Sentences with phrase «by the education secretary»

The plans announced by the education secretary will mean a greater focus on links with industry and better careers guidance.

Schools in England will face tougher exam targets, under plans announced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

He will join Simon Walters, the Mail on Sunday political editor, who last weekend reported that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit over comments made by the education secretary Michael Gove on the «chilling effect» of the inquiry on press freedom.

Looking at the funding changes for English schools announced by Education Secretary Justine Greening.

The proposals, which come more than three weeks after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, also include a plan to establish a commission chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that will recommend policy and funding proposals for school violence prevention, including possible age restrictions on some firearms purchases.

Schools are to receive # 14 million for small scale repairs and maintenance under plans announced today by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

Barnum argues that this and other decisions made by Education Secretary Arne Duncan «helped lead to a politically disastrous opt - out movement, a radicalization of teachers» unions, and ultimately a loss of political support for federal education policy.»

The announcement is expected to be made by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan at the BETT Show this week.

A new set of school food standards (along with accompanying guidance for schools and their cooks and caterers) was launched by the Education Secretary Michael Gove today.

The event was given backing by education secretary Nicky Morgan, who said: «This is an important event if we are to build on the great work going on in our schools and colleges to champion the development of character education.

School funding will be delivered via a national funding formula from 2017, the terms of which will be established during a series of consultations launched by the education secretary today.

The meetings were arranged by the American Federation for Children, the advocacy group formerly chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

The strategic school improvement fund was first introduced by the education secretary Justine Greening in November 2016, as part of a package of resources to support the school system and encourage greater collaboration between academies and maintained schools.

Ms Vorderman led a «maths task force» to produce the report, which was commissioned by Education Secretary Michael Gove and Prime Minister David Cameron when they were in opposition in 2009.

However, the Department for Education should also set aside a centrally held budget for free schools - schools set up by parents or other community groups under a policy championed by Education Secretary Michael Gove, Mr James said.

... But the Deputy Prime Minister revealed his call for guidance given to teachers to be updated for the digital age is being block by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Changes to accountability announced by education secretary Damian Hinds mean that poorly performing schools no long face forced academisation on data alone.

Despite an announcement by education secretary Justine Greening to inject # 1.3 billion into schools funding over the next two years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has stated school funding will have fallen nearly 5 per cent in real terms by 2020.

The warnings come in the department's own economic assessment of the Schools White Paper, which was presented to Parliament by Education Secretary Michael Gove last week.

That concern has been echoed by the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan who has asked the Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw to collect evidence for potential prosecutions.

The decision on whether to approve the opening of a free school is determined centrally by the Education Secretary with scant regard for local views, the degree of need for new school places, and precious little transparency over the process.

Yesterday, Schools Week reported on analysis by Education Datalab which showed almost 1,200 schools would be defined as «coasting», as a definition for the term was finally put forward by education secretary Nicky Morgan.

• Staff writer Sean Cavanagh reports on the convention addresses by Education Secretary Rod Paige and first lady Laura Bush.

The plans were previously put on hold by education secretary Justine Greening, as she said there would be no new tests or assessments brought in before the academic year of 2018 and 2019.

The Department for Education (DfE) has opened the application window for employers, Higher Education and Further Education providers to apply for multimillion - pound capital funding, as outlined by the education secretary at last month's Skills Summit.

The programme replaces Labour's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme, which was controversially cancelled by the Education Secretary Michael Gove.

All of this is happening without parental knowledge or consent, and is encouraged by federal privacy rule changes made last year by Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

They were established under a policy pioneered by Education Secretary Michael Gove and since September 2011 more than 170 have been opened across England.

A target to improve Welsh pupils» scores in global education tests remains in place, the first minister has said, despite comments by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

Figuring out how to do this should be done by the Education secretary and the NSF director.

The decision by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to allow the Weald of Kent school to open an annexe, side - steps a 1998 law banning the creation of new grammars.

Her intervention follows the announcement of sweeping reforms to school accountability by the education secretary, Damian Hinds.

Details of the first 16 «free schools» to be set up under the coalition government have been given by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

These have been dismissed by the Education Secretary Michael Gove.

A new draft curriculum, published for consultation by the education secretary, will make financial capability a statutory part of the curriculum for the first time, starting in September 2014.

But over the weekend, I noticed a flurry of tweets referring to some kind of threat made at CPAC by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos regarding the school lunch program.

The MP for Reading West also questioned plans, announced by education secretary Ruth Kelly last month, to give local education authorities (LEAs) a more strategic and less hands - on role.

Today sees the launch of the National Academy for Educational Leadership — a key Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment being delivered by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

He subsequently softened his position, directing a commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to merely «study and make recommendations» on «age restrictions for certain firearm purchases.»

Nevertheless, both subjects will be included in the new content - cutting exercise announced by the education secretary John Patten last week.

The new bursaries were unveiled by education secretary Justine Greening and will see some maths graduates receive up to # 35,000 on top of their salaries in exchange for joining and remaining in the profession.

The funding was announced yesterday by education secretary Justine Greening, and aims to support the government's mission to create more the 600,000 extra school places by 2021.

Compulsory PSHE - the study of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education - was deemed unnecessary by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan as the lessons were «not yet good enough in many schools».

However, the the schools watchdog has declared that inspections will be delayed until the third year of opening, unless there are «concerns» or it is directed to do so by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

The American Federation for Children — the group founded by Education Secretary - nominee Betsy DeVos — put out a guide last summer about where the various state tax credit and voucher programs land on these various issues.

Three new non-executive Ofsted board members have been confirmed by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

A recommendation which would allow teachers in Scotland to search students who may be carrying weapons has been rejected by the education secretary.