Sentences with phrase «better uses of public money»

Indeed there are few better uses of public money.

This is essential not just for better outcomes but for the better use of public money.

Critics are throwing shade at Cuomo's pricey plan to install high - tech, color - changing lights on New York City's bridges, questioning whether the investment is the best use of public money.

Critics are throwing shade at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pricey plan to install high - tech, color - changing lights on New York City's bridges, questioning whether the investment is the best use of public money.

This would not just represent a better use of public money, but have real implications for pupil attainment and teacher productivity.

It would be a far better use of public money to rebuild and refurbish existing schools, many of which are in dire need of repair, as these schools have taken the lion's share of the increased numbers of pupils, and will continue to do so.»

# 650 million will come from scrapping universal infant free school meals, which the party believes is «not the best use of public money»

Heckman and others say early education is the best use of public money.

Not exact matches

The public radio eggheads at Planet Money have finally used their knowledge of economics and mathematics to determine something incredibly useful: how to get the best deal on a pizza.

For value - minded sports bettors, using betting trends data and line - movement to identify games that are shaded solely due to public money, or the expectation of public money, will help you get the «best of the number» and increase your overall winning percentage.

Deering is a public high school, and Craig was unsure of the best way to get money to provide the sports hijabs as part of the uniforms, because that would mean using taxpayer money for religious garments.

The money from the Illinois Public Museum Operating Grant Program will be used to build a blacksmith shop to house the tools, as well as for new programs in blacksmithing, woodworking, pottery and candlemaking, said Elaine Keating, coordinator of historic sites for the Lisle Park District and the only full - time employee at Lisle Station Park.

Unite has urged the government to invest the economy to good health through housing and infrastructure projects and by compelling the banks to use the # 350 billion of public money they are hoarding to support businesses in need.

The legislation requires regulations set up for debates involving candidates who accept public matching dollars as well as places limits on the use of public money for criminal defense and non-campaign related activities.

He also defended his decision not to reveal the source of money as well as the idea of using private money to fund a public service, arguing that without it, students would have lost out.

The Republican leader of the state Senate has said public financing is not a good use of the taxpayers» money.

«Now that an increasing number of PFI deals are in their operational stage, and change will inevitably be needed over time, the public sector has to raise its game to get a better outcome and use the guidance and resources available, particularly as changes made to operational projects have not always provided value for money.»

We need to give people the choice of travelling by public transport, walking and cycling, but that can only happen if we make the polluter pay and use the money raised to invest in things that are good for our health and our environment.

Issel may be promising not to use (or failing to «envision») public money for acquiring an NBA team, but Kentucky economic development secretary Terry Gill seems to have a better imagination, telling the Courier Journal: «I think the state and local government, we certainly have a role to play but we should not be burdened with too much of that risk.»

In states, for example, that have some of the best public universities in the country, the amount of money that can be used to support research activities has declined precipitously.»

But Wisconsin state senator Russ Decker, a leading opponent of vouchers, has argued that the program gives money to children who would attend private schools anyway and declared, «You've got a lot of additional money going into the choice program that we could better use funding public education statewide.»

It says that the better design of public buildings can inspire communities and is a better use of scarce public money.

Despite the frequency with which public programs rely on beneficiaries to hold the quality of services accountable, Sara Mead asserts in an Education Sector report that, «accountability to parents alone is insufficient to protect the public interest or ensure taxpayer money is used well.»

In her annual report, Schools Adjudicator Elizabeth Passmore argued that complains which held «no connection in terms of seeking a place for their child» is «not good use of an adjudicator's time and public money».

The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Colorado higher education grant program against a challenge brought under one of its Blaine Amendments (Article IX, Section 7) because the program benefits students, not their schools, because it is available to private as well as public school students, and because it eliminates any danger of indirectly supporting religious missions by attaching statutory conditions on the use of the money.

Idaho's Attorney General concluded that a bill to provide tax credits to parents who do not use public schools would likely be constitutional under Idaho's Blaine Amendment because «[t] he credit is not dependent upon payment of money to a sectarian school, and any benefits to parochial schools are tenuous at best.»

Using voucher money to reduce class size in the public schools would be a good use of taxpayer money.

I am not opposed to Charter choice at all, just opposed to Charters using fraud, concealment or non-disclosure together with hype to pull ADA money out of conventional public schools that are performing much better than the region's Charters in question.

Meetings and presentations from public school leaders to the Gates Foundation have brainstormed various ideas, including»... focus on teacher training, putting the best teachers in the most challenging classrooms, giving the best teachers new roles as mentors and coaches while keeping them in front of children, making tenure a meaningful milestone, getting rid of ineffective teachers, and using money to motivate people and schools to move toward these goals.»

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

The example was used to show how irrational some clients can be; even when your returns are in the top 1 % of all investment managers out there, some people can still find something to complain about (as an aside, that is why the truly successful mutual fund managers quickly exit the public domain once they have made «enough», and then they tend to go super private by either managing their own money or investing privately on behalf of some particular clients that they know to be rational — when you're worth tens and tens of millions of dollars, you don't need to deal with people that don't truly believe that good value investing often means underperforming the S&P 500 at least one out of every three years).

The Business of Saving Lives workshops, created by Mike and taught by the Center's team leaders, teach participants more effective ways to find families for orphan pets, as well as how to raise money to support their dreams, including the use of public relations and social media to brand their businesses.

Some people cherish a good nights sleep and will splurge on an upscale hotel, others value time and hire cars or taxis instead of public transportation, and some will use the money saved on a hostel to spend on a meal.

Commuters have spoken, through actions, that the use of public money is better spent on public services than on private industries.

These people have used politics and personal influence to divert large quantities of public moneys for basic research that would see a much better use in other more valuable, not to mention HONEST, fields.

Authors would write, publishers would publish, the public would read and use, and everyone would still make plenty of money and be better off, with far less oppressive laws than those now on the statute books.

They also added a «Principles» clause to the Ontario Drug Benefit Act, [5] which stated that the public drug system «aims to operate transparently to the extent possible for all persons with an interest in the system, including... consumers, manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacies» and «aims to consistently achieve value - for - money and ensure the best use of resources at every level of the system».

Some have built on this line of reasoning by suggesting that oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage of contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude Planned Parenthood from public programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that funding for the Title X national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be better used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3