The impact
of teacher demographic representation on student attendance and suspensions.
, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact
of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.
Not exact matches
If the bill is passed, the city would also be required to report a slew
of new information to the state annually, including statistics about
teachers, principals, admissions, student
demographics, school overcrowding, expenditures, and more.
The United Federation
of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations, along with student
demographics, suspension rates, and
teacher and student attrition.
The Holistic Life Foundation has over a decade
of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness programs to many
demographics; high risk youth, adults, teens, seniors,
teachers, drug treatment facilities, schools, mental illness facilities, etc..
Provided you're in the mood for such salacious fare, Bad
Teacher does deliver the requisite number
of raunchy rib ticklers to be worth the investment for the testosterone - driven
demographic.
We begin by using the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) data (see sidebar for a description
of the datasets on which we rely) to provide an overview
of demographic changes to the
teacher workforce since the late 1980s.
This change can be traced to changing
demographics of the
teacher workforce as a whole.
Head
teacher Alan Gray said: «The funding for additional accommodation provided by Hertfordshire County Council has allowed the school to successfully admit students and meet local
demographic pressures to the north
of St Albans.
Other factors I am interested to know are: age range
of teachers,
demographics of schools / students etc..
There are also articles about obstacles to greater progress: a study reveals that
teacher expectations impact students» likelihood
of completing college and are often lower for black students than for their white counterparts, even after accounting for students» academic and
demographic backgrounds; and a look at how allowing laptop use in the classroom actually distracts from student learning.
Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parent
Of course, whether educational preferences based on
demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power
of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parent
of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being
teachers unions; and the degree
of school choice already available to parent
of school choice already available to parents.
... And there [were] very few school jurisdictions, prior to MATSITI, that could really put their finger on the number
of Indigenous
teachers that they had and the
demographic characteristics
of those.
To make the tests more fair, we spent several months testing samples
of students who reflect the
demographics of the state, and then another several months working with
teachers to define levels
of proficiency.
Over the last eight years, the district has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track student
demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional computers that allow
teachers to access the system; much
of this funding has come from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»
Previous predictions
of teacher shortages later in this decade based mainly on
demographic projections
of increased elementary - school enrollment have been called into question by recent federal
demographic surveys.
If the socioeconomic status and
demographic characteristics
of the classrooms taught by National Board
teachers differ from those
of noncertified
teachers, measures
of teacher quality that rely on student performance may be biased.
You do that through statistical procedure where you're basically taking the kids who show up at a
teacher's doorstep and getting all the information that you can about them: their incoming tests, their poverty level,
demographics, identification for special needs, etc., and trying to statistically factor those things out so that you are left with a clear picture
of what
teachers are contributing to student learning gains.
There's a growing
demographic divide between America's predominantly white teaching force and an increasingly diverse student body, and the proportion
of women
teachers continues to rise.
In our report, we introduced a method for adjusting for the bias in classroom observation scores by taking into account the
demographic make - up
of teachers» classrooms.
As a new crop
of teachers age into the workforce, earn higher salaries, and slowly take their place as the dominant group in schools, the trends may reverse, and we may start to see
demographics artifically inflating average salaries.
While it is beyond the scope
of their research to determine the causal consequences
of providing alternative routes for college graduates to become
teachers, they provide some evidence indicating that there might be even larger
demographic gaps in the teaching force were it the case that only those with undergraduate teaching degrees could become
teachers.
After serving up the familiar justifications for high school reform (e.g., social costs, changing
demographics, dropout factories), Wise sets forth a threadbare list
of the 10 elements
of a successful high school (rigorous curricula, skilled
teachers, community involvement, and so forth).
The Effect
of Student -
Teacher Demographic Match on
Teacher Expectations», Economics
of Education Review, 2016.
But at two other schools with similar
demographics, 42 percent and 19.6 percent
of teachers took off that much time.
A growing body
of literature suggests that outcomes such as test scores, attendance, and suspension rates are affected by the
demographic match between
teachers and students.
Debate continues about the validity
of these findings, but there is no denying that these programs operated in a far different social and
demographic setting than programs today and that they were «hothouse» programs: Run by top - notch specialists, the programs served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years
of services, had well - trained
teachers, and instructed parents on effective child rearing.
