Sentences with phrase «of teachers by»

Many teachers today, including NEA members, have been angry at the Obama administration for education reform policies that they say have harmed public education, including its support for the expansion of charter schools and the controversial evaluation of teachers by student test scores.

The new rule must maintain a high standard of quality for teachers and simplify the licensure system as much as practicable, including the following: (a) simplify the grade levels licensees can teach and adopt broadfield subject licenses; (b) enable school districts to increase the number of teachers by offering internships and residency opportunities; (c) simplify out - of - state licensure reciprocity; and (d) expand pathways for existing licensees to fill high needs or shortage areas.

PAR is a program of structured mentorship, observation, and rigorous, standards - based evaluation of teachers by teachers.

The impact of these graduates is hotly debated by those who, on the one hand, see this as a way to improve the supply of teachers by enticing some of America «s top students into teaching and those who, on the other hand, see the program as a harmful dalliance into the lives of low - income students who most need highly trained and highly skilled teachers.

But the latest results from the Schools and Staffing Survey, or SASS — a nationally representative study of teachers by the U.S. Department of Education released just weeks ago — show that 70 percent of teachers in their first year stayed in the profession.

They spoke about the evaluation of teachers by test scores, and he listened to her concerns.

They have also been angered by what they claim is the negative portrayal of teachers by Ofsted and the government.

The connection is nearly identical to the correlations that prior studies have found between value - added measures and confidential low - stakes evaluations of teachers by their principals.

It also supports the professional development of teachers by enabling best practices to spread from one classroom to the next

It is the repudiation of a host of corporate reforms that include the Common Core, high - stakes testing, school closings and the evaluation of teachers by test scores.

-RRB-: If the «movement to improve the status of teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will decline.

The secondary workforce is more variable in terms of the availability of teachers by subject areas as well as across states.

Teams of teachers by grade level and subject in schools would be invited to participate in the trials, from all the participating states.

Indeed, here is a widely discussed 1967 prediction from former teacher Robert Doherty and labor leader Walter Oberer (from their book Teachers, Schools Boards, and Collective Bargaining: A Changing of the Guard): If the «movement to improve the status of teachers by collective action is successful, if... teachers... come close to realizing what they seem to be striving toward, the concern over purely employment matters will decline.

The Times analysis relied on a statistical approach known as «value - added,» which estimates the effectiveness of teachers by crediting them for the gains students make over their performance in previous years on standardized tests in math and English.

He said the law will improve the ranks of teachers by rewarding the most ambitious and competent while maintaining job protections for current teachers who don't want to change.

One parent group regained the trust of teachers by responding to their needs and keeping them informed.

Discovery Education Espresso is helping thousands of teachers by providing dynamic online resources which keep children engaged and make revision fun.

The findings, from a study of teachers by GL Assessment, indicate that some schools are unnecessarily adding to teacher workload by running too many assessments and focusing colleagues» energies on administration rather than analysis.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department last week accused the Philadelphia school board and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of violating the religious rights of teachers by barring them from wearing religious garb while on the job.

A key purpose of the Oct. 11 - 13 conference, according to the preliminary agenda, is to improve the education of teachers by creating an organization of institutions «that will obligate themselves to standards and practices which promote excellence.»

Montgomery County's school district and union are focusing on standards - based professional development and the evaluation of teachers by principals, with the goal of improving student achievement.

A recommendation by the School Teachers» Review Body (STRB) to increase the pay of teachers by one per cent was accepted by the Department of Education last summer.

This pay structure seeks to enhance the professional expertise of teachers by rewarding them for meeting certain professional standards — with the expectation that meeting such standards will boost student achievement.

These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

However, unpublished figures from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (aacte), an organization of about 730 of the nation's 1,350 teacher - training programs, suggest a continued sharp drop in the supply of new teachers, a trend that some experts say will itself create a general, nationwide shortage of teachers by 1987 or 1988.

She wanted to get at least a minute of film on each teacher to be rated, play the tapes without sound for outside observers, and then have those observers rate the effectiveness of the teachers by their expressions and physical cues.

In the «monkey trial» William Jennings Bryan, a former Secretary of State and presidential candidate, secured the condemnation of the teacher by arguing that American society would be in danger if the literal authority of Genesis were to be overthrown.

Some stay - at - home moms do the work of a teacher by homeschooling their kids.

That lower bound of the estimated effect is what we will use as we calculate the economic worth of a teacher by combining a teacher's impact on achievement with the associated labor market returns.

«You're leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by... a test,» said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.

Skinner proposed that programming would take the role of the teacher by designing a series of questions in the manner a teacher might teach, through a series of small approximations toward the goal, not unlike his training of the pigeons in his World War II missiles.

Not exact matches

The British response to the Dunblane massacre was clearly driven in part by emotions — the murder of 15 children, only 5 or 6 years old, and their teacher, who apparently tried to shield them, is clearly emotive.

Shareholders led by the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and Fresno County Employees» Retirement Association in California accused Facebook of concealing internal concerns about how growth in mobile devices might reduce revenue, even as it quietly warned its banks to cut their forecasts.

The tablets, developed by a second - grade teacher, contained herbs and a high dose of vitamin C.

Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home.

If you start by opening PowerPoint and haphazardly typing bullet points, you're off to a rough start, says Adam Sigel, a Boston - based product manager at New York City - based streaming TV startup Aereo, and teacher of Skillshare's Slide Chi: Advanced PowerPoint Design / Workshop Class.

When I was caught, I was often scolded for doodling by my teachers, which was thought of as a sign that I was not paying attention.

«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home,» Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post announcing his company's purchase of Oculus.

Students, parents and teachers who visit www.khanacademy.org/sat will find quizzes based on the math and reading sections of the new SAT scheduled to make its debut in March, as well as full - length practice tests written by the College Board.

Yes, of course you need to get through your requirements, but after that an idiosyncratic pick with an inspiring or thought - provoking teacher («When I think about the classes that shaped me the most, I think about my Marxist Canadian history class, taught by a socialist ideologue,» says Blattman) beats on on - topic one taught by a snooze - inducing robot.

The percentage of teachers that must be certified varies by country, a Bridge spokesperson said.

The book, Swimmy, by Leo Lionni, which Kalin read with the careful intonation of an elementary school teacher, is about a small fish that bands together with other fish to scare away a hungry tuna.

She compared those snap judgments about teacher effectiveness with evaluations made after a full semester of classes, by students of the same teachers.

On Monday, the Oracle of Omaha announced that Cool will become the CEO of Pampered Chef on November 1, replacing founder and current chief Doris Christopher, a home economics teacher who started the Pampered Chef in 1980 by selling kitchen tools from her basement.

These introductory, non-credit courses typically consist of videotapes lectures in live classrooms, led by Yale teachers and scholars.

«No matter how hard you work, or the results you achieve, they somehow become dwarfed by those of the teacher's pet,» Taylor said.

If you naturally come alive at night and feel like a zombie before midmorning no matter what you do, you've no doubt spent most of your life being nagged by well - meaning parents, teachers, and advice peddlers to mend your ways and become a morning person.

By the end of my sophomore year, I finally got around to telling all of my teachers.

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