Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 2012, Teachers Pay Teachers revealed that a teacher has made over $1 million in profit from the marketplace. 10 years later in 2022, it announced that there are more than 300 teachers that have gone on to earn at least $1 million in profit from Teachers Pay Teachers. [2] Teachers Pay Teachers was acquired by IXL Learning on March 2, 2023. [3]
American Teacher is a feature-length documentary created and produced by The Teacher Salary Project. Following the format of the book Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers, the film utilizes a large collection of teacher testimonies and contrasts the demands of the teaching profession alongside interviews with education experts and education ...
The National Council on Teacher Quality was founded in 2000 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. [1] [2] The council advocates for more rigorous teacher preparation, performance pay or merit-based teacher pay systems, educator equity, and a more diverse teacher workforce.
Teachers understand that politically motivated panaceas such as merit pay and eliminating tenure do nothing to improve teacher quality. Our members are open to alternatives, but we will always oppose quick fixes designed to weaken the voice of teachers and effectiveness of education employees in all jobs.
The National Parent Teacher Association was founded on 17 February 1897, [19] in Washington, D.C., as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst at a meeting of over 2,000 parents, teachers, workers, and legislators. [20]
Teacher quality assessment commonly includes reviews of qualifications, tests of teacher knowledge, observations of practice, and measurements of student learning gains. [1] [2] Assessments of teacher quality are currently used for policymaking, employment and tenure decisions, teacher evaluations, merit pay awards, and as data to inform the professional growth of teachers.
The deadline to apply for the deferred resignation program, which includes pay until Sept. 30, is 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday. Democrats have warned workers not to take the offer, saying it wasn’t properly authorized. The email said there would be fewer civil service protections for employees who remain.
A legally qualified substitute teacher may become a member of TRF upon completion of one year of service (defined as 120 days in one fiscal year or 60 days in each of any two fiscal years). [ 2 ] As of June 30, 2008, TRF had over 150,000 active, inactive, and retired members and beneficiaries and managed approximately $8.6 billion in assets.