, which has sought to replicate effective charter - school practices in public school contexts, has shown that when a school increases instructional time, has excellent teachers and administrators, and instills data - driven instruction, small - group tutoring, and a culture of high expectations, it can eliminate gaps in math performance.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentIn our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Now for the really eye - opening math: There are roughly 100,000 public schools in the United States, with over 3 million public school teachers and at least 50 million students.

Last week, the Clayton Christensen Institute published a case study that describes how Leadership Public Schools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cSchools, a charter school management organization that operates three high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention cschools in the San Francisco Bay Area, used technology to rethink how teachers delivered instruction in math intervention courses.

President Clinton challenged public officials, business leaders, universities, schools, teachers, parents, and students to take the steps necessary to boost student achievement in math and science.

With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in collaboration with the Boston Plan for Excellence and the Boston Public Schools, has developed the Transition to Teaching Math and Science (T2MS) Program to address the shortage of qualified math and science teachers in Boston's middle and high sSchools, has developed the Transition to Teaching Math and Science (T2MS) Program to address the shortage of qualified math and science teachers in Boston's middle and high schoolsschools.

Across the country in Washington, D.C., Andrea Smith, a 6th - grade math teacher at E. L. Haynes, a high - performing public charter school, shares Bergmann's enthusiasm, but focuses on a different aspect of the flipped classroom.

There is probably a little more order and discipline at Calvary than in a typical public school, but Calvary's students work hard, and they learn math, history, and science from competent teachers.

Spurred by a team of three biology, math, and humanities teachers at High Tech High, a public charter school in San Diego, these diverse students — of widely mixed academic levels and socioeconomic backgrounds — created the book as the central project of their junior year.

Jason Kamras, chief of human capital for the DC Public Schools, started out teaching middle school math and in 2005 was named the National Teacher of the Year.

Timesha Cohen, a member of our learning community and teacher from Propel McKeesport Public Charter School, has talked about the impact of her participation as positively affecting herself and her students: «My students are able to make connections between what they know and what they need to know, as well as draw conclusions based on patterns they may notice in both math and science.

She taught math in traditional public middle and high schools for ten years, has provided instruction in math pedagogy, and is the director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Teacher Education Program, which she founded in 1984.

Similarly, English teachers in Miami - Dade County Public Schools demonstrate a persistent effect on math that is 46 percent as large as their effect on English, while math teachers in the district have a persistent effect on English that is less than five percent as large as their persistent effect on math.

About two - thirds of the public supports the federal mandate for testing of math and reading in grades 3 to 8 and in high school, although teachers are divided on this requirement.

These include students» grade level, Limited English Proficiency status and eligibility for subsidized school meals, their teachers» years of experience in North Carolina public schools, class size, school size, schools» racial and socioeconomic makeup, and schools» average math and reading scores on statewide tests.

Public charter school teacher Nicholas Simmons once wrote in the Wall Street Journal that he «worked in the same building as the Wadleigh Secondary School, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis aschool teacher Nicholas Simmons once wrote in the Wall Street Journal that he «worked in the same building as the Wadleigh Secondary School, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis aSchool, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis added).

Leandro Gonzales, a middle school math teacher at Whittier Health Sciences Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their school math teacher at Whittier Health Sciences Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their lives.

Warped opinions about our nation's public schools include: they are inferior to private schools; they are among the worst in the world in math and science; teachers should be fired if their students don't score at the national average, and on and on.

The New York Post reported in April that some «renegade» public school teachers were encouraging parents to boycott state English and math Common Core exams.

Studies have shown that public schools outperform private schools in math, partly because public school math teachers are more likely to know and follow the latest research related to teaching math.

In just the first 3 years of the NMUTR program, Montclair has produced 65 teachers for Newark Public Schools in the high - need areas of math, science, and special educatioIn just the first 3 years of the NMUTR program, Montclair has produced 65 teachers for Newark Public Schools in the high - need areas of math, science, and special educatioin the high - need areas of math, science, and special education.

He later transitioned into higher education where he spent 9 years at Lipscomb University in Nashville before returning to public school as a middle school math teacher in the Springdale School Disschool as a middle school math teacher in the Springdale School Disschool math teacher in the Springdale School DisSchool District.

