Sentences with phrase «done by the education secretary»

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

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Gove may be more wounded by an article from former Ofsted chief Sir David Bell warning the education secretary: «Don't believe your own hype.»

«If the Education Secretary genuinely wishes England to do as well as countries such as Finland, to which he frequently refers in the White Paper, he should follow its example by replacing the inspection system with school self evaluation, refrain from the publication of results by school League Tables and the setting of narrow performance targets and allow teachers to choose their own method of teaching reading.

launch, education secretary Justine Greening lauded the «incredibly clever» work done by cartoonists.

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education of School Workforce statistical data on headteachers» salaries, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «Headteachers and other school leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in schools.

Speaking during the BBC's Daily Politics election debate on education, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said that anyone without - or not working toward - QTS by 2020 «doesn't deserve to be in the classroom».

Such education is not accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and does not qualify students to take the NPLEX examination or apply for licensure in any regulated jurisdiction in Northeducation is not accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and does not qualify students to take the NPLEX examination or apply for licensure in any regulated jurisdiction in NorthEducation and does not qualify students to take the NPLEX examination or apply for licensure in any regulated jurisdiction in North America.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT teaching union, believes the new GCSEs do not meet the needs of all learners, and by being narrowly focused will not «provide the basis for a rounded education».

Former education secretary Margaret Spellings says gaining ground may not be easy, but it has been done before: by George W. Bush, her former boss.

«In a place like L.A. or Detroit, where the public schools are dysfunctional,» Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told me, «I don't think that the system can by itself go where it has to go.

In response to a Neil Carmichael, who called on the Education Secretary to make the subjects compulsory, Nicky Morgan said: «The vast majority of schools already make provision for PSHE and while the government agrees that making PSHE statutory would give it equal status with other subjects, the government is concerned that this would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40 per cent of PSHE teaching is less than good.

College and university presidents can play an integral role in improving teacher - preparation programs by investing in them philosophically and asking their faculties to do the same, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley told higher education leaders lEducation Richard W. Riley told higher education leaders leducation leaders last week.

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.

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan did a disservice to Texas school kids and educators by dragging them into the political arena with made - up facts.

«If the solution that gets presented by the mainstream status quo system is to give us more money and we'll be fine, I don't think that's going to be a winning argument,» said Paul Reville, the former state secretary of education.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

When that didn't happen, he and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan essentially rewrote it on their own by releasing a waiver package that allows states that adapt the administration's reforms to opt out of the law's most cumbersome requirements.

The move was heralded by everyone from NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, who proclaimed it «the best way to provide education,» to former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who asserted that... Continue reading Now That He's Got Control, What Will NYC's Mayor Do About «Chaos, Gridlock, and Corruptioeducation,» to former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who asserted that... Continue reading Now That He's Got Control, What Will NYC's Mayor Do About «Chaos, Gridlock, and CorruptioEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, who asserted that... Continue reading Now That He's Got Control, What Will NYC's Mayor Do About «Chaos, Gridlock, and Corruption»?

The elected government does its part by having an education secretary.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distiEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

Who better to do so that PISA Myth - Buster (and Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General for the OECD) Andreas Schleicher, who stopped by the Alliance recently to give a sneak preview of the 2015 PISA.

Tim Nice But Dim - a stereotype invented by comedian Harry Enfield - is still doing well, says the education secretary

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

Speaking at the annual conference of the Baker Dearing Trust — an organisation founded by former education secretary Lord Baker to facilitate the growth of UTCs — Wilshaw said the institutions needed to be doing «significantly better than this».

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She could do worse than consider the proposal put forward by Tristram Hunt in November 2014 when he was shadow education secretary.

(That's an accusation, incidentally, that was used frequently by President Obama's education secretary Arne Duncan, who accused his opponents of wanting to do the same thing, and it may be time for DeVos's speechwriters to come up with a new insult.)

This was compounded by suggestions from others (including that fan of non-experts, former education secretary Michael Gove) that teaching doesn't require training.

It's even a legitimate fear about the U.S. public education system — one that the past 24 hours has done little to quell, particularly since President Trump's Education Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committeeducation system — one that the past 24 hours has done little to quell, particularly since President Trump's Education Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteEducation Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteEducation, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP).

Education Secretary Michael Gove wants children to be taught to read using phonics and before the election had said they should be able to do so by the age of six.

In light of growing opposition by parents, students, teachers, principals, superintendents and school boards to the overuse and abuse of standardized testing (including many voters» rejection of policies favored by the administration) what has Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he will do?

Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said there was «no truth» in the suggestion that unions are «on the wane» in the education sector, and confirmed that the NUT's membership grew in 2016 — but did not say by how much.

Last year at about this time, Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried to channel Dr. Martin Luther King with this statement: «If Dr. King were here today, he would call on a new generation of leaders to build upon his work by doing the most important thing each of you can do: get an education, learn to think, learn to compete, and learn to wiEducation Secretary Arne Duncan tried to channel Dr. Martin Luther King with this statement: «If Dr. King were here today, he would call on a new generation of leaders to build upon his work by doing the most important thing each of you can do: get an education, learn to think, learn to compete, and learn to wieducation, learn to think, learn to compete, and learn to win.»

The news follows an announcement by education secretary Nicky Morgan in January that schools must refresh their admissions» arrangements every four years instead of every seven, as they are currently required to do.

«We're on a path to doing this in 2010, but the exact timing will be determined by Congress and the White House,» Peter Cunningham, assistant education secretary for communications and outreach, said Friday.

Arne Duncan, when he was Secretary of Education, spoke about the achievement of South Korean students, as measured by standardized tests, and advocated that the United States follow the South Korean approach to education so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardizEducation, spoke about the achievement of South Korean students, as measured by standardized tests, and advocated that the United States follow the South Korean approach to education so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardizeducation so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardized tests.

Does U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have the legal authority to move forward with a proposal that allows states to bypass school performance requirements set out by a federal law in exchange for new requirements?

The Republican insistence on transferring educational oversight from the federal government to the states fails to recognize, as stated by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, that «history shows that, without some kind of accountability, states and districts do not always meet the needs of the most vulnerable students.»

When the former Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, made a statement, «The Opt Out Movement is led by white suburban mom's because they don't want to hear their children aren't as smart as they think they are,» many parents across the nation were infuriated.

A few things Damian Hinds could do to improve education governance that would cost him nothing, as suggested by Martin Matthews Every time we get a new secretary...

To have a Secretary of Education who persists in believing that the solution to all of the problems in American education can be solved by expanding school choice and voucher programs doesn't help address these problems in a serEducation who persists in believing that the solution to all of the problems in American education can be solved by expanding school choice and voucher programs doesn't help address these problems in a sereducation can be solved by expanding school choice and voucher programs doesn't help address these problems in a serious way.

Rayner said she was disappointed by the comments, and, borrowing a phrase used by Hinds just yesterday, said the education secretary «seems to need reminding that the mere repetition of a falsehood does not turn it into the truth».

The voucher policies, pushed by President Trump and Education Secretary nominee DeVos, do the opposite.

It is important to note that although current Department of Education statutes and regulations do not mention information literacy, the regulations by the Secretary of NJ Higher Education do.