Some New Jersey public school districts face severe budget shortfalls that threaten the risk
of widespread teacher layoffs across the district.
Although the rulemaking process began before news
of widespread teacher cheating in Atlanta and Philadelphia hit the front pages, the scandals put Indiana's need for formal rules on teacher cheating into context:
Not exact matches
Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea
of red Thursday as they kicked off
widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.
You've heard the horror stories about the schools: kindergartens with a dose
of amoral sex education;
teachers sowing gender confusion with the hearty support
of administrators; violence and
widespread drug use in the tony prep schools that train tomorrow's elites; depression, eating disorders,....
Generalizing about the region, Filatoy and Lunkin write
of a rare phenomenon in the Orthodox Church: its «cooperation with the intelligentsia, university
teachers, writers, artists and museum staff and
widespread involvement
of teachers in the work
of Sunday schools.
I wrestle with this question in my own classrooms and with my kids, especially these days, living in what Chris Gallagher has called the age
of quantification in education:
teacher - proof and child - proof classrooms, a
widespread sense that if it isn't measurable, it must not be valuable.
Teachers have observed
widespread pride and greater confidence among the children
of the SHARE dads, with one child much happier and her behaviour calmer, and another better motivated to learn.
Nearly three quarters (73 %)
of teachers who responded to the NASUWT's annual Big Question survey think there is a
widespread behaviour problem in schools today, a 5 % increase on the 2014 survey, and 42 % believe there is a behaviour problem in their schools, a 5 % increase on the 2014 survey.
A Centre for Economic Performance report by the London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE) found there had been an incentive effect for those
teachers gaining above - average performance related pay, but that this was offset «by a more
widespread demotivating effect arising from difficulties
of measuring performance fairly».
pupil behaviour remains a major concern for
teachers, with nearly three - quarters
of teachers saying they believe there is a
widespread behaviour problem in schools; 84 % stated that they did not believe that the increased powers to search pupils, introduced by the Government, would help tackle pupil indiscipline; 55 % do not believe that same - day detentions, a power initiated by the Government, will assist them in maintaining discipline; 52 % did not feel that the power to confiscate items from pupils would be
of assistance to them.
- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 %
of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds
of poor children fail to achieve the basics
of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best
teachers - The education system is currently going through
widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment
of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay
of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number
of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade
In a time
of widespread pressure for improvement in public education, this is the way the
teacher unions put their power to most effective use.
Because until educational technology can help
teacher's save time, it creates too much
of an overhead to be utilized on a
widespread basis.
An Opportunity Culture using new school models that extend excellent
teachers» reach makes achieving this new vision possible, particularly when tailored to allow all
teachers to succeed in teams — increasing the odds
of widespread improvement in teaching and learning.
The recommendations sent by the Kansas board
of education last week to Gov. John Carlin are similar to those that have been considered in states across the country as they have moved to respond to a public perception
of widespread incompetence among the nation's
teachers.
Embracing a «risk - taking» posture, members
of the nation's two
teachers» unions have endorsed proposals that encourage their affiliates to engage in
widespread experimentation within schools and districts.
Without
widespread agreement on what good
teachers need to know and be able to do, and given the skepticism among professional educators about the fairness or value
of standardized assessments, NCATE has little leeway for assessing outcomes without inspiring controversy.
Even if our nation's schools are not beset by a
widespread shortage
of qualified
teachers and
teachers are paid salaries comparable to other professionals, there are still those who believe that
teachers» pay is too low, that their salaries are simply not commensurate with our expectations
of a good education for our children.
Accountability's edge is undoubtedly due not only to
widespread public support for the idea (see «What Americans Think about Their Schools,» Fall 2007), but to the fact that, as practiced, it has posed only a minimal threat to the great vested interests
of American education: local school boards, state departments
of education, schools
of education, and
teacher unions.
Associate Professor Carol Reid from the University
of Western Sydney (UWS) says there is a
teacher shortage in Australia, but the problem is not as
widespread as we are led to believe.
And it could have helped avoid
widespread conflict about the precise weighting
of student growth in
teacher evaluation systems and the adoption
of additional tests to measure student performance.
Out -
of - field teaching is more
widespread in schools with a low socioeconomic status; 31 per cent
of year 7 to 10
teachers in these schools are in out -
of - field areas, compared to 22 per cent
of teachers in well - off schools.
Even if a host
of organizations start offering micro-credentials and
teachers begin pursuing them by the thousand,
widespread adoption is not necessarily a win for the K — 12 education system.
