A swell of uprising is growing against the government's plan to turn all schools
into academies with petitions reaching more than 100,000 signatures and demonstrators hitting the streets.
If people really wanted to try to fix Hartford schools they would have left the comprehensive high schools, the ones that had numerous electives and real choice, in tact and not broken
them into academies with many names to choose from but very limited electives, AP / ECE, special education services, and ELL services.
Not exact matches
For example, this year's
Academy Awards corporate sponsors included Rolex, Swarovski, and Walmart — all brands
with deep enough pockets to buy their way
into Hollywood's biggest night.
This Naval
Academy grad has grown the threat analytics firm she founded in 2003 — it does things like predict the location of IEDs —
into a fast - growing government contractor
with revenue of close to $ 40 million.
From starting his business from a small salon in London's Bond Street, Sassoon talks about how he revolutionised the hair industry in the 1960s, how he grew his global hair empire and turned his name
into a multi-million dollar global brand
with salons, a hugely successful product line and
academies around the world.
It goes beyond the core skill work we do on Khan
Academy, tying it
into monthly challenges that are intended to be done in a physical environment, in your math class
with your teacher.
The
Academy is in the midst of a growth spurt offline as well,
with an excess of 1 million registered teachers around the globe incorporating the supplemental teaching tool
into their classrooms.
Dolled up
with fancy new monikers like «evolutionary psychology,» it now saunters boldly
into the
academy....
I'd like to present my findings from this research: first, because they're kind of interesting, and, second, so that I might redeem this semi-sordid situation by helping Ms. Tyler (who may or may not read the website of First Things, but, anyway) fill out her ballot
with the names of the most distinguished and deserving individuals who have not yet made it
into the 4,600 - member American
Academy.
Quite the contrary, academic pride has usually gone hand in hand
with smugness and complacency,
with the belief that the
academy was the guardian of a rich inherited wisdom
into which the young had to be repeatedly initiated and of which their elders had to be continually reminded.
Faculty members are the most crucial element in this assemblage of groups, because they, more than the students, give shape and substance to the entire configuration of groups, because they are relatively more permanently rooted within any given
academy, and because they are charged
with the task of initiating the students
into the discourses and the disciplines, the subjects and the manners of higher learning.
In the
academy, where argument can so easily turn
into a competitive sport, we momentarily bucked that trend
with real conversations about real people.
I hear a «whispering hope» when the erudite Reynolds Price writes openly about his vision of Jesus during his cancer ordeal, or when thousands buy his translation of three of the Gospels; when books of interviews
with writers — like Susan Ketchin's The Christ - Haunted Landscape or Dale Brown's Of Fiction and Faith — seep
into the
academy.
The 24 - year old from Argentina came through the
academy system at Arsenal and may well have thought he might never break through
into the first team after being sent out on loan to no less than four different clubs, the latest being for the whole of last season
with Wolves in the Championship.
Los Blancos often let their money do the talking rather than their youth
academy, but every now and again a player, or a series of them, breakthrough
into the first team and blend in
with the Galacticos.
The 22 - year - old rose through the ranks of the Arsenal youth
academy and began to break
into the first team during the 2011/12 season, but loan spells
with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham were flanked by a second serious cruciate knee ligament injury in 2012.
We are also proven to be an attractive club to those who have come through the Barcelona youth
academy,
with Hector Bellerin and Cesc Fabregas having earned their way
into the Gunners first - team having joined at a young age, while a whole host of players have played for both sides later in their careers.
Since then the young Frenchman has been playing for the
academy in the under 21 league and has established himself as one of the group of young Gunners, along
with the likes of Iwobi and Willock, that are seen as the most likely to be the next to break
into the first team.
With Arsene Wenger banging on for years about the potential of the Gunners academy, he may in fact end up being proven right with a number of the north London side's top academy prospects potentially developing into some world class st
With Arsene Wenger banging on for years about the potential of the Gunners
academy, he may in fact end up being proven right
with a number of the north London side's top academy prospects potentially developing into some world class st
with a number of the north London side's top
academy prospects potentially developing
into some world class stars.
The England Under 21 international rose through the
academy ranks at Old Trafford and came
into the thinking of United fans
with his impressive performance during loan spells in the Championship
with Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers in recent seasons.
Atleast we are now loosing youngstars to rivals, not established players like we used to
with hleb, cesc, v.persie etc Though I think the
academy should be shut down till a coach who knows how to intergrate young players
into the 1st team is found.
With his contract set to expire next summer, it looks as though he'll call time on his playing career in 12 months time, but will immediately step
into his new role as head of the Arsenal
academy.
English spine, Ozil, Sanchez, Ospina,
academy graduates rising, 5 players
with world class speed, and a team gelling
into the Arsenal we want.
Bramall failed to earn a contract
with Crewe, but he will now be given the chance to work
with one of the best
academies in the country, one
with a proven track record of progressing young players
into first - team regulars.
Only Pepe and Alvaro Arbeloa of Carlo Ancelotti's outfield squad are older than Ronaldo, such has been the focus on the construction of a new era of talent,
with Real Madrid looking to invest more
into their
academy programme as well as eyeing up potential youthful talents from elsewhere,
with Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling known to be a target.
The GT
Academy has transformed several virtual racers
into real - world racers,
with plenty of success.
Including the players currently out on loan, 8 of our first team were either brought
into the
academy at a young age or started
with arsenal.
