Sentences with phrase «of schools and teachers»

Remember that teacher unions, ed schools, and other opponents of tough standards that might expose the shortcomings of schools and teachers are much better organized and politically powerful than anyone else in education politics.

On this point he is right, but only because these deficiencies will not be apparent until a single test is scaled multiple ways and the resulting assessments of schools and teachers are compared.

TVAAS is critical to school improvement because it statistically isolates the impact of schools and teachers on the academic growth of students.

The second approach, typically associated with value - added models (VAMs), controls for student background characteristics and under some conditions can be used to identify the causal effects of schools and teachers.

If students were capable of performing these tasks the existence of schools and teachers would be extremely difficult to justify.»

The latest innovation in measuring the performance of schools and teachers holds great promise, but the idea is still way ahead of our ability to execute it

Working with students across a wide & complex range of abilities requires a major rethink of the core day - to - day business of schools and teachers and so many of our teachers are already overwhelmed and skeetering along the brink of burnout.

Now new research from Education Next concludes that in order to send the most useful information to educators and local decision makers, growth measures should level the playing field by comparing the performance of schools and teachers that are in similar circumstances.

Companies selling services to protect children and teenagers from sexual predators on the Internet have enlisted the help of schools and teachers to verify students» personal information.

As critics points out, measuring the performance of schools and teachers is difficult, very difficult.

At the time, the idea of setting public expectations for what schools ought to accomplish rather than regulating the practices of schools and teachers seemed a goal worth fighting for, but not one that was likely to be achieved very quickly.

This paper disentangles the impact of schools and teachers in influencing achievement with special attention given to the potential problems of omitted or mismeasured variables and of student and school selection.

«800,000 more pupils are in good or outstanding schools and thousands more are getting solid GCSE grades — a testament to the hard work of schools and teachers.

Children and resources will begin to flow to nonunion schools, and unions will find themselves with fewer members, less money, and a growing number of schools and teachers that are outside the traditional system and difficult to organize.

The current secretary of state for education, Nicky Morgan, has spoken recently of her commitment to the «self - improving, school - led system», characterised by bottom - up innovations coming from «networks of schools and teachers collaborating with one another to drive up standards».

These «right» imply the provision of schools and teachers, of a military, and of elections.

Instead, we should do what can to reduce the burden of that kind of administrative footprint on the backs of schools and teachers.

«If not, ask a staff member to email photos of the school and teachers.»

Many teaching and training systems are based on the school of hard knocks; many systems involve the deliberate use of corporal punishment — for incentive, or to assert the authority of school and teacher over the pupil.

Further, little is being done to ensure that the tests being devised for the new Common Core State Standards do not introduce a break in the continuous stream of accountability information essential for the evaluation of school and teacher performance (see this issue's forum, «Examining High - Stakes Testing»).

The manager of school and teacher programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Ross was named the 2017 Museum Art Educator of the Year by the Illinois Art Education Association.

The question of how best to measure student test - score growth for the purpose of school and teacher evaluation has fueled lively debates nationwide.

Led by Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen, the General Assembly, and the State Board of Education, business organizations, foundations, and Republican Senator Bill Frist's SCORE initiative, reform partisans have increasingly supported the use of TVAAS data in the assessment of school and teacher performance.

As the manager of school and teacher programs, I oversee the planning and implementation of all teacher professional development programs and in - depth school partnerships, working in close collaboration with artists, educators, and young people.

This study draws together results from multiple data sources to identify how the new accountability systems developed in response to NCLB have influenced student achievement, school - district finances, and measures of school and teacher practices.

Not exact matches

For so many of us, schools and teachers are the primary source of our information.

They must either score high on the end - of - school exam (which only half of students typically pass) so that they can get admitted to a university and get a reputable job like a teacher or a doctor — or they must marry right away.

Men make up 3 percent of preschool and kindergarten teachers, 19 percent of elementary and middle school teachers, and 41 percent of high school teachers.

He is a founding faculty member of The School of Life in London, an empathy adviser to organizations like Oxfam and the United Nations, and a former teacher of sociology and politics at Cambridge University.

He said in contrast to «flavor - of - the - month» technology solutions in education, The Flatiron School is «bringing technology to service that relationship and not reinvent it in a way that is both compelling and effective for students, teachers, and employers.»

After watching 17 of their classmates and teachers be shot dead in just minutes, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas — and other schools around the country — taught us all a lesson in leadership.

You may have heard of Fortnite, the new, free game that's sweeping the nation and irking teachers everywhere, but parents and school administrators may have to re-think their disciplinary plan: Fortnite could actually help kids stay in school.

One girl, who declined to be identified, told WSVN she was a graduate of the school and had returned on Wednesday to visit a teacher.

Several of his former peers and high school teachers also identified him to media outlets and said Cruz had a history of threatening behavior.

«Yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil,» Trump said at the beginning of his address.

Looking ahead, the company is focused on beefing up mobile offerings, helping teachers share information within schools, and creating ways for students take ownership of their behavior.

This is thanks in part to a new wave of educational startups that offer innovative ways for school districts and teachers to engage with technology in the classroom.

After graduating from the first Imagine K12 incubator class in 2011, Class Dojo co-founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don were armed with a background in education, seed capital, and interviews with thousands of teachers about the biggest time - suck they faced at school — behavior management.

One of the app's main features is a «panic button» that teachers can hit to send a school - wide alert (every phone and computer in the school will sound an emergency tone).

While out walking in London recently, I passed a group of uniformed school children moving in an orderly, single - file line, with teachers in front and rear.

One of her teachers insisted that her parents put her back into school — and in 1937, she sat where you are sitting today and received a Berkeley degree.

Her high school teachers remember a mix of precociousness and humility — and an ability to multi-task at a very young age.

Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, discusses the need for states to bolster education spending and fund the American school system.

Conversely, 36 % of Canada's employed labour force falls into the low - risk category, including registered nurses, elementary teachers, early childhood educators, and secondary school teachers — all of which fall within a less than 1 % chance of automation.

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

Used in over 20,000 schools worldwide, Chalk.com solves the problems of lesson planning, assessment, and collaboration designed to ease teachers» pain, facilitate personalized education, and help drive student success.»

The school's four - to - one ratio of students to teachers ensures that every student interacts closely with professors and receives personal attention.

«Take, for instance, the undervaluation of female - dominated jobs like school teachers, who affect the long - term productivity of children as they grow up and become workers themselves,» Bahn tells Fortune.

Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

These protests were born out of the Parkland, Florida school shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead.