Sentences with phrase «as education spokesman»

David Willetts discovered this when he was moved from his job as education spokesman for laying out the arguments of the leader's own declared position: that the party needed to move beyond support for grammar schools in order to widen opportunity in secondary education.

Mr Foster, who as education spokesman has worked closely with Labour, acknowledged his decision to pull out was influenced partly by a recognition he could not win.

Not exact matches

A spokesman for the British judiciary told Business Insider that Sikorska's sentence was «not unusual,» considering the model's «mitigating factors,» such as her jobs and ongoing education.

The meeting lasted three hours and touched on matters ranging from terrorism and education to human rights, according to Johnnie Moore, a California pastor and public affairs executive who attended and served as a spokesman for Trump's ad hoc board.

«If you get it directly from the farmer, you can make sure as many nutrients as possible are in the fruit,» said Bill Reinhard, spokesman for the Maryland State Department of Education.

As a spokesman for the Florida Education Association noted, «Were schools designed to do this much socialization and values clarification?

As a matter of fact Crowley mailed a piece of campaign literature all across Queens to curry favor with those deeply concerned about Education in her bid to become your Congresswoman from the 6thDistrict, however upon research and review and confirmation from her office spokesman, she's taking credit for schools that were budgeted and started construction prior to her even being elected to the City Council.

Adonis was also popular with some Opposition politicians, in particular the then - Conservative Education Spokesman Michael Gove, who once declared, «We are on the same page as Andrew Adonis.»

Since starting March 1, «she is overseeing the collaboration and support» of 138 schools that share 24 buildings, said a city Department of Education spokesman, adding that Fariña started the initiative in 2016 and will serve as a «voluntary advisor» after she retires.

In Parliament, Field was made a member of the Opposition frontbench by the then Labour leader Michael Foot as a spokesman on education in 1980, but was dropped a year later.

There are plaudits for his conduct in his role as opposition higher education spokesman, suggesting real policy thought — although this was all too often marred when the presentation did not achieve what was intended.

Most accounts say Thatcher's experience as a junior Pensions minister and Education Secretary was negligible and affected very little - as PM, she preferred to refer to her time spent as an Opposition spokesman than to her time in government.

Alun Cairns AM has stepped down as Tory education spokesman in the Welsh Assembly after describing Italians as «greasy wops».

NLC spokesman Mr Uyot told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme there was no room for dialogue with the government, which has said it will spend the money saved by removing the subsidy on improving the country's erratic electricity supply, as well as on health and education.

«The Governor is pleased to welcome a major national education conference to the North Country as we continue to build on this administration's efforts to increase tourism and economic development opportunities in Upstate New York,» Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said.

«As governor he slashed funding for education, worker training and manufacturing and vetoed legislation that would have prevented outsourcing,» said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt.

The deal also includes $ 86 million in restored funding for higher education, including for SUNY and CUNY community colleges, as well as $ 15 million more for homeless programs — which a spokesman for the mayor said would likely not be enough to fund the Advantage program, which provides subsidies to help the homeless move out of shelters and into homes.

State department of education spokesman Jonathan Burman confirmed Friday that the Board of Regents will meet next week and could adopt the proposed regulations, though he added that some of them, such as professional development and resources, would require additional funding.

However after a meeting for Lib Dem MPs, the party's education spokesman David Laws announced there was still a need for «clarification» on key issues such as education, taxation and voting reform.

But the trickiness of his task in leading a united party forward was exposed as foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell, a strong supporter of the Lib - Lab project, called for an unprecedented extension of co-operation with Labour to new policy areas including health and education.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «The 2016 reading test was developed in the same way as the sample test.

How effective have President Obama and Arne Duncan been as spokesmen for education reform?

Then Labour education spokesman Edward Short was quoted as saying that scrapping milk was «the meanest and most unworthy thing» he had seen in 20 years.

A spokesman for the commissioner, who has spent the last 11 of his 36 years in education as state chief, indicated that Mr. Turlington, 64, would announce his plans in the next few weeks.

«The same independent group Bush once pointed to as proof that he has done an effective job on education has now devastated his claim,» said Dagoberto Vega, a spokesman for Gore.

A spokesman for the Department for Education responded to the NUT survey: «This government is taking the difficult decisions necessary to ensure that the schools budget is protected and will continue to rise as pupil numbers increase.

