Instead, let's use a variety of mechanisms to assess and constantly improve teacher performance.
As CEO, Duncan's mandate was to raise education standards and performance, improve teacher and principal quality, and increase learning options.
To all 50 states, we said, if you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we'll show you the money.
Race to the Top has helped drive states nationwide to pursue higher standards, improve teacher effectiveness, use data effectively in the classroom, and adopt new strategies to help struggling schools.
We launched Race to the Top -- the most meaningful reform for our public schools in a generation -- to invest in innovative State plans that support and improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
My point is that if we've done everything we can to improve teacher pay and teacher performance and training and development, some people just aren't meant to be teachers, just like some people aren't meant to be carpenters, some people aren't meant to be nurses.
And in any case, education researchers have been unable to produce any consistent evidence that low pupil- teacher ratios actually do improve student performance.
This week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel negotiated a deal with local teacher unions designed to improve school operations for more than 350, 000 children.
The main focus for the five above countries in the last biennium was a series of three or four intensive workshops, working through Ministries of Education and teacher training institutions to improve the competencies of teachers.
Leeds Building Society has recruited a local retired A-level English teacher to give tuition designed to improve the standard of internal reports.
To this end, Ms Kamarck talks enthusiastically of computer-focused teacher training and pilot programmes that may improve applications of existing science.
Margaret Morrisey, the leader of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations, says the new measures improve the tables but they remain far from perfect.
As a teacher and leader, I am dedicated to improve our community and the lives of Hispanic children through my daily work.
The Eagle County evaluations are used to give a teacher not only a score but also specific feedback on areas to improve and ways to build on their strengths.
Despite the pressure on schools to improve their exam results, up to now there have been few confirmed cases of teacher-led cheating.
In this new partnership, UNESCO and ASME will develop projects that improve engineering education standards, including best practices in engineering education, curriculum design, and teacher training.
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