After that, Ball has more or less proven himself a reliable vote and loyal member in the Senate GOP fold, as
evidenced by leadership's support for him when Assemblyman Steve Katz (one of several intra-party enemies Ball has made over the years) launched a short - lived primary challenge that fizzled after some initial fireworks.
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations
by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted
by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations
by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the
leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed
evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices
by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
The company has a love affair with their
leadership team,
evidenced by their employees long tenure with the company and the very high reviews of their CEO on Glassdoor.
The findings provide initial
evidence that women's
leadership potential is not recognized
by potential employers, said Abigail Player, a doctoral researcher who contributed to the study.
One study provides
evidence consistent with one explanation of the overall lack of strong findings: optimal board structures may vary
by firm size, with smaller firms benefiting from a unified chair / CEO position, with the clarity of
leadership that structure provides, and larger firms benefiting from the extra monitoring that an independent chair may provide given the greater risk of «agency costs» at large companies.
But even if that were the case, and here the
evidence suggests the opposite (Saskatchewan, for example, remains unmoved
by Alberta's
leadership), the federal government's ample constitutional power is a far simpler means of solving this collective action problem.
Huang, who has been with Franklin Baker for nine years, says the new management has made strategic decisions to fast track growth and maintain its quality
leadership as
evidenced by its facility investments.
The term «Gifted» is defined
by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as Students, children, or youth who give
evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or
leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided
by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.
Gaining agreement at international summits really does come down to the phone calls, the one - to - one meetings, the cajoling undertaken
by political leaders, but in the lead - up to the Cannes G20 summit we saw no
evidence of any such
leadership.
The systems for the prevention and control of infections associated with healthcare are expected to address: -
leadership; - management arrangements; - design and maintenance of the environment and devices; - application of
evidence - based protocols and practices for both users and staff; and - education, training, information and communication» «Effective prevention and control of HCAI has to be embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently
by everyone.»
SERAP letter reads in part «Given the relative newness of the Buhari government, the effective enforcement and implementation of the judgment will invariably involve setting up a mechanism
by the government to invite the
leadership and high - ranking officials of the governments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Umaru Musa Yar» Adua, and former President Goodluck Jonathan to explain, clarify and provide
evidence on the amounts of stolen funds recovered
by their respective governments (from abroad and within Nigeria), and the projects (including their locations) on which the funds were spent.»
Lansman is referring to the Blairite organisation that, he says, was able to command only a tiny share of internal Labour support
by 2015, as
evidenced by Liz Kendall's miserable 4.5 % of first - preference votes in the
leadership election.
In an email to colleagues, he said: «All the
evidence suggests that Brown's
leadership reduces Labour support, that alternative leaders would improve our ratings, and that an election determined
by voters» answers to the question «Do you want Gordon Brown to be Prime Minister for the next five years?»
Sure, there have been outriders floating radical ideas about policy and party reform, yet despite the fears among MPs that there would be a period of blood - letting following Owen Smith's emphatic defeat in the second
leadership election last summer, there has been no abuse of the party's internal processes
by Corbyn,
evidenced by the failure of his supporters to secure berths in the pre-election carve - up of safe seats.
Selection will be based on a combination of the following criteria: • Record of professional achievement in one's career •
Evidence of
leadership skills and the potential for further growth • Demonstrated commitment to public service / administration
evidenced by prior
leadership positions in other committees / associations • Sincere desire to achieve the goals and objectives of the Fellowship in the form of an essay on why the applicant thinks he / she should be selected.
This study provides new
evidence on the importance of school
leadership by estimating individual principals» contributions to growth in student achievement.
The ChalleNGe Program addresses the needs of the whole adolescent, as
evidenced by its eight core components:
leadership / followership; academic excellence (i.e., high school diplomas or GED certificates); responsible citizenship; service to the community; life coping skills; physical fitness; health and hygiene; and job skills.
By the end of the day, nearly 20 different «raters,» including human resources representatives from BPS, BTR mentors, site directors, former residents, and BPE staff, have observed candidates for
evidence of «
leadership ability» and «persistence,» says Solomon.
This
evidence - based professional development program supports whole school change initiatives
by strengthening shared
leadership, positive relationships, and relational trust in the adult community.
This article describes a new study that provides
evidence on the importance of school
leadership by estimating individual principals» contributions to growth in student achievement.
Included in our concept of a learning environment is
leadership as design, informed
by evidence of learning, and rich partnerships with others.
As with the sub-study reported in Section 1.4, this sub-study focuses on
evidence about practices for successful instructional
leadership as judged
by educators close to the students — principals and teachers.
Evidence about the effects of principal turnover assumes that a considerable proportion of the
leadership in schools is delivered
by the principal.
