Sentences with phrase «teacher certification largely»

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The little - known certification fight has been a top legislative priority for Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, whose legion of local charters is largely staffed with uncertified teachers.

Statewide tenure laws remain largely intact, as do laws that require a specific set of education - school courses before a teacher can be certified, despite the paucity of evidence that such courses (or certification) yield benefits in the classroom.

In contrast, the evaluations for certifications at Levels II and III were conducted largely by a three - member team of peers from outside the teacher's district.

Nevertheless, critics of alternative certification programs continue to claim that such programs are quick and largely ineffective fixes for teacher shortages.

Drawing largely upon NCTAF recommendations, the state also launched a comprehensive data collection system to track teacher staffing patterns and needs, and it began to offer $ 20,000 stipends to teachers who earned national board certification and chose to work in low - performing schools.

In order to circumvent their difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, the charter school sector proposed that their schools, which disproportionately operate in urban environments with largely minority student populations, be allowed to provide the barest minimal training, justifying it because they get high test scores, and call it «teacher certification.»