Sentences with phrase «raise average teacher»

The need to raise the average teacher salary does not just come down to a teacher's financial need and comfort.

Republican lawmakers say their goal is to raise average teacher salaries to $ 55,000 a year by 2020.

Education Week reports South Dakota lawmakers recently approved a «half - penny sales - tax increase... designed to boost teacher salaries,» the «centerpiece of a bipartisan effort to raise the average teacher salary in the state to $ 48,500.»

Oklahoma's state legislature already raised the average teacher salary $ 6,000 this year, but the strikers say it wasn't enough.

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According to the Times, «replacing a poor teacher with an average one would raise a single classroom's lifetime earnings by about $ 266,000, the economists estimate.»

Experienced teachers are, on average, more effective at raising student performance than those in their early years of teaching.

Getting the concept off the ground has produced some challenges, but principal David Chambers reports that the policy has produced more honor students, raised the average GPA, and improved teacher morale.

The Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff study finds that, on average, a 1 standard deviation improvement in teacher value added (equivalent to having a teacher in the 84th percentile rather than one at the median) for one year raises a student's earnings at age 28 by about 1 percent.

But 56 percent of independents thought teacher unions had «done more harm than good,» 54 percent supported school vouchers, and only 34 percent favored raising teacher salaries, once they had been informed about average salary levels in their state.

School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.»

It may seem like a meaningless argument, except that such an amount is dictated by the current uniform salary schedule, which requires those below - average states to raise each teacher's salary.

But when members of another random subgroup were first told the average teacher salary in their state, only 41 % wanted to hand out pay raises (see Figure 11b).

Having a teacher from a good program rather than an average program will, on average, raise a student's test scores by 1 percentile point or less.

A task force appointed by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has recommended that the state raise its average starting teacher salary from $ 28,000 to $ 35,000, a hike of 25 percent.

The impact of even a slightly better - than - average quality teacher — one whose effectiveness ranks at the 60th percentile, for example — still has significant economic results, raising an individual student's lifetime earnings by $ 5,300, or a class of 20 students» aggregate lifetime earnings by a total of $ 106,000.

Every point higher a state «raises the bar» will mean more teachers screened out of the profession, without any real increase in average teacher quality.

Among those living in above - average districts, however, support for raising teacher salaries remains essentially unchanged once they learn of their district's standing nationally.

The authors stated that they were unable to come up with particular ways in which school districts could spend money to improve the average verbal ability of their teachers (though other researchers such as Ferguson and Manski have suggested that higher teacher salaries might do so), so they left out possible ways that money might be spent to raise verbal ability.

Even a modestly better than average teacher (60th percentile) raises individual earnings by $ 5,300, compared to what would otherwise be expected.

On average, a 1 - standard - deviation improvement in teacher value added (equivalent to having a teacher in the 84th percentile rather than one at the median) in a single grade raises a student's earnings at age 28 by about 1 percent.

In this paper, authors Marguerite Roza and Jessica Jonovski model the impacts of late - term raises on teacher pension obligations showing that on average each dollar raise triggers $ 10 to...

Governor has proposed phasing in prekindergarten and dropout - prevention programs; also has called for giving 2 percent, or an average of $ 600, raises to teachers.

The fourth group was told the average teacher salary and then asked whether taxes should be raised to fund increases.

And when the district recently made public the average teacher salary increases under the new pact — ranging from 2.5 percent to 4 percent per year — it didn't include what can be lucrative raises given to educators who earn master's degrees and other graduate credits.

Republican legislative leaders are pointing to how they've increased education funding and are planning to give teachers this year an average 6.2 percent raise, the fifth straight year of raises.

The NCAE is demanding that state legislators raise both teacher pay and per - pupil spending to the national average in the next four years and freeze corporate tax cuts until that happens.

Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they promised would offer teachers an average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new salary schedule is in place that offers younger, inexperienced teachers big gains while shortchanging veteran teachers who have gone to great lengths to build on their teaching credentials.

