Sentences with phrase «overall salary of teachers»

``... if pay were more aligned with both effectiveness and experience, it would be quite possible to see overall salaries of teachers raised significantly from current levels — reflecting their enormous impact on students, on the incomes of students and on economic growth.»

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According to her analysis, schools with full pay autonomy may not be using this to increase the salaries of physics teachers — potentially because of «an aversion to within - school pay inequality» or because of the «overall squeeze on state school funding».

It is important to keep in mind, however, that the differences observed between all of these groups are dwarfed by the overall gap between the public's understanding of school expenditures and teacher salaries, and the truth.

Because veteran teachers earn higher salaries than less experienced teachers, changing teacher experience levels account for some of the stagnation in overall teacher salaries.

Teacher salaries are often 70, even 80 per cent of a school organisation's overall budget - that is a huge amount of money being allocated to human capital.

Democrats are more supportive than Republicans of increasing teacher salaries and especially overall school spending, for which the difference in average positions is larger than 0.5 on the 5 - point scale.

A citizens» task force has recommended, in a report commissioned by the Connecticut Board of Education, that the state increase salaries and create career ladders to recognize competence as part of an overall effort to attract and keep qualified teachers in the state.

Overall, in 1937 — 38, the average salary of African American teachers was $ 526, slightly more than half the $ 1,019 average of white teachers.

Thousands of Arizona teachers gathered outside their schools Wednesday morning wearing red shirts, chanting and carrying protest signs to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries and better overall school funding from the state.

Overall, teacher salaries in U.S. secondary schools make up about 55 percent of total education expenditures, notably lower than the 63 percent average of OECD countries.

It's difficult to know how this ratio of dollars spent on teacher salaries to overall operating budget compares to other school districts as current financial transparency requirements do not report salary expenditures at this «granular» a level.

Title II, Part A funds can also, as part of an overall strategy to improve teacher quality, be used for teacher incentives — for example, to provide stipends for teachers recruited for hard - to - fill positions or to retain teachers who have been effective in helping low - achieving students succeed — or for the salaries of master teachers who provide or coordinate professional - development services for other teachers.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

And the reality of comparatively low salaries and minimal retirement benefits in many school districts coupled with the fact that most teachers are not covered under Social Security has implications for stability and longevity in the teacher workforce overall.

With an average annual salary of slightly more than $ 36,000 for new teachers and slightly more than $ 58,000 overall, most teachers are compensated less than they were 30 years ago, when adjusting for inflation.69 In addition, teachers earn 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, which is much lower than in other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries.70 This has made it harder for schools to attract young people to the teaching profession and for high - need schools to attract excellent teachers.

Following up on the RTI discussion as it relates to overall teacher pay, Governor Haslam has proposed and the General Assembly has approved BEP salary fund increases of 4 % per year over the past three years.