The new academies sector has had its share of scandals and has been criticised for poor value for money, lack of transparency and poor judgement.
Not exact matches
In any event, the city's premier charter school network, Eva Moskowitz's Success
Academies, is having none of it: «While it is true that
New York's charter
sector made some gains in this year's budget, backroom manipulation... ensures public charter school children will be dangerously shortchanged for years to come,» Success asserted in a press release.
A
new dedicated training
academy developed by the industry for the industry has been launched today by the Chartered Institute of Building to enhance excellence and boost the productivity of the construction
sector.
«The Assembly's
new formula means a loss of $ 50 million for the charter
sector next year, and a cumulative loss of $ 1.7 billion by 2025 - 26,» the
Academy said in a statement.
The
New York education
sector has had its own controversy over race in the past week: Daniel Loeb, a political donor and chairman of the board of directors of Success
Academy, the state's largest charter school network, said in a since - deleted Facebook post that state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, was worse for racial minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood,» because of her support of teachers» unions.
National
Academies panel asks Congress to create a
new forum that would be funded by private
sector
The government's
academies programme has expanded at pace, establishing an exciting
new sector within the not for profit market.
Large
academy chains, exam boards and other education
sector charities could face an apprenticeship tax to support the creation of
new apprenticeships.
At route of the event is the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with your colleagues from
academies, maintained schools, local authorities and education charities across the
sector — something that can be done in abundance at the brand
new «Central Networking Area».
NAHT believes that some local agency should have the strategic role in the planning of places, able to commission
new schools and places in both the
academy and maintained
sectors.
Constantly evolving to meet the ever - changing issues facing the education
sector, The
Academies Show has an exciting range of
new and improved features for London in 2018.
The growth of
Academies has led to a
new flexibility and a greater diversity of provision which has had a direct impact on recruitment in both primary and secondary
sectors.
CIPFA's guide to the role of the CFO in
academies will be of interest to head teachers, principals, members of governing bodies, senior management colleagues and finance practitioners who are
new to the
sector, as well as to CFOs themselves and to those aspiring to this demanding, exciting and crucial role.
In his recent Autumn Statement, George Osborne confirmed the Government's commitment to the
sector by announcing an investment of # 1bn «to improve good schools» and build 100
new free schools and
academies.
Large
academy chains, exam boards and other education
sector charities will have to pay the
new apprenticeship levy, the government has confirmed.
Most notably, the Mayor decided as one of his first acts to declare war on the charter
sector in general and the wildly successful network of Success
Academy schools, which was thankfully thwarted by the combined strength of Governor Cuomo and
New York's passionate charter parents.
Its tight controls on entry into the charter space have come to typify the authorizing process in many states — and have given rise to a number of the country's best - performing schools and networks of any type, including Success
Academy in
New York City, Achievement First in Connecticut, Brooke Charter Schools in Boston, and the independent Capital City Public Charter School in D.C.. However, some of NACSA's policy positions could be considered unfriendly to
sector growth.
And while the deficit remains with
academy trusts, several pension experts said the government would ultimately have to cough up should a trust collapse without a
new sponsor — something described as a «extreme circumstance» by John Wright, head of public
sector at pensions firm Hymans Robertson.
He was responding to a question about whether the independent
sector could learn about efficiency savings from MATs, and noted that the
new academies minister, Lord Agnew, wants them to have between 10 and 20 schools.
They should sponsor
academies or set up a
new free school in the state
sector.
School space conflicts have also provided charter leaders with their biggest win over the mayor — the
sector roundly defeated de Blasio in a months - long battle over space sharing agreements for
New York's largest charter network, Success
Academy, in early 2014.
That career - defining project has led to many more in the cultural
sector: In the four decades since, Piano's firm has designed the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, the
New York Times headquarters, and the pioneering green - roofed California
Academy of the Sciences in San Francisco.
Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private
sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a
new study in the journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Initially you will be paid to train with other
new starters in an
Academy — this innovative 12 week training course enables you to experience the daily life of a Recruitment Consultant whilst developing your sales skills and improving your knowledge of the specialist
sectors we serve.