«It can give
students access to great teachers... enable them to tap into resources they would never find in a school's media center... help them personalize their learning... open doors to forge networks with other students across the world.»
Let's focus on how Khan Academy and other less - hyped innovations can give nearly
all student access to great teachers, nearly every year.
Not exact matches
Senator Flanagan is a committed champion for expanding school choice and
access to great teachers, and we look forward
to working with him on behalf of
students and parents across the state,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.
«The numbers are undeniable that charter schools haven't done well in serving those
students, who have a
great need for school
access,» explained Lasher, who is also advocating
to eliminate the state income tax for public school
teachers.
It will take a lot
to make public schools more effective for all
students:
greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for
teachers, stronger incentives for the
students themselves, and, of course, more
access to health and social services for the many
students who are in need of such.
Here, Sam Warnes, a former
teacher and founder of EDLounge, a unique platform that gives
students who struggle with mainstream education the opportunity
to access learning, explains how virtual classrooms and online support systems can provide a
great alternative provision for
students which adheres
to government safeguarding and wellbeing guidance.
Google Docs is not really about whistles and bells so much as filling basic needs — it's a
great way for
teachers and
students to back up,
access, and collaborate on spreadsheets, word processing documents, and presentations.
Remote instruction: For schools with severely limited numbers of excellent
teachers, like many rural and urban areas, bringing in
great, live (though not in - person)
teachers through videoconferencing, holographic technology, or other means could give
students access to great interactive instruction they'd otherwise miss.
Addressing the design flaws we have identified in
teacher evaluation systems will bring districts closer
to achieving the primary goal of meaningful
teacher evaluation: assuring
greater equity in
students»
access to good
teachers.
Flexible funding enables schools with more challenging populations
to gain
access to more resources so they can take needed steps such as reducing class size, hiring more experienced and effective
teachers, and implementing other programs and services
to support
students with
greater needs.
This is
great for
teachers who have
access to iPads in a one -
to - one environment, who want
to create stations with just a few iPads, or who can assign a group of four or five
students to a single iPad.
It would be easy
to move toward blended learning while leaving
students»
access to great teachers exactly as it is today.
That dawn -
to - dusk (and beyond)
access is
great for
students but can be all consuming for the online
teacher.
They are also open
to a host of school reforms ranging from high - stakes
student accountability
to merit pay for
teachers to school vouchers and tax credits that would give low - income families
greater access to private schools.
Teachers are able
to have
access to great resources and
students get real world media experience.
They concluded that those states that had the
greatest student achievement gains shared the following school reform policies: smaller class size,
greater access to pre-K programs, and more spending on resources for
teachers.
Teachers can help older
students by including more diverse reading and writing each day, giving
students more time for tests and answering questions, providing
greater access to textbooks, and using more challenging vocabulary and word retrieval games such a Scrabble.
«Today's investments will help these districts and school networks — and in time, all districts — develop better systems
to identify and reward
great teachers, make sure the highest - need
students have
access to the most effective
teachers every year, and give all
teachers the support they need
to improve.»
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.
Teachers now have
greater flexibility and autonomy in using the right tools
to drive academic performance while having
access to the correct
student data.
IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations,
to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems
to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain
great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable
access to excellent educators and lead
to improved
student outcomes.50
Participation in the program also resulted in no
greater access to before - or after - school programs and no positive impact on the
student -
teacher ratio.
Here's what I told them: As a
teacher, I would love for someone
to ask me
to imagine what it would be like
to work in a place that ensures that all
teachers have the chance
to improve their craft, and be rewarded for getting better; a place that lets all
teachers make the best use of their talents by focusing their time and energy on parts of their job that they do best; a place that lets
great teachers multiply their impact by giving more
students access to their teaching for more pay; and a place that offers excellent
teachers leadership roles that are not far removed from
students.
This program exists
to ensure that all Indianapolis
students have
access to great teachers, so you will need
to be extremely flexible about your teaching assignment.