Even after the
academy graduate Francis Coquelin came back from his loan spell at Charlton and surprised us all
with his fine form and combative performances, recording the best stats in the Premier League for a defensive midfielder, lots of Arsenal fans were calling on the manager to go
into the transfer market and spend some big money, which he did this summer to sign Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.
With all the academy players trying to make it into the first team as well as a big squad to start with, sometimes the only way for a player to get some valuable competitive experience is for them to go to another club for a
With all the
academy players trying to make it
into the first team as well as a big squad to start
with, sometimes the only way for a player to get some valuable competitive experience is for them to go to another club for a
with, sometimes the only way for a player to get some valuable competitive experience is for them to go to another club for a bit.
I believe the carry on of some supporters last season and season before are to blame some here were looking for loses just so they can prove a point to me they are not Arsenal at all some have been even worse they embarrassed Arsenal in away grounds what a bunch of red necks I am frustrated at Mr Wenger but I will always respect him he is a legend I would love to see the
academy win their tier We don't seem to pick the right players as most of them do nt make it luckily this issue has been addressed Once again I need to emphasize the importance of being united behind the club and very vocal sometimes it so quite I am surprised that players have not fallen asleep and now
with the new trend of empty seats I start to believe we are going
into a self destruct we need to wake up and shake down the bad dust and stand up to be counted before it becomes to late Wishing Arsenal a Prosperous successful New Year Happy new year folks
But
with Manning now switching over to coach the men, Newton, who had previously overseen the British Cycling men's Olympic
Academy Programme and coached the men's team pursuit to silver at the 2013 Track World Championships, has stepped
into the breach.
Leeds have entered
into a partnership
with the Aspire
Academy in Qatar and have an informal «feeder club» agreement
with Cultural Leonesa in La Liga 2, a club that is owned by Aspire.
Throughout his managerial career so far, from Espanyol to Southampton and now Spurs, he has always been keen to dip
into the
academy ranks to promote players
with the talent, intellect and intensity to play his way.
The centre forward started
with the Coventry
academy team before breaking
into first team in 2010.
Yet
with Guardiola just months
into a three - year deal
with Manchester City, and a raft of talent bubbling up from the club's
academy and its shiny new city - centre campus, we couldn't help ourselves imagining what the Spaniard's first team could look like two years from now.
«Leaving the
academy, making it
into the first - team and scoring goals
with the pros, that's not too bad.»
Nicky Butt could be the best thing that's ever happened to United's
academy, but based on the club's track record of the last few years — as well as the context of the lack of structure and thoughts
into how things are currently set - up behind the scenes at Old Trafford — his appointment looks like another symptom of a distorted value system more concerned
with what looks right in a cosmetic sense rather than what needs to be done.
Huddersfield Town has signed 18 year - olds Jake Barrett and Harry Spratt
with both going straight
into the Club's
Academy sides.
On the visit to the capital,
Academy director Alex Inglethorpe said: «It was fantastic for the lads to have been given a better insight
into what is involved away from the pitch
with Liverpool Football Club.
Speaking on Sky Sports» Soccer AM this weekend, Mason admitted that a return to Tottenham would make sense after having spent 18 years, starting from the youth
academy with the club, he said: «I'm going to see what I fall
into but if I was to go down the coaching route I spent 18 years at Tottenham and that's my club so I'm sure that would be in my DNA if I was a coach.»
Ramsey was there almost every step of the way, rising up
with the players from the
academy and eventually working as the assistant manager under Tim Sherwood as Kane broke
into the first team.
Now
with Andrea Radrizzani in charge of the club, it appears that he would rather build a team from the base and views the
academy not as a revenue source, but as a way to get talent
into the club.
Due to become the youngest boss in the history of the Bundesliga when he steps
into the shoes of current caretaker, Huub Stevens, in six months» time, the 28 - year - old Nagelsmann certainly has a good reputation on the German circuit, delivering the goods
with Hoffenheim's youth team — leading them to the national title in 2014 and the runners - up spot last season — recently reported to be on a short - list for a role at the Bayern Munich
academy and known to be very close to present - day Dortmund coach, Thomas Tuchel.
However, he couldn't break
into the first - team and was offloaded to Espanyol,
with Mandanda coming in a short while later from the
academy.
Roma's American ownership has gotten flak in the past
with regards to developing homegrown talent, and for good reason: the only Roman
academy graduate to break
into the senior squad since 2011 is everyone's favorite Wolverine impersonator, Alessandro Florenzi.
Josh Sims became the latest in a long line of Southampton
academy graduates to move
into the public consciousness
with an exhilarating debut against Everton on Sunday.
It is understood Westley has been tasked by the board
with getting a return on the # 4m plus investment made
into the
Academy every year.
Small but powerful, in high school he took his lumps early and turned himself
into a champion, winning state titles at Wisconsin's Wayland
Academy in 1991 and following it up a year later
with a 103 - pound crown while a senior at Buffalo Grove.
And now I am beaming
into your favourite technological device
with my most comprehensive jam - packed, insightful and educational, confidence - boosting, digital baby - The Rock Your Birth
Academy.
This is just the latest step in our renaissance, over the last few weeks
with the Legislature's partnership we have passed and signed bond resolutions to fund the relocation and upgrading of our Medical Examiner's Office; funding for the new Sheriff's Police
Academy; money to turn more of Building «A»
into useable office space; funds for the relocation of the District Attorney's Special Victims Unit; plans for construction of a Board of Elections Storage Building and a bond to fund the replacement of the Samsondale Avenue Bridge in West Haverstraw.