Education secretary Damian Hinds has announced a package of measures designed to
raise education standard by supporting underperforming schools and offering more opportunities for young people.
The plans, first outlined by Prime Minister Theresa May, form a core part of her education reforms, including plans to open new grammar schools, which she claims will
raise education standards, give more pupils access to a high quality education and improve social mobility.
Education secretary Justine Greening has launched plans to
raise education standards and «broaden the horizons» of young people in areas struggling with social mobility.
School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: «Today's results put the success of our increased emphasis on phonics and continued focus on
raising education standards on a global scale.
«Paid for by the government's soft drinks levy, this investment will help
raise education standards further and will make sure young people have happy, healthy childhoods.»
Therefore, we believe these proposed increases, combined with proposals to
raise the education standards, are central to achieving the impact Head Start programs should have for children's school readiness and success.
The Local Government Association says 91 % of council maintained schools are rated good or outstanding by education watchdog Ofsted - so they should be allowed «to play a direct role in
raising education standards and improving life chances, including taking on the running of failing academies».
Secretary John King on
raising education standards and changing the college admissions caste system
Faced with American students» poor results on international tests, a state - based movement arose several years ago to try to
raise education standards through a program known as «Common Core.»
Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «If the government shares our ambition to continue to
raise education standards it has to put its money where its mouth is and provide the funding desperately needed by schools and colleges.
Without changes to education policies, government will fail to meet its own targets of
raising education standards, or increasing Britain's productivity; and pupils» learning will suffer too.
Not exact matches
«We need to
raise the bar on the quality of the
education and the core
standards of competency to give Social Security advice,» said Meyer, who has two main pieces of advice to financial advisors.
We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early
education,
raising standards in our public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.
Vigorous attempts have been made to
raise the
standards of ministerial
education and training.
Character
Education: ICLS 105/5 27 - 12 (2005) requires teachers to teach students «respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to
raise pupils» honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage» to lessen crimes and
raise the
standard of good character.
Right now we have a national obesity problem, so why aren't we asking for money to
raise healthier students, to support coordinated school health, for more nutrition
education, more collaboration with partners, parents and the community to encourage children to try new foods, to develop recipes, to provide technical assistance and set professional
standards?
He has devoted his life to state
education and to
raising standards for the very poorest.
The Orfalea Fund helped to bring about new
standards in early childhood
education, school food, and disaster readiness by doing in - depth research, taking risks to discover what works, bringing together dedicated partners to execute programs, and helping families, educators, and policy - makers
raise their expectations for a healthier, more resilient community.
This new, diverse system will
raise standards across the board — which should be the main objective of any country's
education system.
«There is no evidence to show that the free schools model
raises standards of
education or that it will narrow the achievement gap between pupils from different ethnic groups.
But he won't be persuaded to retreat from
raising standards and implementing
education reforms like teacher evaluations, he said.
The bill, set up to
raise standards, is said to be one of the most radical changes in
education in 50 years.
In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in
education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent
education for every child, with immediate action to
raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.
This is central to our mission to
raise standards, reduce the attainment gap and deliver an
education system which is a source of national pride and confidence.
Michael Gove has been described as an
education tourist, spending his time shopping around southeast Asian and Scandinavian countries looking for policies he can claim will
raise standards and which fit with his own dogmatic perception of what schools should look like.
The former Senate
Education Committee chairman said he supports an effort to «address the concerns» raised by parents over the controversial Common Core education s
Education Committee chairman said he supports an effort to «address the concerns»
raised by parents over the controversial Common Core
education s
education standards.
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.
That's why for more than a century, it has been Conservative
Education Secretaries who have driven the reforms that have widened access and
raised standards.
Common Core started with the idea of
raising the
standards of a High School
education.
«I believe that an increase in pupil segregation on the basis of academic selection would be at best a distraction from crucial reforms to
raise standards and narrow the attainment gap and at worse risk actively undermining six years of progressive
education reform.»
Could it be that the Secretary of State is not confident that his
education reforms will
raise standards and is, therefore, is seeking to cover his tracks by removing anything that can provide a year on year comparator?
Appearing alongside schools minister Lord Adonis, Mr Denham said involvement from universities can
raise aspirations, improve
standards and help people apply to higher
education.
What «these developments» actually do is cut, at zero notice, # 150 million from a grant dedicated to
raise standards in
education.
Mr. Brizard emphasized the need for academic rigor, participation, and partnership to help
raise the
standards of
education for our children.
Commenting on today's announcement from Nicky Morgan, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «No - one is more committed to
raising the
standards of
education than teachers and school leaders.
«I am coming to work for the people to
raise the
standard of living by helping to provide basic social amenities,
education and health» she lamented.
Welsh Lib Dem
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced plans to reduce infant class sizes and
raise standards.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in
education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core
standards, part of a national effort to
raise the level of class room instruction.
Despite political opposition, New York State
Education Commissioner John King has been working to
raise standards for students.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in
education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core
standards, part of a national effort to
raise the level of classroom instruction.
The five pledges are: secure the recovery;
raise family living
standards; build a hi - tech economy; protect frontline investment in policing, schools, childcare and the NHS — with a new guarantee of cancer test results within a week; and strengthen fairness in communities through controlled immigration, guarantees of
education, apprenticeships and jobs for young people and a crackdown on antisocial behaviour.
Labour's shadow
education secretary Tristram Hunt said improving the quality of teaching was the way to
raise standards and described the Conservative pledge as «a terrifying admission of failure».
In order to
raise awareness about the importance of plants and bring them into the limelight in science
education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national
standards.
Viv Grant is the Director of Integrity Coaching and has a strong track record in working with other to help
raise standards in
Education.
Viv Grant is the Director of Integrity Coaching and has a strong track record in working with other to help
raise standards in
Education.
Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed at lowering labor
standards Education and parenting articles offer expert tips and information on
raising kids.
A consequence of this is that all those involved, teachers and industry partners and pupils, begin to develop a better understanding of and respect for both
education and business and the way in which both can be mutually supportive and help to
raise standards and motivation.
BESA is committed to working with both schools and suppliers to
raise the
standards in
education and therefore felt that a review of furniture in schools was long overdue.
Despite being competitors in theory, the member companies are passionate about supporting schools in
raising standards in UK
education.
The improvements are
raising academic
standards (including better assessments for limited - English - speaking and special
education students), more transparent data collection and reporting, better distribution of good teachers to low - performing schools, and investments to turn around the worst - performing schools.