Despite
widespread pessimism among educators about whether merit pay systems can effectively reward good
teachers, most
of the limited empirical evidence has been surprisingly positive.
Yet as we embrace this piece
of conventional wisdom, we must discard another: the
widespread sentiment that there are large differences in effectiveness between traditionally certified
teachers and uncertified or alternatively certified
teachers.
Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues
of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere
of education — and this
widespread disaffection has led to the assembly
of a diverse cast
of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.
In light
of the
widespread attention given to the Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff research, Education Next asked four experts to comment on the study's implications for
teacher policy.
The
widespread adoption
of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) makes improvement in
teacher training urgent.
Linda Nathan is a former
teacher and the founding headmaster
of the Boston Arts Academy, an arts - focused public high school that has gained
widespread attention for its unconventional methods and strong academic record.
There's
widespread agreement that
teachers aren't coming out
of college well - prepared to navigate this new digital environment.
This severe penalty is
widespread: in most states, fewer than half
of new
teachers are expected to stay long enough to receive any pension benefits at all (see «Why Most Teachers Get a Bad Deal on Pensions» at educationne
teachers are expected to stay long enough to receive any pension benefits at all (see «Why Most
Teachers Get a Bad Deal on Pensions» at educationne
Teachers Get a Bad Deal on Pensions» at educationnext.org).
For all these reasons and more, we haven't seen the
widespread changes President Obama or his Secretary
of Education, Arne Duncan, might have hoped for when they made
teacher evaluation one
of their signature policies.
As
teacher shortages once again become
widespread in California and across the nation, discussions
of how to recruit and retain high - quality
teachers are occupying center stage in policy circles.
Kentucky is where
teachers staged
widespread «sick - outs» to protest state lawmakers» handling
of pension reform and school funding.
Owl Ventures» Patel calls them catalytic factors: more powerful broadband infrastructure in schools,
widespread use
of low - cost devices, along with schools actively seeking ways to personalize learning and those closest to students such as
teachers and principals, having great voice in choosing the tools they want to use.
Widespread media reports
of local
teacher shortages have become a hot topic in education since the summer
of 2015.
He said allowing certain schools to be skipped instead «caused
widespread teacher displacement and the severe disruption
of the education program» on a much larger scale.
His respect for the difficulty
of the work that educators face has given him
widespread credibility among
teachers and administrators in the district.
Still others praised the study's design but pushed back against interpretations that
teacher evaluations
of the sort used in the District
of Columbia will lead to
widespread improvements in teaching quality.
Chris Keates, general secretary
of the NASUWT
teachers» union, said its own survey, with 12,000 responses, showed there was a
widespread problem with low - level disruption.
These findings stand out in contrast to discussions,
widespread in the profession, that focus narrowly on the leadership contributions
of individually influential
teachers.
Widespread consensus exists among researchers, educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders that the quality
of teachers is one
of the most salient school - related factors influencing student achievement (McCabe,...
The findings across these four studies suggested that demonstration lessons or modeling were employed by
teacher leaders, but were not as
widespread as less «formal» practices and that the occurrence
of demonstration lessons decreased over time.
Important characteristics
of school culture include a caring atmosphere, significant family volunteering, and a supportive environment for
teachers «work.158
Widespread trust among participants promotes collaboration within schools and communities.159 Parental involvement benefits students, particularly; it also seems to benefit families, enhancing their attitudes about themselves, their children «s schools, and school staff members.160
Suggesting that American schools, its administrators and its
teachers are guilty
of widespread racism has no basis in fact and has been rightfully denounced by most pundits.
Izumi also observed, «In addition to misguided government regulation,
teacher unions in California have advocated contract language that would prevent the efficient and
widespread use
of online learning technologies.
«In spite
of this big investment and a lot
of hard work and a lot
of talented people, there's not
widespread teacher growth, particularly among veteran teachers,» said Daniel Weisberg, CEO of The New Teacher P
teacher growth, particularly among veteran
teachers,» said Daniel Weisberg, CEO
of The New
Teacher P
Teacher Project.
Key Findings:
Widespread implementation
of the program, an increase in the number
of teachers involved per site, successful dissemination
of materials and subsequent trainings following initial training sessions.
I would encourage policy makers and
teachers to make
widespread use
of the TNA reports and
teacher - specific findings provided by the study to improve and target
teacher training, classroom reforms and processes.
The recent groundbreaking agreement over evaluations for educators in the Los Angeles school district is a major victory for the
teachers union because it limits the use
of a controversial — but increasingly
widespread — measurement
of teacher effectiveness.