Sentences with phrase «teacher salary supported»

It was about losing a brother and being abandoned by her father, and being brought up by a single mother whose teacher salary supported her and her five brothers.

Not exact matches

A faithful married Catholic teacher will immediately be put to the test, since Catholic school salaries are insufficient for the support of children.

We got along on her new teacher salary of about $ 30,000 / year and just only on that, we had two kids and supported the whole household for 3 years into the marriage.

We will also be able to continue increasing faculty salary and retirement benefits to support and nurture our highly skilled and talented teachers.

Teachers with more dependents received higher salaries than those without, and neither degrees nor length of service played into the financial support received.

But the poll also found overwhelming support for many of Bloomberg's latest initiatives, including his proposals to make it easier to fire bad apples while offering a $ 20,000 bump in salary for the best teachers and a $ 25,000 bonus to help educators pay off student loans.

According to the mayor, the state budget reduced education spending next year by $ 1.2 billion, while the city also lost $ 850 million in federal stimulus money that's used to support teachers» salaries.

«We also welcome the fact that the Review Body has not only recognised the serious financial pressures on teachers, by supporting a salary advance scheme for housing rental deposits, but has also stated that given current recruitment and retention trends «a significant uplift to the pay framework is likely to be required.»

(One school still pays for that teacher's salary but the AP for All program provides other support, DOE officials explained.)

Do you support amending or repealing the Triborough Amendment to to give school districts more leverage with teachers unions in negotiating salaries and health care and pension benefits?

President Barack Obama has expressed support for the policy of basing teachers» salaries, in part, on their students» academic progress on tests?

Fifty - seven percent of Americans support basing teacher salaries in part «on how much their students learn.»

But when they were given the real numbers, only 42.9 percent of respondents supported raising per - pupil spending, and only 36.7 percent supported an increase in teacher salaries.

But acknowledging any such obvious fact would sweep the support from under the fixed salary ladders that are the basis for teacher contracts in most districts.

When not informed of the actual numbers, 62.5 percent of respondents supported raising per - pupil spending, and 63.7 percent supported raising teacher salaries.

Almost the same pattern holds for teacher salaries, except the drop in support among the less - educated is very steep, falling from 54 % to 28 %.

Respondents who support increased school spending underestimated teacher salaries in their state by almost $ 15,000, while those who wanted to see school spending remain the same offered estimates that were $ 14,230 below the truth.

Those who support decreased spending offered modestly higher figures, underestimating teacher salaries by only $ 11,896, on average.

A school's resources — everything from teacher salaries to curriculum to non-academic support programs — affect the quality of education it's able to deliver, but schools have no power to tax residents, and things like teacher salaries and teacher placement policies are determined at the district level.

• 57 % of the public supports basing teacher salaries in part «on how much their students learn,» while just 31 % opposes performance pay.

Democrats express strong support for increasing teacher salaries, at 70 % among the uninformed and 45 % among the informed, as compared to 50 % and 27 %, respectively, among Republicans.

But 56 percent of independents thought teacher unions had «done more harm than good,» 54 percent supported school vouchers, and only 34 percent favored raising teacher salaries, once they had been informed about average salary levels in their state.

National survey finds declining support for increased school spending and teacher salaries; thinks schools do not do as well at attending to the needs of the less - talented as those of the more - talented.

• However, when Americans are given information about current teacher salaries, support for higher salaries for teachers falls from 58 % to 34 %, an extraordinary decline of 24 percentage points.

When informed about actual average teacher salaries in their state, respondents» support for higher salaries dropped by 16 percentage points (from 56 to 40 percent).

In contrast, a majority supported offering a larger salary increase to «teachers who work in challenging schools.»

However, one major recommendation, calling for the federal government to spend about $ 800 million a year to support salary increases for teachers who meet specified higher standards, was dropped from the final report.

Support for teacher tenure slides, but the percentage of the public thinking teachers deserve a salary increase reaches its highest level since 2008.

It identifies differences in support for teacher salary increases, depending on whether respondents know current salary levels in their state.

Merit Pay: When asked for an opinion straight out, a slight plurality of Americans sampled — 43 percent — supported the idea of «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» academic progress on state tests.»

The state calculates the money associated with each teacher and instructional - support unit for every school based on four factors: the costs of teacher salaries, employee benefits, classroom support, and other current expenses.

In a recent Public Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teachers.

5) More than the public, teachers support higher salaries, embrace teacher tenure, oppose merit pay, and back the unions that represent many of them.

Twenty - four states offer fee support to candidates seeking National Board Certification, 24 provide salary supplements to National Board Certified Teachers, 16 will waive state certification exams for National Board Certified Teachers who move to their state, and 19 offer continuing education credits for teachers who complete the National Board Certification Teachers, 16 will waive state certification exams for National Board Certified Teachers who move to their state, and 19 offer continuing education credits for teachers who complete the National Board Certification Teachers who move to their state, and 19 offer continuing education credits for teachers who complete the National Board Certification teachers who complete the National Board Certification process.

We also find that the crisis was certainly not due to excessive spending relative to that of surrounding districts (see sidebar titled Philadelphia Support for Education for details on city support, charter school enrollments, district spending, and teacher salSupport for Education for details on city support, charter school enrollments, district spending, and teacher salsupport, charter school enrollments, district spending, and teacher salaries).

After the U.S. recession took hold in 2008, support for increases in teachers» salaries among both uninformed and informed groups of respondents declined sharply.

Districts will receive funds, roughly $ 300 per pupil annually, which can be used to raise the minimum teacher salary, improve entry into the profession for new teachers, fund leadership roles, hire additional teachers, and provide training and support to teachers in leadership roles.

Both unions have supported legislation to encourage teachers to become certified, and in many localities unions have bargained salary incentives for board certification.

Asked their opinion on «basing part of the salaries of teachers on how much their students learn,» 60 % of the public express support for the idea in 2016.

The foundation's Teacher Advancement Program, which provides training opportunities to help teachers climb a career ladder toward higher salaries based on their performance, is now in place in 85 schools and is poised for a major expansion, with states and the federal government offering financial support.

Among those who were told current teacher salaries in their state, support did not begin to increase again until 2014 and has never recovered to its 2008 levels, remaining just 41 % in 2016.

Asked their opinion on «basing part of the salaries of teachers on how much their students learn,» 60 % express support (Figure 7a).

The goal of Title I is to help schools upgrade curriculum, extend learning time, provide professional development for teachers, support teacher salaries, and purchase computers.

I'll recruit an army of new teachers, pay them higher salaries and give them more support.

Support for higher teacher salaries among the affluent is slightly higher (59 percent).

When the survey asked whether teacher salaries should be increased, 59 percent of respondents favor the idea in 2010 (see Figure 1b), well below the 69 percent support observed in 2008.

When given the facts about teacher salaries, African American support for higher salaries drops 20 percentage points — from 74 percent to 54 percent.

A new NPR / Ipsos poll finds that just 1 in 4 Americans believe teachers in this country are paid fairly, but other surveys have found that when respondents are told what teachers currently earn, support for raising salaries drops.

Through local collective bargaining agreements, teachers have a say in district salary schedules, the number and type of sick and personal leave, the length and timing of the school day and year, the number of students per classroom, the amount and type of support services offered to students, and the professional development provided for teachers.

Support for higher salaries plummets, however, when Americans are told how much teachers actually make in their states.