Published in January 2001 by the Wake Task Force on Teacher Excellence, exploring issues of
quality teaching in the public schools, this report influenced future work in teacher leadership by WakeEd and the Wake County Public School System.
Not exact matches
The UFT / NYSUT lawsuit, which asks the court to overturn the Charter
School Committee's action, said the new rules would not only «significantly undercut the quality of teaching in SUNY - approved charter schools,» but also would create «an essentially fake certification process, one not valid for employment in New York's public school districts, other charter schools or the public schools of other states.&
School Committee's action, said the new rules would not only «significantly undercut the
quality of
teaching in SUNY - approved charter
schools,» but also would create «an essentially fake certification process, one not valid for employment
in New York's
public school districts, other charter schools or the public schools of other states.&
school districts, other charter
schools or the
public schools of other states.»
The TAP is a systemic reform of
public schools intended to attract, motivate, develop, and retain high -
quality talent
in the
teaching profession.
Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the
public schools provide a lower
quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer
in the
schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller
schools, belief
in what I call the «
public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to
public schooling and its ideals), a belief
in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make
schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly
taught in the
public schools.
After navigating the
public school system
in New York City as a caregiver and
in Philadelphia as an afterschool program administrator, Melissa Diana Aguirre grew increasingly outraged at the poor
quality teaching in urban
schools.
The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education is a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's
teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain
quality teachers
in U.S.
public schools.
This research is part of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's
teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain
quality teachers
in U.S.
public schools.
In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scal
In a new
Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how
schools can use blended learning to drive improvements
in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scal
in the
quality of digital instruction, transform
teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and
teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.
Prior to his time
in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for
teaching and learning at the Boston
Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high
quality teachers and
school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.
Quality Teaching in NSW
Public Schools: Discussion Paper.
Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough
Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent
Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New
Schools — Mar 15, 2012
Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers
in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from
Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy
in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011
School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing
Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost
School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter
School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher
Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter
School Research from
Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010
Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing
Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing
Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation
in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013
Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles
in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great
teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models
in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
Successful union - management collaboration
in public school reform must focus on substantive areas affecting the
quality of
teaching or student achievement.
From the beginning, the state of New York has witnessed a vengeful governor refusing to engage
in honest dialogue about the
quality of our
public schools, or how to improve
teaching and learning.
Public -
school teacher salaries increased
in real terms by 400 percent
in Brazil and by 200 percent
in Chile, which had a positive impact on the
quality of the
teaching force.
The bashing and the budget cuts continue, the new tax bill undercuts
public education
in a major way, children and teachers
in Baltimore City are forced to spend their days
in unheated
public school buildings, and
teaching is — understandably — losing
quality women and men.
Seattle
Public Schools is whole - heartedly committed to ensuring that all students attend a
quality school in which they experience powerful
teaching and learning.
As Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader
in efforts to identify and support effective
teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing
schools, and expand high -
quality public charter
schools in Tennessee.
To boost the chances of receiving Race to the Top money, the governor should give
school managers the authority they're asking for to build a high -
quality teaching workforce
in Washington
public schools.
the 2014 PDK / Gallup Poll of the
Public's Attitudes Toward the
Public Schools shows that American favor improving
teaching quality in a variety of ways — board certification, longer practice
teaching, and more rigorous entrance requirements for colleges of education.
From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of
public charter
schools (and their senseless opposition to
school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private
schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers
in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high -
quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.
To raise the
quality of
teaching in Newark, we must focus on teacher
quality over seniority,» said Tanisha Garner, a plaintiff and Newark
Public Schools parent.
I've spent some time
in Singaporean
public and private
schools and what you see, the
quality of
teaching, etc. is just unparalleled anywhere.
Evans,
teaching in the Seattle Public Schools and serving as a teacherpreneur with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), marveled at the flexibility of Shanghai's professional feedback
teaching in the Seattle
Public Schools and serving as a teacherpreneur with the Center for
Teaching Quality (CTQ), marveled at the flexibility of Shanghai's professional feedback
Teaching Quality (CTQ), marveled at the flexibility of Shanghai's professional feedback system.
What these numbers do not show is a growing national problem, particularly acute
in North Carolina that was not discussed
in the debate over the budget — the problem of attracting high
quality teachers to
teach in the state's
public schools.
I am nominating CEL because of their commitment to partnering with us
in improving the
quality of leadership and
teaching and learning
in Seattle
Public Schools.
Currently CEO of Partners
in School Innovation, a nonprofit dedicated to working hand -
in - hand with teachers and leaders to strengthen
teaching, learning and achievement
in under - performing
public schools and districts, Derek has led the organization to dramatic growth while improving the
quality and consistency of the organization's supports to teachers and leaders.
CEL is proud to partner with the Seattle
Public Schools in their efforts to ensure that every student attends a high
quality school with
quality teaching at each step of their educational journey.