A spokesman for the Department for Education (DfE) said: «We are taking steps to ensure the system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people, while at the same time safeguarding the rights of parents to determine how and where to educate their children.»

Commenting on the ruling, a spokesman for the Department for Education said: «Far from being inaccurate, the ASA has ruled that is right to say teachers can earn up to # 65,000 - as many outstanding individuals do.»

A Department for Education spokesman said 1.4 million more pupils were being taught in schools rated as «good» or «outstanding» by Ofsted than in 2010.

If approved during the legislative session that begins in January, the new tax could generate as much as $ 100 million for schools annually, said Lindsey Jydstrup, a spokesman for the Nevada State Education Association.

A Department for Education spokesman said it would carefully consider the report's findings but believed the RSC system would be effective, with commissioners supported by locally - based «head teacher boards... as part of a school - led, self - improving system».

Liberal Democrat education spokesman, John Pugh, called on Ms Greening to «put a stop to damaging proposals to scrap Qualified Teacher Status and parent governors, as well as plans to vastly increase numbers of academies».

Malloy's spokesman said, «The governor has long recognized the importance of Early Childhood Education, going back to his time as mayor of Stamford where he launched a universal pre-k program... He agrees that our education system needs major reform, which is why we released a set of core principles to legislators earlier this weeEducation, going back to his time as mayor of Stamford where he launched a universal pre-k program... He agrees that our education system needs major reform, which is why we released a set of core principles to legislators earlier this weeeducation system needs major reform, which is why we released a set of core principles to legislators earlier this week.»

«The governor really recognizes all our public schools as part of the solution toward making sure that every student in the state has access to a great education, and their parents have options of where they can send their student,» spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said.

In a separate announcement, Labour's education spokesman, Stephen Twigg, is set to call for careers advice and information about work, such as visits to workplaces, to be extended to primary schools.

DUP education spokesman Mervyn Storey said his party was not using the issue as a bartering tool to secure other concessions.

But a spokesman for the Department for Education said:» «We are protecting the schools budget, which will rise as pupil numbers increase and have made significant progress towards fairer funding for schools.

Labour's education spokesman Andy Burnham described the pupil premium as a «complete con» - and warned that there will be «huge winners and losers» in the allocation of funding.

A Department for Education spokesman said the pupil premium was providing # 2.5 bn per year to support disadvantaged pupils and that schemes such as Teach First were recruiting good teachers for tough areas.

Education spokesman Darren Millar AM said: «In spite of all the tough talking and promises to do better from the first minister, today's figures place us, yet again, in the bottom half of the global education league table and re-confirm Wales» status as the worst performing school system in the UEducation spokesman Darren Millar AM said: «In spite of all the tough talking and promises to do better from the first minister, today's figures place us, yet again, in the bottom half of the global education league table and re-confirm Wales» status as the worst performing school system in the Ueducation league table and re-confirm Wales» status as the worst performing school system in the UK.»

Currently, the DPI provides additional funding to carry out improvement plans at the state's lowest - performing schools and schools with high gaps in achievement between groups of students, identified by the U.S. Department of Education as such, according to information provided by DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy.

As marketing executive and spokesman for Apple Computer, he was on the cutting edge of the education reform movement.

A spokesman for the Welsh government said: «We recognise that we are currently unable to provide reliable figures on how many children are educated at home and that is one of the reasons why we will be consulting on a database as well as statutory guidance for elective home education.»

The analysis from the charter school association, which used data collected by the Michigan Department of Education, concluded the largest gaps were found in the MEAP reading scores — as high as 9.3 percentage points difference in eighth grade; with 43.6 percent proficient for black urban students in charter schools, compared to 34.3 percent proficient for black urban students in traditional public schools, said Buddy Moorehouse, spokesman for the state's charter school association.

But Plaid Cymru education spokesman Simon Thomas said: «Although I agree with the decision made by the Welsh education minister, Leighton Andrews is correcting the mistake he himself has made as a regulator.»

Education outreach coordinators work as spokesmen for an educational institute in order to obtain funding for special projects, and to educate individuals and groups about the availability of services and facilities.

• Served as the principal spokesman for Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) in Senate Committee hearings on sensitive and controversial driver's education issues.