Sentences with phrase «standard in schools»

This will help raise standards in schools even further, with 1.9 million more children now in good or outstanding schools than in 2010.

For high standards in all schools we need real local accountability and oversight.

A vast majority of parents — 72 % — support strong nutrition standards in schools.

When it comes to standards in education, overall, parents are equally satisfied with the current academic standards in their schools.

Nor can we ignore the negative impact this has on the profession, or the barriers it creates to improving teaching standards in our schools.

Many of these theories have become standards in schools of education.

Two - thirds of the districts are developing or intend to develop a comprehensive plan and timeline for implementing the common standards in school year 2011 - 12.

This will mean we don't «cover» every single standard in a school year.

He is calling for an independent body to set the curriculum content and measure whether standards in schools are really improving or declining.

As a government, improving reading standards in schools is central to all our education reforms.

A primary teacher is an individual who is in the profession of teaching and is responsible for teaching students from 1st standard till fifth standard in a school.

Her credentials in public health make her a valued member of national boards leading the discussion on public policy and health standards in schools.

Under the new arrangements, universities would be expected to use their educational expertise to do more to raise standards in schools.

Thus the system not only is the vehicle for disciplined continuous improvement, but, at the same time, sets a high floor for the teaching standards in the school.

Citing the state's economic competitiveness, Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed a bill that would prohibit the Department of Education or the state Board of Education from implementing Common Core standards in any school in the state.

In conjunction with many of the region's most respected educational institutions, NESLI is creating a new standard in school leadership.

But it is absolutely essential, for the reasons I have already mentioned, that we apply the same principles and inspect by the same standards in every school in every part of the country.

Ms Morgan also used her speech to tell the conference that the Tories had «raised the bar on standards in schools with a rigour revolution», for example by ending grade inflation and introducing a «tough new national curriculum».

They have recruited around 75 notable business leaders willing to put their reputations forward in favor of more rigorous standards in schools (including the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, which are aligned to the Common Core) and general educational improvement in the state.

Before politics, Truss was deputy director of the thinktank Reform, which pushed for more rigorous academic standards in schools as well as a tougher approach to organised and serious crime.

«The Bill will raise standards in schools by allowing us to tackle failure from day one, ensuring swift action is taken wherever a school is not providing the high standards of education rightly expected by parents.»

The Tories» failure to take this problem seriously is threatening standards in our schools and damaging the education of our children — it can not go on.»

It is crucial that a carefully thought - out alternative to Requirement E4 is necessary to maintain a statutory control on acoustic design standards in schools, to avoid school buildings being built that are unsuitable for speaking, listening and learning.

Stoke - on - Trent has announced it will help to pay of the tuition fees of maths teachers who come to work in the city, as part of a move to radically improve maths standards in schools, the BBC has said.

While many states and districts have already undertaken the task of implementing college and career - readiness standards in their school buildings, improving educational standards and engaging the public is a charge that never truly ends.

In his Autumn Statement, Mr Osborne said the «very best» academy chains in the north would benefit from an extra # 10 million to improve standards in schools where not enough pupils achieved five A * - C GCSEs, including English and maths.

«We are determined to raise literacy standards in our schools, especially of those not achieving the expected level - a light - touch phonics - based check will provide reassurance that children in Year 1 have learned this important skill, will enable us to pinpoint those who are struggling at an early age and will give them the help they need before it is too late.

NASSP released Policy Recommendations for College and Career Ready Standards in 2014 that acknowledged the importance of principal leadership in ensuring the successful implementation of college and career ready standards in their schools.

Head teachers need to lead these financial and organisational challenges just as much as they need to lead the challenge of raising education standards in schools.»

Districts of all sizes are utilizing farm to school programs to teach academic standards in school gardens, support the local economy through local food purchases for school meals, and fight childhood obesity and other preventable, food - related diseases.

The Children's Food Trust worked with the Standards Panel to test the revised food based standards in schools and with caterers from across England.

In a city where 22 percent of children between ages 3 and 7 are obese, double the national rate for similarly aged children, we would like to commend the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for meeting and exceeding health and wellness standards in the schools.

staff are doing everything possible — openly and overtly — to preserve the nutrition standards in the school meals program.

Ofsted plays a crucial role in upholding standards in our schools.

Parents opposed to the new Common Core standards in schools staged a nationwide protest Monday.

Ministers and union leaders welcomed the rise in students getting a C grade or above in English, from 60.9 per cent to 61.6 per cent, and in maths, from 53.4 per cent to 54.3 per cent, as a sign of rising standards in schools.

Do you remember Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS) which was introduced in the early 2000s and made compulsory in 2007 for all schools?

Thus, it is likely that cultural norms and professional standards in schools are quite different there, potentially implying greater receptivity to accountability.

The bill would also create a mechanism to develop national standards in school subjects and a national system of assessments, and would...

Welsh Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced plans to set up a new National Network of Excellence for Mathematics to help boost standards in schools across Wales.

Low standards in schools across the East Midlands region are exposing the educational fault line dividing the nation, Ofsted has said.

With such financial challenges facing education under the Tories, this unnecessary and unfounded distraction to «academise» all schools is irresponsible and reckless, and can only harm standards in our schools.»

The proposed law would establish the first federal safety standards in schools for the use of restraint and seclusion, similar to rules in place in hospitals and nonmedical community - based facilities.

Naperville School District 203 in Illinois, shared their efforts to apply the CASEL standards in schools and classrooms throughout their district.

MERIT — stickers to insert in pupil planner and recorded on Go4Schools These are given to pupils who achieve high personal standards in their school work and / or behaviour as recognition of their efforts.

Nicky Morgan has overruled one of her regional schools commissioners who told a council boss not to meet with academy heads over standards in their schools.