In a recent opinion piece for Education Week, Arthur Wise of the Center for Teaching Quality writes that current mainstream ideas on how to improve American public schools will result in «at best, a marginal improvement for small numbers of students.&raqu
In a recent opinion piece for Education Week, Arthur Wise of the Center for
Teaching Quality writes that current mainstream ideas on how to improve American
public schools will result
in «at best, a marginal improvement for small numbers of students.&raqu
in «at best, a marginal improvement for small numbers of students.»
The
school has come a long way given its long history of fluctuation
in leadership and
teaching quality, and its location as part of a district that is undergoing immense changes with heightened
public scrutiny.
Teachers are grossly underpaid and
in order to effectively recruit and retain
quality educators,
public schools must ensure that the
teaching profession is financial viable to counter their high attrition rate
in the
public school system.NEA provides strategies to advance the
teaching profession and ultimately improve student learning.
This week PURE and some other parent groups released a press statement thanking President Obama for recognizing the importance of class size
in his weekly address, and for releasing a report that shows how the elimination of 60,000
teaching positions since 2009 is not only unprecedented
in US postwar history, but has led to class size increases that are severely damaging the
quality of our
public schools.
Unfortunately, every day millions of children
in the United States attend dilapidated
public schools with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and materials, harsh discipline policies and limited access to
quality teaching and wraparound supports like
school nurses, college counselors and afterschool programs.
Gerard Randall is the executive director of the Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP), which aims to enhance the
quality of
teaching and learning
in Milwaukee
Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public educ
Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond
in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for
public educ
public education.
For more than a decade, the debate over
public school reform has created friction between teachers unions, administrators,
school boards, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders
in public education and has fueled disagreements over how to improve the
quality of
teaching and learning for children.
An earlier report for the Center for American Progress, «Reforming
Public School Systems through Sustained Union - Management Collaboration,» examined cases of school reform that resulted from collaborative partnerships between teachers unions and administrators working together in innovative ways to improve teaching quality and student perfor
School Systems through Sustained Union - Management Collaboration,» examined cases of
school reform that resulted from collaborative partnerships between teachers unions and administrators working together in innovative ways to improve teaching quality and student perfor
school reform that resulted from collaborative partnerships between teachers unions and administrators working together
in innovative ways to improve
teaching quality and student performance.
«The bill as introduced represents a strong and critical step forward
in supporting effective teachers across California and ensuring that every
public school student has access to the great
teaching and
quality education that he or she deserves,» said Ben Austin, policy director of Students Matter,
in an emailed statement.
Governments must decide how the commissioning process will be managed to ensure that organizations selected to run
public schools have strong managerial capacity, the right leadership, and sound
teaching and learning strategies that will ultimately result
in improved educational
quality.
Mr. Hannon was a 5th and 6th grade teacher earlier
in his professional career
in the Washington, D.C.
public school system via
Teach for America, and has remained passionate throughout his career about providing all students with a high -
quality education.
In his twelfth year as executive director of the Grable Foundation, Gregg Behr manages a grantmaking portfolio advancing high - quality early childhood education, improved teaching and learning in public schools, and robust out - of - school time suppor
In his twelfth year as executive director of the Grable Foundation, Gregg Behr manages a grantmaking portfolio advancing high -
quality early childhood education, improved
teaching and learning
in public schools, and robust out - of - school time suppor
in public schools, and robust out - of -
school time support.
But time — along with the fact that half of all fourth - graders on free - and reduced - cost lunch
in suburban
schools are functionally illiterate — has proven that integration on its own doesn't deal with the systemic problems of low -
quality teaching, shoddy curricula, lackluster leadership, and cultures of low expectations (especially for poor and minority kids) that plagues American
public education even when those kids are put into suburban middle - class
schools.
Parent leaders throughout the nation thank President Obama for recognizing the importance of class size
in his weekly address, and for releasing a report that shows how the elimination of 60,000
teaching positions since 2009 is not only unprecedented
in US postwar history, but has led to class size increases that are severely damaging the
quality of our
public schools.
My time as a teacher
in the
public school system, educational consultant, and mother of three children who attend a Denver area charter
school has
taught me that charter
schools and the autonomy, choice, and diverse models of education they represent play an important role
in making sure that each student and family has access to a high -
quality school that is most suitable for them.
In addition to designing and implementing the public outreach and communications work of The High Quality Early Learning Project, she teaches a Kindergarten / 1st Grade mixed - age class at Central Park East 1 Elementary School in East Harle
In addition to designing and implementing the
public outreach and communications work of The High
Quality Early Learning Project, she
teaches a Kindergarten / 1st Grade mixed - age class at Central Park East 1 Elementary
School in East Harle
in East Harlem.
I am looking for an Elementary Teacher job with «Lotus
Public School» where my
teaching experience and knowledge of wide academic subjects can support
in providing
quality education, accomplishing mission of the institute, and building a strong foundation for the future of students.