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Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim Ofsted chair

Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim Ofsted chair

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Star Academies chief executive will lead Ofsted board after Dame Christine Ryan steps down later this year Star Academies chief executive will lead Ofsted board after Dame Christine Ryan steps down later this year More from this theme Recent articles Academy trust CEO Sir Hamid Patel has been appointed interim chair of Ofsted. Patel, who has been a member of the Ofsted board since 2019, will serve in the post until a successor is found for Dame Christine Ryan, who announced in November she would be stepping down. Ryan will leave her role at the end of March, following four-and-a-half years as chair. Patel is chief executive of Star Academies, a multi-academy trust that runs 36 primaries and secondaries in northern England, the West Midlands, and London. He will serve as interim chair of the Ofsted board for up to five months, until a new chair is appointed. Ryan announced her decision to step down as chair last year, months after a damning independent review led by former HMI chief inspector Dame Christine Gilbert broadly …

20 RISE advisers appointed to turnaround ‘stuck’ schools

20 RISE advisers appointed to turnaround ‘stuck’ schools

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More from this theme Recent articles The first 20 of the government’s new school improvement advisers have been appointed – with 17 from academy trusts and just one directly representing a council. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson set out plans today for how government intervention will work alongside proposed Ofsted report cards. Details are yet to be published, but she announced £20 million to help support more than 600 ‘stuck’ schools that have received consecutive “poor” Ofsted judgments. The regional improvement for standards and excellence teams will start to work with schools from today, Phillipson said. Government said they have “extensive educational experience and a track record of improving schools”. The advisers were appointed by government, rather than recruited through an open application process. The 20 includes 17 school leaders in trusts. Just one works for directly for a council: Kate Parietti, an adviser at West Berkshire council. The other two work for school-led improvement organisations which are contracted by councils to provide support on their behalf. More RISE advisers will be appointed later in the …

Trump Said We Should Kill Drug Dealers. Then He Appointed One as Health Secretary

Trump Said We Should Kill Drug Dealers. Then He Appointed One as Health Secretary

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Image by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post / Scott Olson via Getty / Futurism When announcing his 2024 candidacy, now-president Donald Trump called for the United States to execute drug dealers — but that was before he appointed one to run the country’s highest health agency. “We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts,” Trump said in November 2022 during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. “Because it’s the only way.” Before even beginning his second presidency — which also saw him pardoning the world’s most influential drug dealer, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, on his second day back in the Oval Office — Trump contradicted his own barbaric stance by promising to nominate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As the onetime presidential hopeful now sits for his Senate confirmation hearings, it feels pertinent to bring back up that the anti-vax kook slated to lead HHS not only …

The experts appointed to SEND inclusion panels

The experts appointed to SEND inclusion panels

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The government has appointed a team of experts to evaluate how to make mainstream schools more inclusive The government has appointed a team of experts to evaluate how to make mainstream schools more inclusive More from this theme Recent articles Sector leaders have been appointed to two new expert panels tasked with advising the government on how to make mainstream schools more inclusive to fix the “broken” SEND system. Tom Rees, CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust, was in November appointed chair of the government’s new expert advisory group on inclusion, which will oversee reforms aimed at making mainstream schools more inclusive. It has now been revealed he will be joined on the panel by: Susan Douglas, CEO Eden Academy Trust Annamarie Hassall, CEO of the National Association for Special Educational Needs Anne Heavey, director of insights for Ambition Institute Andrew O’Neill, headteacher All Saints Catholic College Claire Jackson, principal educational psychologist at Salford City Council Heather Sandy, executive director of children’s services at Lincolnshire County Council The advisory group will meet monthly to “look at …

Creationist teaching advocate appointed to chair Northern Ireland Education Authority

Creationist teaching advocate appointed to chair Northern Ireland Education Authority

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Northern Ireland Humanists is deeply concerned by the recent appointment of Mervyn Storey, an advocate for teaching creationism in schools, as chair of the Education Authority. This places him at the head of the institution responsible for delivering Northern Ireland’s education services. Mervyn Storey, a member of the Free Presbyterian Church and former vice-chair of the Caleb Foundation, has a long history of promoting creationism and opposing evolutionary science in schools. Mervyn is a former MLA. As chair of the Assembly’s Education Committee, he pushed for intelligent design to be taught in classrooms and objected to evolutionary exhibits at the Ulster Museum. His record raises significant concerns about his ability to uphold the impartiality and inclusivity that education demands. Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator commented: ‘Mr Storey’s track record of pushing for creationism in schools raises serious concerns about his ability to lead an education system that should teach children facts, not pseudoscience. We will be writing to the Education Minister to seek reassurance that creationism will not be taught in schools as scientifically …

