Sentences with phrase «after shadow education»
It comes after shadow education secretary Lucy Powell raised concerns about government and Ucas data showing that 49,120 teachers left the state - funded sector in the year to November 2014, while 48,900 applied for teacher training in the same period.
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After Andy Burnham spent a year swinging wildly at Michael Gove but with only occasional contact, Stephen Twigg's arrival as shadow education secretary brought a much more conciliatory approach, at least to the government.
But after rolling mass resignations from the shadow cabinet, which have continued into Tuesday with Pat Glass resigning as shadow education secretary just two days after being appointed, Milband said it was time for Labour to unite around an alternative candidate.
Brabin, who won Cox's Batley and Spen seat in a 2016 byelection after the MP was murdered by a far - right attacker, has been made a shadow education minister.
Pat Glass also returns as shadow transport minister, despite quitting as shadow education secretary in June just 24 hours after getting the job.
«Two days after the government's failed relaunch, its childcare plans have descended into shambles,» shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg commented.
The much deferred announcement is due at the end of the month, but some senior vice chancellors last month infuriated the Labour front bench by issuing an open letter opposing the tuition fee cut only days after meeting the shadow higher education minister, Liam Byrne.
They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.
He won the seat at the 2001 general election and, after a short stint as shadow secretary for education, was party leader within four years, beating David Davis, Liam Fox and Kenneth Clarke to the top job.
Labour's shadow education secretary will today deliver a speech on «character» after coming under savage attack for crossing a picket line to deliver a lecture on Marx.
Mr Corbyn suffered the indignity of further shadow cabinet resignations, with shadow education secretary Pat Glass quitting just two days after being appointed to the post saying the situation was «untenable».
Pat Glass has resigned as shadow education secretary, just two days after being appointed to the role.
Labour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said: «His position became increasingly untenable after he made those shockingly offensive comments.
Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, was first to go on Sunday night, after claiming that Jeremy Corbyn's leadership was «untenable».
For the Conservatives, shadow education minister Angela Burns said: «After a series of damning league tables and statistics laying bare failings in the Welsh education system, we need robust qualifications to restore confidence and drive up standards to meet the best in international comparisons.»
Labour's shadow education team has lost more than half of its members after another flurry of resignations linked to the party's leadership crisis.
Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow education secretary, commenting on the investigations, said: «Ministers have a basic responsibility to ensure that children are kept safe, and yet despite warning after warning, they have dragged their feet on this very serious issue, leaving children in unregistered schools where they could be in harm's way.
«DeVos» confirmation battle has a major silver lining: The public in public education has never been more visible or more vocal, and it is not going back in the shadows,» American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said shortly after the vote.
After the blaze, Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, tweeted that she warned the government last year of the dangers of removing an «expectation» to fit sprinklers in all new schools, and that they «should be fitted in housing too».
He noted that after Department staff spent a day shadowing principals across the DC area, one of the participants mentioned how beneficial the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship Program appeared and asked if there could be a similar program for principals to highlight their critical voices in dialogues surrounding education policy.
His comments come after new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell pledged more «local oversight», and represent the party's first official confirmation that this oversight will be led by councils if Labour wins the next general election.
The education select committee published a report about the role of RSCs back in January 2016, suggesting that the responsibilities of RSCs, local authorities and Ofsted be clarified after the commissioners were accused of being a «shadow Ofsted» by a former government adviser.
Similarly, surgeons begin mastering their craft by first obtaining education / training and then they might practice on cadavers in the lab or shadow a mentor in a real lab setting, and then finally after years of practice they are ready to operate on a patient by themselves.
Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.