...Instructor: Course: Date: Teachers’ Tenure System Should Not Be Eliminated The course of considering the no kid left back bill in the year 2001 refocused America’s attention on endeavors towards transforming the Americans public education structure. Researchers as well as lawmakers are presently evaluating a range of strategies, starting from initiating new answerability standards towards encouraging school selection and contest, equally in an attempt to establish whatever modifications can be created to public education to upgrade its quality. The significance of teacher excellence is extensively acknowledged like one of the great important constituents of successful education and therefore policies that enhance teacher operation via the utilization of enticements are gaining impetus. In spite of several findings that enhancement in value is connected with momentous reduction in learners accomplishment. A study has previously pinpointed which teacher features are most problem-solving of value (Aaronson, et al.33). For instance, quantifiable teacher attributes such as race, sexual characteristics, education background, or periods for teaching practice) merely relate to three percent of the teacher’s control on student accomplishment (Goldhaber 20) .The teacher’s skill is never considerably connected with student success subsequent to the preliminary few years within a classroom (Rivkin 12). The findings propose that it is demanding to gauge teacher distinctiveness, for example...
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...for the school are then put in a lottery where the decision is based on luck. In the movie only 2 kids actually make it into the school they have applied for where the other 3 have to go back to their low graduating public schools. In total from the 5 children there were 2,210 applicants to these 5 different schools and only 219 available spaces. This means that together the students had a 10% chance of getting into these better schools. He goes on to talk about how bad teachers are very hard to fire and sometimes impossible to so there is no way of getting the bad teachers out of bad schools. The reason some teachers cannot be fired is because of tenure which allows a teacher to stay at a school and teach whatever she/he likes at whatever pace is not be able to be fired. This is actually a big reason why some schools cannot succeed and become better because as Guggenheim states, the “Bad Lemons” stay in that district. I believe the problem with our educational system are teacher salaries. When the best teachers are looking for a school to teach at they have a choice of going to a private...
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...GS1140_Research Paper 1_Anthony Dowell Teacher Salaries in North Carolina Teacher salaries are swiftly losing ground in North Carolina. There are single teachers who have to live with their parents because they do not make enough to support themselves. The state legislature passed sweeping changes to public education in order to give more control to local school districts. Many of which affected teachers directly. The General Assembly, which is controlled by Republicans, ended teacher tenure, halted a salary increase to those with a master’s degree, and eliminated a cap on class size. No state has seen a more drastic decrease in teacher salary ranking in the past 10 years. Teacher tenure has been replaced by a merit-based system that rewards long-term contracts to the top 25% of teachers and shorter contracts to the rest. Because of this, teacher morale is down. At this point, teachers are questioning whether they want to teach, especially in North Carolina. They are having a hard time taking care of their families. Right now, there are educators who qualify for government assistance. It used to be that teachers with a master’s degree would get an increase in pay, but not anymore. There has been a halt on these increases. This goes back to merit pay; they have to prove themselves. Teachers are no longer limited to a particular class size. Now there is no cap. So a teacher may have to teach an unlimited number of students in a classroom; it no longer matters the size...
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...March 25, 2012 Compulsory Education Should be Eliminated Compulsory education has a long-standing history in the United States. Many people in our society, especially public school teachers, administrators, and education association officials, believe it should remain in place. However, many parents and students would agree that forcing students to attend school, especially poorly run public schools, creates more problems than it is worth. It costs our state and its taxpayers billions of dollars each year, and many critics claim that students graduate unprepared for higher education and employment. For these, and several other reasons, compulsory education laws should be repealed, and compulsory education should be banned. The history of compulsory education dates back to the colonization of North America; in 1642 the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a compulsory literacy law for all children. If parents weren’t providing the “proper” education, colony officials could remove the children and assign them as apprentices to state-appointees (Rothbard, Compulsory Education in the United States section, ¶ 2). After the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts again started the country in the direction of compulsory education by including it in the state constitution. In 1789, compulsory school attendance was law in Massachusetts. The state of Connecticut followed suit in 1805, and in 1842 expanded the law by requiring all children under the age of 15 who had jobs to attend...
