Higher Pay Urged to Fight Dearth of Math and Science Teachers
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Higher starting salaries, more rigorous teacher training programs and additional support for first year teachers are just a few of the incentives needed to deal with a projected shortfall of more than 280,000 math and science teachers across the country by 2015, according to a group of business,...
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Teachers need retraining throughout their careers to prevent them becoming disaffected, head says
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. urged Congress to raise the pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasized improving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House.
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VAT discounts could help Educational science centres are facing a funding crisis, a group of MPs has warned in a new report.â¦
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New York City said it would pay 40,000 teachers an extra $160 million to end a 37-year fight over whether the city failed to pay the correct amount of interest on their pension contributions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday.
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Health care specialists are calling on political parties to listen to the demands from medical professionals for higher wages.
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American public schools are struggling to attract and retain high-quality teachers. Is it time we paid them for performance?
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Nursing representatives consider the possibility of strike action amid political calls for them to be given a pay increase.
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The schools secretary writes to head teachers telling them to improve literacy, maths and classroom discipline.
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Enough already on how many millions chief executives earn. LetÂs shift gears to a group of workers who earn pennies in comparison.
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MPs urged to respect government's pay restraint policy by voting down recommendation for 2.56% rise in salaries in favour of staged award
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A new grade of "super teachers" is needed to fill vacancies in England's most challenging schools, MPs say.
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For nearly six years, the federal government has defined school success mainly by how many students pass state reading and math tests. But a growing number of educators and lawmakers are pushing to give more weight to graduation rates, achievement in science and history and even physical education.
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A deal to reduce teacher workload has not had enough impact  and meant more work for heads  a report says.
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Some administrators are pushing back against an ethos of super-achievement at affluent suburban high schools.
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A group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that aims to improve how U.S. workers and industries compete against the rest of the world by pumping more money into math and science programs.
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School districts in three states and the nation's largest teachers union asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a lawsuit challenging the way government-mandated programs are funded.