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Young, who also noted that he thought that teacher membership in the commission had been low, added that he would remedy this by reconvening the group this summer and inviting more teachers to participate...
...wealth per se but a forceful, take-no-prisoners personality that has the genetic advantage. To be sure, many Type A's turn out to be wealthy, but we all know plenty of Type A's who live average lives (think of your persnickety high-school math teacher, or that Type A mom down the street who slices the carrots for the lunch box just...
...speech made to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10, Obama declared that “America’s future depends on its teachers.” Reforming teacher layoff procedures will help ensure that, even in a down economy in which hard choices must be made, good teachers stay in the classroom, where they can continue with the invaluable task of educating our youngest citizens...
...other profession would it be considered acceptable to fire employees solely for being new at the job or exploring time off, regardless of their job performance. Indeed, research consistently reaffirms the strong connection between teacher quality and student achievement; schools cannot afford to lose effective teachers because of seniority rules. Moreover, because teacher pay is also related to seniority—and recent hires have the lowest salaries—cutting only the newest hires means that school districts must lay off more teachers in order to balance their budgets, further straining school resources and driving up class sizes...
...Understandably, many teachers and teachers unions are wary of performance-based evaluations because of disagreement over what constitutes a fair way of measuring teacher effectiveness. But making decisions about matters like salaries and layoffs based on a nuanced teacher evaluation system is far fairer than merely looking at the number of years a teacher has logged at one school district...