Sentences with phrase «quality educators long»

He had been pressing for higher - quality educators long before Houston called:

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All Our Kin does intensive community outreach to recruit these informal providers to enroll in the group's Family Child Care Network, where they receive, free of charge, regular professional - development training, plus biweekly visits from master educators who model high - quality childcare techniques for the providers and offer them long - term mentorship and guidance.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

There's also talk by states» rights advocates of no longer requiring annual testing by states, which would deny parents and educators valuable information about whether students are on track, reduce the ability to measure and improve teacher quality, and make it harder for administrators to know how schools are doing and when they need to intervene.

August 13, 2014 (Minneapolis)-- Educators 4 Excellence - MN, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, called for four key changes to Minnesota's decade - long implementation of Quality Compensation (Q Comp).

«She's quite familiar with ASCD's long - standing commitment to high - quality professional development and she's grounded in developing programs, products, and services that enable educators to be responsive to the unique needs of each student in their care.»

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

Compounding the uncertainty around PEIA is teachers» perhaps deeper dissatisfaction with how much West Virginia's political and judicial branches value the quality of their work, and in turn the long - term prospects for the state's young people — concerns that resonate with educators across the United States.

As a child of two educators, Mr. Harmon has long been an advocate for high - quality education.

Clearly Obama struck a nerve, surprisingly in a room full of educators in Madison, which has a school district and a union that have long prided themselves on the quality and professionalism of teachers here.