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...Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program singabob@gmail.com Fall 2013 The Ethics of Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program C THE ETHICS OF ACADEMIC TENURE by Robert M. Armstrong Most everyone at the University of Illinois agrees engineering professor Louis Wozniak can be a pain at work, even though he is generally well-liked by his students. Since August 2010, he has been on paid suspension from the Springfield campus after publicly embarrassing a student he believed contributed to his denial of a $500 teaching award. Yet, this month, in what is believed to be a first-time action by University of Illinois trustees, Wozniak’s 41-year tenure was revoked and his employment immediately terminated after making a(n untrue) joke online about remembering only the names of students with whom he’s had sex. While clearly showing poor judgment and a lack of sensitivity, Wozniak’s situation calls into question the ethical justification for academic tenure, which is the focus of this paper. I will briefly examine tenure’s unique role in higher education from its start to its present-day limitations and whether its institution is ethical, by both those who covet it and those who provide it. In the end, hopefully the reader will understand the forces at play and whether its continuation is merited at American colleges and universities of the future. Academic tenure was...
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...INQUIRY RESEARCH PAPER- MERIT PAY Action Inquiry Research Paper- School Finance Jennifer Ponton Grand Canyon EDA 535 July 01, 2012 Action Inquiry Research Paper- School Finance Statement of the Problem This past spring thousands of teachers protested at the Louisiana State Capital to prevent Louisiana lawmakers from passing an educational reform bill proposed by Governor Bobby Jindall that would change the face of public education in Louisiana forever. Many superintendents and school personnel were relieved of their professional responsibilities on the days they protested hoping that they could sway the governor and the lawmakers from passing the bill. The bill was passed even without the support of many educational leaders and lawmakers in Louisiana. The laws passed by Louisiana lawmakers read like a conservative education reformer’s wish list. Teacher tenure in Louisiana after three years of employment was eliminated and replaced with teachers receiving a “highly effective rating for five out of six consecutive years of teaching. Back to back “ineffective rating will result in a teacher being fired. Seniority will no longer be a dominant factor in layoff decisions. In fact most decisions involving teacher employment and pay will now be the responsibility of both the principal and the superintendent of school. Before Governor Jindall’s reform plan it was the responsibility of the local school board. The reform proposed by the governor goes well beyond...
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...personalization of topic and style of learning, professional responsibility that recognizes and holds teachers in the highest regard, educational leadership, collaboration and trust | 1:24+ Class/teacher | 1:9 Class/teacher | CHIPS/State medicaid | GDP >3% for childrens services | teacher selection self directed and graduate requisite of bachelors degree | rigorous selection process, masters requirement, esteemed profession | 10-12 standard tests | 1 standardized test at Senior year | Students move to different teachers throughout the day and each year | Teachers stick to same group of students for 5 years | Top down policy for education, buy in difficult due to politics and lack of buy in | Policy driven by all stakeholders, students and teachers included | First New York: Bloomberg did to help turn around the New York School System: Small Schools - New York wanted to promote smaller schools. Smaller schools emphasized academic rigor; strong, sustained relationships between students and faculty; and community partnerships that offer relevant learning opportunities outside the classroom. New York was able to pay for this with a larger grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Given the current funding challenges in Idaho and the conservative nature of the state this may be a tough sell at least in the short-term. Choice - New York school system decided to make all of their schools open to anyone that wanted to go but you have to apply. Each...
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...broken educational system and we must not succumb to the bureaucratic influence. The strength of our nation lies in our ability to rise to the occasion and do what is in the best interest of our country. Our children deserve the best education and we must put our own self interest aside to make sure we achieve that goal. This country is ruled by politics, but the education of our children should bring all parties together in an effort to enact true authentic education reform. While certain changes might not be the most popular to the parents it ultimately comes down to this simple question—will our children be that much more competitive because of the reform we enact today? If the answer to that question is yes we must move forward without looking back. The question then becomes how do we go about embarking on such dramatic change? And how do we overcome the bureaucratic influence? The Broken and Current Educational System Our current system in many ways is upside down teachers are not rewarded sufficiently and those who try to enact positive change within their schools are at times chastised for doing so. The focus is more on test scores and meeting quantitative results instead of focusing in on what motivates children. The school district lacks the leadership to enact the adequate change for the schools and they are filled with those who are simply fulfilling self interest. Their vision is very narrow and it in turn is trickling down to our schools. Teachers who have a reputation...
