Sentences with phrase «per teacher served»

Overall, we found that PAR costs about $ 4,000 - $ 7,000 per teacher served, which is about the same as the cost of high - quality mentoring.

Not exact matches

Share Our Strength reported that 500 Illinois teachers said serving Breakfast After the Bell takes less than 15 minutes and three out of four of them see students coming to school hungry at least once per month.

We're certainly not a mass route into teaching, but while we account for just six per cent of all new teachers each year, we now supply over 25 per cent for schools serving low income communities.

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.

Here is something big - city school, superintendents, school boards, and teachers» unions know but don't tell: districts spend less money per pupil in the schools» serving the poorest children.

The University of Maryland's Douglas Besharov calls them «hothouse programs,» noting that they were «run by top - notch specialists,... 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.

While no survey data were collected about social promotion per se before 1999, the biannual survey begun in 1994 served to monitor changes in teachers» reports of their teaching behavior and students» reports of their classroom experiences before and after the program was rolled out.

ISSUE 3: Bonuses for AP Teachers Arizona Department of Education will be administering an AP incentive program in which $ 450 per passing score is distributed to schools serving 50 % or more FRL students and $ 300 per passing score goes to all other schools.

Class size would be about 15 students per teacher and initially the school would serve elementary students.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

Based on original research in four districts, we show that teacher cost averaging drives significant amounts of money (several hundred dollars per pupil in many cases) out of schools serving poorer students and toward better - off schools.

The incidence of teacher absences is regressive: when schools are ranked by the fraction of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch, schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest income quartile, and schools with persistently high rates of teacher absence were much more likely to serve low - income than high - income students.

Statewide, the schools serving the highest concentration of low - income students receive only half of the state average per - pupil expenditure on teacher pensions.

They found, as per a quote by Springer in the above - mentioned post, that «[w] hile SLOs may serve as an important pedagogical tool for teachers in encouraging goal - setting for students, the format and guidance for SLOs within the specific program did not lead to the proper identification of high value - added teachers.»