News tagged with teacher quality
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
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May 27, 2009 |
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A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...
Performance pay is a good lesson for education, expert finds
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new education reform, calling for a merit-pay system for teachers in hopes of improving student performance. As the nation's public schools spend $187 billion in salaries, based ...
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Alternative teacher certification programs do not meet expectations
Mar 25, 2009 |
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What began in the 1980s as a possible way to relieve teacher shortages and improve instructional quality in areas such as mathematics and science, alternative teacher certification programs (ATCP) have become a widespread ...
Pre-K students benefit when teachers are supportive
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May 15, 2008 |
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States are investing considerable amounts of money in pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds. A new study finds that the quality of interactions between teachers and children plays a key role in accounting for gains in ...
In battle against teacher turnover, MSU mentoring program proves effective
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Beginning teachers in urban school districts quit at an alarming rate - often from lack of support - and Michigan State University education experts are targeting the problem with an innovative mentoring program.
Teacher-student relationships key to learning health and sex education
Aug 04, 2008 |
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When it comes to learning life-changing behaviors in high school health classes, the identity of the person teaching may be even more important than the curriculum, a new study suggests.
Positive school environments can help reduce student smoking
Jun 20, 2008 |
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A survey of high-school children in Scotland has shown that pupils who experience positive and inclusive social environments in schools are less likely to take up smoking. New research published in the open access journal ...
Can virtual teachers plug the educational divide?
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bringing more technology into the classroom might strike fear into the hearts of traditional educationalists, but one academic believes it may just hold the key to solving a worldwide problem.
Piling on the homework -- Does it work for everyone?
Aug 18, 2008 |
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While U.S students continue to lag behind many countries academically, national statistics show that teachers have responded by assigning more homework. But according to a joint study by researchers at Binghamton University ...
10 years on, high-school social skills predict better earnings than test scores
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Ten years after graduation, high-school students who had been rated as conscientious and cooperative by their teachers were earning more than classmates who had similar test scores but fewer social skills, said a new University ...
Chalk and talk
Jul 17, 2008 |
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The traditional view of a teacher scribbling on a chalkboard while talking at students has changed in recent years, not only with the advent of net-connected classroom displays and other gadgets but in the sense that educational ...
Structure more effective in high school science classes, study reveals
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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Self-led, self-structured inquiry may be the best method to train scientists at the college level and beyond, but it's not the ideal way for all high school students to prepare for college science.
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