A 2005
study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»
A recent
study by The New Teacher Project found that more than 70 percent of teachers believe that factors other than length of service should be considered in layoff decisions.
But a recent
study by the New Teacher Project, a training organization in New York, found that in many schools where teachers agreed that a colleague should be fired for poor performance, no one was even given an «unsatisfactory» rating on evaluations.
In our November 15, 2017 E-Blast, NCTR shared findings from a new
study by the New Teacher Center (NTC) that found that instructional leadership and teacher leadership both contribute to improved student performance and school improvement.
Unintended Consequences,
a study by The New Teacher Project (TNTP), documented the damage done by this union - imposed staffing policy.
Not exact matches
While no
study is going to find you can master Beethoven or calculus
by kicking back with your feet up all the time (sorry),
new research is finding that rest plays a larger role in memory than your nagging mother or exasperated music
teacher ever imagined.
Ed School Follies: The Miseducation Of America's
Teachers by Rita Kramer Free Press, 228 pages, $ 22.95 In her lively
new study based upon fourteen schools of education across the country, Rita Kramer skewers two quite distinct forms of folly.
At 8:30 a.m., Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Regent Judith Chin will participate in a panel discussion on a
new study by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Education Policy Center showing that well - implemented community schools can lift achievement in high - poverty communities,
Teachers College, Columbia University, Joyce Berger Cowin Auditorium, Broadway, Manhattan.
The demonstrators touted a
study by the
teachers union - backed Alliance for Quality Education, which used a formula developed
by Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration to determine that the state still owes
New York City schools $ 2.5 billion, or $ 2,667 per student.
«Our members need skilled employees now more than ever, and our schools must provide our children with the skills necessary to compete outside the classroom,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of
New York State, Inc. «This
study proves that
New York is leading the nation — not only
by setting high standards, but
by taking the time to listen to parents and
teachers about improving them.
Academics,
teachers, and parents have today condemned the exclusion of
study of the non-religious worldview of humanism from
new GCSE and AS and A level criteria published
by the Government.
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide in a
new study finds that a flat rent of $ 2,400 per student, as recommended
by the Independent Budget Office, would have resulted in 71 % of charters running deficits and potentially 577
teacher layoffs in 2011.
(
New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in
New York City who most depend on highly effective
teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught
by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening
study of the City's
teacher rating data, published today
by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across
New York State.
A
new study shows how the patterns of online communication change
by implementing
teacher leadership techniques, which opens possibilities for better online classroom design.
The Morning Meeting was first proposed to me
by a
new teacher who had
studied it in her pre-service classes.
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.5 Legislation in the
new AQA GCSE Business spec...
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.2 in the
new AQA GCSE Business spec (2017) The booklet encourages students to investigate, analyse and evaluate the ethical and environmental considerations that impact businesses.
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.4 Globalisation in the
new AQA GCSE Business sp...
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.6 The Competitive environment in the
new AQA GCSE Business spec (2017) The booklet encourages students to investigate, analyse and evaluate different competition models and their impacts on businesses and consumers.
Launched on 2nd July it is aimed as a tool for use
by teachers now to encourage young people to use the internet safely over the summer holidays, and in the
new school year to reinforce messages about online safety and support the curriculum in English, with cross curricular pointers to ICT, PSHCE and Media
Studies.
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.4 Globalisation in the
new AQA GCSE Business spec (2017) The booklet encourages students to investigate, analyse and evaluate what globalisation is and the advantages and disadvantages of it.
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.6 The Competitive environment in the
new AQA GC...
Written
by an experienced Business
Studies Teacher this work booklet comprehensively covers topic 2.5 Legislation in the
new AQA GCSE Business spec (2017) The booklet encourages students to investigate, analyse and evaluate what legislation is and the advantages and disadvantages of it are for UK businesses.
Another
study,
by Dan Goldhaber, Cyrus Grout, and Kristian Holden, looked at what happened when the state of Washington placed all
new teachers into a «hybrid» retirement plan that combined a less - generous pension with 401 (k)- style accounts.
In fact, in a 2012
study of 500
new teachers by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), respondents said that their training was too theoretical and didn't prepare them for teaching «in the real world
teachers by the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT), respondents said that their training was too theoretical and didn't prepare them for teaching «in the real world
Teachers (AFT), respondents said that their training was too theoretical and didn't prepare them for teaching «in the real world.»
Since
teachers are far less persuaded
by research
studies on interventions than
by their colleagues» own experiences with interventions, the answer probably doesn't lie in creating a
new, massive clearinghouse of products or research
studies.
