We have significantly increased per - pupil spending, hired an
army of additional teachers, and greatly increased the formal training those teachers have received.
The Chicago school board has agreed to hire
hundreds of additional teachers and other employees in order to end a four - year dispute with the U.S. Education Department over the quality of the school system's services for handicapped pupils.
Those programmes include conditions such as mandatory vaccination measures, increase in the number of hospitals and nurses, support for girls» education, and
recruitment of additional teachers.
Yet many local, state, and national union leaders have not pressed for more rigorous evaluation systems for fear that such systems may result in the
dismissal of additional teachers for poor performance and may strengthen the case for performance - based pay at the expense of the single - salary schedule.
However, pupil numbers are expected to grow by four per cent at primary level and 20 per cent at secondary by 2026, meaning a large
number of additional teachers are needed, especially in EBacc subjects, which the government wants 90 per cent of pupils to study by 2025.
In 1996 - 97, when the NCTAF report was released, California embarked on an ambitious effort to reduce class sizes, and, since smaller class sizes translate to more classes overall, this meant the state had to hire tens of
thousands of additional teachers.
See also this study of Florida, showing that for 4th and 5th grade teachers, «in elementary school reading there may be student achievement returns to as many as 15
years of additional teacher experience.»
In addition to helping students achieve significant academic gains, the learning lab — which is staffed with non-certified personnel — saves Rocketship the
expense of additional teachers and classrooms.