Sentences with phrase «raise teacher quality»

This new learning model means little without excellent teachers to implement it; in response, the state has taken a variety of measures drawn to raise teacher quality.

Leaders of the two largest teachers unions praise Obama's intentions to lift standards, raise teacher quality and turn around low - performing schools.

D.C.'s high - stakes teacher evaluations raise teacher quality, student achievement 90 % of the turnover of low - performing teachers occurs in high - poverty schools

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What's more, there is no evidence that teacher pensions raise teacher quality overall.

State policymakers throughout the country deserve low marks for their efforts to raise teacher quality, according to a report card to be issued this week by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Illinois education officials have approved a new set of rules that all teachers must meet, and which the state hopes will bring it into line with new federal mandates aimed at raising teacher quality.

In a forum that appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next, Eric Hanushek and Kati Haycock discussed the best strategies for raising teacher quality in struggling schools.

The U.S. Department of Education should fund research and pilot demonstration programs that will provide empirical evidence of how effective different kinds of teacher tenure policies are on raising teacher quality and student achievement

To date, New Hampshire has quite successfully taken reformation of its public school system into its own hands through an innovative new learning model, raising teacher quality, promoting charter schools, and raising the dropout age, just to mention a few examples.

One is raising teacher quality.

Not exact matches

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

In addition to supporting children's music development, our in - school curriculum raises the overall quality of a child's education by touching many important factors all at once: school readiness, family engagement, parent - child relationships, and teacher professional development.

«There is incredible momentum behind raising standards for students and teachers and for increasing the number of high quality charter schools,» Sedlis said.

States and districts across the country have set out to implement new teacher evaluation systems in an effort to improve teacher quality and raise student achievement.

He touted a Department of Education program, not yet implemented, that offers up to $ 4 billion to states that promise to raise student achievement and improve the quality of their teachers training.

In order to raise awareness about the importance of plants and bring them into the limelight in science education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national standards.

Absent persuasive evidence on the impact of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise of test - based accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more - rigorous teacher evaluation systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality of the teaching corps.

Because of this, a very good teacher with a large number of teaching colleagues can do less to raise school - wide student performance than a teacher of the same quality in a school with fewer teachers.

They spoke of raising standards, reducing class sizes, encouraging choices, building new schools, improving teacher quality, toughening accountability, and strengthening local control.

Budget includes $ 100 million for teacher - quality initiatives, half of which will be directed toward raising teacher salaries and half designed for financial rewards for teachers at low - performing schools whose students show marked academic gains.

The board's mandate was to raise the professional status of teachers (and the quality of teaching) by creating a means to identify and certify the most accomplished teachers.

St Paul — Witnesses who testified here last week at the first of five regional hearings on «Excellence in Teacher Education,» said an improved relationship between schools of education and elementary - and secondary - school educators in the «trenches» will be necessary if the quality of prospective teachers and the instruction they receive is to be raised.

They provide simultaneous feedback on the many different kinds of issues worth raising about a reform — issues about the quality of implementation, the meaning various actors ascribe to the reform, the primary and secondary effects of the reform, its unanticipated side effects, and how different subgroups of teachers and students are affected.

A primary channel through which principals can be expected to improve the quality of education is by raising the quality of teachers, either by improving the instruction provided by existing teachers or through teacher transitions that improve the caliber of the school's workforce.

For the best principals, the rate of teacher turnover is highest in grades in which teachers are least effective, supporting the belief that improvement in teacher effectiveness provides an important channel through which principals can raise the quality of education.

Tilles raises legitimate concerns about the use of these tests — the quality of the tests, their snapshot nature, the unintended consequences of their being high stakes — but seems to forget that 20 % of the teacher score comes from «locally - selected measures of student achievement» and that 60 % of evaluation is based on «other measures.»

Faced with this situation, schools will respond by lowering the quality of teachers relative to workers in other professional occupations and raising the quantity of teachers employed.

In addition to the idea that raising the economic benefits of being a teacher could improve the quality of the teaching workforce, the results also suggest one upside to recessions: they may provide a window of opportunity for school districts to recruit strong teachers who might otherwise have chosen a different career path.

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.

If school boards, superintendents, and local teacher unions put top priority on raising standards, narrowing gaps, emphasizing quality in the classroom and running world class schools, America wouldn't be where it is.

Georgia teachers will receive a 3 percent pay raise and funding for the state's Quality Basic Education Act will be increased as a result of the legislature's adoption of the first major tax increase in 18 years.

An academically stronger licensing system for teachers would raise the academic quality of our teaching force, strengthen the school curriculum, and, in turn, increase student achievement.

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.

«We are also working with leading head teachers and practitioners to look at how to raise the quality of PSHE teaching, which includes sex and relationship education.»

Whether quality control is done on an assignment - by - assignment basis or as part of a work contract, standards are being raised while the teacher's workload is being reduced.

The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, avoiding teenage pregnancy, and the quality of the neighborhood in which they reside as adults.

It examines finance questions such as who pays the college tuition, and it raises questions of program quality, such as the mechanisms for ensuring well - trained teachers and rigorous courses.

Presidents, governors, leading corporation executives, and intellectuals worry about the quality of our teachers, our schools, and the education they provide, but this seems to do little to raise the prestige of the institution that is primarily responsible for training teachers, doing research, and raising the quality of education.

With teachers and practitioners being held responsible for delivering high - quality provision by the SEND Code of Practice, and with Ofsted placing significant emphasis on achieving progress and raising aspirations for SEND students, it's now crucial that they have very specific skills and understanding.

Amidst a growing call for raising the quality of the U.S. teaching force, The Hechinger Report is examining whether teachers are being adequately prepared.

Research shows that high quality teachers are critical to raising student achievement, but struggling schools face challenges attracting and retaining highly effective teachers.

The need for quality teachers is great as schools around the nation work to raise K - 12 learning standards so that students are ready for college or a career by the time they graduate high school.

NCTQ's bi-annual 2017 State Teacher Policy Yearbook grades states on how well their programs and policies raise the quality of the teachers in their schools.

As for the current means of measuring a prospective teacher's readiness for the classroom, A 2012 investigation by Education Week's Stephen Sawchuk concluded that raising the cut scores for state - level teacher licensing exams might not do much to boost instructional quality.

In a recent working paper, «Can we simply raise the bar on teacher quality?»

For Labour, Mr Hunt stressed the importance of teacher quality as the key to raising standards and accused the Conservatives of failing to make enough improvements.

During his six year tenure, the district raised student achievement by elevating academic standards, aligning the curriculum and focusing on principal leadership and teachers» quality of instruction.

The report of the Committee to Study Certification, released earlier this month, also details recommendations to raise the state's certification standards and improve the quality of the teaching ranks, such as by requiring periodic testing of teacher candidates during their training.

New teacher evaluation systems are the latest effort to measure and improve the quality of the teaching workforce, but these new systems have already raised concerns that they will be subject to the same rating inflation by administrators that plagued previous systems.