Sentences with phrase «education spokeswoman said»

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We need to keep A-levels robust, rigorous and relevant to match the best education systems in the world and to keep pace with universities» demands.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Parents, teachers and young people need to have confidence that the grades they receive are an accurate reflection of a pupil's performance.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the admissions figures show that the «system continues to work».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Collecting this data will help ensure our children receive the best possible education.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We are driving up standards right across the board by bringing the best graduates into teaching, developing a world - class curriculum, and restoring order to our classrooms.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the letter from Lord Agnew «recognises the vital role that chairs of academy trusts play, and will ensure we can continue to work with multi-academy trusts to improve standards for all children, wherever they are growing up».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said local authorities would continue to create thousands more school places in coming years, with 600,000 additional pupil places created in the five years to May 2015.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «The core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from # 41bn in 2017 - 18 to more than # 42bn in 2019 - 20 with increasing pupil numbers.»

Despite the figures, a Department for Education spokeswoman said teaching remains «hugely popular».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said plenty of people still wanted to teach and «many people relish the chance to change lives on a daily basis».

But a Department for Education spokeswoman said there was no shortage of primary school teachers.

And a Department for Education spokeswoman said all children should have access to an education able to «unlock their talents».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «The government consultation puts forward proposals to allow more grammar school places to be created, making them a realistic choice for more parents, but only on the basis that strict conditions are met to ensure this also contributes to the improvement of other parts of the school system.»

However a Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We have made it clear that if the academies affected need support with recruitment expenses such as travel costs, we will consider all requests.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We know unnecessary workload is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the government expected to deliver 600,000 more places by 2021.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the aim of the changes was «to put an end to the resit culture, allow more time for teaching and learning and ensure pupils develop an in - depth and lasting understanding of a subject.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the government recognised teachers» workload could be «unnecessarily high» with «needless bureaucracy» stopping them spending time teaching.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «It's a shame the NUT has chosen to threaten more unnecessary strike action rather than working constructively with the government to address teachers» concerns.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Schools will continue to receive pupil premium funding on the same basis as now.»

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «It's disappointing that the NUT would rather play politics with our children's future than work constructively with us to deliver our vision for educational excellence everywhere.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said that grammar schools have a «track record of closing the attainment gap to almost zero between children on free school meals and their better off classmates».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said the Priority School Building Programme was «transforming run - down buildings to state - of - the - art facilities, targeting funding at those school buildings in the worst condition.»

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «The campaign's calculations are thoroughly misleading, and ignore the fact that under our national funding formula, funding is based on the needs and characteristics of each individual school.

And a Department for Education spokeswoman said the heads» calculations were «thoroughly misleading».

A Department for Education spokeswoman said it had worked with the profession to «raise the status of teaching», adding that that a record number of highly - qualified graduates and «experienced career changers» were now teaching.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Schools will be held to account either for ensuring all children make sufficient progress from reception to the end of primary school, or for ensuring at least 85 % achieve the expected level in reading, writing and maths.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «Despite rising pupil numbers, 95 per cent of parents received an offer at one of their three preferred schools last year.

Commenting on the findings, a Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We welcome this report which shows the stark choice we face in education today - either we prepare today's young people to compete with the best in the world, or we don't.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said:» Tests are a key part of ensuring young people master the skills they need to reach their potential and succeed in life.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «All councils must ensure children are educated in a placement which meets their needs and we have been clear that schools have a duty to follow our strict rules when excluding pupils.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «There are over 1,000 more graduates training to teach secondary subjects in the 2015 - 2016 academic year compared to last, including record levels of trainees holding a first - class degree.

Not exact matches

«It's encouraging to see not just the numbers, but that there's real synergy in the solutions across tech companies, from education initiatives to unconscious bias training,» says Meghan Casserly, a spokeswoman for Google.

«Laddering still makes sense,» said Patricia Seaman, a spokeswoman for the National Endowment for Financial Education.

In the Sunday Times, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Education Service said: «We can not open any free schools if the 50 % admission cap remains.

«Each of Julie's five children attended public school and she believes in following best practice no matter what the setting to ensure every child has access to the best education available,» said spokeswoman Mollie Fullington.

The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.

A spokeswoman for the State Education Department said it would monitor the situation in Buffalo.

The problem on Wednesday originated with test vendor Questar Assessment Inc., which eventually fixed the issue, Education Department spokeswoman Emily DeSantis said.

De Blasio spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick said a property tax and assessment cap «would result in severe cuts to vital services such as public safety and education.»

On Thursday afternoon, shortly after the rally, a spokeswoman for the Education Department said that the department would not meet the Friday deadline, but that it would «continue to assess space requests within a timeline that makes sense for all impacted students and families.»

Department of Education spokeswoman Devora Kaye said «All employees» work environments must be safe and supportive, and we have zero tolerance for any discrimination.»

«The same issue that affected other states caused the system in New York to experience sporadic technical issues at a small number of schools on Tuesday morning,» Emily DeSantis, spokeswoman for the state Education Department, said in a statement.

REBNY spokeswoman Nicole Chin - Lyn said the trade group has consistently advocated on matters of importance to the city's well - being, including its education system.

However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said the new science GCSE would «maintain a clear focus on academic rigour» while engaging young people so more of them continued the subject after GCSE.

However, Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Sarah Teather said «More of the same with some new buzzwords thrown in is not going to bring about the change we need.

«The job of chief inspector is not one of de facto cheerleader for whatever is government policy of the day,» said education spokeswoman Sarah Teather.

Late in the day, Governor Cuomo's spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa issued a statement, saying, in part: «The DREAM Act is supported by the Assembly and the Education Tax Credit is supported by the Senate.

In an email, a spokeswoman for Cuomo said, «The Governor is committed to enacting an aggressive reform agenda to fix New York's broken education system that spends more per pupil that any other state in the nation while condemning over 250,000 students to failing schools over the last decade.»

Department spokeswoman Emily DeSantis said the new guidance was «still a work in progress» but that Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia had met with an advisory council that includes some of the larger independent and religious school stakeholders.