Sentences with phrase «academy leaders saying»

The polling of 1,246 teachers and school leaders across England by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that although 42 % of the sample of 143 academy leaders said academy autonomy had a positive effect in the classroom, 30 % believed their autonomy had «no effect» and 18 % said it had a negative effect.

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And if the academy acknowledged that religious intolerance is systemic and involves abuse of power, then its leaders would also have to acknowledge their tenuous position in relationship to the First Amendment, which says that the government will not use its power to «establish religion.»

Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, recently said that Pope Francis wants to convene a summit of faith leaders to discuss ecological issues after the encyclical comes out.

«The mission of the academy is to instill the warrior spirit in young people who could be leaders in combat, and nothing frames that mission better than the brigade boxing tournament,» says Tom Virgets, who trained professional fighters Iran Barkley, Tommy Morrison and Razor Ruddock and now directs the academy's physical education department.

Loeb will remain the chairman of Success Academy's board of directors despite the incendiary racial remark he made about Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a spokeswoman for Success said.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb will remain the chairman of Success Academy's board of directors despite an incendiary racial remark he made about state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a spokeswoman for Success said.

Staff at Eva Moskowitz's Harlem Success Academy were told to prepare for the GOP House leader's arrival Tuesday, the source said.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

Charter - school foes have pounced on Success Academy Chairman Dan Loeb's racially insensitive criticism of Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins as a pretext to drain their resources, the school group's CEO said in a statement.

The controversial charter school leader, whose Success Academy schools spread to about two dozen locations across the city under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, has been rejected from a plan to share space with three additional public schools this fall, officials said.

Harlem's Choir Academy, once a beacon for the arts in education, is now on Mayor Bloomberg's list of 24 schools marked for closure after being driven into the ground by school administrators and the Department of Education, says the school's longtime UFT chapter leader.

Across town at Norman Thomas HS, Chapter Leader Matthew Schley said his school lost a small learning community called the Success Academy for students who had zero to five credits.

Leaders of the effort to start a Truxton Academy Charter School say they will withdraw their application to the state Board of Regents.

In an e-mail sent to District 3 parents Wednesday morning, Gotbaum said P.S. 145 leaders informed him that Success Charter Network wasn't planning to open its Upper West Success Academy there anymore.

Michelle Arellano, the chapter leader at Manhattan's PS 138, a District 75 school that is co-located with a Harlem Success Academy charter school, said it's clear to her that charter schools are not accepting the same high - needs students enrolled in her school and that her school does not have the resources it needs.

At the four high schools on the Brandeis campus on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the sports teams now practice in the hallway because the Success Academy elementary charter school in the building gets sole use of the gym after school, says Jeff Picca, the chapter leader at the Global Learning Collaborative HS.

Hope Scott, the parent association leader at P.S. 123, in Harlem, said she could not forget a summer day in 2008, when she saw desks and teachers» property thrown in the hallway as a Success Academy school was «moving in.»

«This forest is special because it stands protected in a region of the world facing rapid deforestation,» says Dr. Meg Lowman, the Academy's Lindsay Chair of Botany and expedition leader.

It's not clear what more CAS could do to appease the country's top leaders and the broader scientific community, the researcher says, but the academies will probably have a reform plan ready for a joint CAS and CAE meeting in June.

«Since the Blavatnik Awards were established, so many of our Laureates and Finalists have continued to make groundbreaking discoveries and become leaders in their respective fields,» said Len Blavatnik, Founder and Chairman of Access Industries, head of the Blavatnik Family Foundation, and an Academy Board Governor.

The opposition leader said that the proposals were a «poor attempt» by the conservative government to «duck their record» on education, which he said had «seen classes grow to the largest in Europe, teachers flocking to leave the profession as pay and conditions stagnate and a raft of corruption scandals at unaccountable Tory academies that have failed to deliver the promised improvements in standards».

The local government leaders said that there is «no evidence» that academies converting will improve results and suggested that the move was against the wishes of many parents and teachers.

