Instructional Assistants

Chapter 1 of a New School Year

As the new school year is here and these are some facts and figures to consider. $80 Million – one-time funding WCPSS received last year for teacher assistants; still under negotiation for this school year $3 Million – Driver’s Education funding received last year; still under negotiation for this school year 2,550 – teacher assistants …

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It\’s Complicated

There is one additional issue about which WakeEd has great concern and interest. Teacher Assistants The teacher assistant issue is complex.  There are not many gold-standard research studies devoted to the academic outcomes associated with the presence of a teaching assistant.  Of the two that are most often referenced, one is dated (1980’s) and one …

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