«Gov. Cooper's hypocrisy knows no bounds — he vetoed an average 9.6 percent pay increase for teachers just last year and now claims he supports teacher pay raises,» Carver said.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they promised would offer teachers an average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new salary schedule is in place that offers younger,...

In schools that average 500 students, savings are about $ 500,000 a year, which is used to raise teacher salaries, to extend the school day and to allow Rocketship to build its own facilities — quite a luxury in the charter - school world.

House Speaker Thom Tillis (R - Mecklenberg) unveiled his party's revised budget proposal for 2014, which includes an average five percent raise for teachers without forcing them to give up their career status — but he plans to pay for...

The three - year contract, which has an option for a fourth year and which awaits a ratification vote by the 29,000 - member Chicago Teachers Union, calls for an average 17.6 percent pay raise over four years and some benefit improvements.

These required pension contributions will likely constrain the district from spending money on anything else, including field trips, classroom supplies, extra services for high - need students, technology, and raises, which is unfortunate because our teachers remain underpaid compared to the average across Alameda County school districts.

The task force report led to passage of one of the most comprehensive efforts yet to address shortages, including the adoption of a statewide half - cent sales tax increase that was used, in part, to raise teacher salaries by an average of $ 8,000.

Senate proposes cutting more than 8,500 * teacher assistant positions Senate leaders unveiled portions of a 2015 - 17 budget proposal Monday that gives teachers an average four percent pay raise and lowers class sizes in the early grades — but much...

It wasn't until 2014, an election year, that lawmakers offered teachers an average pay increase of 7 percent, with the bulk of those raises going to beginning teachers and experienced teachers getting next to nothing.

It's unclear how the lieutenant governor arrived at an average 11 percent pay raise for teachers — he could be adding numbers together, like adding the recent 7 percent raise with an expected 4 percent average raise that could come when lawmakers pass a budget, said DPI's Price.

Regulations that would raise the required college grade point average (GPA) of new teachers to 3.0, the equivalent of a B, were proposed yesterday by state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf.

According to statistics from the nonpartisan Fiscal Research staff at the General Assembly, teachers saw an average 8 percent pay raise in 2006 - 07, an average 5 percent raise in 2007 - 08, and an average 3 percent raise in 2008 - 09.

The budget proposal stands in stark contrast to that of Gov. Pat McCrory's, which offers large pay increases to beginning teachers, a two percent average raises to everyone else, and a future plan to move to a new salary schedule, but that would have to be acted upon down the road.

Gov. Pat McCrory's budget proposal includes an average two percent raise for teachers and boosts pay for beginning teachers.

What's worse about the new situation, though, is that it raises the uncertainty level for the average classroom teacher.

An average teacher pay raise of 7 percent (that in and of itself a hotly contested figure) was coupled with what lawmakers said was a full preservation of teacher assistants» jobs.

The Senate budget would offer teachers an eye watering 11 percent raise on average — but only if teachers relinquish their tenure protections immediately.

Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini have collaborated on a number of recent best sellers in education including So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement, both published by ASCD; Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7 — 12 for Corwin Press; and Thoughtful Education Press's Tools for Promoting Active, In - Depth Learning, which won a Teachers» Choice Award in 2004.

In addition to a 20 percent pay hike for teachers, they're seeking increased pay for support professionals, a permanent raise structure, and a freeze on corporate tax cuts until per - pupil spending reaches the national average.

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With an average salary of $ 76,000 (not including employee benefits or pensions), Chicago teachers were already among the highest paid in the nation and the new deal included a 7 percent raise over three years, with additional raises for experience and education.

House Speaker Thom Tillis (R - Mecklenberg) unveiled his party's revised budget proposal for 2014, which includes an average five percent raise for teachers without forcing them to give up their career status — but he plans to pay for the teachers» raises with revenues from the state's lottery.