Charlie Rose with Nabil Fahmi & James Kallstrom; Jeff Bezos & Diana D. Brooks; Philip Johnson & Michael Piazza (November 19, 1999)
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... English and maths. The prediction is based on official forecasts made by a senior civil servant. Diana Johnson, the Schools Minister, said: “Primary schools have made very substantial progress in raising standards over the past 12 years, after years of just coasting along. But… it is getting tougher to get the final 20 per cent to the expected level and we need to do more to sustain...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
We’re here today for two reasons. The first is to discuss the ways in which schools can inform children, families and communities about the importance of a sustainable environment. And the second is because we all want to make our planet a better place to live in. Now the second may seem to dwarf the first, but I believe that it is the small changes that we can all make, added up together, that...
Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... Lecturers , shameless Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Diana Johnson MP claimed that education officials needed to travel first class to ensure they have enough peace and quiet to work during their journey. Indeed. Eye is uncertain if the peace and quiet is achieved by travelling first class or by not having to teach in the four schools that...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... salaries or four new primary schools, provoked anger among opposition MPs and parents’ leaders. Diana Johnson, a schools minister, said that senior staff are entitled to travel first-class and were advised “if they need to work on the train then there may be occasions when first class travel will be less busy and noisy than standard class”, but David Laws, the Liberal Democrat education...
Dorset Humanists website (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... well as petitioning MPs and ministers on the issue. In a letter to the BHA from the DCSF, minister Diana Johnson MP has now stated that ‘We have considered the consultation reports...and the views expressed on this issue by the BHA and members of the science community. As a result of the consultation you will be pleased to know that evolution is now included in the programme...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The government is ready to put evolution on the primary curriculum for the first time after years of lobbying by senior scientists. The schools minister, Diana Johnson, has confirmed the plans will be included in a blueprint for a new curriculum to be published in the next few weeks. It follows a letter signed by scientists and science educators calling on the government to make the...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Teachers and others will now find it easier to take young people out and about as Schools Minister Diana Johnson today launched a consultation on simple and straightforward guidance to cut red tape. (2009/0209)
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... teachers to resist when children ask to dip their toes in the sea on a hot day. Schools minister Diana Johnson published the 58-page guidance amid concern that health and safety fears were stopping teachers taking trips. Unions have urged members not to organise outdoor activities because they could be sued if an accident occurs.The guidance warned against “impromptu water-based activities”.“Swimming...
Jackie's School Food Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... for January 2010 at http://www.getreal.uk.com/really-good-school-dinner.html. Schools Minister, Diana Johnson said: "The Really Good School Dinner campaign is an excellent way to encourage pupils to choose school lunches, which, thanks to the changes that we and the School Food Trust have made, are now high quality, packed with fresh ingredients and nutritious. At the same time,...
Tory Politico (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... spent £303,393 on freelance press officers. The figure was reveal yesterday by Schools Minister Diana Johnson , but no other information, such as number of freelancers employed or period of employment was disclosed.
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... periods” who threatened their children with theology. He was interviewing Schools Minister, Diana Johnson, and went on to say, “some people will worry that this is possible now under home tuition, that this could happen.” He continued: “and you would not be able to do anything about it because people would just say, ‘we’re simply telling them what we believe’”. The Schools Minister...
