Would a district desperate to improve test scores ever decide to simply fire every teacher on staff at one school and start fresh? The implications of a decision like this are huge, yet one Rhode Island school district has decided to do just that.
In Providence, Rhode Island, Central Falls district has made the striking decision [...]
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Firing Entire Staff of Teachers?
2011 Proposed Budget for Teachers
President Obama has proposed quite a change to the 2011 budget for schools.
Of worthy note:
An increase of 4.5 billion dollars of discretionary funds.
An increase of 1.35 billion dollars towards Race to the Top incentives
500 million for the investing in innovation program, a competitive awards program.
900 million for the school turnaround grants designed to help administrators [...]
Making the Most of In-Service Days
Many teachers struggle to enjoy in-service days and school development meetings, considering them to be boring or a waste of time. While some of these meetings may indeed be a waste of teacher’s time, they are important to attend and learn from in order to improve teaching skills and understand new school and district policies.
Applying [...]
The True Calling of a Teacher
The true calling of a teacher is more than teaching a child to read, write and do sums.
