Sentences with phrase «education secretary»

He was a relatively unheard - of shadow education secretary, and was not remotely expected to win.

The former education secretary's new book will be informed by her visits to schools up and down the country.

Previously he has served as education secretary and justice secretary.

He wants to redirect federal funds toward school vouchers — and his choice of education secretary shows he's serious.

The new education secretary also faces big decisions over higher education, including the future of tuition fees and university funding.

The then education secretary was not aware of these meetings at the time.

The shadow education secretary wants to reverse the cancellation of plans to extend free meals to a further 500,000 pupils.

He became education secretary after the 2010 general election.

He also called for no delay in implementing a national funding formula for schools, announced by the previous education secretary.

Their best work for kids, in my view, happened when they were NOT education secretary.

The nation's next education secretary is a man driven by what might have been had he not found refuge in public schools.

He said that the current education secretary would have to examine whether there was any evidence to justify such an expansion in selection.

The shadow education secretary claims the government is missing its teacher recruitment targets.

Unlike nearly every past education secretary, she's never worked professionally in federal or state government, for a school district, or at a university.

Education secretary promises to make teaching more attractive - but faces challenges over funding.

Labour is behind parents who want to set up schools and would «keep the good free schools», the new shadow education secretary insists.

The incoming education secretary will face pressures over school funding and decisions about university tuition fees.

The prime minister has already removed the most ideological education secretary from office.

We know all about the former education secretary's love of free schools.

As education secretary, he will now be responsible for the government's response to his predecessor's consultation on lifting this cap.

This is unfortunate considering that the Congressional action could affect American education more than the new education secretary, at least in the near term.

He has a disabled child and was responsible for setting up the commission when he was shadow education secretary back in 2005.

Labour is «on the side» of parents who want to set up schools and would not shut most existing free schools, the new shadow education secretary insists.

«I think the Common Core is a really important opportunity, and I think it's a good thing,» Snyder said Monday in Detroit, where he was joined by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Last week, however, schools minister Nick Gibb said education secretary Nicky Morgan had decided not to publish the draft standards.

White House officials were reportedly alarmed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos» struggle to answer basic questions about the nation's schools and failure to defend the administration's newly proposed school safety measures during a tour of television interviews Sunday and yesterday.

Shadow education secretary Michael Gove said: «Every year the government boasts about the improvements it has made to education but every external audit tells us we're falling further behind.»

Peter Cunningham, the former communications guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the organization, which is backed with initial grants totaling $ 12 million from the Broad Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Walton Family Foundation and an anonymous donor.

- The # 7.7 million curriculum fund announced by former education secretary Justine Greening in January will be used to help schools share to high - quality teaching resources.

Shadow education secretary Michael Gove said that while Nick Clegg could play the part of «the sparky and feisty outsider», he claimed that the more his party's policies came under scrutiny, the more they would appear outside the political mainstream.

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

Shadow Education Secretary said: «Labour supports teachers, parents and pupils who are demanding exams are marked fairly.

Will Donald Trump's nominee for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put public education on the chopping block?

Today will be uncomfortable and difficult for Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

Former Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt will also call for a referendum on whether England should have its own parliament similar to the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We agree with shadow education secretary Lucy Powell's call for a» pause» and we intend to work with all possible allies including, importantly, parents and governors to defeat these plans.

Education Justine Greening made a statement on the consultation in the House of Common's and faced criticism from Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner, who said that the proposals promoted «segregation, segregation, segregation» and quoted former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's comments that it would be «delusional» to think that expanding grammars is a «good idea».

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

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy is working hard to secure federal approval for a waiver from some of the key provisions of No Child Left Behind, taking a whirlwind trip to Washington, DC to meet with Education Secretary Arne Duncan earlier this week.

Campaigners penned a letter calling on Education Secretary Justine Greening to scrap the plans over fears that it would potentially be used «for immigration enforcement purposes».

«The prospect of a U.S. education secretary who grasps the importance of providing low - income students and their parents with the right to access better options is long overdue,» Merriweather wrote in the Hill newspaper in December.

It shows why he should have listened to business leaders, headteachers and experts in the first place and not come up with a plan on the back of an envelope,» said shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg.

President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that guns might have a place in schools due to the threat from grizzly bears.

The nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary in the Trump administration is moving toward official confirmation.

U.S. Education Secretary announced the finalists Tuesday morning.

The conference earlier heard from education secretary Nicky Morgan, who said she would go ahead with her reform plans because she believed academies «make it easier to spread the reach of the best leaders over several schools».

Mr Gove, debating education policy alongside the former US education secretary Arne Duncan refused to be drawn on whether he agreed with the push for more grammar schools in England.