Sentences with phrase «about local control»

In order to inform community discussions about the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) in SCUSD and at individual school sites, below are links to all «Required Data» (per the Legislative Analyst's Office) associated with each Priority laid out in the LCAP by the State of California.

While folks (rightfully) gave our mayor a standing ovation for throwing the gauntlet down about local control of our schools, they should have stayed standing for the following point as well:

They will talk about local control and will tweak accountability formulas, but the educational system will likely still be controlled in a top - down fashion instead of a bottom - up approach like California recently introduced for school finance.

And, the feds went a lot further than many guessed they would, given U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» rhetoric about local control, and the Trump administration's own decision to ask states only for bare - bones information about their plans.

If Secretary DeVos claims to care about local control, then her actions show otherwise.»

These do not include continuing to follow popular slogans about local control of curriculum and letting a thousand flowers bloom.

Language cares even less about local control of curriculum.

Elliott Hartstein, the village's former mayor and the only person to support the village's decision during the public hearing, said a meaningful assault weapons ban should be discussed, but the latest Buffalo Grove proposal was only about local control.

«We're all about local control and not big brother, big government control.»

It's about local control.»

Not exact matches

CDC director Tom Frieden attributed his agency's decision to issue the warning about the growing number of local cases and efforts to control mosquito populations, which haven't been ineffective so far.

Chapdelaine and other local officials said they backed moratoriums because they were waiting for the state Cannabis Control Commission to finalize regulations and wanted to include residents in a conversation about where marijuana facilities belong.

Capital controls have historically been as much about preventing foreigners from buying local government bonds as it has been about preventing destabilizing bouts of flight capital, and living in China, where an aggressive demand for the privileges of reserve currency status coincide with equally aggressive policies that prevent the RMB from achieving reserve currency status (and that transfer ever more of the «benefits» to the US) made clear the huge gap in rhetoric and practice.

The nature of religious television in America can be seen to be a function of the interaction of four main players; changes over the past decades have come about because of changes in the relative power and relationships of the four following players: (1) the regulatory agencies of the federal government, which, through the legislative process, provide the structure within which interaction inside the television industry takes place; (2) the television industry, primarily network and local station managements, which control the airwaves within the legislated structure; (3) the viewing public, which selects what it is that will be watched; and (4) the religious broadcasters who provide the material for broadcasts.

State and local laws about the lethal chemical are almost nonexistent, and the only effective control on its use seems to come from the two manufacturers.

Getting angry and motivated to act is not about townsfolk arming themselves with pitchforks and storming the local school — it's about parents arming themselves with information and taking control of the food they and their kids eat.

It created a more businesslike management structure, decentralized the district into regions for more local control and gave top priority to the hiring of someone who actually knew something about running a park system.

If you have a mercury thermometer and it breaks, keep your child away from it and call your local poison control center (1-800-222-1222) for information about how to clean it up safely.

I don't envy the task of a trying to ensure quality control at 300 local schools, and I'll write more about the issue of on - site quality control as I learn more from my district.

The report also seemed to vindicate concerns about cutting schools off from local authority control.

As a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homes.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

The students will talk about the local tobacco control program and the work Reality Check has done in the community.

«There are lots of questions about how we deliver this (consolidation) and what are the savings, what sort of job losses are there, and will we lose the local control we have,» Walsh acknowledged.

«Presently we have 1,828 suspected cases... and we have 269 deaths in about 15 states,» Olubunmi Ojo of the National Centre for Disease Control told local television.

But having national governments impose referendums on local communities is about centralised control not engagement.»

«I'm very worried still about the corruption influence of gambling and in fact those who have controlled casinos in different states throughout the country have been found to bribe local officials, make side deals with local officials,» Krueger said.

The wild turkey known to most locals as Tom — beloved by some and disdained by others - was trapped by an animal control officer after police received an increased number of complaints about him.

While Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and County Executive Mark Poloncarz are often at odds, they both look at the county's improved financial health — for which they both take credit — and question the long - term need for a local control board that costs taxpayers about $ 480,000 a year.

Resource control and devolution of power from the centre to the federating states and local government areas are the real issues bringing about all kind of agitation for self determination!

We spoke with TWU Local 100 president John Samuelsen about a topic which many mayoral candidates have advocated, and which would directly impact TWU Local 100 members; mayoral or city control of the MTA.

Nice of you to justify out of control local taxes, but that fact remains that inflation is just about zero so taxes really shouldn't go up.

The local media in Rochester is apparently having a hard time getting information about the schedule of the city's mayor — and Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate — Bob Duffy, from the notoriously tight - lipped and highly - controlled Cuomo campaign.

Erie County residents with diabetes or prediabetes are reminded of the numerous local resources available to help individuals learn more about the disease in order to better control their condition.

«The BTF looks for whether he follows through on returning control to the local districts as opposed to control by the state,» he said, pointing to concerns about teacher evaluations and the role of charter schools.

Question topics included financial incentives given by the City to Altronix (which hosted the Mayor for a visit just before the press conference), whether the mayor has concerns about offering such incentives, whether his jobs task force will work with local communities, whether his affordable housing plan conflicts with his plan to enable more manufacturing in the city, what a base livable minimum wage is, whether the mayor is concerned about the possibility that Republicans may control the U.S. Senate next year, whether NY State has done enough to assist NYC in obtaining hazard mitigation money from the federal government, the Mayor's views on items sold at the September 11th Museum gift shop and what the first «tangible» product of the task force will be.

On a visit to China a few years back, I asked a local official about pollution controls after enjoying my first sour, gritty taste of the country's air.

Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.

There are lots of technical challenges to making this approach work, and some issues about whether it's really a good idea to release lots of extra toads to control local populations, and so forth - but we suspect that it's worth following up this kind of research.

Anyone thinking about centralized control — federal or state — should volunteer for a local school board.

These efforts were about curbing local control run amuck.

This has come about through the transfer of these powers from local authorities; however this relinquishing of local authority control comes with added risk.

Frankenberg says that those who propose redrawing district lines never explicitly say it's about race or class, of course, but instead often use the phrase «local control» to defend their case.

«Local control, a bedrock of the American way of life, was a good idea up until about 50 years ago.

Seems to me that an administration that cares about choice, about achievement, about state and local control of education, and about restoring the proper role of the federal government with regard to civil rights now has ample reason — maybe even urgent reason — to make known its views and take corrective action.

About Scape Scape is a local authority controlled company, based in Nottingham, whose shareholders are Derby City, Derbyshire County, Gateshead, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire County and Warwickshire County Councils.

Education Next's Mike Petrilli talks with Gene about his experience as a school board member — and now, school board president — and whether he sees a future for this last bastion of local control.

It is puzzling to see groups that care about educational equity embracing local control.

I'm increasingly of a mind that the current «tight - loose» approach (common standards and assessments but state / local control of just about all else) was a good post-NCLB opening bid but ultimately inadequate.

I've heard little grumbling about «loss of local control,» «prescribing a curriculum,» and «lack of diversity,» and other familiar complaints.