Sentences with phrase «reform of teacher compensation»

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As part of her job, McCown lobbied for higher teacher compensations, change in teacher preparation and training, teacher certification and licensure reform, and teacher support improvements.

Michelle Rhee and Kaya Henderson, aided by millions of private dollars, were able to institute epic reforms in both teacher evaluations and compensation in the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools, and Henderson, her ex-deputy and interim replacement, have pushed aggressive data - driven ed - reform policies that include increasing teacher pay and performance - based compensation, closing low - enrollment schools, and firing underperforming teachers and principals.

But none of them hold as much promise for student learning as any one of the many school reforms on the nation's agenda — student and school accountability, school choice, and changes in teacher recruitment, compensation and retention policies.

Thanks to the unwillingness of most suburban district leaders to embrace the underlying tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act — and their efforts to perpetuate the myth that traditional districts in the «burbs are doing just fine — they have ignored the innovations (including in the area of revamping teacher compensation) embraced by more reform - minded districts in big cities.

She has extensive experience in student achievement data analysis, design and implementation of district data systems, statistical methodologies, and the creation and use of relational databases in teacher evaluation and performance - based compensation reforms.

She was the co-lead author of It's More Than Money; Tying Earning to Learning: The Link Between Teacher Compensation and Student Learning Objectives; Focus on Literacy: Professional Development Audit; Catalyst for Change (the summative Denver report on performance - based compensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largesCompensation and Student Learning Objectives; Focus on Literacy: Professional Development Audit; Catalyst for Change (the summative Denver report on performance - based compensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largescompensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largest district).

By reforming compensation policies in a way that accounts for the abilities of great teachers to improve student outcomes, we will ensure excellent teachers are richly compensated, and mediocre teachers have a strong incentive to improve.»

A supplemental compensation fund of $ 375,000 per year will be available to support compensation reform for teachers and principals.

For example, CTAC presented the cornerstones of effective teacher compensation reform to more than 60 state legislators at the James B. Hunt Institute in North Carolina.

Despite proliferating chatter about the need to reform teacher compensation, the bulk of teacher pay remains fundamentally unchanged.

We're on the verge of dramatically reforming teacher compensation in Tennessee.

From appointing reform advocate Stefan Pryor as his education superintendent, to succinctly summing up the problems with tenure and other aspects of traditional teacher compensation... Malloy has made Connecticut one of Dropout Nation «s Five States to Watch on the school reform front.»

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

Maurice Sykes, author Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership, is the Executive Director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute at the university of the District of Columbia's National Center for Urban Education, he has spent his career advancing high - quality early educational reform, teacher professional development, advancement and compensation.