However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system
of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective
teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran
teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all
demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent
of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.
Teacher personnel data include teacher - level data about tenure status, years of experience in the district, demographic information, level of education attained, and certification
Teacher personnel data include
teacher - level data about tenure status, years of experience in the district, demographic information, level of education attained, and certification
teacher - level data about tenure status, years
of experience in the district,
demographic information, level
of education attained, and certification status.
The ideal dataset to address this question would track
teachers from the beginning
of their careers through retirement, and include information on their
demographics (including gender) and public school employment for each year.
Data related to school and student
demographics (for example, attendance, graduation rate, race / ethnicity, class, gender, level
of teaching experience, level
of teachers» education)
Yet, much
of that work depends on a simple, often unstated, assumption: that the short list
of control variables captured in educational data systems — prior achievement, student
demographics, English language learner status, eligibility for federally subsidized meals or programs for gifted and special education students — include the relevant factors by which students are sorted to
teachers and schools.
We also control for
teacher experience as well as for class and school characteristics, including class size and the academic performance and
demographic characteristics
of all students in the relevant classroom and school.
We analyze a unique set
of student and
teacher demographic and discipline data from North Carolina elementary schools to examine whether being matched to a same - race
teacher affects the rate at which students receive detentions, are suspended, or are expelled.
Teachers who work in a given school, and therefore teach students with similar
demographic characteristics, can be responsible for increases in math and reading levels that range from a low
of one - half year to a high
of one and a half years
of learning each academic year.
Following an existing literature on
teacher and school value - added, this recent charter school research controls for student
demographics and baseline academic achievement in order to estimate the effectiveness
of individual schools.
To be clear - this is a fully bespoke funding strategy where
teachers are invited to map out a vision which 100 per cent reflects the interests / skillsets
of their
demographic and draws on the existing facilities within the department.
While students are the primary
demographic, it is also important to plan for visitors and
teachers who may have restricted mobility and require the use
of evacuation chairs.
Mathematica will prepare a series
of analytic reports documenting the
demographic characteristics, home environments, and school readiness skills
of Head Start children and the quality
of Head Start classrooms,
teachers, and programs.
The effect
of student -
teacher demographic match on
teachers» beliefs.
One major point
of pushback to using test scores in
teacher evaluations has been the concern that such tools, known as value - added measures, reflect student
demographics more than a
teacher's ability, and penalize
teachers who take on more difficult students.
Player also found that while rural schools employ fewer black and Latino
teachers on average, when controlling for student
demographics, these schools employ a greater percentage
of black
teachers than urban and town schools and a greater percentage
of Latino
teachers than suburban and town schools.
There are many interrelated storylines: turnover in city government, shifting
demographics, the creation
of a non-district charter sector, the mayoral takeover
of the district, Michelle Rhee's hiring, the
teachers» union scandal, implementation
of a new
teacher evaluation and compensation system, and the elevation
of Kaya Henderson after Rhee's departure.
Since we used statistical models that included many observable school -,
teacher -, and class - level variables — such as school and class size,
teachers» levels
of education and experience, and schools»
demographic makeup — it is clear that the things that make schools and
teachers effective defy easy measurement.
But these previous studies looked at aggregate relationships at the school level; therefore, we can not rule out the possibility that schools with more
teachers of color have different disciplinary practices for reasons unrelated to
teacher demographics.
In this study, we analyze a unique set
of student and
teacher demographic and discipline data from North Carolina elementary schools to examine whether being matched to a same - race
teacher affects the rate at which students receive detentions, are suspended, or are expelled.
We matched each
teacher to the students they were teaching and assembled data on students»
demographic characteristics, performance on prior state tests, and the averages
of such characteristics for the peers in their classroom.
It found that, because they got a voucher, parents «were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent -
teacher organizations, and other education groups» than parents
of students at traditional district schools with a similar
demographic profile.
Compared with the
teachers in their buildings, principals are not much attuned to their building, district, or
demographic context in their experience
of leadership.
In recent article in Education Week titled «Black male
teachers a dwindling
demographic,» Corey Mitchell writes that, «Even when
teachers of color find work in the classroom, many end up fleeing out
of frustration.»