Too often,
teachers in public schools do not have the time to get to know their students or tailor their instruction to students» interests.
Teachers in private secondary schools have more positive opinions about their principal, school administration, fellow teachers, and students than
teachers in public schools do, a study by the U.S. Education Department has found.
Not exact matches
Which is one very sensible reason why the majority of
teachers in the big city systems
do not send their own children to the
public schools.
I will sue any
teacher doing this
in a
public school to my daughter.
Romero also
did his
schooling in the local
public schools, later his parents sent him to study under a
teacher named Anita Iglesias.
By a vote of 9 - 8, the court held that Spain
did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it declined to renew the contract of a
public school teacher who had been offering classes
in Catholicism.
Public School promises an education
in food and beer and to
do so, it must first educate its staff — the
teachers.
I have family and close friends who are
teachers, and
do not discount what they
do to serve our nation's children
in the
public schools.
(If you don't have a kid
in US
public school and don't know why lunches would be disgusting, read the blog http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/
in which a
public school teacher photographed and ate everything the kids were served since the beginning of the year.
«While
public policy and legal approaches are important, what's especially exciting to me is that individual
schools, principals,
teachers and community members are
in many cases taking this problem into their own hands and saying, «What we can
do to solve it?»»
In a Facebook post last year, Loeb said Stewart - Cousins has
done «more damage to people of color than anyone who ever donned a hood» because of her support for
public school teachers union.
Who
in their right mind would even want the job of
school superintendent: parents hate you,
teachers hate you (if you're
doing your job)-- and the pay scale for superintendents is absurdly below what would be paid to a private sector CEO / COO managing the people and contracts and mandates that
public school superintendents manage.
Recently, Ms. Moskowitz and a charter lobbying organization with which she is closely associated, Families for Excellent
Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public s
Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not
doing more to address violence and physical abuse by
teachers in the city's regular
public schoolsschools.
The result won't
do much to allay the fears of New York
teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional
public schools into charter
schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans
in chronically underperforming districts.
Foley
does not think the Common Core curriculum and the accompanying
teacher evaluation program are necessary
in high - performing
schools, and says he would target low - performing
schools instead of all
public schools.
Here's Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, explaining his bill that would essentially
do away with the last
in, first out requirement for firing
public school teachers approved by the Senate Education Committee this morning and could come up for a vote by the full Senate this afternoon.
Bloomberg will likely issue a plea for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million
in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed
in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask for the repeal of «last
in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off
public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to
do if they're allowed to stand.
But now AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes is suggesting that the administration might actually cross that bridge if it supports a bill proposed by Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, that would
do away with the «last
in, first out» rule of
public school teacher layoffs.
«The numbers are undeniable that charter
schools haven't
done well
in serving those students, who have a great need for
school access,» explained Lasher, who is also advocating to eliminate the state income tax for
public school teachers.
The bill would also
do away with a requirement that those abused
in a
public institution like a
school must file a notice of intent to sue within 90 days of the incident occurring — something that
in the past has been vehemently opposed by the
public sector and powerful
teachers union.
Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of
Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the problems public school teachers face because they do not receive paid famil
Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with
In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the problems
public school teachers face because they do not receive paid famil
teachers face because they
do not receive paid family leave.
«I think it was a way for him to con the
public into saying that he really supports our students and parents and
teachers and
school districts, when
in reality, he
did not.»
When kids
in the Bronx have access to great
public schools, with inspiring
teachers and engaging classes, they go on to
do amazing things.
Turns out, a shrinking enrollment among the student body
in Buffalo
Public Schools does not equate to shrinking numbers of
teachers and staff.
If the city and
teachers union
do not reach a deal to overhaul
teacher evaluations by a January deadline set by Gov. Cuomo, the city could lose up to $ 300 million
in state funding for the
public schools.
The UFT launched a second television ad
in early March, featuring a
public school parent telling Mayor Michael Bloomberg that, with a $ 3 billion city budget surplus, he doesn't have to lay off any
teachers.
While his critics blame these tactics for the problems
in the Buffalo
Public Schools — saying he defends the status quo — many
teachers and supporters say he is just skilled at
doing his job — defending members.
The new version would leave the state with the same result as
did its predecessor: Charter
school students would find themselves
in classes taught by
teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular
public school teachers.
