"This is the key that could unlock the door, or make it very difficult for some teachers to swallow, " said Mr Hart, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers.
"However, the system is not intended to enable good teachers to receive more money - this is just a by-product for some good teachers, " he said.
Bill Thompson said Wednesday he would create a form of merit pay for some New York City teachers if elected mayor, giving the city's best teachers incentives to work in struggling schools.
Also, the online software or curriculum will obviate the need for lesson planning for most teachers, even as some teachers may have to figure out how to extend curriculum and offer other pathways though the learning for different students.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) also called for "some legal process" by which falsely accused teachers could have their names cleared.
Earlier this year, it announced salary increases of 30% for some state workers, such as teachers, doctors and police.
In the Al Marj Middle School, one can observe how everyone (school, parents, community) can take a stand for teachers in the context of some innovative school projects, such as the ones IQRA is carrying out to foster reading, as a basic competence for improving learning.
Mr Buarque is planning to expand some successful distance-learning schemes for teachers that have been set up in various parts of Brazil.
In some countries they account for 90 % of primary school teachers (1).
Now, school therapists must rearrange their schedules to accommodate late arrivals, and teachers must forgo some group lessons planned for the mornings.
We must avoid the tendency that has become popular in some political circles to blame teachers and unions for the failings of our schools.
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Luckily, it seems that the momentum for education for all is finally beginning to build, fueled by lower-cost computers, greater levels of connectivity, and a willingness from some teachers to make their classes available online for free.
Mr Coles said that Paddington Academy in London and William Hulme Grammar School in Manchester, also run by United Learning, would share leadership of the initiative to provide initial teacher training for 50 students from September this year and some 200 trainee teachers the following year.
Some heads said they put the money towards paying for extra teachers, support staff and extra tuition for individuals or small groups.
Under his current plan, high school classrooms would swell to 35 students from the current 25, teachers' allowances for supplies would be reduced and some 4, 000 teaching jobs could be eliminated.
And it can't be impossible to move out bad teachers, because that brings -- that makes everybody depressed in a school, if there are some folks -- and it makes it harder for the teachers who are inheriting these kids the next year for doing their job.
Then the adoring community that loves to see their schools win, including some teachers, sends the subtle but consistent message that for these youngsters, the normal rules do not apply.
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For students with special needs, the cuts would eliminate some 7, 200 teachers and aides.
The 2011-12 test scores will be a factor in some Glen Cove teachers' job-performance evaluations this year for the first time.
In addition, Hillview pupils interviewed some of the 60 head teachers who were visiting the school for a conference on the new secondary school curriculum.
Teacher Aja Kweliona, her commentary really talks about the need for, perhaps, racial sensitivity training, or some kind of intervention, when teachers or administrators don't seem to respect students of color.
They fear in some cases, temporary teachers will be dropped in order to make way for trainees.
Some, like Charles Lane, are criticizing teachers on moral grounds for trying to take money from taxpayers and allegedly not caring about the children.
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With unions on the defensive in state legislatures on pension and medical benefits, evaluation systems and collective bargaining itself some teachers may be concerned that unions aren't fighting hard enough for their interests.
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To the extent we can help schools, investing in specific fields and actually paying teachers for stepping into leadership roles instead of trying to force it as some sort of moral obligation would make a significant impact.
But some say the shooting illustrates the need for more armed guards -- and possibly armed teachers -- in schools.
So for next year we'll have some changing to the assessment and we'll give teachers choice about how they handle the assessment, but after that we'll...
During the meeting Friday, some committee members said they wanted to study two additional sites out of respect for teachers who said they couldn't return to Sandy Hook.
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