The ways in which a strong middle class leads to better educational outcomes, such as middle - class parents putting
pressure on administrators to fire or transfer bad teachers, are described more completely in our companion report, «The Middle Class Is Key to a Better - Educated Nation.»
She adds that the charter sector «is working as it was intended: creating
pressure on administrators to improve the quality of their schools.»
Not exact matches
Pressure on Washington, D.C., to cut its overall spending has resulted in fewer government contracts available for all businesses, says John Shoraka, associate
administrator for government contracting and business development at the SBA, in a conference call with reporters.
In a sense — as even the young journalist himself admitted — this was a sideshow compared to the real event: a university
administrator stepping down under
pressure because of his failure to act
on repeated racist incidents
on campus.
The full exercise of this right requires that trustees and
administrators protect teachers and students against
pressures from outside in favor of certain methods and conclusions of inquiry, and that support for teaching and research be kept as free as possible from exerting a controlling influence
on academic pursuits.
Teachers may also feel
pressure from policymakers and school
administrators to focus
on literacy — to the possible exclusion of science.
I think you and others could do more to change attitudes in the U.S.
on global warming by joining forces in putting
pressure on NOAA
administrators and NWS supervisors to educate the 5,500 meteorologists in 120 National Weather Service offices so the NWS scientists can help other government people and other meteorologists who enter people's private living rooms better understand climate change.
On the other hand, teachers are also getting
pressure from their school
administrators to ensure personalize learning so their students» achievements can be boosted.
Mr. Martin and the executives
on the Civic Committee of the Chicago Commercial Club, who blame the teachers union for contributing to academic failure by imposing restrictions
on teachers and
administrators alike, used the threat of federal sanctions to
pressure the city to put many schools into private hands, outside union jurisdiction.
These efforts take time; however, given the latest rampage over Smarter Balance and Common Core, and the efforts of many, including this blog,
administrators from the state to the local levels acquiesced to parent
pressure and opted their children out of the insanity forced
on children every spring.
And the
pressure on school
administrators to get this one right could not be greater.
The
pressure on teachers, students and
administrators is enormous.
There is anecdotal evidence that these declines in new certifications are putting
pressure on districts and
administrators, with many schools reporting difficulty finding qualified applicants for some open teaching positions.
This, in large part, is why district
administrators put
pressure on their teachers to do more to increase test performance.
However, this high -
pressure environment with such a heavy focus
on academics is not a sound approach to improving academic gains, attracting the best and brightest teachers and
administrators to education, or meeting local, national, or global needs.
As the
pressure to expand charter schools continues to mount, and the budgetary health of local districts continues to decline, teachers,
administrators, parents, and activists
on both sides of the charter school divide are facing off over a dwindling resource: money.
Today, teachers,
administrators, and students are under more
pressure than ever before to deliver results
on end - of - year summative assessments.
First of all the
pressure placed
on students, teachers, and school
administrators will be greater than ever.
In addition, once a test becomes high stakes, teachers and
administrators may feel
pressured to sacrifice valuable learning time to teach test - taking strategies, and narrow their instruction to focus
on the small sample of questions likely to appear
on the test.
Bottom line, even though there is technically no State - required curriculum because those are «local decisions», there is certainly
pressure on BOEs and school
administrators to comply.
It is only when school
administrators, elected board of education members, and state legislators hear the anger and frustration of parents (and voters) that there can be meaningful
pressure brought to bear
on those who promote the continuation of these failed educational policies.
But it only took commonsense comments from thousands of teachers for PEAC to reach consensus about new flexibility in the implementation of the new evaluation and support system, and to relieve the significant demands and
pressures on teachers and
administrators who simultaneously must also implement the Common Core State Standards.
The USEPA did do thorough research
on the issue, but the EPA
Administrator at the time chose to ignore the findings, allegedly in response to
pressure from a national environmental organization.
A well - written resume for Insurance
Administrator should focus
on the following job assets: analytical thinking, detail orientation, organization, work prioritization, being able to work under
pressure, research skills, and computer competences.
Based
on our collection of resume samples for Hyperion
Administrator, essential skills are computer proficiency, knowledge of Hyperion systems, troubleshooting, effective communication, teamwork, and being able to work under
pressure.