This year in Chicago Public Schools has been rough on budgets, but E4E - Chicago teacher leaders like Lacey Clayborn, an eighth grade math teacher at Howe School of Excellence, are planning and executing events around the city to appreciate their colleagues who thrive in the face of adversity.

A former math teacher and OneGoal Program director in the Chicago Public Schools, David Blancas now coaches other teachers as director of teacher Support at... See Archive

School Data Nerd is the nom de plume of Benjamin Feinberg, an eighth - grade math and science teacher at Luther Burbank Middle School, in Highland Park, who uses public data to guide his thinking on educational issues rather than resorting to rhetoric or politicking.

Lisa Ripperger, right, the principal of Public School 234 in the TriBeCa area of Manhattan, where teachers emailed criticisms of the state's reading and math tests to parents this month.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Samantha was a high school math teacher in Chicago Public Schools.

Prior to joining DreamBox, he spent over 10 years in public education, first as a high school math teacher and then as the Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator for a K — 12 school system of over 17,000 students, where he also helped facilitate the system's long - range strategic planning efforts.

76 % of America's public school teachers «reacted positively» to the primary goal of the Common Core State Standards (i.e., to have all states use the same set of academic standards for reading, writing and math in grades K - 12).

For a three - year time period beginning in 2001, North Carolina awarded an annual bonus of $ 1800 to certified math, science and special education teachers working in public secondary schools with

Master teachers from local private and public schools conduct challenging classes in reading, writing, math, and art, and weekly field trips to local landmarks broaden students» awareness of the city and region.

Diane Briars, past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the former math director of the Pittsburgh public schools, said the inequity problem in the United States has shifted.

Robert also serves as a Facilitator for the NSF funded eMSS (E-mentoring for Student Success) science and math teacher support program Robert has taught a variety of technology and science courses in a variety of public high school, middle school and university settings for about 20 years.

Prior to SCPCSD, Hunter was a high school math teacher at an international school in Buenos Aires, Argentina and then worked for a number of years in Tennessee to launch 16 high - performing public charter schools in Memphis and Nashville.

This bill creates the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP) and authorizes ACHE to administer the loan repayment awards to eligible public - school math and science teachers in underserved areas of Alabama.

Using panel data from North Carolina, we exploit the state's unique system of financing its local public schools to identify the causal effects of teacher assistants and other staff on student test scores in math and reading and other outcomes.

She began her career in education as a math teacher in Prince George's County Public Schools where she received UPN20's Honorable Mention for Teachers Making a Difference.

In 2004 in the public schools of Camden, New Jersey, barely half of the math and reading teachers were considered as «highly qualified.&raquIn 2004 in the public schools of Camden, New Jersey, barely half of the math and reading teachers were considered as «highly qualified.&raquin the public schools of Camden, New Jersey, barely half of the math and reading teachers were considered as «highly qualified.»

We need, among other things, more equitable appropriation of public funds, implementation of academic programs with a high success record, lowering pupil / teacher ratio for reading and math, and higher pay incentives for seasoned teachers willing to teach in substandard schools.

The Children's Guild DC Public Charter's school environment offers a full continuum of IEP services through reading and math specialists, special education teachers, and an IEP coordinator who assures compliance with the goals set in each student's IEP.

BTR graduates are more racially diverse than other new teachers in Boston Public Schools; they are also more likely to teach in science, technology, engineering, and math fields and to remain teaching in the district through their fifth year — when data show teachers tend to be at or close to their peak effectiveness.72 Eighty - seven percent of all BTR graduates are still teaching, and 90 percent are still working in the field of education.73

Glover arrived as principal in 2010, having worked his way through the ranks of Newark Public Schools as a sixth - grade teacher, math staff developer, technology coordinator and assistant principal.

Teacher - special education teachers, math / science teachers, bilingual teachers or teachers in fields where there is a shortage and teachers who teach disabled children in a public schools

§ Must be a junior or senior (completed at least 60 college credit hours) in a course of instruction with the intent to attain licensure as a teacher in math, science, special education in a public school in Arizona or attain licensure as a teacher in elementary education in a public school that is located in a geographic area (Apache, Cochise, Graham & Greenlee) in Arizona that is experiencing a shortage of teachers as determined by the state board of education.