Sentences with phrase «education secretary insists»

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

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

Not exact matches

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell told The BBC: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlesEducation Secretary Lucy Powell told The BBC: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlesSecretary Lucy Powell told The BBC: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardleseducation secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlessecretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

David Cameron defended his education secretary on television this morning, insisting he was happy with the government's record of getting more highly qualified teachers into schools and taking 250,000 children out of failing schools.

Education secretary Ruth Kelly has welcomed the findings, saying they recognised the part phonics already played in education, and insisting the recommendations would be implemented through the national literacy fEducation secretary Ruth Kelly has welcomed the findings, saying they recognised the part phonics already played in education, and insisting the recommendations would be implemented through the national literacy feducation, and insisting the recommendations would be implemented through the national literacy framework.

For his part, Mr Cameron has always publicly insisted that there is everything to play for, and yesterday the shadow education secretary urged those party members who had not yet voted to send in their ballots.

Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was «a huge change in tone» following a debate on the issue in Parliament on Tuesday evening, in which the plans were repeatedly attacked by Labour MPs.

During last night's debate, education secretary Alan Johnson rejected the ballot proposals as «unnecessarily bureaucratic» and insisted the obligation on schools to consult parents was enough to ensure their views were taken into account.

The Government did acknowledge this initially, insisting that it was a necessary price to pay for achieving the desired goal in primary schools:» Either they want us to ring fence ear - marked money and say «you can only spend it on class size» or they want the freedom to spend it in the school on raising standards», then Education Secretary David Blunkett argued in April 2000.

The new education secretary said the government would «push ahead with a refreshed and revitalised radicalism in our schools policy», insisting that this constant drive was what had kept the political left together.

The Education Secretary has insisted that her Roman Catholic beliefs would not prevent her accepting other government jobs.

Education Secretary Michael Gove insisted that free schools were giving children from «ordinary backgrounds» the type of education «previously reserved for the rich and the luckEducation Secretary Michael Gove insisted that free schools were giving children from «ordinary backgrounds» the type of education «previously reserved for the rich and the luckeducation «previously reserved for the rich and the lucky».

The intervention by Laing was a direct challenge to Michael Gove, the education secretary, who insisted earlier that the prime minister would not change tack.

The former shadow education secretary said he had «no desire to rock the boat» and insisted anyone who interpreted his decision to quit that way is «just plain wrong».

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan insists the multiple - options vision can be carried off fairly.

Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, and her predecessor Nicky Morgan, have both been insisting on the need to prove the impact of EdTech, ensuring that schools do not invest in «technology for technology's sake.»

The secretary of state for education insists that the decision to spend more on education is dependent on the willingness of the profession to «modernize,» but the truth is that billions of pounds have been spent with precious little to show for it.

But it's much to the credit of the current U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, that he has carefully kept his distance, insisting instead on accountability, choice, and teacher policy reforms that the Broader, Bolder group finds dispensable.

At a 1996 education summit of governors and business leaders, Republican Paul O'Neill, then CEO of Alcoa and later treasury secretary under President George W. Bush, said, «Why on earth can't we insist on universal standards at least for nine - year - olds?

Ministers have insisted that more money is going into schools, although earlier this month the Education Secretary Damien Hinds did acknowledge that funding was «tight».

Perhaps she is the one person who can't be ignored by Education Secretary Arne Duncan and others in the Obama administration who are so far insisting on carrying forward with some of the most insidious aspects of NCLB.

Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, previously told Schools Week the «Tories» free school plans are in chaos», but the government has insisted it has a rigorous process that ensures only «high - quality free schools open».

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, insisted the report's findings should be considered «a national scandal».

The law gives the secretary of education broad authority to waive some of its provisions, but some Republicans have insisted that it does not empower him to condition waivers on states» adopting a particular education agenda.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlesEducation Secretary Lucy Powell said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlesSecretary Lucy Powell said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardleseducation secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardlessecretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.