Sentences with phrase «clear accountability for»

And, from my ethics point - of - view, clear accountability for the wording of the statement itself — exactly who (one to x persons) crafted and agreed to the wording — so that there * would * be someone to ask if we did not find it clear.

Sanchez calls for more school autonomy — beginning with a strong and inclusive turnaround plan generated by teachers, principals and parents — with clear accountability for results.

We will also analyze how well the programs stack up to the five Reach Extension Principles, which call for reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great teachers.

At scale, Touchstone's schools will meet the five Reach Extension Principles of an Opportunity Culture, which call for reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great teachers.

All the schools had to design models that adhered to the five Reach Extension Principles, which call for reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great teachers.

Not exact matches

It was not immediately clear what his $ 4 billion figure referred to, but a Government Accountability Office report published in March estimated that the total cost of replacing both jets would be $ 3.2 billion for fiscal years 2010 to 2020.

Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

«An organization that expects a great deal of autonomy and accountability will not be a good match for someone who needs clear and constant direction,» writes Henman by email.

In «Baffling Budgets: The Need for Clearer and More Comprehensive Financial Reporting by Canada's Municipalities,» authors Benjamin Dachis and William B.P. Robson, say fixing these flaws is a critical step toward better accountability to voters for municipal spending and taxation.

In this game - changing program, Marc shares why every organization must have a diversified strategy for attracting clients, a consistent and formal hiring process, a clear plan for developing the skills of each salesperson and a transparent accountability system to ensure sales output.

The Accountability Framework, an initiative being developed by a coalition of leading environmental and social organisations (including the Rainforest Alliance), will provide a clear pathway for companies on the sustainability journey — including key milestones and benchmarks to evaluate their progress.

Responsibility, accountability, and clear statements of authority in decision - making are essential for integrity of constitutional and operational mandates.

It's clear that Todd's record of delivering results for the people of Nassau County and his message of ethics reforms, government accountability and responsible leadership is what the voters wanted and they now deserve to finally have that voice representing them.

The lesson for business is clear: monopolies and lack of accountability incite malpractice and encourage a sense of invincibility that sooner or later will be revealed as false.

Under neo-liberalism it's become quite clear that we can drown in proceduralism — there's no problem keeping people busy with paperwork and accountability, or in the case of deliberative democrats for example, we can have important debates about how to redraw and then defend the borders of a democratic country legitimately — but if all those things take up all our time, we'll look up from our papers and our borders one day, and see that there isn't anything left to fight over.

But a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: «It appears the Prime Minister, by asking the new Home Secretary to conduct an inquiry separately without any of the clear processes and powers that we are talking about, is trying to avoid accountability and clarity about this decision.

«When you have that level of accountability, I don't believe there's a need for a state receivership model because it's abundantly clear who's responsible and what tools we're going to put in place.»

«The lesson I've drawn out of the Snowden allegations is that governments need to be much clearer about the purpose for which they infringe on citizens» privacy; about the agencies that have the legal power to do so; about the authority about which it's done; and, critically, about transparency and accountability systems.»

«When the reason became clear, we decided to take the first part of the Bill that has to do with governance, transparency and accountability in order to make the system more efficient for the country.

«The NASUWT remains clear that a fit for purpose accountability system should consider the performance of schools in the round and not solely on the basis of narrowly focused test and examination results.»

These include: • Establishing that all HASA vendors are reviewed at least every two years; • Adding more resources to ensure the completion of all unfinished audits; • Moving HASA's contract monitoring to the HRA's Office of Program Accountability to provide better quality control; • Developing a new HASA client bill of rights with a clear method for making complaints.

Mr. de Blasio, in arguing for the extension of mayoral control, frequently cites the system's clear accountability.

But we should develop a clear framework of accountability, including through Ofsted, to ensure that the pupil premium is being used both effectively and for its purpose.

«We hope that this is a serious plan with a clear timeline, budget, and accountability for success, not just political words,» Sitt said.

Short - term fixes Existing disposal facilities have adequate capacity for most low - level radioactive waste and are accessible to waste generators in the short term, but constraints on the long - term disposal of class B and C wastes have become clear, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office last year.

Yet as I became more confident that moderation could work for me and I learned how to set clear intentions, develop the positive mindset and accountability strategies to support me, and create new, healthier habits, the internal debate began to take up much less mental space.

What became clear from the mark - up is that there's very little support in Congress for federal oversight of state accountability systems.

