Sentences with phrase «poor student performance»

A poll out this week showed only 1 in 10 voters believe teachers are to blame for poor student performance.

Could you be fired, denied tenure, or placed on an «improvement plan» as a result of poor student performance on flawed assessments?

How destructive is the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities?

Just as there are board behaviors associated with poor student performance, there are behaviors associated with enhanced student performance.

Maybe, instead of blaming teachers for poor student performance, we should start adequately funding our public schools, including resources to lift communities out of poverty.

Virtual Academy is under the umbrella of K - 12, Inc., a Virginia - based company which has been singled out for poor student performance in states like California and Tennessee.

Seizing on a national anxiety over poor student performance, many governors are taking aim at a bedrock tradition of public schools: teacher tenure.

Educators across the state are protesting Cuomo's demands, saying they rely too heavily on standardized testing, ignore the challenges of poverty in some districts and put the brunt of poor student performance too squarely on individual teachers.

Charters can be revoked for a number of reasons, including poor student performance and financial mismanagement.

Examine Instruction: Educators look at how classroom instruction has affected poor student performance in areas revealed by digging into the data.

This fall, Detroit voters will be asked to either continue the school reform movement started five years ago when the state took control of the city's schools, or return to the elected school board format that permitted such poor student performance and squandered taxpayer dollars.

Reports going back more than a decade found waste, mismanagement, unsafe building conditions and poor student performance at the district, which prompted the state intervention.

Dawn Love asked Kickboard to help address poor student performance.

Kozol has been beating the more - money - will - conquer - all - things - educational drum for 45 years now while blaming poor student performance on bogeymen like poverty and racism.

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

Faced with poor student performance on tests and assignments, teachers often recognize that the root of the problem lies, not in a lack of understanding, but in poor study skills.

According to the New York Post, the Board of Regents will pass a proposal on Tuesday allowing educators to blame the rollout of the Common Core standards as a reason for poor student performance:

In my interview with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education environment.

Districts are aware of poor student performance in math and less aware of course - taking patterns

As a prolific writer and renowned public intellectual, he frequently explored trends in American race relations and family life, hailing, for instance, the controversial report, «Equality of Educational Opportunity» (1966), by his friend James Coleman, which stressed the relationship between broken families and poor student performance in the public schools.

Adding union muscle to the argument, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten calls poverty «the elephant in the room» that accounts for poor student performance.

One side, which includes many school teachers and administrators, accepts this at face value, as it simply confirms what they already believe: schools should not be held responsible for poor student performance and achievement gaps that are driven by family background factors.

Nearly a year after a state takeover, the Cleveland public schools are still wrestling with a massive debt and poor student performance.

Faced with poor student performance on tests and assignments, teachers often recognize that the root of the problem lies not in the material or in how it is taught, but in how students choose to study it.

Indeed, some have suggested that ending social promotion in Chicago simply transferred responsibility for poor student performance to the students, parents, and after school and summer programs, in effect removing the burden from teachers (see Figure 1).

According to the New York Post, the Board of Regents will pass a proposal on Tuesday allowing educators to blame the rollout of the Common Core standards as a reason for poor student performance:

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

While so many states struggle with mediocre standards, poor student performance...

Districts can also be taken over if they are rated as failing by the state for two consecutive school years or if there is a pattern of «poor student performance.»

For educators, poor student performance may result in a loss of funding and teachers being fired.

Chronic absenteeism is a critical early indicator of poor student performance.

Those who point to a combination of poverty, segregation and inequality as the underlying causes of poor student performance, believe the current education system works well — but only for those who are living above the poverty level.

Others speculate that inadequate preparation programs and policies that punish educators for poor student performance have factored in as well.

High teacher attrition rates have been a persistent problem in American education and contribute to low morale and poor student performance, according to studies.

«The widespread findings of misconduct and poor student performance in for - profit charter schools demand the elimination of these schools.

Of course, it's worth remembering that what led to the state's first voucher program in Milwaukee in 1990 was, well, poor student performance in the Milwaukee Public Schools.