Sentences with phrase «over teacher quality»

Nevertheless, the data has introduced some new qualms into the debate over teacher quality that has roiled state education circles for the better part of the past three years, culminating in the passage of the new tenure law last summer.

Taken together, the articles show an evolving workforce that raises questions about the often extreme hand - wringing over teacher quality.

BloomBoard CEO & Co-founder Jason Lange explores the U.S. education system's emphasis on curriculum over teacher quality.

The latest round came in October after Time came out with a story onVergara v. California and the sparring between reformers and the Big Two unions over teacher quality reform that featured the headline Rotten Apples and included a cover photo of an apple about to be smashed by a judge's gavel.

Tiffini was stunned to find out that this teacher was laid off due to «last - in, first - out» (LIFO) dismissal policies, which prioritize seniority over teacher quality when a school district conducts budgetary layoffs.

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These databases are extremely useful and valuable, but there does not appear to be a ton of oversight or quality - control over the available materials, and it would certainly behoove teachers using them to think as critically about the assignments they're downloading as they would about the assignments they're writing themselves.

Since returning from California, Chagnon and other members of the Challenge Success team have worked with teachers to emphasize quality over quantity in homework assignments and craft policies to reduce students» workload.

KidsTV is on a mission to provide quality fun and educational videos as a resource for parents and teachers from all over the world.

Most recently, in May, the Comptroller's office released an analysis that revealed that after spending over $ 347 million on upgrading internet services, 45 percent of teachers said their schools» internet quality «did not meet their instructional needs,» a survey of middle school teachers found.

The delays in the process, the Daily News reported a few weeks ago, has the greatest effect on the same high - quality new recruits whose jobs Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he wanted to save during this year's fight over how to determine teacher layoffs.

The president has also asked for $ 75 million to recruit and train 10,000 high - quality STEM teachers over the next 2 years as part of his push for 100,000 STEM teachers.

Last year, an evaluation of a decadelong $ 250 million program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the skills of some 70,000 science and math teachers in 31 states concluded that such efforts could make a difference — if they were done well, with high - quality materials, supported by policies, and sustained over many years.

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It examined a larger number of students over a longer period of time with more in - depth data than many earlier studies, allowing for a deeper look at how much the quality of individual teachers matters over the long term, the Times reported.

But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.

Clearly, if you want to make decisions about quality of teaching and the impact of school programs, you must examine not what children know on one occasion, like today, but how their knowledge and skills change over the course of their entire exposure to the teacher or the program.

The 2015 School Travel Forum (STF) survey of over 2,000 teachers and subject leaders found that 75 per cent of respondents had no awareness of the LOtC Quality Badge.

When online learning is used as the primary driver of instruction, teachers inevitably give up control over many aspects of curriculum planning and lesson delivery; and in low - quality implementations of blended learning, the teacher's professional judgment ends there.

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A major survey, as seen and reported on by TES, reveals that two - thirds of secondary head teachers in the East of England believe that they of not have the sufficient funds necessary to «deliver high quality education» over the next year.

• Around 1,000 more teachers • $ 6.1 million over three years to support an updated anti-bullying strategy and resources for teachers, students and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSW schools

With the School Travel Forum 2015 Survey of over 2,000 secondary school teachers showing that 22 per cent of school trip organisers are still opting to make their own travel arrangements and bypass the quality, safety and financial security benefits of travelling with an assured provider, going forward it is our role to win over those teachers who are still unaware of the technical and professional support that is at their disposal.

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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.

Data from the National Council on Teacher Quality show that the average CBA entitles teachers to nearly thirteen days of paid sick and / or personal leave per 180 - day school year (or the equivalent of sixteen days over the typical professional's 225 - day work year).

Edmodo recently extended its range of online PD courses for teachers, and to date, over 700 teachers have taken part in fifty courses that leverage live instruction, high - quality videos and peer - based learning through social collaboration.

In districts such as Minneapolis, teachers have begun assuming greater responsibility for how quality is assessed and how quality standards are enforced, and they have gained greater authority over their work lives.

This approach is very similar to that employed in studies that measure teacher quality using databases tracking the performance of individual students over time.

I am continually amazed and the quality of workshops, both on - site and virtual, that are available to teachers and school leaders over the summer.

Over my 35 - year career as a public school teacher and educator at Expeditionary Learning, I have been obsessed with collecting student work of remarkable quality and value.

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

Although better principals may also attract and hire more - effective teachers, the absence of reliable quality measures for new teachers and the fact that many principals have little control over new hires lead us to focus specifically on turnover.

A principal's impact on the quality of the teaching staff (whether negative or positive), for example, probably increases over time as the share of teachers who were hired on her watch rises.

The debate over school integration now requires discussion of school accountability, parental choice, and measures designed to enhance the quality of the teacher workforce.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruTeacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recrTeachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recrteachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruteacher recruitment.

The quantification of differences has generated a flurry of policy proposals to promote teacher quality over the past decade, and the Obama administration's recent Race to the Top program only accelerated interest.

However, over the past 20 years more educators have wondered whether such pay packages can attract, motivate, and retain high - quality teachers in a highly competitive professional world (see Forum).

Over the weekend, a correspondent flagged a recent American Institute for Research column about what the first batch of state ESSA plans have to say on teacher quality.

Over the past decade, Florida has introduced a comprehensive program of school reform that has five main points: school accountability, literacy enhancement, student accountability, teacher quality, and school choice.

(Duncan strategically skipped over Hawaii's current lack of a permanent state chief, a reliable statewide data system, or any substantial record of accomplishment on teacher quality — and the fact that a new governor will take office in January).

I fell in love with teaching all over again when I saw the joy that quality teachers, well planned activities and social justice could bring a community that were economically disenfranchised.

A lot has changed over the years since I started teaching: The Praxis replaced the National Teacher Examination, NCLB was born with labor pains for everyone, and research continues to single out teacher quality as a key factor in student sTeacher Examination, NCLB was born with labor pains for everyone, and research continues to single out teacher quality as a key factor in student steacher quality as a key factor in student success.

There has been a steady decline in the number of students choosing to study languages over the last two decades, which has in turn led to issues in recruiting and training enough high quality teachers in the subject.

So the results are not easily dismissed as due to some other factor — though it is conceivable that any teacher who chooses the lecture method is just a better teacher overall (over and above other indicators of teacher quality available to the researchers).

In response to the situation, a Scottish government spokesperson has said: «We are committed to making sure councils have the right number and highest quality of teachers in our schools which is why we have offered councils # 51m including an additional # 10m over and above last year's settlements to support teacher numbers.»

No, the feisty think tank folks are feinting and jabbing over how best to produce a high - quality teacher.

High - quality teaching occurs when teachers come to the classroom with a toolkit of knowledge and skills that they employ based on a set of effective practices and that lead, over time, to student learning.

Climate cops Though everyone's awareness of the environment and how we can all save energy may have increased over the years, teachers» feedback shows they still want high quality, easy to use, hard copy resources and materials, mapped to the curriculum, on the subject of sustainable development, energy, climate change and the environment.

The ways of understanding teacher quality are changing as information systems allow states and districts to track educators and their students over time.

Her recent research focuses on: teacher professional development, instructional coaching, teacher evaluation, changes over time in teachers» mathematical knowledge and instructional quality in mathematics, and the teacher experiences and characteristics that lead to high - quality instruction and stronger student outcomes.