Teachers
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Do Teacher Compensation Systems Work?
Teacher compensation systems rank among current hot-button issues in the world of education. While there’s no doubt as to the reality of a teacher ... -
3 Ways Standardized Testing Hurts the Classroom
Assessment has become a central part of education. While lifelong learning should always be the main focus of a classroom, the pervasive knowledge that ... -
Teachers: Do You Know the 4 Ways You Could Be Liable for Your Students’ Injuries?
As a teacher, you carry the weight of several types of responsibility. You are responsible for your students’ welfare, safety, education, and health. You ... -
Teachers and Your Rights: About Your Private Life…
A teacher’s life outside the school may come under scrutiny. Aspects such as whether or not a teacher is associated with any radical political ... -
Another Failed Charter: Do These Schools have a Future?
In February of 2013, the Einstein Montessori School in Orlando became a casualty of the charter school experiment. State officials closed the school that ... -
School Community Collaboration and Peer Observation as Levers to Student Success
A guest post by Mark D. Benigni, Ed.D., Thomas W. Giard III, and David Levenduski Meriden Public Schools, Connecticut We are in an unprecedented ... -
Survival Tip: Integrating Standardized Test Preparation into the Curriculum
In this age of accountability, teachers are responsible for ensuring that their students learn. In order to measure what students know and don’t know, ... -
Ask An Expert: Working with Homeless Students
Question: On yesterday, I received a new student in my classroom. His mother brought him to school on the first day and informed me ... -
Moving ‘quality’ teachers between schools will not help disadvantaged children
Paul Thomas, Furman University The bi-partisan federal legislation in the US popularly known as “No Child Left Behind” was passed during George W Bush’s ... -
Respect for Teaching: Why is Education So Low on the Priority List?
By Matthew Lynch Most patriotic Americans agree education should be the most important issue in the country. After all, a country that lacks knowledge ...
