Additional research finds the quantity of training attended by non-degreed teaching staff is correlated with an increase in classroom environment quality scores (Burchinal et al. 2002; Rous et al. 2008).
My own research focuses on the intersection between media and education, as use of iPads, iPods and similar devices increases in classrooms.
We have also shown that mean NO2 and formaldehyde levels were substantially increased in classrooms during the operation of unflued (compared with flued) gas heaters.
Chicago Public Schools, the state's largest system, now faces a budget crisis of unprecedented severity that has triggered layoffs of teachers and other staff, necessitated increases in classroom sizes, delayed crucial facilities maintenance, and created a sinking, Titanic-like atmosphere inside Clark Streettreet headquarters.
"We see services getting cut, our parks being privatized, classroom sizes increasing in our schools -- my wife's a teacher, her classroom size is up from 22 to 35 students next year -- and we're giving billion dollar corporations a tax break.
Unpaved playgrounds were found to increase mineral contributions in classrooms by 5 6 μg/m3 on average with respect to schools with paved playgrounds.
Donations will go to increasing digital access in classrooms in terms of both devices and infrastructure, as well as to support teacher training.
Concentrated, longitudinal professional development focused on specific instructional practices increases their use in classrooms and active-learning opportunities produce further additive effects (Desimone et al., 2002).
The increasing use of collaboration, in classrooms and in the workplace, is not a short-lived fad; it is solidly based in research, and it works.
As the number in classrooms increases, "the next thing that we really need to focus on is, 'Are they learning?"' said Alice Albright, the head of the Global Partnership for Education, a coalition housed within the World Bank.
