But Morgan insisted it was her desire to see «talented» officers from councils set up multi-academy trusts, rather than the authorities themselves, confirming
what schools commissioner Sir David Carter has said in the past.
Not exact matches
As an example he points to
what happened when New York's state
commissioner of education and the New York Board of Regents considered dissolving the Roosevelt
school district (described as «New York's Soweto» by an official there) and dispersing its students to surrounding
schools.
Ms. Moskowitz, chief executive of Success Academy Charter
Schools, appealed to the New York state education
commissioner saying the city Department of Education has refused to pay for the network's prekindergarten because she wouldn't sign
what she called an «illegal contract» granting the city authority...
Fariña also heralded support from state education
commissioner MaryEllen Elia who, the chancellor said, has «highlighted that
what New York City is doing with struggling
schools is something that should be a model for the state.»
Some of
what he has learned at the Ed
School will undoubtedly come in handy when he steps into his role as
commissioner in late spring / early summer.
The measures announced by Hinds included a commitment to working with Ofsted, regional
schools commissioners, the Education and Skills Funding Agency and multi-academy trusts — to clarify their roles, and ensure teachers and
school leaders have a clear understanding of who they are accountable to, and for
what.
«
What the legislature says is that
schools are going to have to prioritize,» said Ray Kilmer, Colorado's acting
commissioner of education.
When the
commissioners consider
schools that fail five years running, they can only recommend «comprehensive reform,» leaving the reader to wonder just
what they mean by that phrase.
In an article that appeared in Ed Next in 2005, David Steiner, who is now New York's education
commissioner, wrote about
what future teachers are actually learning in ed
schools.
The report quotes research from PTA UK that «just one in ten parents know
what role Regional
Schools Commissioners play in their child's education».
The structure, which
Schools Week has learned involves four sub-regional improvement boards in each regional schools commissioner area, gives a clue to what education secretary Justine Greening (pictured) had in mind when she said this week the government would move away from a «purely punitive intervention approach&
Schools Week has learned involves four sub-regional improvement boards in each regional
schools commissioner area, gives a clue to what education secretary Justine Greening (pictured) had in mind when she said this week the government would move away from a «purely punitive intervention approach&
schools commissioner area, gives a clue to
what education secretary Justine Greening (pictured) had in mind when she said this week the government would move away from a «purely punitive intervention approach».
She warned that that as a result of «turf disputes about who inspects
what» between the inspectorate and regional
schools»
commissioners, academy trusts are misusing money «given to them for children's education».
And while Ofsted and the regional
schools»
commissioners engage in turf disputes about who inspects
what, it pains me to say that some multi academy trusts get away with the fraudulent misuse of public money which has been given to them for children's education.
The answer is a pragmatic, jump - before - you're - pushed one: «
What we didn't want to do was to get to a stage where full academisation was in the offing, and the regional
schools commissioner said, «You've got two years to convert, and this is the list of multi-academy trusts you can join,» and I would look at it and go, «You must be joking».»
Where a
school falls into the coasting category, a regional
schools commissioner or local authority will contact the
school to look at its context and consider
what action, if any, should be taken.
So now (as an approved provider for SIG and Race to the Top) we're having meetings with the department
commissioners to determine
what is it specifically that we could be doing in these
schools right away.
Officials from the Council of Chief State
School Officers (CCSS)-RRB-- the group of state superintendents and
commissioners - and the Council of the Great City
Schools (CGCS) said today that while some testing is needed to see how much kids are learning, many tests are poorly designed, take too much time, don't measure what schools really need to know and can be elim
Schools (CGCS) said today that while some testing is needed to see how much kids are learning, many tests are poorly designed, take too much time, don't measure
what schools really need to know and can be elim
schools really need to know and can be eliminated.
Duane Reed, the current president of the Minneapolis NAACP, even denounced the program as «not working» in 2008, leading to a rebuttal from the former director of
school of choice programs, Morgan Brown (now assistant education
commissioner to Arne Duncan in D.C.), that the program is doing
what it's supposed to do, «providing equal access» to
school options.
It seems to me that the regional
schools commissioner for the West Midlands is interested only in telling people
what he has already decided and never in listening to
what is needed.