Sentences with phrase «money out of the classroom»

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

Lawmakers offered «flexibility» to school districts to handle the underfunding of TAs, which means they can move money out of classroom teacher positions that were intended to reduce class size in order to pay for the TAs they actually need.

States, districts and schools don't have the resources or infrastructure to support and promote rigorous inquiry into these questions, even if they were inclined to steer money out of classrooms and into research.

So at the same time district budgets were being cut, they were — and are — having to take money out of classrooms in order to meet the requirements of the new laws.

In addition to impacting teachers and other school employees» ability to save for retirement, the growing burden of pension costs in Colorado also takes money out of classroom.

Not exact matches

If you're a teacher who spent money out of pocket on classroom expenses you can deduct that (up to $ 250).

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of teachers walked out of classrooms and crammed into the Oklahoma Capitol for a second day on Tuesday, shouting «Where's our money?»

In fact, according to the Education Market Association, an estimated 99.5 percent of all public school teachers» use their own money to equip their classrooms - to the tune of over $ 400 per year out of their own pocket.

But Kremer says the portion of the Bond Act that would go to build new classrooms for pre-K programs and get kids out of trailers would be a good use of the money, because it would be a long - term investment with long - term benefits.

Money, a gentle giant who lives with his grandmother, is applying himself both in the classroom and on the field with hopes of landing a scholarship as a ticket out of the «hood.

What we can do in our corner of the policy world, at least, is address the spiraling retirement costs (pensions and health care) that are taking money directly out of the classroom.

Some found the double classrooms a hassle to coordinate, says Elisabeth Woody, one of the researchers hired to evaluate the program, some felt they weren't seeing an improvement in overall education, and some simply lost their incentive once the money ran out.

For those of you eager to bring this to your classroom, check out this lesson (downloadable PDF) that my high school Personal Finance students used to teach our entire third grade about what money is, and why they should save it.

Most of that money was paid out using traditional single - salary compensation schedules, a system that typically pays the same salary to all teachers with the same level of education and number of years in the classroom.

Kids who out of school control large sums of money and have huge choices on how they spend it have almost no choices at all about how they are educated — they are, for the most part, just herded into classrooms and told what to do and when to do it.

Teachers Create Classroom Wish Lists Online Teachers spend a lot of out - of - pocket money on classroom supplies, so one company has created a free tool — similar to a bridal registry — where teachers can create a wish list of items from the registry listings that parents and other community members might purchase for them.

With money and supplies always running short in schools, many teachers have to forego more creative lessons or even pay for classroom basics out of their own pockets.

Aside from the fact that schools don't offer to return money when an extra child enters this hypothetical classroom, the ebb and flow of students in and out of every school building everyday is subject to so many variables that it is nearly impossible to single out one.

For instance, if you adopt a new reading program that requires students to be more active, and possibly make more noise in the classroom, the support personnel, if uninformed of the program, might report that students are out of control and money has been wasted on a new idea.

The level of support in the classroom for teachers and kids didn't change, though, and in fact became strained because of the money that was flowing out of the district into charters.

Andy Yung, a nursery teacher in Queens, New York City, is adept at raising money online for ambitious classroom projects, but even he sometimes pays for supplies out of pocket.

Technology is not cheap, so finding money to put a SMART Board in every classroom can take a lot of out of district....

«It's still money, and it is money that will come out of our other classrooms,» Mertz said.

That all of this money has been squeezed out of us as taxpayers and the testing craze is a means for the oligarchs to funnel that money up to themselves rather than down into the classroom, where it rightfully should be going?

Dubbed the Smart Schools Bond Act, proponents argue the money would move kids out of badly deteriorating classrooms that pose a health and safety risk into space fit for a 21st Century education.

As Dr Hite implements the district's plan to close Strawberry Mansion as a comprehensive neighborhood public high school we ask: how can the SRC consider taking more money out of district classrooms and putting it into the hands of a charter operator with this kind of record?

Children will never be adequately educated under a system run by bureaucrats handing out money and the teachers unions (the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers) spending the money in the classroom.

From questioning the extensive district use of overpriced computer consultants to unnecessary calculator purchases, she has worked tirelessly to eliminate waste, weed out fiscal improprieties, and come up with creative solutions to save the district money and get more money back into classrooms.

In the midst of statewide protests over low teacher pay and school spending, new federal data show that nine out of 10 teachers spend their own money — often hundreds of dollars — on classroom supplies.

Rather than acknowledging the fact that next year's class - size requirements remain a $ 300 - million - plus - untold - capital - costs unfunded mandate, and that districts continue to spend all of their classroom teacher money on teachers, General Assembly members are pretending the mandate is fully funded, and sending out inaccuracy - filled emails to constituents.

The most disingenuous argument put forth by charter school foes is the claim they will take money out of other classrooms.

«But it takes time and money to get those, too,» said Spain, who predicts a rush on those trailers as most of North Carolina's school districts scramble to build out more classroom spaces to comply with the class size law.

Moreover, it is possible to reduce class size without spending any more money, by redeploying out - of - classroom staff.