Sentences with phrase «number of schools converting»

The burgeoning growth in the number of schools converting to academy status will mean that a large number of new individuals — from business and from the community at large — will be drawn into these schools» governing bodies.

In December last year, Schools Week revealed that RSCs» annual performance will be judged on a set of indicators, including the number of schools converted to academy status, and how many academies in their region are judged as inadequate.

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Some schools have been forced to convert sick bays and classroom blocks into dormitories as a result of the huge numbers sent to them.

Schools that decided to convert to charter schools did so based on a number of unique criteria, including percentage of non-Catholic students they already taught, whether the neighborhood had fewer Catholic families, and whether the school needed more resources and facility upSchools that decided to convert to charter schools did so based on a number of unique criteria, including percentage of non-Catholic students they already taught, whether the neighborhood had fewer Catholic families, and whether the school needed more resources and facility upschools did so based on a number of unique criteria, including percentage of non-Catholic students they already taught, whether the neighborhood had fewer Catholic families, and whether the school needed more resources and facility upgrades.

The prospect of measuring the contribution made by schools and teachers to their students» progress is winning a growing number of converts to value - added assessment.

A harder task, which a growing number of schools are proving can be done, is to convert an entire school to embrace new practices that fulfill the changing educational demands of our age.

The Education Bill, which was initially set to introduce the government's plans for the every school in England to be converted in an academy, has faced strong opposition from Education professionals, parents and local government, with a large number of Conservative Councillors speaking out against the proposals.

There will likely be a significant increase in the number of charter schools that open in New Orleans in the next school year, as 117 of the 125 schools were labeled as «low performing» by the state and thus could be taken over and converted to charters.

According to the NAHT, the lack of willing sponsors and the number of schools that have been forced to convert but are miles away from their sponsor schools underlines the problems associated with forced conversion.

This comes following a number of financial issues that schools in England have been facing, such as the recent announcement of the Treasury taking back # 384 million, which was to be used to convert schools into academies.

The number of schools to be converted will depend on future Ofsted findings, but it is thought that up to 1,000 schools could be taken over under the new bill.

A growing number of reform champions were converted to the cause because their kids needed different options for schooling.

The research also found that while there had been a steady increase in the number of sponsored academies, i.e. struggling schools forced to convert, between 2006 and 2012, there has more recently been a dramatic decline.

It would also allow school districts to convert an unlimited number of failing public schools into charter schools or — in cases of severely failing schools — authorize the state superintendent of public instruction to force public schools to convert.

It also would have allowed an unlimited number of «conversion» charters: existing public schools converted to charters if they failed to make adequate progress on test scores...

Over the past year, 1,120 schools converted to academy status and the number of multi-academy trusts registered to take over schools increased from 800 to around 1,000.

The limit of 45 new charters over six years is good, but unlimited numbers of public schools could convert.

The number of these new schools is likely to be small, so this policy will have a much less significant effect on the education system than the law now being passed to enable maintained schools to convert to academy status.

The number — and proportion — of academies within a formal group is growing as governing boards realise the risks of remaining isolated, particularly for smaller schools such as the primaries that are converting now.

A tenfold increase in the number of English schools converting to academies has meant # 1bn in extra costs, says the government's spending watchdog.

With so many secondary schools already converted, and with the many primary schools unsuitable for conversion, it's «unclear» how feasible further academisation of large numbers will be.

In the academies annual report and accounts for 2015 to 2016 the department revealed it would rate its regional schools commissioners on the number and percentage of failing maintained schools converting within nine months, making it one of their «key performance indicators».

The number of schools that converted last month was lowest in four years.

And hardly surprising given the encouragement and additional funding given to outstanding schools to fast track them to converting which a significant number of outstanding secondary schools took up.

The numbers of Mats almost trebled from 391 in 2011 to 1,121 in 2016, and the government envisages that most schools will have converted to academy status and joined a Mat within five or six years, says the report.

«The city will spend $ 52 million in state funds over several years to convert 40 schools into community hubs with medical and dental services, nutrition and fitness programs, tutoring, job training, and other assistance for students and their families, officials announced Tuesday, roughly doubling the current number of such school - based hubs.

As just one example, a student wanted to bring a dance studio to the high school, and Jones and his team converted half of the prior cafeteria to a dance studio where now a significant number of students participate.

A DfE spokesperson said: «The role of the RSCs is to make decisions on whether schools can convert to academy status, increasing the number and effectiveness of academy sponsors, and tackle underperformance in all schools using academy measures where appropriate.

Most Creoles were either Anglican or Methodist, but a significant number converted to Roman Catholicism, mainly because of proselytization in Roman Catholic schools.

Converted to raw numbers, this means that about 840,000 high schoolers skipped school at least once in a month because of safety concerns.