Sentences with phrase «about academy sponsors»
Mr Hill also raised concerns about academy sponsors having to manage conflicting pressures between RSCs and the Education Funding Agency (EFA).
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ Not exact matches
Focusing on the three decade long revolutionary period of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and sponsored by the British Academy, this project, has gathered original sources to create a university - level online curriculum through which to teach or learn about the Palestinian revolution through the eyes of the participants.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL The state - sponsored Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an accredited, online virtual school has a rigorous system of teacher support and evaluation that emphasizes not only academic content but also student engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking.
«UCL was the first university in the country to have taken the step of becoming the sole sponsor of an academy because we believe that in sharing facilities, expertise and providing support to teachers and pupils, the partnership can bring about a fundamental improvement in the educational experience of pupils in the school and beyond.»
«Sponsoring an academy helps UCL to understand more about secondary education and ensures we continue to adapt and develop our approaches to teaching and learning to meet the needs of all of our students,» said a UCL spokesperson.
Or, it could be that all the sponsored inadequate academies are included — in which case I am still concerned about the lack of effect.
Schools complained about limited communication from the RSCs, and are often told they will transfer to new academy sponsors but then hear nothing more.
The Department for Education currently «grade» academy sponsors but have refused to release information about the grade levels, or how they are decided, even to leaders of academy trusts.
As a NET sponsored academy, the school would therefore have the opportunity to learn from others about how they have improved attendance, for example though high quality mentoring.
In a half - hearted attempt to provide a degree of balance, the article quotes the ISC's claims about how the academies sponsored by private schools were in a bad position when they were taken over.
«I'm suspicious about this because I think it has come from pressure from the academy sponsors themselves.
Where we have concerns about an academy trust's ability to improve performance, we will intervene to find a strong sponsor for the school.
«Confusion about the roles and responsibilities of the Department, the Education Funding Agency, local authorities and academy sponsors has allowed some schools to fall through gaps in the system, meaning failure can go unnoticed.»
«With a shortage of academy sponsors and struggling schools currently in the dark about their future the simplest remedy is to give councils the power to turn these schools around where this is the best option locally.»
«I've always been passionate about the academies movement, passionate about high quality education, and had been involved in sponsoring other schools and seeing that transformation from special measures to becoming a good school.
Lesinski said he was inspired to run about a year ago, after completing a «leadership academy» training sponsored by Americans for Prosperity Foundation.
The government also said that 29 sponsored academies were transferred to new sponsors following concerns about the pace of improvement.
These findings raise questions about the strategy of turning coasting schools into academies under the leadership of school sponsors.
Fears about the availability of good sponsors for increasing numbers of academies has led to speculation that the government may look to the 16 to 19 institutions — 90 per cent of which are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted — to lead multi-academy trusts.
For example, at every PCMH meeting I have attended — including the annual Conference on Practice Improvement sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians — I was pleasantly surprised to find that everyone knew about the medical assisting profession, and many knew about CMAs (AAMA).