The senator, the former Erie County Sheriff, noted he co-sponsored a bill to expand the criminal statute of limitations
in abuse cases sponsored and
in January introduced a bill to close a loophole that
does not require private
school teachers and administrators — unlike their
public school counterparts — to report allegations of abuse.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew said that the DOE was not
doing enough to support new
teachers in response to the DOE's announcement that just 55 percent of eligible New York City
public school teachers received tenure last year.
However, I
do agree that quality of education for
public schools shouldn't vary, but unfortunately
in NYC our
teachers are paid close to nothing (constantly getting laid off because of budget cuts), as well as our NYPD.
Tim, who's a gym
teacher at a
public school, is supposed to
do the family taxes, receipts laid out on the table like dreary stand -
ins for marital responsibility.
I'm a former Special Ed
teacher, and I plan to
do more
in the country's
public schools system.
David Ticchi: «Being a blind
teacher in a
public school... I didn't, to be perfectly frank, see it as any big deal.
During World War I, the superintendent of the Cleveland
public schools suggested firing those
teachers sympathetic to Germany, and anti-war
teachers did lose their jobs
in New York City.
My purpose here is to provide a simple overview of the pivotal roles that
teacher unions actually play
in public education - and to suggest why, if Americans want to improve their
schools, something needs to be
done about the unions and their extraordinary power.
Title: The Harvard Graduate
School of Education: Working at the Nexus of Practice, Policy, and Research» David: «Being a blind teacher in a public school - I didn't, to be perfectly frank, see it as any big
School of Education: Working at the Nexus of Practice, Policy, and Research» David: «Being a blind
teacher in a
public school - I didn't, to be perfectly frank, see it as any big
school - I didn't, to be perfectly frank, see it as any big deal.
These responses raise the question of why parents and
teachers more frequently express support for technology
in schools than
does the
public at large.
What
do Americans think about the quality of the
teachers in their local
public schools?
While the two education options exist
in Lebanon, the government
does not recognize or support non-formal education, and
in fact bans Syrian
teachers from working
in Lebanese
public schools.
In a recently published study in Economics of Education Review, we follow the trajectories of 2.9 million public school students in Florida over a seven - year time period and compare their standardized test scores in years when they had a teacher of the same ethnicity to school years when they did no
In a recently published study
in Economics of Education Review, we follow the trajectories of 2.9 million public school students in Florida over a seven - year time period and compare their standardized test scores in years when they had a teacher of the same ethnicity to school years when they did no
in Economics of Education Review, we follow the trajectories of 2.9 million
public school students
in Florida over a seven - year time period and compare their standardized test scores in years when they had a teacher of the same ethnicity to school years when they did no
in Florida over a seven - year time period and compare their standardized test scores
in years when they had a teacher of the same ethnicity to school years when they did no
in years when they had a
teacher of the same ethnicity to
school years when they
did not.
Public - sector unions were told by their attorneys that their members could sue if they
did not defend the
teachers in court against
school district management seeking to deprive them of their jobs.
New York — On a recent Friday morning, while legislators and other state officials were making financial decisions that would make the difference between retaining and immediately laying off 1,000 of New York City's
public -
school teachers, Frank J. Macchiarola
did what,
in almost any other case, would be described as switching hats a few times.
Retaining Black
Teachers in Public Schools: What Roles
do Interpersonal Bonds and Racial Match Play?
So next year, I will look for all the shiny bright spots
in our
public schools and I will
do what I can to make them visible (including documenting my discoveries on this blog) and I will guide principals and
teachers to
do the same.
For example: (1)
teachers in charter
schools have certification requirements as
do other
public schools; (2) charter
schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter
schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter
schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of
public instruction and the state board of education.»
And while there is no question that secular
teachers in public schools can be wonderfully nurturing and nourishing, I
do believe that for many kids
in pain,
schools in which
teachers can assure them that God loves them and wants them to succeed just might work best.
Over 6 million
public sector workers are not covered by Social Security, including about 1.2 million
public school teachers;
in 15 states,
public sector workers
do not pay into or receive benefits from the system.
EdNext: «
Do you think that
public school teacher salaries
in your state should increase, decrease, or stay about the same?»
It was sometimes encouraging, sometimes troubling, and always fascinating to pause — occasionally as the only TEP person
in the room — and to listen to others talk about who
teachers are and the work that
teachers do, especially
in the context of
public schools.