Labour tends to make much of the few educational causes that unite it, such as opposition to profit-making organisations running schools and academic selection of pupils, neither of which are part of the academy or free-school model.
The hope, the story says, is that the program will be incorporated into the curricula of these schools for the 2013-14 academic year.
Beginning in the 2013-14 academic year, these schools will provide students with this information in one easy-to-understand format.
But when Stephen Gorard of the University of Wales presented research at an academic conference that indicated that the intake of Welsh-medium schools was better-off than average, and that this helped to account for their superior academic results, outraged dons shouted him down.
Some grammar school pupils were reluctant to have joint classes with non-grammar schools because they felt academic abilities would be lower.
In this case from collegiate sports, a collection of schools with like-minded philosophical and academic missions have opted to leave money on the table and receive less media money initially in order to protect the long-term legacy of their brand value of their conference name.
Given the frequency with which college coaches are courted by the NFL, the ultra competitive recruiting landscape, the higher-than-average academic standards relative to other Division I schools, and the inherent uncertainty of knowing how 18-22 year old kids will perform under pressure, there are no guarantees for prolonged success.
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Direct-grant schools selected their pupils by academic ability, with the state paying the fees of those who could not afford them.
All children should be permitted to attend safe schools that provide discipline and academic challenges--and that reinforce the values parents teach at home.
California's schools rank 47th in academic achievement despite per-pupil spending in the top third of the nation.
This achievement gap has not been closed by the time youngsters are ready to leave secondary schools - with August-born teenagers 20% more likely to be in vocational rather than academic study after school.
To address this challenge, a three-day International Conference on "Integration of Academic Courses with Vocational Education in Secondary Schools" was organized jointly on 17-19 February in New Delhi by UNESCO, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and the Commonwealth of Learning.
Studio schools cater for pupils aged 14-19, combining academic studies and work-based training.
Also, schools must bridge academic theory and current, real-world experience so students can hit the ground running, making immediate contributions to the organizations they join or ventures they launch.
The law's mandated student testing and teacher training have come with little funding, forcing many low-income schools to choose between investing in core academic offerings or paying for the new requirements, the Arizona governor said.
Vallas put 109 poorly performing schools on academic probation at the start of the 1996-97 school year.
Thousands of vocational courses are to be excluded from school league tables in England because the government says under-performing schools are relying on subjects of "little academic worth".
But a spokesperson said it was vital to get the basics right in primary schools and to make the curriculum relevant to older, non-academic secondary school pupils.
Ms Norrington envisages that some students would study different parts of the diploma - academic and vocational - at a variety of schools and colleges in their area, to ensure they get the best choice.
Columbia University is fourth on the Campus Grotto list of expensive colleges for the 2012-13 academic year, but most Ivy League schools often provide opportunities for families earning income under a certain threshold to attend for free through grants, and the benefit eliminates the need for student loans.
The first is that although the Welsh language flourishes (arguably because Welsh-medium schools offer a way for richer parents to enjoy academic selection), the region remains close to England, sharing, for example, the English press. (The Scots have their own newspapers.) And plenty of English newcomers are learning Welsh, drawn by those same good schools.
A-levels, the academic diplomas are mostly marked by schools, they are unlikely to inherit their predecessors' status as hard exam currency.
As chronicled earlier this year, data supports that Notre Dame clearly holds its student-athletes to higher academic standards than what is true at other schools which limits the pool of talented high school players they will attract.
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Some schools have application deadlines as early as February to get aid for the 2013-14 academic year.
Others, such as James Tooley, a British academic who advises a chain of low-cost for-profit schools in India, say private-sector education in poor countries routinely outperforms the free, taxpayer-subsidised version.
In the 2006-07 academic year, 9, 955 Chinese undergraduates enrolled in U.S. schools.
Nevertheless, the news that both Maryland and Rutgers are joining the Big Ten Conference by the 2014-15 academic year will be a financially prosperous decision in the long run for both schools as well as the Big Ten Conference.
In addition, the Administration will give funding priority to nursing schools that offer pro-veteran learning environments, recruit and support veterans interested in pursuing nursing careers, and facilitate academic credit for enlisted health care training.
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Most who do not, and many of those at less academic schools, go ultimately into specialised training for one of around 350 trades, from gardening to glass-blowing.
Specialist schools may select just a tenth of their pupils according to aptitude (and then only if their specialism is non-academic, such as sports or technology), which is lucky for weedy children who live near sports-specialist schools, but does rather stop the schools from specialising.
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