Sentences with phrase «third teacher noted»

A third teacher noted the advantage of performance assessment in empowering the learner, «I appreciate the focus on having students take more accountability for their learning by choosing a topic that engages them and seeking out their own sources of information.

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The suit mentions the Common Core curriculum, noting additional federal funds districts have received through Race to the Top have constituted less than one - third of the amount needed for proper implementation, and the state has so far not provided additional funds to cover that cost, or the additional costs of the new teacher performance evaluation requirements.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

A 2009 New York Times article, for instance, noted that «Over the next four years, more than a third of the nation's 3.2 million teachers could retire, depriving classrooms of experienced instructors and straining taxpayer - financed retirement systems.»

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It is also instructive to note that teachers working in private schools quit teaching at a much higher rate than their counterparts in public schools, and almost two - thirds of these leavers rank an increase in salary to be very or extremely important in any possible decision to return to teaching.

A third grade teacher noted that one student is doing well on writing assignments, but is a poor speller.

When it comes to improving the quality of education, the report notes four million more teachers are still needed to get all children into school and trained teachers are in short supply in one third of countries.

Goldhaber (2015) summarized this research and noted that in upper elementary grades (under NCLB, required tests begin in third grade), having a lower - performing teacher (one at the 30th percentile of teachers) is roughly equivalent to a student learning half as much in the school year compared to having a higher performing teacher (one at the 70th percentile of teachers).

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Springfield Public Schools in Missouri, the author notes, had a serious teacher attrition problem: 70 percent of new teachers who started teaching there had left by the end of their third year.

The report noted that black students are disproportionately dealt the harshest exclusionary penalties — expulsions and out - of - school suspensions.1 In 2014, the California state legislature passed a state law (AB420) prohibiting public schools from expelling any student or suspending students in third grade or earlier grades for the offense of «willful defiance» — a catchall category of offenses (including disruption) ranging from shouting obscenities at a teacher to forgetting to bring a pencil to class.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

When Denver teacher Kyle Schwartz gave each of her third graders a sticky note and the prompt, «I wish my teacher knew,» she was floored by the heartfelt responses from children who described their painful home lives, the loneliness they face, the things that bring them joy and pride, and their hopes for the future.

GETTING PERSONAL When Denver teacher Kyle Schwartz gave each of her third graders a sticky note and the prompt, «I wish my teacher knew,» she was floored by the heartfelt responses from children who described their painful home lives, the loneliness they face, the things that bring them joy and pride, and their hopes for the future.