Sentences with phrase «not scapegoat teachers»

«You can not scapegoat teachers, then say «We're going to give them more tests and more evaluations,» and walk away from the significant constitutional underfunding that's been going on in this state for years,» Miner said.

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I worry that if what my son says is true, the teacher is scapegoating another kid in the class (call me crazy but I don't think a 5 - year - old should be sent out of the classroom three times in the first three weeks of school unless the behavior is violent or seriously disruptive).

Gillibrand says that she doesn't know what Juan is talking about, but in the abstract she does not support the idea of making teachers scapegoats for a school's failure.

The lesson of the case, she said, is that «we need to solve the very real teacher - shortage problem — not make matters worse by bashing and scapegoating the dedicated educators who teach our children.»

In his remarks, Fletcher criticized Deasy for «scolding, scapegoating and demeaning teachers» rather than supporting or listening to them but would not say whether the union would seek his ouster.

DuFour explains how recent reforms aimed at educators themselves have disempowered teachers and how teachers are being scapegoated as the reasons U.S. students aren't achieving more — although, by many indicators, schools are getting the best results they ever have.

«I think teachers are really being made scapegoats,» he told the panel, while conceding «some need to go» if they aren't doing their job.

And the media, instead of conducting a thorough investigation, found a scapegoat in teachers... a group who generally will not advocate for themselves.

Researchers know that blaming teachers for the ills of society — using them as scapegoats — will not make good schools or productive students.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said teachers are often scapegoated to explain low - student achievement when policymakers refuse to properly fund K - 12 education — and she doesn't appear to see unions as the driving force behind keeping less - than - stellar teachers at low - performing schools.

Pity the modern American classroom teacher: Not only is she the scapegoat du jour for everything that's wrong with education today, she is also responsible for finding a way to cram the fruits of that politicking into her lesson plans.

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But we can not allow ourselves to think that we have won and sink into complacency; the enemies of public education have struck a significant blow here, and though the changes will not be visible in the halls of our schools immediately, it will not take long before we see the effects, among the most visible of which is likely to be the high teacher turnover which is so harmful to a school, whether caused by getting fired for having the wrong kind of students or simply becoming demoralized by being made scapegoats for society's ills.