Helen Walker, Health / Humanities Curriculum leader from the Manchester Health Academy, said: «We make sure that our students are equipped for the future by emphasising the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

The report said: «The reality is that the increased freedoms are not nearly as substantial as is often suggested, but many school leaders feel a general sense of liberation with academy status: it provides a sense of «grown up» responsibility and agency, and «permission'to innovate.»

Patrick Hayes, director at BESA, said: «Bett Academies promises to be the most significant gathering of education leaders we have ever seen in the UK.

Today's Ofsted report says that the Academy's leaders «have successfully prepared the school community to change from a middle school to a secondary school», adding that they «have worked closely within the Trust to prepare teachers appropriately for Key Stage 4 teaching» (for students taking GCSEs).

The conference earlier heard from education secretary Nicky Morgan, who said she would go ahead with her reform plans because she believed academies «make it easier to spread the reach of the best leaders over several schools».

candidates will spend their third year, he said, HGSE could itself benefit from a «tremendous virtuous circle between the academy and practice» that will inform faculty members» own knowledge and their ability to teach future education leaders.

While Partnership leaders are hosting education reform leaders and visiting Success Academy, Achievement First and Uncommon Schools charters for inspiration, they say there's plenty they don't want to take from the charter sector.

Thirty per cent of academy senior leaders who took part in a poll on the additional autonomy that comes from academy status said it had «no effect» at all in the classroom, while 18 per cent said it had a negative impact.

«If Arizona wants to maintain its standing as a leader in the charter school sector it must address the issues brought to light by Creemos Academy's closing,» said Dave Wells, Research Director of the centrist think tank the Grand Canyon Institute (GCI).

But just 42 per cent of the academy leaders surveyed said the additional autonomy has a positive effect in their classrooms.

A further 10 per cent said they didn't know what effect the autonomy of academy schools had in the classroom, according to a poll of 143 academy leaders carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

Mr Herrington said that such efforts may involve pairing struggling schools with others, but would also involve working with academy sponsors to find out if there were additional ways in which they could be supported, including through things such as the DfE's new Talented Leaders programme which encourages high - performing headteachers to consider working in lower - performing parts of the country.

Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts School Leader Dr. Donna Marie Cozine said: «Our school budget is spread thin, forcing us to spend our already scarce dollars on the cost of a building and its repairs.

Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, said: «As the government knows, free schools and academies do not raise standards in any more effective way than maintained schools.»

Brian Lightman, leader of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «If there is cause for concern over the performance of a school then intervention powers should apply regardless of whether it is a maintained school or an academy.

The story then goes on to say that at Success Academy Fort Greene, school leaders created a list called «Got to Go» that had names of students on it.

«The Greensboro Islamic Academy is suffering from a scarcity of funds,» said Eesaa Wood, a leader at the school's parent organization, the Islamic Center of Greensboro, in a YouTube video posted online last January.

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has some suggestions for improvement Ask most academy trust leaders...

«When I look back at why I think Excel Academy was so successful out of the gate, it was because we got a lot of help from leaders who are all education reform powerhouses in their own right,» says Rebecca.

Malcolm Trobe, the interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said salary levels were set by factors including the value - for - money the chief executives provided, and could be offset by the saving an academy chain could bring, such as group discounts for contracts.

The NUT conference heard calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers» pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said the compulsory academy plan is «worse than misguided - it is downright harmful.

The watchdog said academy leaders had not set sufficiently high expectations of students» behaviour, attendance or achievement.

«Kelly personifies the consummate educational pioneer and leader, and she instills in all her students a true love for learning,» said Penny Harrison, CEO of the San Jacinto Valley Academy.

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A trust that is winding up also has no incentive to keep to agreed expenditure, and the quality of information it provides about HR, commercial contracts and financial balances «can not be assumed to be 100 per cent accurate», one academy trust leader said.

«The ASCD Summer Academies are the perfect opportunity for teachers and leaders to strengthen their practice and add proven strategies to their respective toolboxes,» said Judy Seltz, ASCD executive director.

Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Time and again reports are released which show that academy status has no direct link with good outcomes for young people.