Academy boss Susan Tranter appointed chair

Academy boss Susan Tranter appointed chair

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Movers and Shakers, Ofqual Academy trust CEO takes over from interim chair Frances Wadsworth Academy trust CEO takes over from interim chair Frances Wadsworth More from this theme Recent articles Academy trust chief executive Dr Susan Tranter has been named as the new chair of the board of exams regulator Ofqual. She will replace Frances Wadsworth, who has served as interim chair since January, in the new year. Tranter is currently CEO of multi-academy trust EdAct. She has also served as a panel member on the National Child Safeguarding Practice Panel since 2018 and is an expert member of Ofsted’s reference group for behaviour and attendance. The government has not said whether she will continue in her existing roles alongside her work with Ofqual. She will be paid £55,000 a year for a time commitment of two days a week. Bridget Phillipson Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who appointed Tranter following an “open recruitment competition and assessment process”, said she “brings over three decades of invaluable experience in education, from the classroom to senior leadership, combined …

Trump says former ICE director Tom Homan will be appointed ‘border czar’

Trump says former ICE director Tom Homan will be appointed ‘border czar’

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Tom Homan, former Acting Director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement speaks to supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump, during a rally in Commerce, Georgia, on March 26, 2022. MEGAN VARNER / AFP US President-elect Donald Trump said, late on Sunday, November 10, that he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the country’s borders in the incoming administration. The 78-year-old Republican tycoon has pledged to launch – on day one of his presidency – the largest deportation operation of undocumented immigrants in US history. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (‘The Border Czar’),” Trump posted on his social network, Truth Social. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders,” Trump said, adding that Homan will be in charge of “all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.” Homan, who led immigration enforcement during part of Trump’s …

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

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MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team More from this theme Recent articles Laura Trott has been appointed shadow education secretary in Kemi Badenoch’s front-bench team, it has been reported. The appointment was made today just hours before education secretary Bridget Phillipson and her ministers are due to face education questions in Parliament. Trott is the MP for Sevenoaks in Kent and served as pensions minister and then chief secretary to the Treasury in Rishi Sunak’s government. The appointment comes after Badenoch won the Conservative leadership election, beating opponent Robert Jenrick with 56.5 per cent of the members’ vote. Trott replaces Damian Hinds, the former education secretary and schools minister, who had served in the shadow role since the Conservatives lost the election in July. It is not clear whether Hinds will be appointed to another role in the front-bench team. Source link

Crypto Bro and Alleged Fraudster Appointed Leader of a Tiny “Micronation” in Eastern Europe

Crypto Bro and Alleged Fraudster Appointed Leader of a Tiny “Micronation” in Eastern Europe

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What happens in Liberland stays in Liberland. Liber Free A crypto bro who’s been accused of fraud has just become one of the most powerful men in a 2.7-square-mile, self-proclaimed “micronation” of Liberland. As Quartz reports, crypto network Tron founder Justin Sun was elected this week in a so-called “blockchain-based election” as the Speaker of Congress for the tiny state wedged on previously unclaimed wetlands between Croatia and Serbia. Shortly thereafter, the disputed country‘s Czech-born right-wing libertarian president and founder Vít Jedlička nominated Sun to be the country’s prime minister as well, effectively putting him in charge of two of Liberland’s three most powerful positions. “The election process, governed by a simple set of rules, was entirely algorithmic, providing transparency,” reads a statement from Liberland’s spokespeople, per Cointelegraph. “This system has a unique ability to eliminate doubt regarding election outcomes, a challenge faced by many countries still relying on traditional methods.” Yes, we’re aware that this all sounds like madlibs — and reader, we’re just getting started. Baby Country Sun, as Quartz notes, gained notoriety in the crypto …

Kate Forbes appointed deputy first minister of Scotland | UK News

Kate Forbes appointed deputy first minister of Scotland | UK News

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Kate Forbes has been appointed deputy first minister of Scotland as John Swinney begins selecting his cabinet. Mr Swinney was legally sworn in as Scotland’s seventh first minister at the Court of Session in Edinburgh earlier on Wednesday. Mr Swinney pledged that Ms Forbes – who chose not to run in the SNP leadership race – would play a “significant part” in his government. Ms Forbes, who served as finance secretary under Nicola Sturgeon, replaces Shona Robison as second in command. Ms Robison, who was also finance secretary under Humza Yousaf, will remain in cabinet, with her role expected to be announced soon. Image: Kate Forbes arriving at Bute House. Pic: PA Mr Swinney said he was pleased to appoint Ms Forbes as his deputy, describing her as an “immensely talented politician”. Ms Forbes, the MSP for Skye, Lochaber, and Badenoch, said: “I am deeply honoured to accept John’s invitation to be his deputy first minister. “This is a moment of extraordinary privilege for me. Having previously served in cabinet, I know the duty that …