"Behind nearly every protest...are common grievances about resource deprivation, inequity and the...feeling that ordinary Americans no longer control their children's...education destinies. Reporters and pundits...had better get that."
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"A strong start requires much more than just a year of pre-K, especially for children with multiple risk factors," said the report. One of the recommendations was striving for a "new model of primary school that starts earlier."
"Tenure is permanent lifetime employment," said the former journalist. "There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life."
"Don’t use an oversimplified narrowing methodology—like sorting through a pile of résumés by simply skimming for certain criteria—to expedite your hiring process."
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"The data suggest that school staffing problems are rooted in the way schools are organized and the way the teaching occupation is treated and that lasting improvements in the quality and quantity of the teaching workforce will require... 07/21/2014 - 10:10am ago
It takes teachers twice as long to reach peak salaries as it does in other professions, and since teachers are paid the same whether they work in high- or low-income schools, educators who take on urgent challenges often go unrewarded.
"Developing and implementing long-term anti-bullying initiatives that engage top-level community stakeholders...is critical for the health and safety of not only our children, but all our residents," said Sacramento's mayor.
"It isn’t about encouraging girls to try classes that are 'different,'" she said. "It’s about teaching our girls to think that those courses aren’t 'different' to begin with, and instilling that mindset at an early age."