Sentences with phrase «academy plans»

Nicky Morgan's compulsory academy plan raised concerns among some Conservative backbenchers

When the Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation learned of our AoPS Academy plans in their area, they asked to be our pilot program in that effort.

After receiving the $ 7,000 grant, Fulton Leadership Academy plans to use training from Project Lead the Way (PLTW) to introduce a rigorous project - based learning curriculum to middle grades math and science.

The New York State Education Department eventually ruled in favor of the city, though Success Academy plans to appeal the state's decision.

There has been strong opposition to the all - academy plan from local government - and this has prompted claims that the government might compromise by allowing local authorities to create their own academy trusts.

The Starter Plan $ 19, Plus Plan $ 39 and Academy Plan $ 50 per month.

In an interview with BBC Radio 5, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan agreed that critics had raised «important issues» regarding academy plans.

Cash announced last year to fund academy plan is to be taken back after compulsory conversion «ditched»

But Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, accused Morgan of presiding over a «chaotic mess» while doing the «bidding» of chancellor George Osborne, who announced the original academies plan in his budget in March.

Heads are angry that money promised for schools was taken away again when academy plans fell through

Over the next decade, Eagle Academy plans to serve an additional 500 students in grades PreK - 3 through 5th grade.

• Pensar Academy — In an area of northwest Phoenix with no A - or B - rated schools, Pensar Academy plans to be the «agents of change,» providing middle school students with the tools they need to be successful in a 21st Century global society.

Earlier in the hearing, Morgan said she was «surprised» by the «many emails» and private messages she has received in support of the Government's radical academies plan.

Less easy to ignore are the many Conservative councillors and some MPs who are already very queasy about the forced academy plans.

Mountainville Academy plans to closely align our school calendar to Alpine School District's calendar.

Thanks to Casey's leadership, Georgia has 23 college and career academies today with additional academies planned every year.

In Columbia, the SC Science Academy plans to offer middle school grades and plans to add additional higher grade levels each year until offering grades 6 - 12.

The Department for Education has stated that when the compulsory academy plan was ditched after a rebellion by backbench Conservative MPs, the Treasury took back most of this extra funding.

(IBJ photo / Perry Reichanadter) Phalen Leadership Academies plans to create a full - year version of the five - week Summer Advantage program founded in Indianapolis by Boston - based education entrepreneur Earl Martin Phalen.

Success Academy plans to file challenges against all three of its schools that were denied co-locations last week.

The Labour leader cited opposition to the academy plans from teachers and parents.

He also disarmed Cameron by utilising serious Tory figures who have raisied objections to the academy plans:

The academy plans to recruit 16 new women this way; meanwhile, regular elections will also continue, meaning that the plan does not come at the expense of male candidates, says KNAW President José van Dijck.

Asked how the academy planned to continue its drive to get younger and more diverse, Wessler says that «we'll have to keep encouraging people» to take those factors into consideration.

As it develops, the Academy plans to act as a consultant to the government as well as public and private institutions, with the aim of easing dissemination of research and the exchange of information at national and international levels.

The academy plans also face cross party local government opposition, with Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and independent councillors joining together to oppose the plans.

The academy plans to start a residential program next year, but out - of - state parents will have to pay tuition, room, and board.

The news comes after the National Union of Teachers (NUT) voted to ballot for strike action over the academies plan.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), National Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) have joined together to question the academy plans and welcome the Labor Party's move to secure a debate in the House of Commons.

Under the academy plans, 17,000 state - run schools in England will become autonomous academies run by trusts before 2022.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT, said school leaders had «huge concerns» about the academy plans and there were also issues with testing.

The concessions in the academies plan was forced by an uprising from backbench Tory MPs — who were particularly concerned about the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

But the compulsory academy plan was abandoned after a rebellion by backbench Conservative MPs.

There had also been arguments over the academy plans in Prime Minister's Questions, earlier on Wednesday.

During the debate over a strike ballot on the academy plans, there was a distinct absence of tub - thumping and rhetoric that might have been expected.

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

Kevin Courtney of the NUT said the academy plan was a «disaster for education and local democracy».

But the Department for Education has revealed that when the compulsory academy plan was ditched, the Treasury took back most of this extra funding.

Both take time and manpower, something lacking in the department and which wasn't adequately increased to take account of the sudden all - academy plan.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the NUT conference on Friday and called for the academy plans to be abandoned, accusing them of being «asset stripping».

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron sent a message to the teachers» conference saying the compulsory academy plan is «worse than misguided - it is downright harmful.

Ms Blower, the union's general secretary, said that doubts about the academy plan stretched across the political spectrum.

But what do the unimpressed Tory MPs dislike about the academy plans?

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The education secretary was questioned on her academy plans by the cross-party committee of MPs.

Leadership Academy plans to use training from Project Lead the Way (PLTW) to introduce a rigorous project - based learning curriculum to middle grades math and science.

Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have already voted to ballot for strike action after rejecting the government's academies plan.