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...Moving Anywhere Community College into Distance Education Rachelle Harris ED: 7212 Administration and Leadership of Distance Education Programs Moving Anywhere Community College into Distance Education Colleges increasingly have to compete for students, and Anywhere Community College has to compete with institutions that are continuously on the move to make their programs more attractive to students. These learners include a new bread of students, and they students who are looking to move into more lucrative career opportunities (Meyer, 2010). These students come from a wide array of careers, and some want to advance in their current careers while others wish to move into new ones. Consequently, ACC is faced with the decision to implement an online distance education program, and if Anywhere Community College is to remain competitive with other institutions, it must seriously consider this endeavor which will be a tremendous task for a college that has not embraced the use of technology for so long. This endeavor will require a total restructuring of ACC’s educational institution; however, it is one that the college must embrace with lightheartedness and diligence. Recognize and prepare for the fact that implementing an online distance education program will forever change the structure of ACC. Transformative Techniques The changing face of educational delivery is part of the reason ACC is faced with this endeavor, and in order to completely revamp this institution’s...
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...the Toyota Production System by Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowen long been hailed as the source of Toyota's outstanding performance as a manufacturer. The system's distinctive practices -its kanhan cards and quahty circles, for instance - have been widely introduced elsewhere. Indeed, following their own internal efforts to henchmark the world's best manufacturing companies, GM, Ford, and Chrysler have independently created major initiatives to develop Toyota-like production systems. Companies that have tried to adopt the system can be found in fields as diverse as aerospace, consumer products, metals processing, and industrial products. What's curious is that few manufacturers have managed to imitate Toyota successfully-even though the company has been extraordinarily open about its practices. Hundreds of thousands of executives from thousands of businesses have toured Toyota's plants in Japan and the United States. Frustrated by their inability to replicate Toyota's performance, many visitors assume that the secret of Toyota's success must lie in its cultural roots. But that's just not the case. Other Japanese companies, such as Nissan and Honda, have fallen short of Toyota's standards, and Toyota has successfully introduced its production system all around the world, including in North America, where the company is this year building over a million cars, minivans, and light trucks. So why has it been so difficult to decode the Toyota Production System? The answer, we believe...
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...the Toyota Production System by Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowen long been hailed as the source of Toyota's outstanding performance as a manufacturer. The system's distinctive practices -its kanhan cards and quahty circles, for instance - have been widely introduced elsewhere. Indeed, following their own internal efforts to henchmark the world's best manufacturing companies, GM, Ford, and Chrysler have independently created major initiatives to develop Toyota-like production systems. Companies that have tried to adopt the system can be found in fields as diverse as aerospace, consumer products, metals processing, and industrial products. What's curious is that few manufacturers have managed to imitate Toyota successfully-even though the company has been extraordinarily open about its practices. Hundreds of thousands of executives from thousands of businesses have toured Toyota's plants in Japan and the United States. Frustrated by their inability to replicate Toyota's performance, many visitors assume that the secret of Toyota's success must lie in its cultural roots. But that's just not the case. Other Japanese companies, such as Nissan and Honda, have fallen short of Toyota's standards, and Toyota has successfully introduced its production system all around the world, including in North America, where the company is this year building over a million cars, minivans, and light trucks. So why has it been so difficult to decode the Toyota Production System? The answer, we believe...