By supporting current
teachers, and putting our efforts into preparing the next generation of educators, we can ensure that
students have
access to the
great education they need and deserve.
The study, conducted by CALDER director and University of Washington professor Dan Goldhaber, synthesizes two separate research topics: the influence of
teacher quality on
student achievement, and the inequities in
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A former preschool
teacher and school board member, Murray went on
to address areas of the law that are not effective for many of our nation's
students, suggesting
greater efforts
to close the achievement gap, especially among
students in underserved communities;
to reduce redundant and unnecessary testing; focus on preparing
students for college and their career; ensure accountability; and also expand
access to preschool programs.
So yes, if we could get many of these
students access to targeted, high - quality and effective after - school programs, that would be a
great help
to teachers in challenging classrooms like hers.
Only 54 percent of middle school and high school
teachers surveyed thought their
students «have sufficient
access to digital tools at school,» according
to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, and 84 percent said that «today's digital technologies are leading
to greater disparities between affluent and disadvantaged schools and school districts.»
NNSTOY defines
teacher leadership as «the process by which highly effective educators take on roles at the classroom, school, district, state, or national levels in order
to advance the profession, improve educator effectiveness, and / or increase
access to great teaching and learning for all
students.»
«We need
to fairly fund kids across all types of public schools and ensure that all
students have
access to great teachers, leaders, and schools, and that there is transparency and meaningful accountability for results.»
About The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1994 as a bipartisan effort
to engage education policymakers and practitioners
to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining
great teachers in order
to ensure that all
students have
access to quality teaching in schools organized for success.
Like previous fellows, through their unique expertise and outreach, these educators will add tremendously
to our ability
to engage and elevate
teachers as they work
to help all of our
students excel and
access a
great future.»
TennesseeCAN works
to ensure every TN
student has
access to a high - quality education through
great teachers and
great schools.
We know with
greater clarity than ever before: unless
teacher development is shaped by individual
teacher and
student needs and part of a coherent system of support, educator practices won't change and
students won't have
access to the
great teaching they deserve.
National Commission on Teaching & America's Future: NCTAF is a bipartisan organization that engages education policymakers and practitioners
to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining
great teachers in order
to ensure that all
students have
access to quality teaching in schools organized for success.
The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1994 as a bipartisan effort
to engage education policymakers and practitioners
to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining
great teachers in order
to ensure that all
students have
access to quality teaching in schools organized for success.
Teach Plus aims
to improve outcomes for urban children by ensuring that a
greater proportion of
students have
access to effective, experienced
teachers.
Because 50 percent of my
teacher evaluation is based on
student test scores, it seemed especially necessary
to devise a plan for them
to have
greater access to computers at school.
He has since devoted his career
to ensuring that all
students have
access to great teachers and
great schools.
«Ensuring that every
student has
access to great teachers has been a key priority for this Administration,» U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said.
In other news, 17 additional states have received approval for their plans
to ensure that all
students have
access to great teachers from the U.S. Department of Education.
Our first project is in New York, helping
students fight laws that deny them
access to great teachers.
«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.
Our hope is
to advance ongoing efforts in global citizenship education towards
greater rigor, depth and
access as we advance the conversation on global education and provide resources which allow large scale collaborations among
teachers in developing the tools we need
to offer transformative learning opportunities
to our
students.
According
to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families»
access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers
to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home
to the very best
teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted
to districts with the
greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our
students for success.»
«While the bill still could be strengthened by providing
greater transparency around equitable distribution of effective
teachers, the legislation makes key advances in helping realize a future where every
student has equal
access to strong schools.
orgLib is offered
to teachers for preparatory purpose so they can prepare for the transition
to common core state standards; it provides
greater convenience for
teachers to access it from anywhere and prepare for assessments and analyze
student results and print worksheets.
These talented and mission - driven individuals are donating their services pro bono
to ensure all
students in New York have
access to the
great teachers they deserve.
A special education needs team helps ensure that those
students with the
greatest level of need have
access to support from
teachers with the necessary experience and expertise.