Sentences with phrase «percentage of teachers surveyed»

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According to the NCS Employee Benefit Survey (EBS), 87 percent of K — 12 teachers participate in a health insurance plan (medical, dental, vision, or prescription drug) through their employer, compared to 80 percent of private - sector professionals (our estimate, adjusting for the part - time percentage).

Our analysis of evidence from the BLS National Compensation Survey and the NASRA Public Fund Survey shows that the employer contribution rates for public school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under Social Security.

The 2012 annual survey conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance found that only 43 percent of teachers have a positive view of unions, and the percentage of teachers holding negative views doubled in one year to 32 percent.

Between 1992 and 2014, the percentage of teachers with more than a bachelor's degree increased from 46 percent to 56 percent, based on data from the Current Population Survey.

Another survey, conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance on behalf of Education Next, found that only 43 percent of teachers have a positive view of unions, while the percentage of teachers holding negative views doubled from 2011 to 2012 to 32 percent (see complete results for 2011 and 2012 Education Next - PEPG surveys at educationnext.org).

We asked respondents in the 2016 EdNext survey to indicate the percentage of teachers in their local schools they would assign to each of four categories: unsatisfactory, satisfactory, good, and excellent.

The difference between the uninformed and informed groups of teachers is 15 percentage points in the 2016 survey.

A new public opinion survey finds that the percentage of people taking a negative view of teacher unions is growing, with more of the public saying that that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school reform.

The gap of 40 percentage points in support between teachers and the broader public is the widest that we observe on any issue in our 2016 survey.

Survey respondents were asked to state the percentage of teachers in their local school district they think deserve one of the five grades on the traditional A-to-F scale.

On Top of the News Peterson, Howell and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem Wall Street Journal 6/4/12 Behind the Headline The Public Weighs in on School Reform Education Next Fall 2011 A new public opinion survey finds that the percentage of people taking a negative view of teacher unions is growing, -LSB-...]

These analysts took advantage of the fact that the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey (TIMSS) not only tested a nationally representative sample of U.S. 8th graders in math and science, but also asked their teachers what percentage of class time was taken up by students «listening to lecture - style presentations» rather than either «working on problems with the teacher's guidance» or «working on problems without guidance.»

And even higher percentages of people surveyed — 77 percent of Republicans and 81 percent of Independents and Democrats — think higher raises should go to teachers who improve student achievement, according to recent polling results from the Teaching Commission.

The 2012 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher paints a grim picture of teacher morale, one that is likely familiar to principals: educators» satisfaction has dropped by fifteen percentage points sincTeacher paints a grim picture of teacher morale, one that is likely familiar to principals: educators» satisfaction has dropped by fifteen percentage points sincteacher morale, one that is likely familiar to principals: educators» satisfaction has dropped by fifteen percentage points since 2009.

The new data also showed that the overall population of white teachers has decreased and the percentage of Hispanic teachers has increased since the last survey.

Improvements in discipline and teacher - student relations at Ware County High School were accompanied by improvements in the overall learning environment, as indicated by the sharply lower percentages of teacher climate survey responders saying «very true» or «sort of true» to the statement «the learning environment in this school is not conducive to academic achievement for most students».

«On a recent national survey, 69 percent of teachers reported that low academic motivation is a problem in their classrooms — a higher percentage than cited poor student behavior, bullying, or a negative school climate.

The 28th annual report, based on a survey of public school teachers, parents, and students during the current school year, finds that teacher job satisfaction has fallen 15 percentage points in just two years.

The survey of 1,076 public school teachers nationwide indicates that educators are becoming increasingly supportive of doing away with unions and tenure, with support growing by four to five percentage points over the past 15 years, to 19 percent and 33 percent, respectively...

Since a previous NCLE survey in 2013, the percentage of teachers who agreed that new standards would improve their classroom practices increased from 65 percent to 78 percent.

Exclude charters results from the survey, and the percentage of teachers just within the New York City district agreeing or strongly agreeing that «my school maintains order and disciplined» increased from 77 percent to 78 percent over that period, according to a Dropout Nation analysis of the city's survey data from that period.

Number and percentage of public school K - 12 teachers, by survey years, workforce categories relative to a specific school, and employment background: 1987 — 88, 1990 — 91, 1993 — 94, 1999 — 2000, 2003 — 04, and 2007 — 08

And while more teachers continue to believe that the standards will help not hurt their students — 48 percent compared to 17 percent — the percentage of teachers in the survey who think the Common Core standards will be good for most of their students is down sharply from 57 percent in last year's poll.

The pollsters said some of the highest «strongly disagree» percentages of the survey came in response to questions about arming teachers and administrators.