Sentences with phrase «control over education also»

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Also, the governor and lawmakers are responsible for crafting the state budget, a process that gives them great control over which programs to fund and leaves education officials in an advisory role.

Pataki also put forth legislation that would lend mayors in New York's five largest cities greater control over their education systems.

Councils are also getting more devolved powers, including control over the adult education budget.

Physicist Peter Chen (also known as Chen - Yuan Chen) of Taiwan's National Pingtung University of Education reportedly constructed an elaborate web of over a hundred fake e-mail addresses and used it to get some 60 papers — all now retracted — into the Journal of Vibration and Control, which apparently did not have sufficient control of its own reviewing pControl, which apparently did not have sufficient control of its own reviewing pcontrol of its own reviewing process.

Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

Immigrant parents also face challenges such as language barriers, unfamiliarity with the U.S. school system, low education, difficulty assisting children with homework, and little control over work schedules.

The charity also called for the introduction of more free schools in areas of low standards to give parents more control over their children's education.

The movement also includes proposals to give teachers more control over the profession through independent, state - level standard - setting boards and to give the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, the body that accredits education schools, more control over the number and origin of undergraduate degrees granted in education eEducation, the body that accredits education schools, more control over the number and origin of undergraduate degrees granted in education eeducation schools, more control over the number and origin of undergraduate degrees granted in education eeducation each year.

«The culture wars over control of and focus for the National Curriculum may also be left to experts in education given the much more progressive views of the new Prime Minister and the Minister of Eeducation given the much more progressive views of the new Prime Minister and the Minister of EducationEducation.

Payzant also benefited from a 1993 state education overhaul, which, among other things, took principals out of the collective bargaining process and gave the superintendent control over administrative appointments.

California's 1,184 charter public schools, which serve more than 547,000 students across the state, will also benefit from the over $ 6 billion increase for education funding, including $ 53.1 billion in funding for the Local Control Funding Formula in the coming year.

He also defended the legislation as a strong stand for state control over education and said that the legislation would free Mississippi from unwanted federal control.

... Public education •... Coming into the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers are set to tackle a number of hot - button issues, including a proposal by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R - South Jordan, to create a state - funded preschool program for at - risk kids; a resolution, SJR5, by Sen. Stuart Reid, R - Ogden, to give the governor and Senate control over the employment of the state superintendent; and, yes, even a bill, SB39, touching on sex education, except this time for parents rather than kids, also sponsored by Reid.

But it also calls for greater local control over school districts, criticizing some of the Obama administration's federal efforts to make changes to the education system through programs like Race to The Top.

In addition, Excel Bridgeport actively lobbied on behalf of Governor Malloy's «education reform» bill and the organization has also spent significant resources in support for Mayor Bill Finch's efforts to change Bridgeport's Charter, by eliminating the elected board of education and replacing it was an appointed board that would allow stronger mayoral control over the education budget and school issues.

Largely because of the administrative and financial control that the Court had over its resources (under its MOU with the Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Justice has been able over the years to leverage its expertise in judicial education to benefit not only the NJI but also judges and courts across Canada.

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The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,