Her philosophy is truly inclusive: valuing teachers, governors, encouraging excellent parent involvement and of course aiming high for all her students.
Dan Moynihan, chief executive officer of Harris Federation, which runs seven academies, said that in his schools, he encouraged excellent teachers to do some work in neighbouring schools that had poor results.
Evaluation data suggest that the model has encouraged excellent health care compliance, satisfaction with prenatal care, and low rates of preterm birth and low birth weight infants.
That led to this question from an Agenda reader, Joyce Carpenter, who wrote that she lives near Boston: "Is there any data from Massachusetts to show that Romney-care a k a Obama-care would help mitigate the risk and encourage entrepreneurship?" Excellent question, Ms. Carpenter, and one we'll explore here.
But, we said to ourselves, most kids are already in a "book club" — otherwise known as "English class" — so instead, how about a regular event to encourage them to read excellent, long-form Times articles they might otherwise miss?
Publishers currently subsidise travel and accommodation for many festival appearances and withdrawing this support may mean some smaller festivals fold – which would be quietly tragic, because festivals kindle and encourage a range of excellent things to do and be which might otherwise simply remain undiscovered, or make a noise like a hoop and roll away for lack of support.
Although the training program seeks to encourage increasing numbers of excellent students in undergraduate law programs to pursue graduate studies, practicing lawyers are also applying.
Performance review was seen as a way to recognise high performance although more attention to recognise achievements, encourage staff and reward excellent service was needed.
We believe this will encourage students to keep excellent records in their notebooks and will help us better evaluate who is truly engaged in, and understanding, the various steps of the research process.
