Sentences with phrase «choice for public services»

The Daily Telegraph understands that the paper will commit ministers to examine the case for a new «overarching» right to choice for all public services.

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The Financial Services Authority, Indonesia's financial services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday Services Authority, Indonesia's financial services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday (14/02).

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

We recently sat down with Kern Halls, Area Manager of Orange County Public School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative initiatives like My Food Face — a sort of «internal Facebook» for students and their families — and the use of a food truck for school events and field trips.

Chicago Public Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition support services, said students still bristle at the idea of schools controlling their choices.

Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

For many people using public services, especially those who can't afford to pay for education, health or anything else privately, quality of service, not choice, is still the number one issue - and the prioritisation of «choice» obscures that agenFor many people using public services, especially those who can't afford to pay for education, health or anything else privately, quality of service, not choice, is still the number one issue - and the prioritisation of «choice» obscures that agenfor education, health or anything else privately, quality of service, not choice, is still the number one issue - and the prioritisation of «choice» obscures that agenda.

Last week, for instance, Oneida County - area Republican Sen. Joe Griffo, who chairs the Energy and Telecommunications committee, said they were going to take their time to confirm the governor's choice to head the Public Service Commission, John Rhodes.

Press reports suggest that the second choice for the post was David Cameron, who also rejected the job, preferring to take on a major public service portfolio (he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education).

This was another big break with the party's 2005 line, when the manifesto had struck a sceptical tone about the potential for choice in public services.

The choice was between a man of personal immorality and public service integrity (Grover Cleveland) and one of a model family man guilty of using public office for personal gain (James G. Blaine).

Without extra help from the state — and a restructuring of the basic income for the public bus authority — Kobliski said Centro would have no choice but to cut back on its hours of service.

David Boyle has just completed the Boyle Review on Barriers to Choice in public services for the Treasury and Cabinet Office.

The authors argue not only for more resources, but for an integrated national health care system, built around a strong public primary care system with a clearly defined supportive role for the private and indigenous sectors, that (i) addresses acute as well as chronic health care needs; (ii) offers choice of care that is rational, accessible, and of good quality, (iii) is cashless at the point of service delivery, and (iv) is governed by a robust regulatory framework to ensure accountability.

«Allowing health plans the flexibility to voluntarily cover more services outside the deductible would enhance consumer choice,» says Fendrick, a professor in the U-M Medical School and School of Public Health who heads the Center for Value - Based Insurance Design (V - BID).

Below is a guide to the many possibilities for satisfying life choices of careers combining science and service in the interests of society, justice, and public safety.

For example, your elected officials should be focused on things like equal access to essential public services, fair governmental priorities and policies, city hall policies, school district choices, and public health measures.

Georgia Pre-K, which is heavily regulated, allowed for greater freedom of choice for families, higher quality of services for lower costs, and some gains in equity when compared to public sector pre-K.

The public school choice and supplemental services provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act were to be the most tangible lifelines for parents whose children attend low - performing schools.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

SK: Public - school choice comes before supplemental services in NCLB for a very interesting reason.

Those parents who qualify for public school choice and supplemental services are the least likely to know it; fewer than one in ten parents with children in schools that failed to make adequate progress could correctly identify their school's status.

The Department of Education has added six more states to a list of 17 already selected for intensive monitoring of their supplemental - education - services and public - school - choice programs under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Federal taxpayer dollars help underwrite the cost of transportation for public school choice and supplemental educational services.

Yes, districts developed policies for NCLB public school choice and supplemental education services, but they cleverly thwarted the full implementation of these programs, evidenced by the shockingly low student participation rates.

In terms of services, only 18 percent of choice parents said that a program for students learning to speak English was made available to them, compared with 50 percent of public - school parents.

The findings, if unsurprising, are nonetheless sobering: the extent of public school choice has been negligible; participation in supplemental educational services, while rising, remains low; and the law's restructuring requirements for schools and districts are being deployed in their mildest forms.

This approach of using data from different sources allows for a focus on closing achievement gaps without narrowing the number of students who qualify for supplemental educational services or public school choice priority.

Specific actions, such as public school choice and supplemental educational services for students in schools identified for accountability consequences, become optional in waiver states, and few waiver states continue to require these specific interventions.

If a Title I school fails to meet AYP standards for a third year, students from low - income families in the school must be offered the opportunity to receive instruction from a supplemental educational services provider of their choice, in addition to continuing to be offered public school choice options.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.

Local public choice of school spending: disaggregating the demand function for educational services

Education choice allows tax dollars to follow students to the schools or services that best meet their needs, and parents have the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

The report includes a special focus on 2003 - 04, with findings on identification of schools for improvement, interventions implemented at schools identified for improvement, and public school choice and supplemental educational services under Title I.

Chiefs for Change released a new policy paper about leveraging ESSA funding to provide direct student services including tutoring, access to public school choice, distance learning, access to Advanced Placement classes, personalized learning, and other programs.

Food service also has been an obstacle within public traditional schools as many families desire healthier food choice options for their children.

School choice allows education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best meet their needs, and parents have the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Groups representing school officials are pleased that the bill would repeal the existing set of corrective actions (public school choice, supplemental services, reconstitution, etc.) and allow states and local districts to determine how best to improve their struggling schools, but some have expressed concern that the bill eliminates the School Improvement Grant program with its dedicated funding for improving states» lowest - performing schools.

Tap supplemental educational services and public school choice set - aside funds for high - quality PreKindergarten.

It's the opinion of this and other school choice supporters that public education exists to fund the best possible education for every child, whether that's at a district school, private school, parochial school, home school, or other service provider.

School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best fit their needs — whether a public school, private school, charter school, home school or any other learning environment parents choose for their kids.

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Public school choice options and mandatory supplemental education services for students assigned to low - performing schools.

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Learn how DCSRN helps fill an important gap of needed support in the public school choice sector and watch this video to hear from a parent how DCSRN's free services were instrumental in helping her access a quality school for her child.

However, Collett doesn't sound like a good choice for parents of students with disabilities looking for better services in their public schools.

She has done public service announcements promoting the scholarship program and has been a guest speaker for the annual National School Choice Week, as well as for the American Federation for Children.

Kindles: Amazon has a larger catalog of modern books because amazon has been in the e-book market longer than anyone other.They have 2,00,000 Kindle exclusive e-books with many from the famous authors who publish directly via amazon.There are not many choices to buy e-books for the kindle from other stores or free book sites.The bought books are stored in the cloud.Just keep the local copies of the books.You can also lend a book to a friend once for 14 days.Amazon also has kindle lending library which is currently available only to amazon prime subscribers.Thus via this service borrow books and read without buying.You can also read e-books loaned from the public libraries.Getting the loaded books onto the device is simpler on kindle unlike the nook.The books can easily be downloaded wirelessly via whisper sync service (an AT&T 3G powered connection).

Many borrowers have no choice: the default plan's payments can be incredibly high for borrowers just out of college or in public service careers.

The CFPB is deeply concerned about how debt influences career choices by acting as a barrier to public service for a rising share of student loan borrowers.