Making it work, however, requires admitting that job security is a benefit for teachers and that taking it away will — all else equal — make being
a teacher less appealing.
Not exact matches
A New York
appeals court ruled last year that a
less comprehensive form of
teacher evaluations used by New York City's Department of Education — known as Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Informati
teacher evaluations used by New York City's Department of Education — known as
Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Informati
Teacher Data Reports — must be disclosed under the state's Freedom of Information Law.
She believes that her deafness made mathematics an
appealing subject: understanding it relied much
less on hearing than other subjects did, and she benefited from good
teachers who encouraged her natural mathematical curiosity.
But other,
less - heralded attributes helped just as much, including provisions in the state's 1995 legislation that greatly expanded Vallas's power over
teachers and schools; school construction and other
appealing initiatives undertaken in part to soften the accountability focus; and characteristics in Vallas that aren't necessarily the trademark of the latest fashion, the big - city superintendent who rides in from another walk of life.
In Denver, Superintendent Michael Bennet
appealed to
less senior
teachers with a new program of performance - based pay.
The Court of
Appeal acknowledged that the challenged statutes increase the number of ineffective
teachers in California schools and that low - income and minority students in California are disproportionately taught by
less effective
teachers.
Together with stricter eligibility and vesting rules, that is making pensions a
less -
appealing prospect for new
teachers, and by extension, new charter schools.
As the Union - Tribune recently reported, «The idea is to give students a personalized education that
appeals to their interests, fosters strong bonds with
teachers, and presents
less opportunity to slip through the cracks.»
The California Supreme Court will decide this summer whether to take up an
appeal by nine students in the historic Vergara vs. California case challenging our unusually protective
teacher tenure laws, as well as a seniority - based layoff system that often keeps ineffective
teachers in district classrooms while letting more talented but
less senior
teachers go.
Other things equal, the teaching profession in Missouri is now
less appealing for young
teachers than it was before the pension enhancements were enacted.
The new cheaper Surfaces could likewise
appeal to students and
teachers, and to schools that buy
less - expensive devices in bulk.