Sentences with phrase «required teacher equity»

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The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund has announced that it will comply in full with federal court orders requiring it to pay equal monthly pension benefits to both men and women who retired after May 1, 1980.

The new initiative, called «Excellent Educators for All,» aims to bring states into compliance with a teacher equity mandate in the No Child Left Behind Act, the George W. Bush - era law that requires states to reward and punish schools based on standardized test scores.

Further, districts are required to «identify and address» teacher equity gaps.

Equity requires equal access to rigorous learning, so we prepare teachers to identify areas of bias and provide pedagocial approaches that maintain high expectations.

ESSA has provisions in place to hold states accountable for monitoring educational equity, and the act requires schools to disclose the number of low income students and students of color that are placed into classrooms with «ineffective, out - of - field, and inexperienced teachers.»

«Most teacher preparation programs do not require prospective teachers to learn about the cultural and community history, racial dynamics, and equity issues that Chicago students experience.»

On the Path to Equity suggests requiring a two year minimum comprehensive induction program that provides embedded coaching and feedback by well - trained mentors for new teachers following entry - level licensure.

No longer will teams merely talk about equity in the abstract, as this book offers concrete examples and vignettes to develop a shared understanding of the required work as well as tools for reflection and discussion to minimize disparities among teachers.

Correcting this problem is a goal of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which requires districts and states to monitor and address teacher equity gaps, including the distribution of effective and experienced teachers.

And while a new report by Scholastic on principals and teachers» views on education equity describes that overwhelmingly, educators agree that equity in education for all children should be a national priority, it is also evident that such leadership requires clarity around the nuances of what it means to provide students a well - rounded education — regardless of race, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, disability, or religion.

It's a matter of seeking «pension equity,» he said, meaning that Chicago Public Schools is the only system in the state required to fund its own teacher pensions.

This June, in an effort to give more students access to excellent teachers, the United States Department of Education required states to submit «educator equity plans,» meant to identify the root causes of why poor and minority kids receive more inexperienced teachers and fix the problem.

* Assure a stronger focus on equity by (a) asking states not just about the amount of funding in education, but also about the fairness of its distribution to high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority districts and schools, and (b) asking states to document their efforts (required under federal law) to address gaps in teacher quality between high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority schools.

In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), [1] which requires states and districts to determine whether low - income students and students of color in Title I schools are served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out - of - field, or inexperienced teachers, and take steps to address any identified disproportionalities (i.e., gaps in equity).

TNTP (The New Teacher Project) Accountability Under ESSA: How States Can Design Systems That Advance Equity and Opportunity This white paper offers guiding principles to states on both the process and substance of the accountability systems they are required to design under ESSA.