- @momactivist Actually, if you look at actual numbers, urban districts and suburban districts differ little in funding levels. In fact, in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist in many cities (Indianapolis, for example), the urban districts spend as much or more than suburban districts. in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist The issue isn't funding. Urban districts often get more state funding (as much as 80 percent) and federal funding (10%) in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist The real problem in spending is how the money is spent. Collective bargaining agreements, state laws governing teacher work in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist antiquated data and operating systems, inefficient school transportation and higher levels of central office staff, makes the in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist difference. In many urban districts, the number of administrators and other staff to teachers is 6:4. In inefficient districts in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist the percentage of funds spent on administration is at least 6 percent more than the norm. in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist And let's not forget that in many urban districts, the city land use policies (including tax abatements given out to developers in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist and others, along with governments owning high levels of property and taking them off tax rolls) means that the districts in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist suffer from bad decisions that they could also influence — and could influence even more if they were under mayoral control. in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist Ultimately, there are low-spending districts, low-spending private schools and low-spending charters that achieve better in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist results than others. That is because they have high expectations of their operations, teaching staffs, parents and the kids. in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist Expectations matter as much as teacher quality, curricula, school leadership and #parentpower You can have all the pieces in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist in place and all the money in the world. But nothing will happen if expectations for the kids and everyone is as low as dirt in reply to momactivist #
- @HappyTeacherLA Actually, based on Ingersoll's research, the issue isn't poor classroom management, it is the environment in which teachers in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA work, that accounts for the high rate. And based on other research, the environment also includes working with laggards in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA who have managed to never get a high quality evaluation or kicked out of the classroom. Based on the 2 percent of newly in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA minted teachers that get tossed out of the profession (and the even lower rate for veterans), the reality is that a teacher in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA with poor classroom management skills and generally low quality of work can stay in teaching for a long time if they can in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA manage to put up with environment and also the kind of pay (and level of it). So the high attrition isn't some natural in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA result of weeding out poor performing teachers based on the VAA research that has been conducted in recent years or in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA even by the surveys done by Ingersoll, TNTP and others. So, essentially, your argument fails empirically. in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA As for bitterness: I've actually not heard a lot of reformers sound bitter about classroom experience. Even those who are in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA in reform and in the classroom. They are indignant at what happens in classrooms, especially to poor and minority kids. in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA They should be. You should be. We all should be. If indignation is in your mind, bitterness, well, there is clearly a in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @HappyTeacherLA conflict of visions here. And only one of those visions wins out in a battle like this. in reply to HappyTeacherLA #
- @momactivist As for pay cuts. Here's the thing: No one argues that teachers should lose money. If anything, merit pay and other alternatives in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist offers the opportunity to make more direct money instead of the current system of indirect compensation that doesn't reward in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist good-to-great teachers for high quality work and doesn't give them opportunities to expand their success. in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist At the same time, I will say that education will face the same issues faced by those of us in the private sector: When there in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist is no more money in the till, either there will be cuts in pay or cuts in benefits (the other form of compensation). I've been in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist through this in my working career and so have most of us who pay taxes. To expect teachers and others in ed to be fully in reply to momactivist #
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- @momactivist What I call for, in particular, is to reward teachers more directly instead of using seniority-based compensation models in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist that come at the expense of younger teachers, come at the expense of students, and come at the expense of improving teacher in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist and school quality. What we do for teachers in the pay arena is insulting to good-to-great teachers, rewards those who don't in reply to momactivist #
- @momactivist deserve to be in the profession, hurts kids and costs too much money for taxpayers to continue bearing. in reply to momactivist #
- RT @R_Colvin: School-stimulus benefit may be short-lived – http://b.globe.com/gHTOkN #hechingerreport #EWA collab #edreform #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Time to Build Parent Power #edreform #ParentPower #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Find New Ways to Reward #Teachers #edreform #edu #TQReform #
- At Dropout Nation: When Personal Responsibility/Poor Values Aren't the Problems #edreform #edgap #ParentPower #
- RT @MBAENews: MBAE MassEdForum blog: #TFA shows power of people to effect change in #education http://is.gd/Wr7yps #TFA20 #edreform #
- Off-edu RT @AndresHenriquez: This revolution was very well televised. Sorry Gill Scott-Heron: #egypt #ThisWeek #
- Why NJ #NEA #039;s version of #edreform isn't so #
- RT @JoanneLeeJacobs: New blog post: What's love of learning got to do with it? #edreform #ParentPower #
- RT @ileducprof @dropoutnation: Dropout Nation: When Personal Responsibility/Poor Values Aren't the Problems #LatinoEdu #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Find New Ways to Reward Teachers #edreform #edu #TQReform #
- RT @DarlaBunting: RT @_iamGOLDEN "People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a (cont) http://tl.gd/8qa7pd #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High expectations #edreform #edgap #BlackEdu #LatinoEdu #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of High expectations #edreform #edgap #TQReform #CommonCore #RonaldFerguson #
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