Writing teachers say students in many countries have learned to write beautiful descriptions about something without ever stating the main idea.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

States that want to take part in the Race to the Top cannot have rules that bar performance-based pay for teachers.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Many parents do not have the money to buy books, so sometimes the teachers pay for them.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

Sixty percent of the teachers at the Mariposa-Nabi primary school in Los Angeles have received layoff notices.

VOA: special.2011.05.05

Teachers commonly report that about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Teachers unions have resisted that idea.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

"And then when you look at how it's taught, you have some teachers who are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten,fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day which really for handwriting is pretty much death."

VOA: special.2009.10.29

"We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents and the best schools in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Despite some recent boycotts of classes by teachers seeking pay raises, many children have attended school this year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Nelson-Williams says the government does not have the funds to support community schools or train community teachers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Teachers in the village have been mobilizing children in the fight against the desert's onslaught.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

One group of elementary school math teachers gathered recently in Baker,Louisiana to learn more about Singapore Math, a curriculum they have recently begun to teach.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"A federal bailout is not the answer." "Spending another $10 billion we do not have will not improve public education or protect the very best teachers."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"We also have graduate students who participate in the training with the teachers.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Distribution began late last year and the plan is to have one million books in schools and 3,200 teachers trained to use it by the end of this year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

I meet with my teachers and they are very experience and intelligent people and the reason why I chose political science is because I have always had a passion for politics,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

The insurgents have particularly targeted teachers and civil servants.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

They are warmly welcomed in most places, because they are often retired couples who have money to spend, teachers with an entire summer available for travel, or well-behaved families on vacation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

But with inflation and all of the economic challenges that have taken place in the world, the allowances that were given to teachers for working in the remote areas have now become ridiculously low."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25