Sentences with phrase «teachers benefited even»

In fact, students initially scoring low who were assigned to contract teachers benefited even more from tracking than students who initially scored high.

Not exact matches

Fourth grade teacher Kara Davis says that not only were her fears about «a big ol' mess» were not borne out, and in fact the program has had benefits she could not even begin to anticipate.

Plus your younger sib has the benefit of drawing on the wisdom of the older one that may have taken many of the same classes (and maybe even the same teachers) just the year before.

Your teachers can even introduce you to the latest parenting style which can benefit you and your family.

So even though you are doubtless correct that more doctors, nurses, and teachers would provide more benefit, it is difficult for the US to supply that kind of aid.

In fact, yoga teacher Richard Freeman calls it «the Blessing of Stiffness,» meaning that the tighter we are, the easier we can experience a stretch and the quicker we benefit from practice (even if it's basic).

It was outside the scope of the study, but Florida recently lengthened the vesting period from six to eight years, meaning even more teachers are likely to become ex-teachers before qualifying for pension benefits, leaving even more money on the table.

However, the NAO report also found that a greater number of qualified teachers are returning to state - funded schools, and the Department and schools have scope to attract back, even more, teachers who have left and benefit from the investment made in their training.

There are even benefits for the teacher, as online submission points for homework and assignments, including reminders and other useful tools and can be used to also make a teacher's life easier and give them more time to find ways to make their students» time at school the more fulfilling.

And to be sure, you can find examples of unions — of police, firefighters, even teachers — who have agreed to freeze wages or reduce benefits in order to protect the quality of services or keep colleagues from being laid off.

But even so, Illinois» teachers remain without Social Security in addition to insufficient pension benefits.

When we looked at early - career teachers, we found that teachers will not put in even a single extra year to qualify for a pension benefit.

In other words, if a teacher is hired on January 1, 2014, her pension - benefit formula can never go down for the rest of her working career and into retirement, even if, for example, she lives until the year 2074.

There are even a few states, including Texas, that have moved to reduce benefits for newly hired teachers.

Even 15 or 20 years in, pension benefits for teachers are relatively small.

Being an excellent teacher affects hundreds of students, but being an empathetic coach and mentor to other teachers allows your influence to benefit an even larger audience.

When Rhee's study came out, I used her own calculations on benefit accruals to show that about half to two - thirds of California's incoming teachers will fail to break even in their pension system.

This means that even if a New York City teacher stays in teaching until her fifth year but leaves before year 10, she forfeits any rights to a pension benefit.

The policy's greatest benefits could result not from retention itself, but rather from increased efforts on the part of teachers and even students to avoid being retained in the first place.

Even teachers who do qualify for a pension after just five years aren't likely to see much in benefits because benefits are heavily backloaded.

For years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line problem).

The NCTQ authors write, «State law dictates how often teachers must be evaluated, when teachers can earn tenure, the benefits they'll receive, and even the rules for firing a teacher.»

For more on this topic, please see «Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in economically tough times, costs are higher than ever»

Instead of hiring even more teachers or paying them more money, districts are devoting an increasing share of finite resources to employee benefits.

Allegretto and Mishel's ECEC data would then classify Connecticut teachers as receiving lower pension benefits, even though this difference is entirely due to how the two states chose to finance the same benefits over time.

Improved funding could help the situation — policymakers might stop cutting teacher benefits and may even start to reverse the slide.

Given the small size of the effects for each individual student, even a slight bit of selection bias could dramatically alter the estimated benefits of an individual teacher.

The One Laptop Per Child initiative in particular gathered significant publicity and hype for its admirable goals, but people implementing it in many countries appeared not to have thought through the professional development teachers would need or, even more importantly, a redesign of the schooling model itself to leverage the considerable benefits that digital learning can deliver.

Even when we evaluate the stimulus package on its own terms, protecting teachers» jobs and keeping classes small, the costs seem wildly in excess of any benefits obtained.

Anecdotal data also suggest that, even setting aside the enormous benefit of the job security that accompanies tenure, the fringe benefits of public school teachers compare favorably with those in the private sector.

Our «Transforming Learning» research looks even further beyond these benefits to analyse with teachers and pupils how new flipped, challenge ‑ based and blended learning methods compare with more traditional methods.

Most states require teachers to stay 20, 25, or even 30 years before they qualify for adequate retirement benefits.

For a new California teacher, even the limited refund policy would be worth more than her actual lifetime pension benefits for the first 22 years of her career.

Flipped learning will become more of a norm, even with younger pupils as schools recognise the benefits of getting pupils involved in learning that is not always led by teachers, but facilitated by them.»

All Missouri teachers today pay those costs, even though the majority of them won't benefit from the pension increases.

In our recent paper «Friends without Benefits,» we used pension plan assumptions for all 50 states and the District of Columbia to estimate that more than half of all teachers won't qualify for even a minimal pension.

Some districts do negotiate over who pays the contribution — the district or individual teachers — but under statewide pension systems, decisions about benefit structures and contribution levels are all made by state legislators, state comptrollers or treasurers, or even unelected pension boards.

Certain teachers can have even more debt forgiven: in 2004 and 2006, Congress increased the loan - forgiveness benefit to $ 17,500 for teachers in math, science, and special education.

Nearly every state has created less generous plans for new workers, plans that will require new teachers to pay more money up front, remain in their jobs longer before they «vest» into the system and qualify for even a minimum benefit, and work longer before they retire with full benefits.

In this issue, Michael Podgursky and Robert Costrell (see «Teacher Retirement Benefits,» research) show that pension benefits for teachers have risen rapidly even in the past four years, outpacing those provided by the private sector by 40 Benefits,» research) show that pension benefits for teachers have risen rapidly even in the past four years, outpacing those provided by the private sector by 40 benefits for teachers have risen rapidly even in the past four years, outpacing those provided by the private sector by 40 percent.

It is certainly incongruous to suggest, as Darling - Hammond does, that knowing the definitions of these basic terms provides proof that prospective teachers benefit from sitting through 30 credit hours of education coursework or that states should invest their resources in even more formal training.

The authors also investigate whether high - value - added teachers have benefited by being assigned students who would have made greater gains on standardized tests for unobserved reasons (such as family factors that can not be gleaned even from tax returns).

To maximize their pension benefit — an understandable preference — some late - career teachers remain teaching even when they might otherwise prefer to retire.

Even though education and local authority budgets are being squeezed, API members pride themselves on creating stimulating, challenging, engaging and fun places that children enjoy playing and learning in and that teachers and nursery managers see immediate benefits from.

Even though value - added measures accurately gauge teachers» impacts on test scores, it could still be the case that high - VA teachers simply «teach to the test,» either by narrowing the subject matter in the curriculum or by having students learn test - taking strategies that consistently increase test scores but do not benefit students later in their lives.

To the extent that teachers benefit from more generous pay and benefits, less - demanding work conditions, and higher job security, the unions will pursue those goals, even if achieving them comes at the expense of students.

Despite lower plan benefits, new teachers still need to contribute the same percent of employee contributions as more senior teachers, reducing overall net pension benefits even more.

Even if schools embrace the various benefits of foreign - language instruction, finding qualified, experienced, and engaging, bilingual teachers in a crunch is tough.

The benefits of this position are enormous, both for the school (which would receive positive attention through enhanced teacher outreach) and for the writer (who would benefit from professional growth and possibly even accolades).

«Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in economically tough times, costs are higher than ever,» by Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky This study documents the growing gap between high employer pension costs for public school teachers and lower employer pension costs for private sector managers and professionals.