Not exact matches
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.
More recently, under the coalition government, regional
schools commissioners were created to bridge the widening chasm between Whitehall and the
regions as more
schools become autonomous under the academies programme.
The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our
region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former
commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy
School of Government and Harvard's Graduate
School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.
As the new
schools commissioner, Quinn will be responsible for overseeing the growth of academies in the
region and will monitor their performance to ensure children are receiving the best education possible.
Having worked in
schools in the region for 25 years I relish the opportunity of working with Sir David Carter, the National Schools Commissioner, and the other regional schools commissioners to improve the life chances for all pupils and students in our schools and aca
schools in the
region for 25 years I relish the opportunity of working with Sir David Carter, the National
Schools Commissioner, and the other regional schools commissioners to improve the life chances for all pupils and students in our schools and aca
Schools Commissioner, and the other regional
schools commissioners to improve the life chances for all pupils and students in our schools and aca
schools commissioners to improve the life chances for all pupils and students in our
schools and aca
schools and academies.
«The richness and diversity of the West Midlands
region makes the role of the regional
schools commissioner in this area a particularly attractive one.
Commenting on Patel's departure, Sir David Carter, the national
schools commissioner, said: «I have always taken the view that the RSC should come from the system whenever possible and then return to it, leading
schools and trusts using their invaluable experience of working across a
region to raise standards for more children.»
Regional
schools commissioners (RSCs) were introduced in September to strengthen accountability for academies, but it was not known that they would be judged on how many academies were created in their
region.
The
commissioners for the new
regions would work «within frameworks and plans set by the Northern Powerhouse
Schools Improvement Board» and alongside their work to challenge poor performance in multi-academy trusts, would get powers to make decisions on «regional funding streams» for
school improvement.
Recommendations also include changing the
regions the RSCs operate in — which currently split London
schools across three
regions, and are not geographically similar to any other education or government organisation — and creating an additional
commissioner for London
schools.
The government stopped judging regional
commissioners on how many
schools in their
regions were in need of an academy trust after figures revealed far more sponsors were needed...
The national
schools commissioner will visit each of his
regions for a «two - day residency» over the next year as part of a push for greater transparency — but criteria for intervention in underperforming academies remain a mystery.
Small multi-academy trusts (MATs) will be encouraged to work together to help tackle underperformance in the east of England, Dr Tim Coulson, the
region's new
schools commissioner, has said.
Regional
School Commissioners should be given responsibility to work with universities,
schools and Teach First to ensure that there is a good supply of teachers in all parts of their
regions