The framework for our overall project also points to the mostly indirect influence of principals «actions on students and on student learning.223 Such actions are mediated, for example,
by school conditions such as academic press, 224 with significant consequences for teaching and learning and for powerful features of classroom practice such as teachers «uses of instructional time.225
Evidence - informed decision making by principals, guided by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and classroom conditions mediating leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «l
Evidence - informed decision making
by principals, guided
by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of
evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and classroom conditions mediating leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «l
evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and classroom conditions mediating leaders «own
leadership practices; and the status of their students «learning.
Evidence about collective
leadership reported in Section 1.1 reveals the extent of influence exercised
by most stakeholders in and around schools on decisions in the school.
The moderating effects of organizational characteristics are to be expected, since district size and school size almost always «make a difference,» no matter what the focus of the research is.180 Elementary schools are typically more sensitive than secondary schools to
leadership influence, although previous leader - efficacy research has reported mostly non-significant effects.181 And the rapid turnover of principals has been widely decried as anathema to school improvement efforts.182 Now we have some
evidence that the positive effects of leader efficacy are also moderated
by school and district size (the larger the organization, the less sense of efficacy among principals).
In my readings of a few of the reports, I found
evidence that effective principals establish
leadership teams, led
by the principal, assistant principals, and teacher leaders.
To address these questions, we examined
evidence provided
by the first and second rounds of principal and teacher surveys, each of which contained measures of
leadership behaviors shown elsewhere in this report to be related to student achievement.
Heller and Firestone (1995) provided
evidence of the positive impact of collaboration on
leadership functions shared
by principals and teacher leaders, such as obtaining resources, providing encouragement, and monitoring improvement efforts.
In my book, there was definitely a quid pro quo transaction here —
evidenced by Judge Bellis» finding that neither Vallas nor Pryor were fully forthcoming, and the testimony of the NEAG Dean to the effect that this one independent study did not constitute a
leadership program.
The Mind Trust will select leaders who have already established a
leadership foundation as
evidenced by student outcomes.
When we examine the education priorities of Texas» political
leadership as
evidenced by the policy initiatives of the 79th Session of the Texas Legislature, we find a policy mix dominated
by three priorities: property tax relief, fixing the broken «Robin Hood» system of school finance, and providing more money for public education.
The U.S. Department of Education (1995) defines giftedness as «children or youth who give
evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or
leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided
by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities.»
The term «gifted and talented», when used with respect to students, children, or youth, means students, children, or youth who give
evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or
leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided
by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.
The Wisconsin proposal, however, is limited to children who are scoring in the top 5 percent of standardized tests or have been identified «
by an education official» as being gifted and talented «if a student demonstrates
evidence of high - performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic,
leadership or specific academic areas and needs services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program.»
The US government defines «Gifted & Talented» students as those... «who give
evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or
leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided
by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.»
It all requires strong
leadership driven
by a relentless determination to maximize the impact on student learning, improve the nature of the
evidence about that impact, and make the right decisions going forward.
This
evidence challenges the wisdom of
leadership development initiatives that attempt to be all things to all leaders or refuse to acknowledge differences in
leadership practices required
by differences in organizational context.
When we think about «successful»
leadership, it is easy to become confused
by the current
evidence about what that really means.
We believe this
evidence argues for further research aimed less at the development of particular
leadership models and more at discovering how such flexibility is exercised
by those in various
leadership roles.
«We were confronted
by a pattern of interference
by top APS
leadership in our attempt to gather
evidence,» investigators wrote.
To probe these questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines
by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather meaningful
evidence on whether and how better
leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.
Jonathan developed his confidence and a strong grounding in
evidence - based practice
by taking a master's degree in school
leadership.
Distinguished — earned through
evidence of
leadership, including a letter of recommendation from the principal and two other teachers; a nomination from the district with student performance information and analysis of student growth; and meeting criteria set
by the commissioner and being in the top 25 percent of all teachers in the state who teach in a similar certification area in student growth average over three years.
The remaining sections report
evidence relevant to each of three questions addressed
by the study: the impact of collective
leadership on key teacher variables and student learning; the relative influence of different collective
leadership sources; the relationship between different patterns of collective
leadership and student achievement.
This companion guide to a review of school
leadership activities that have the
evidence to qualify them for funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act walks users through how to create logic models mandated
by the law.
This section summarizes
evidence about school conditions which have a significant impact on student learning and describes effective
leadership practices, identified or inferred,
by that
evidence.
The qualitative portion of our research will address this limitation
by (a) developing a relatively large number of cases of successful
leadership, (b) reporting the results of systematic cross-case analyses and (c) carrying out quantitative tests of the results provided
by the qualitative
evidence.
The first two sources of
evidence of
leadership effects, reviewed above, suggest effects of very different magnitudes; small but significant in the first case and large
by any standard in the second.
The leading provider of school -
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