Poor quality teachers may prevent children from reaching reading potential, study finds
When it comes to early reading, a bad teacher can prevent children from reaching their full potential.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010
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News tagged with teacher quality
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell University), ...
Social Sciences
May 27, 2009
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Performance pay is a good lesson for education, expert finds
Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new education reform, calling for a merit-pay system for teachers in hopes of improving student performance. As the nation's public schools spend $187 billion in salaries, based ...
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2009
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Pollution-tracking citizen science project offers New York students a breath of fresh air
Climate change is one of the biggest issues of the 21st century, a crisis that affects the fate of the entire world as well as our place in it. A warming Earth will destroy ecosystems, flood cities, and lead to countless ...
Education
Jan 4, 2024
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How well you do at school depends on how much your teachers know: Insights from 14 French-speaking countries in Africa
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made remarkable progress towards reaching universal school enrollment in the past 25 years. Across the region, 8 in 10 children of primary school age are now enrolled in school, and in ...
Education
Sep 23, 2023
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Racial biases seen when white teachers hear low-quality stories
If first graders Jamaal and Connor each verbally shared a story, would the teacher fairly assess the narratives?
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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Eight out of ten teachers think education news is negative and demoralising
For many teachers, news coverage of education seems to be unrelentingly negative. They say this is particularly noticeable in reporting of results of standardized tests such as NAPLAN and the OECD's Programme for International ...
Education
Aug 20, 2021
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Yes, quality teaching improves student outcomes. But that means all teachers need support – not just those in training
In his speech to The Age Schools Summit in Melbourne last week, federal Education Minister Alan Tudge talked about his recently launched review of initial teacher education. He said quality teaching was the most important ...
Education
May 4, 2021
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Teachers having to work harder than any other professionals, says study
Teachers are working harder than ever before and more than any other occupation, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Oxford Review of Education authored by researchers from UCL .
Education
Jan 20, 2021
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Don't blame the teacher: Student results are (mostly) out of their hands
Teachers have very little to do with why some kids are better at school than others, our research shows. This contradicts the popular view that teachers matter most (after genes) when it comes to academic achievement.
Education
Oct 24, 2019
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