A yearlong national study released today by a group of 18 master teachers
-- including an award-winning Cleveland teacher -- concludes that it's
time for meaningful performance incentives for teachers.
In the first year of a pilot program on single-sex classes, teachers are
figuring out how boys and girls learn.
A bipartisan House bill aims to provide $199 million to develop
performance-based pay for teachers and principals who boost student
achievement levels and close achievement gaps. The legislation would
establish in law the Teacher Incentive Fund, which was created in fiscal
2006 with $99 million in funding but was cut to almost nothing in 2007.
In a wide-ranging survey being released Tuesday, nearly one in four
teachers in urban schools paint a sobering picture of students there. They
say most children "would not be successful at a community college or
university."
For most Delaware teachers, the only option for career advancement is
to become an administrator. Mount Pleasant High School social studies
teacher Dave Bradley, a 31-year classroom veteran, said teachers need a
way to take on more responsibility while remaining instructors.
Elementary school teachers yearn to teach children. High school teachers
yearn to teach a subject. Middle school, then, is a netherworld, and
teachers can be the key.
Tough on Teachers. This is the third article in a series that looks at
changing theories of how middle school should be taught.
Moving Grades 6 to 8. This is the second article in a series that looks at
changing theories of how middle school should be taught.
Adolescent Experiments. This is the first article in a series that looks at
changing theories of how middle school should be taught.
The National Math and Science Initiative, Inc. (NMSI) is an innovative non-profit organization created to facilitate the national scale-up of programs that have a demonstrated impact on math and science education in the United States. Initial funding for NMSI comes from ExxonMobil, which will be providing $125 million.
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A yearlong national study released today by a group of 18 master teachers -- including an award-winning Cleveland teacher -- concludes that it's time for meaningful performance incentives for teachers.
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