Sentences with phrase «local oversight»
The concern is that without local oversight there is no check and balance — outside the school's own governance systems — on how the overall education system is operating at a local level.
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«By emphasizing the importance of effective local oversight, this decision is a victory for charter school accountability,» the statement said.
Without a doubt, the dangerous lack of local oversight of our schools system, and is putting children at risk.»
The $ 47,272 fine a Menasha - based company must pay after failing to safely remove asbestos from a former paper plant is proof, a state inspector contends, that there is a need for local oversight of salvaging operations.
Between June 2013 and May 2014, Blunkett led a review into local oversight of schools and the raising of standards for the leader Ed Miliband and the Shadow Education Secretary.
Devolving power to English regions and cities could offer a real chance to introduce more local oversight of the way academies and free schools are being managed.
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said Labour was committed to providing stronger local oversight of schools.
ILMs provide data on their local markets, vet properties, acquire the property on behalf of the investor, provide inspection prior to purchase, and provide local oversight for the entire investment process.
But some broadcasters had feared scrapping local oversight would allow cable providers to put certain stations in more expensive tiers.
The report argues that there is now insufficient local oversight of school performance and the creation of locally accountable school commissioners, appointed by partnerships of local authorities across city or county regions, would act to address this vacuum and support better local coordination of education.
The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.
It claims that restoring local oversight of all school finances would «provide democratic accountability» and ensure that public money was not misused.
Opponents tend to complain that the districts divert funding from public schools (forgetting that they are still public) and that they remove control of schools from local oversight, handing them to state authorities and even (gasp) charter school operators.
David Simmonds of the Local Government Association (LGA) said it showed that «strong local oversight by local authorities is needed to spot warning signs» - with the LGA wanting schools to be accountable to councils rather than a system which was «confusing and fragmented».
«We have much more local control and local oversight over what intervention programs are being provided.»
As recently as June this year, the then shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg pledged that if Labour won the next election it would end the building of free schools and reassert local oversight of academy schools.
«The Tories» education policy has led to a fragmented schools system lacking robust local oversight to spot and tackle serious problems early on.
And though the Ministry of Environmental Protection continues to work on improving local oversight of industrial compliance, progress is slow going.
«We are thrilled to have these two Choice Foundation schools transition into local oversight,» said Orleans Parish School Board Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. «Opting to do so a year ahead of the mandate showcases the confidence their board has in the OPSB.
Devolving power to English regions and cities could offer a real chance to introduce more local oversight of the way academies and free schools are being managed.
Labour has called for local oversight of free schools and that action to be taken on underperforming schools, a point that they will likely reiterate as we enter an election year.
The eight commissioners were introduced in September 2014 as a «middle - tier» between academies — autonomous schools that can manage their affairs without local oversight — and central government, with whom the academies are contracted.
• Until and unless there is sufficient accountability of charter school operations, including increased federal support for state and local oversight agencies, we believe that states and districts are acting responsibly in capping the number of charter schools and should not be punished for doing so.
«Without a doubt, the dangerous lack of local oversight of our schools system, created by the Tories» education policy, is putting children at risk.»
«We think it would reintroduce some form of local voice and local oversight into the school system.»
«Cameron's schools policy has delivered a vacuum in the local oversight of our schools, leaving children exposed to falling standards and vulnerable to risks posed by extremists.
Taxpayers spent $ 1.4 billion over a decade to rebuild dozens of Buffalo's public schools, but how roughly $ 549 million of that was spent hasn't been specified, raising questions about how much profit the developer made and what kind of scrutiny a local oversight board exercised.
David Cameron is damaging standards by allowing Free Schools to operate under a complete lack of local oversight, transparency and accountability and by allowing them to hire unqualified teachers.
The recognition that some local oversight is needed might be at the heart of the decision by Michael Gove, the former education secretary, to appoint eight regional school commissioners responsible for oversight of academies and free schools in England.
RSCs were introduce by the Department for Education (DfE) in 2014 to monitor new academies that lacked local oversight.
«We will deliver a tough new system of local oversight for all state schools, with new Directors of School Standards in all areas of the country, rooting out falling standards and challenging underperformance.»
The growing number of academies outside council control meant increasing numbers of schools had lacked any local oversight until RSCs were appointed in 2014, says the report.
Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: «School standards have suffered under David Cameron as a result of the damaging lack of local oversight in the school system.
«As the government continues, without evidence, with its agenda to turn all schools into academies and no system of local oversight to spot and challenge underperformance early, these problems will only get worse, impacting on standards.»
He said: «David Cameron's failing programme is damaging school standards - too many are failing their Ofsted inspections and a complete lack of local oversight is allowing underperformance in these schools to go unchecked for far too long.
«He has been receiving warnings for years that the lack of local oversight in our school system will damage education standards,» Mr Hunt said.
The National Association of Head Teachers called for sustained support for school leaders who raised concerns about extremism, and more local oversight to identify issues «before they become crises».
Mr Miliband said it was «unrealistic» to monitor parent concerns centrally and called «for a proper system of local oversight, separate from councils, responsible for standards at all schools.»
«It is common sense to suggest that if we are to properly monitor what is happening in our schools and act on intelligence coming from the local community, we need local oversight.»
The new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has outlined a commitment to «local oversight» and «raising aspirations for all children.»
Thomas says the school board worked to pass legislation that allows charter schools to maintain that autonomy by keeping their status as a local education agency if they were to return to local oversight.
«The dangerous void in the local oversight of our schools system, created by this government's education policy, is allowing children to end up in harm's way,» said Ms Powell.
Beyond the finances, he said, he prefers the local oversight of his administrators, who wear several hats in the district office and are familiar with Sevier County and its residents.
In the fragmented English education system that we have, the emphasis on a «self - improving system» alongside a «school - led» model is frequently articulated as if there is little or no need for any local oversight or local accountability.
But the announcement on a more rapid intervention in schools was criticised by Russell Hobby of the NAHT who accused the government of having carried out a «demolition of local oversight.»
The recognition that some local oversight is needed might be at the heart of the decision by Michael Gove, the former education secretary, to appoint eight regional school commissioners responsible for oversight of academies and free schools in England.
Maintaining policies that reflect both local oversight and ever - changing state and federal laws is an enormous task.
His comments come after new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell pledged more «local oversight», and represent the party's first official confirmation that this oversight will be led by councils if Labour wins the next general election.