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...The Most Pivotal Organizational Change of the 20th Century “Jack Welch the Man With the Plan” By: Schavalia A. Holmes HR587, Professor: M. Luckett TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 JACK WELCH BECOMES GE’s CEO 4-5 JACK WELCH ON GLOBALIZATION 5 JACK WELCH, LEADER, HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE REVEALED 5-7 JACK WELCH OUTLOOK ON WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER 7-11 JACK WELCH METHODOLOGY INCORPORATES KELLER’S MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE COURSE TCO’S ……………………………………………………………………………………………………12-13 JACK WELCH BEST CEO (MANAGER) EVER, OR IS HE THE “GRINCH WHO STOLE MASSIVE EMPLOYEES LIVELIHOODS? 14-16 CONCLUSION 16-17 BIBLIOGRAPHY 18 INTRODUCTION How do you take a company through restructuring and enable it to sustain the change and make it one of the largest multinational corporations in the world? Well, John F. Welch Jr. (Jack Welch) succeeded in doing just that. Welch climbed the corporate ladder and became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GE. Jack Welch (Welch) used integration techniques, well developed strategies, and made many acquisitions, while selling off or closing down its less productive companies and divisions. His task was to reinvent GE’s culture and change business operation by converting managers into leaders. He empowered his employees, gave them special rewards, devised training programs and opened the door for employees to acquire stock options. Welch’s mission was to transform the GE organization...
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...Executive summary In this assignment I was able to use relevant leadership theories to critically analyse and evaluate the leadership of Jack Welch. I first provided a brief insight into Jack’s background, outlining what made John F. Welch into the man we know today as Jack Welch. Secondly, shed some light on the financial position and the culture of General Electric (GE) in the early 80’s when Jack assumed the mantle as its Chairman and CEO. Thirdly, I discussed his changing leadership styles over the years. Finally, I give my opinions on how I would have lead differently if I was faced with the same situations. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Welch’s Background 5 3. The situation – GE before Jack Welch 7 4. Jack Welch the leader 7 5. Discussion – How I would lead differently 10 6. Conclusion 11 Reference List 12 1. Introduction Leadership is a complex concept and there are different ways of becoming a leader. Leadership is the process of influencing an organized group toward achieving its goals. (Hughes, Ginnett and Curphy, 2012). Leadership is about influencing and not dominating others, leadership occurs when other people happily accept the goals of as organization as their own (Hogan, 1994). Because the behavioural patterns of employees vary depending on their individual circumstances, it is important that leaders to develop an empathetic approach towards resolving the issues of employees. Leadership theorists associate this ability...
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...The Decline and Fall of Literature November 4, 1999 ANDREW DELBANCO E-mail Print [pic]Share [pic] [pic]In Plato’s Cave[pic] by Alvin Kernan A couple of years ago, in an article explaining how funds for faculty positions are allocated in American universities, the provost of the University of California at Berkeley offered some frank advice to department chairs, whose job partly consists of lobbying for a share of the budget. “On every campus,” she wrote, “there is one department whose name need only be mentioned to make people laugh; you don’t want that department to be yours.”1 The provost, Carol Christ (who retains her faculty position as a literature professor), does not name the offender—but everyone knows that if you want to locate the laughingstock on your local campus these days, your best bet is to stop by the English department. The laughter, moreover, is not confined to campuses. It has become a holiday ritual for The New York Times to run a derisory article in deadpan Times style about the annual convention of the Modern Language Association, where thousands of English professors assemble just before the new year. Lately it has become impossible to say with confidence whether such topics as “Eat Me; Captain Cook and the Ingestion of the Other” or “The Semiotics of Sinatra” are parodies of what goes on there or serious presentations by credentialed scholars.2 At one recent English lecture, the speaker discussed a pornographic “performance artist”...
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...Brief 1. Advance Operations * 90 % behavior and 10% what you know, that’s why the teacher tells us that in businesses, machines are very easy to learn inside out but when the people comes in the picture is when we have a problem. Behavior has a massive content in respect to success. * A sense of leadership combined with strong authority causes people to lift their spirit up and wakes up a sense of fellowship. * In Shackleton’s time there wasn't a lot of knowledge on those technologies being used. That combined with the pressure of the countries competing with each other to discover places around the world. * These competition kind of resembles todays fight in the automobile industry.Efficient use of time , as explained and used in operations is a very important way to find improvement. * Gravity waves: These waves are generated in a fluid medium or at the interface between two media when the force of gravity. An example of such an interface is that between the atmosphere and the ocean, which gives rise to wind waves. * Examples of leadership in Shackleton’s: He Invented the power bar ( found the right logistics for food), as a leader you have to seek informal contact at times which is more important at times that formal contact. * As a leader you can never extinguish HOPE . Is a vital element to lift up the spirit. * Competitiveness in...
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