A follow - up
study by Bob Costrell and Josh McGee reached similar findings: About two - thirds of all
new California
teachers lose out from their pension system.
When Susan Moore Johnson began
studying the experiences of
new teachers, she wasn't motivated
by some mandate about highly qualified professionals or the latest data on turnover.
Now a
new study by University of Michigan economist Brian Jacob finds that when given the authority, principals make dismissal decisions that put a premium on
teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
A
new study by Dan Goldhaber and Roddy Theobald from the University of Washington looks at the characteristics of
teachers who were targeted for layoffs in Washington state, and at the impact of LIFO provisions on student achievement.
A
new study by the National Council on
Teacher Quality rates 1200 U.S. ed schools and generally finds them to be an «industry of mediocrity» that produces
teachers who are poorly prepared to work in elementary and high - school classrooms.
In her
new book, Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in School, Associate Professor Mica Pollock compiles essays written
by scholars who have
studied teachers struggling with race issues and about the various racial dilemmas facing the American
teacher.
Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings»
By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff 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, -LSB-..
By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff 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, -LSB-..
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, -LSB-...]
A
new study published
by Education Next finds that the academic caliber of
new teachers entering the profession with a bachelor's degree has risen substantially since the early 2000s.
Ninety eight
teachers from around the nation have been selected to receive $ 3,000 stipends for independent summer
study under a
new program sponsored
by the Council for Basic Education (cbe) and funded
by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Elementary - school
teachers who are covered
by collective - bargaining agreements spend less time instructing students in the classroom than do their peers who are not covered
by contracts, but they devote more time to classroom preparation and administrative tasks, a
new study by two University of Oregon researchers has found.
(
Studies conducted
by the National Center for Education Statistics indicate that, in general, about 26 percent of
new teachers leave within the first three years.)
Researchers from RAND
studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected
by students with input from classroom
teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and
teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning,
teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented
by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and
teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a
new perspective on student work.
More than a quarter of year 7 to year 10
teachers and 15 per cent of year 11 to 12
teachers in Australian schools are teaching a subject they have not
studied above first year at university and for which they have not received training in teaching methodology, according to
new figures
by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
18 — Curriculum and instruction: «
Study Skills Across the Curriculum,» and «Integrating Curriculum: What, Why, and How,» seminars, sponsored
by the
New England League of Middle Schools, for middle school
teachers and administrators, in Laconia, N.H. Contact: Jean Blanchard, N.E.L.M.S., 460 Boston St., Suite 4, Topsfield, Mass. 01983 - 1223; (508) 887-6263; fax: (508) 887-6504.
The
study, issued last month
by the Louisiana Education Policy Research Center at Louisiana State University, paints a picture of frustration and low morale among
new teachers in the state's 64 parish school systems.
Given those challenges, pollsters / analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett have delivered an invaluable service in their
new study «High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social
Studies Teachers Think and Do,» released today (Full disclosure: The
study was commissioned and published
by my shop at AEI).
The
New Jersey
study was designed and carried out
by Susan M. Kardos and Edward Liu of the Project on the Next Generation of
Teachers.
A report prepared for Gov. Robert Orr of Indiana
by a task force
studying ways to improve education in the state calls for the introduction of merit - pay programs for
teachers, a
new state - governance structure for education, and an immediate extension of the school year.
Steve and Ann explore what our schools are teaching today about citizenship
by interviewing and surveying those
teachers most directly charged with educating and shaping America's
new citizens — high school
teachers of history and social
studies in both public and private schools.
State efforts to improve
teacher quality
by requiring that candidates pass a test before receiving their licenses may weed out only the most incompetent
teachers, according to the coordinator of a
new federal
study.
A
study of highly successful senior secondary
teachers in public schools in
New South Wales
by Paul Ayres, Wayne Sawyer and me demonstrated the importance of feedback in influencing student achievement.
YoungMinds»
new 360 ° Schools» Community is responding to this gap
by providing bi-monthly emails packed full of resources, advice, tips, blogs, lesson plans and case
studies to every
teacher and school professional who signs up.
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.
Perhaps the most widely discussed critique of
teacher preparation of the past decade, the hotly debated 2006
study by the National Center for Policy Analysis, Educating School
Teachers, simply presumed that
teacher recruitment ought to be geared toward
new college graduates who would complete beefed - up versions of familiar training programs before being cleared to enter the same old jobs.