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2. Teacher - Wikipedia

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   A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching . Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. when showing a colleague how to perform a specific task). In some countries, teaching young people of school age ...

3. Educational inequality - Wikipedia

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   Educational inequality. Educational inequality is the unequal distribution of academic resources, including but not limited to school funding, qualified and experienced teachers, books, and technologies, to socially excluded communities. These communities tend to be historically disadvantaged and oppressed.

4. Paraprofessional educator - Wikipedia

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   Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional educator, alternatively known as a paraeducator, para, instructional assistant, educational assistant, teacher's aide or classroom assistant, is a teaching -related position within a school generally responsible for specialized or concentrated assistance for students in elementary and secondary ...

5. Teacher retention - Wikipedia

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   Teacher retention. Teacher retention is a field of education research that focuses on how factors such as school characteristics and teacher demographics affect whether teachers stay in their schools, move to different schools, or leave the profession before retirement. The field developed in response to a perceived shortage in the education ...

6. Standards-based education reform in the United States

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   The SBE ( standards-based education) reform [2] movement calls for clear, measurable standards for all school students. Rather than norm-referenced rankings, [3] a standards-based system measures each student against the concrete standard. Curriculum, assessments, and professional development are aligned to the standards.

7. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The total spending to educate students with disabilities, including regular education and special education, represents 21.4% of the $360.6 billion total spending on elementary and secondary education in the United States. The additional expenditure to educate the average student with a disability is estimated to be $5,918 per student.