In standards and accountability, the American Federation of Teachers has rated Colorado's standards clear, specific, and grounded in content, except for social studies at the elementary and high school levels.

For now, let's celebrate the fact that states, by and large, seized this rare opportunity to make their school accountability systems clearer and fairer.

This leads her into a full and sophisticated analysis of the effect of the movement for standards, assessment, and accountability on this kind of civic action teaching, and it is clear there is a bad mismatch.

And under ESSA, states appear to be making their accountability systems both clearer and fairer: clearer by using A — F grades, five - star ratings, and the like; and fairer by focusing much more heavily on student - level growth, which credits schools for the progress that all kids make while under their tutelage.

It was abundantly clear that in most districts there was no effective accountability for teachers after they were granted tenure, which in most locations requires only a few years of teaching....

Standards and Accountability: Colorado has clear and specific standards for English, mathematics, and science in all grade spans, but it has such standards only at the middle school level for social studies / history.

It took another authorization and a clear signal from the Bush administration that the federal government was serious about accountability in order for the states to come up with plans to hold their own schools and districts accountable.

To most outside observers, the ingredients of the Chicago formula for success seemed clear: mayoral control, a nontraditional superintendent, and a strong emphasis on accountability.

In another study for the Fordham Institute, Loveless found a clear pattern in the late 1990s when states adopted accountability regimes: the performance of the lowest decile of students shot up, while the achievement of the top 10 percent of students stagnated.

For example, what if top - down accountability as defined and enforced by states and the federal government were limited to basic skills, something like the MCTs of the 1970s but based on clear, empirically validated standards about what students need to know and be able to do to hold down the types of jobs that do not require a college degree?

Standards and Accountability: Virginia has clear and specific standards at the elementary, middle, and high school levels for English, mathematics, and social studies / history.

Some are both familiar and basically applicable, such as «set clear goals,» have checkpoints along the way to gauge (and control) student progress, worry a lot about teacher quality (principals, too), finance schools equitably, strike the right balance between autonomy and accountability, strive for a coherent «system,» etc..

Standards and Accountability: North Carolina has clear and specific standards at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in all subjects except social studies / history, for which standards are clear and specific in high school only.

The promise and potential of standards - and accountability - driven reform is that, by setting clear and rigorous expectations for what students should know and be able to do, teachers can better prepare students for the more advanced work that they will be asked to do in later grades, in college, and beyond.

Effective schools have clear leadership roles, accountability and systems for ensuring that all teaching is at least good, has impact and is focused on learners» needs.

And, to be clear, these comparisons are valuable, not merely — not even mostly — for accountability purposes.

This book — short, dense, and likely to be particularly prized by those who love tables full of statistics, though the prose is very clear — is an important contribution to the growing collection of high - quality studies finding that greater accountability, autonomy, and choice do, indeed, make for a better education system and greater student learning.

You will explore the elements of a standards - based reform framework: clear expectations for students; rigorous curricula aligned to standards; professional development that improves instructional quality; and assessment as a tool for feedback and accountability.

For almost two decades, school accountability has focused on creating clear content standards for what students should know and when they should know it, testing to measure their mastery of those standards, and applying consequences and rewards to those responsible for the success of students in meeting the standarFor almost two decades, school accountability has focused on creating clear content standards for what students should know and when they should know it, testing to measure their mastery of those standards, and applying consequences and rewards to those responsible for the success of students in meeting the standarfor what students should know and when they should know it, testing to measure their mastery of those standards, and applying consequences and rewards to those responsible for the success of students in meeting the standarfor the success of students in meeting the standards.

The state's highest grade is for the standards and accountability section, where it receives full credit for having clear and specific standards at each grade span in the four core subjects, as determined by the American Federation of Teachers.

Never in a million years were we going to see forty - five states truly embrace these rigorous academic expectations for their students, teachers, and schools, meet all the implementation challenges (curriculum, textbooks, technology, teacher prep, etc.), deploy new assessments, install the results of those assessments in their accountability systems, and live with the consequences of zillions of kids who, at least in the near term, fail to clear the higher bar.

Congress was in recess last week, but now that it has returned, it is likely that a resolution to rescind the final Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regulations for accountability, data, and consolidated state plans, using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), will be introduced — a resolution that's already cleared the House and that is supported by the Trump Administration.

Standards and Accountability: Washington state has set clear and specific standards in all grade spans for science and mathematics.