Sentences with phrase «create fair districts»

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If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

Alvord Unified School District — Pamela Lambert Innovation: Systems Change by Cultivating Community In order to create a culture supportive of healthy food and lifestyles, Pamela Lambert designed events that brought the community together around health and wellness — arranging walks with the mayor, parents, and students and a health fair in the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline park.

Oh great... the Democrats will create «fair» districts in New York, while in Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio the Republicans will gerrymander their way into a permanent majority.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office, promising to seek «equal and fair justice» for the borough's vulnerable foreign - born residents, has created a policy that tailors prosecutions to avoid, when possible, the deportation or detention of immigrants charged with certain misdemeanors or nonviolent crimes.

Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, says he still wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto LATFOR's district lines, «If fairer lines are not created for 2012 and there is no structural reform.»

School districts have a historic opportunity to redevelop their teacher evaluation systems to create aligned, rigorous, and fair processes that support teacher growth and development.

«We are proud of the steps New York City has taken in recent years to strengthen tenure but we also recognize that we still don't have a fully fair, efficient system that protects teachers and students,» said April Rose, a fourth grade teacher in Queens, N.Y. «Our vision for tenure is to set a high bar and a clear process, and in doing so, allow district and school leaders to focus on more pressing concerns like reducing attrition among educators in their first few years and creating safe, supportive school environments.»

The more we coordinate, the more likely we will be able to create the multiple pathways that schools, districts, and states need to create high quality personalized, competency - based systems that produce different results — that are equitable and fair.

The report also provides an analysis of first - year Local Control and Accountability Plans, or LCAPs, with an eye towards how transparently and effectively districts share these plans with the public, along with how they propose to invest in the success of low - income, English learner, and foster care students and recommendations to create a more participatory and fair school finance system.

These districts, working with their unions and parents, were willing to think out of the box, and were awarded millions of dollars to create transparent, fair, and sustainable teacher effectiveness models.»

In response to Banner questions on why unified enrollment was necessary, given the availability of a common charter application, a Boston Compact spokesperson issued a statement attributed to collaboration officer Rachel Weinstein that said that unified enrollment is meant to simplify enrollment and application processes, create consistent enrollment policies and procedures across district and charter schools and provide Boston students with «fairer access to high quality schools.»

Our experiences with the ACPP plan and performance - based plans in other districts have convinced us that it is possible for such plans to be fair and to create incentives that push teachers to focus on student learning growth.

On October 16, the court ruled in favor of Google, affirming a district court decision that upheld that creating a keyword search index for the massive undertaking was a fair use.

Numerous other district attorneys across the country are also working with an organization called Fair and Just Prosecution to create their own units as well.

Judicial performance commissions were created to provide voters with fair, responsible, and constructive evaluations of judges in their judicial district who face retention elections.

The recently created post-grant review proceedings are an efficient and fair alternative to ruinously expensive district court litigation.

District of Columbia federal court determines that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development did not have the authority from the Fair Housing Act to create its disparate impact rule and so vacated the rule.