Sentences with phrase «shadow education only»

We find that shadow education only positively impacts the achievement of high - achieving (and not low - achieving) students.

Not exact matches

After Andy Burnham spent a year swinging wildly at Michael Gove but with only occasional contact, Stephen Twigg's arrival as shadow education secretary brought a much more conciliatory approach, at least to the government.

His announcement leaves shadow health minister Liz Kendall the only declared candidate, although shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt have dropped hints that they would join the race.

The much deferred announcement is due at the end of the month, but some senior vice chancellors last month infuriated the Labour front bench by issuing an open letter opposing the tuition fee cut only days after meeting the shadow higher education minister, Liam Byrne.

Tristram Hunt, the shadow Education Secretary, has been critical of the Priority School Building Programme, emphasising how the scheme was «limping along at a staggeringly slow pace», with only one in four schools from the initial phase actually under construction work, three years on from the announcement made by then Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, previously told Schools Week the «Tories» free school plans are in chaos», but the government has insisted it has a rigorous process that ensures only «high - quality free schools open».

«As for the education advisers, not only are they shadows, they are ghosts.

If you were not at Quinnipiac University (in Connecticut) tonight to hear Diane Ravitch speak about our continuing battle to beat back the corporate education reform industry and re-take control of our nation's public education system then you not only missed an extraordinary speech, but you also failed to experience the hope that comes with seeing the glimmer of light which serves to push back the shadows associated with these dark times.