Not exact matches
The investment tax credit, which is aimed at encouraging donations to public
schools and non-profit scholarship programs for
private schools, remains a heavy lift for Assembly Democrats, who
already trying to calm the statewide
teachers union for approving a variety of Cuomo's education reform proposals.
Many
teachers are excited about the ability to create a group on Facebook as a
private way of interacting with their students in ways that a) not only meet the students where they
already are and integrate their lives into the classroom more holistically, but also b) shows that
school can be a lot cooler than the students thought by being on Facebook in the first place.
Although the federal government, states,
school districts, and
private foundations
already have invested nearly $ 200 million in producing and rewarding National Board - certified
teachers, this is the first study assessing whether the National Board has actually succeeded in identifying «expert» or «master»
teachers who perform better than their uncertified peers.
He added that the prospect of working in both a
private school and a state sixth form is appealing to
teachers and Highgate's links to state
schools has
already attracted talented staff.
They have
already voted no to across the board
teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on
teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's
teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the
teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter
schools (many funded by Republicans in the
private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any
school in the state regardless of their home county.
Thanks to the state's archaic and religiously - bigoted Blaine Amendment, families would not be able to use
school funding to put their children to high - quality
private and parochial
schools; although disappointing, it is understandable that Snyder won't go further given the opposition to the plan that is
already emerging from affiliates of the National Education Association and American Federation of
Teachers, and traditional districts.
He has
already outlined plans to do away with
teacher tenure and set up a performance - based review system for
teachers, create a merit pay system and allow
private, for - profit companies to take over failing
schools.
«If all of these students are
already attending
private schools, that means we have an additional expense,» said Margaret Ciccarelli, a lobbyist for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, the largest
teacher advocacy group in the state.
By, once again, proposing to slash funding for
teachers and after -
school programs, Trump is effectively recommending that Congress cut
teachers» salaries, increase class sizes, and cancel after -
school programming to pay for tax cuts for wealthy parents who can
already afford to send their kids to
private schools.
Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade
teachers in both
private and public
schools who desire to introduce a pet into the classroom or
already have a pet in the classroom are welcome to apply.