Sentences with phrase «teachers by student»

There was no new thinking, just more money to push states to engage in harmful policies, like evaluating teachers by student test scores.

While he has called for an overhaul of No Child Left Behind's narrowly - focused exams, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's policy prescriptions have stressed judging teachers by student test scores, in addition to classroom observations and other such measures.

Carol is the co-author and Harry is an active supporter of the New York Principals letter of concern regarding the evaluation of teachers by student scores.

Measuring teachers by student test scores has been a costly failure.

Your last letter acknowledged our mutual concern about the evaluation of teachers by student test data.

Many teachers today, including NEA members, have been angry at the Obama administration for education reform policies that they say have harmed public education, including its support for the expansion of charter schools and the controversial evaluation of teachers by student test scores.

She also writes about the negative climate that New York's teachers and students now experience due to rating teachers by student test scores.

She is one of the co-authors of a principals» letter against evaluating teachers by student test scores, which has been signed by more than 1,500 New York principals.

TheWashington Post's Jay Mathews pointed out, in 2012, that the new assessments would «delay, if not stop altogether, the national move toward rating teachers by student score improvements» and that radical change would force systems «to wait years to work out the kinks in the tests» before they could resume those efforts.

Education policymakers — including big city mayors such as Chicago's Rahm Emanuel (D)-- see rating teachers by student test scores as reasonable and know voters and big foundations feel the same way.

The Upanishads often present their teachings through the enquiry of an enlightened teacher by a student in a way that is descriptive and easily digested.

Obama's emphasis on evaluating individual teachers by students» test scores has set off a frenzied effort by states to rewrite their laws in hopes of snaring some of the federal billions.

It emphasizes high - stakes testing, judging teachers by their students» test scores, closing low - performing schools instead of helping them improve, and promoting a huge increase in private management of public schools.

I was asked about current trends in U.S. education, and Finnish educators were astonished by the idea that our governments intend to evaluate teachers by their students» test scores; that made no sense to them.

* Just take a look at Bruce Baker's analysis of the absurdity of judging teachers by their students» test scores.

President Obama's policies have concentrated on trying to make schools more «efficient» through means like judging teachers by their students» test scores or encouraging competition by promoting the creation of charter schools.

Don't judge teachers by their students» scores.

Following the LAUSD meeting, the California state Board of Education voted on September 16th to create an online database to track teachers by students test scores.

By taking this help good quality assignments could be submitted to the tuition teachers by students and thus money could be saved which they demand for slow learners.

«Dr. Foradori is consistently one of the highest rated teachers by students and peers,» said Dr. Edward Morrison, head of the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology.

The analysis of these three recordings indicates that we need to develop a new conceptual framework in order to understand the cyberbullying of teachers by students.

Cyberbullying of teachers by students on YouTube: challenging the image of teacher authority in the digital age.Research Papers in Education, 31 (3), 255 - 273.

Title: Cyberbullying of teachers by students on YouTube: challenging the image of teacher authority in the digital age

We conclude that teachers, head teachers, students, parents and welfare professionals need to work together to consider how best to deal with the cyberbullying of teachers by students, within the context of developing a positive school community ethos, the adoption of an anti-cyberbullying policy for the whole school, and addressing cyberbullying through the personal and social education curriculum.

Not exact matches

The larger effort will now support 200 middle school STEM programs by 2020 and aim to reach 5 million students with free technology resources, teacher training, STEM curricula, and connectivity.

Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home.

New students complete the core curriculum in a comprehensive course led by teachers from different specialties.

«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home,» Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post announcing his company's purchase of Oculus.

In the week since the harrowing Parkside, Florida massacre, which resulted in 17 student and teacher deaths by an AR - 15, Amulet, along with other startups in the counter-active shooter market are seeing their businesses boom.

Students, parents and teachers who visit www.khanacademy.org/sat will find quizzes based on the math and reading sections of the new SAT scheduled to make its debut in March, as well as full - length practice tests written by the College Board.

She compared those snap judgments about teacher effectiveness with evaluations made after a full semester of classes, by students of the same teachers.

Students are surrounded by other like - minded people tackling similar issues, along with knowledgeable teachers and helpful mentors to provide guidance.

I argued that the opposite is true: Teachers who respond to a student's question by admitting ignorance evince strength.

But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related cuts.

Another national walkout, organized by a different group of students, is planned for April 20, the 19th anniversary of the 1999 attack at Colorado's Columbine High School that killed 12 students and a teacher and left two dozen more injured.

Meanwhile, to improve education, he said public school students should take online courses through the Khan Academy, the digital education start - up, instead being taught by the mediocre teachers they currently have.

Teachers and students at Peking University said they were inspired by a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

If the teacher wasn't in close proximity, what would stop the teacher's bullets from hitting other students who might be in the way and obscured by gunsmoke?

You can verify your college student or teacher affiliation by clicking the verification button in the shopping cart on Lenovo.com.

The company's SaaS platform is used by school districts, schools, teachers, and students throughout the country.

A student and a teacher all his life, he lived by solid family values, which he extended to his employees, his friends, and to the community he served.

Andrew Pollack, father of slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Meadow Jade Pollack, joined by his sons, speaks during a listening session with President Donald Trump, high school students, teachers and others in the State Dining Room of the White House on Feb. 21, 2018.

By the end of the four days, the educators know intimately about the monetary policy process, and they can teach other teachers and their students much more accurately.

«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just by putting on goggles in your home,» he wrote.

We're helping with education through the rebuilding of schools and by using technology to support teachers and students.

If you're bound by the foolishness of anti-gun politicians in prohibiting trained teachers and staff from defending students, then a bucket of rocks is actually a reasonably good idea.

The bill would protect the privacy of students who decide to participate in a student - organized Gay - Straight Alliance and prevent those students to be outed to their parents by teachers or school administrators.

Recent school safety proposals introduced after Parkland — like potentially arming some teachers and staff — also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to arm teachers or increase school security.

One of the ways in which industry and academia gap can be closed is by giving teacher breaks to work in industry and come back with the knowledge to share with the students.This way, the students will get both the academic and industry knowledge from the teachers.

Our goal is to bring teachers back by the end of this week, and then hopefully have the students come back on Monday the 26th.