Sentences with phrase «from local democratic control»

The ex platoon is that Ofsted are eye - deep in a politically inspired programme to remove schools from local democratic control.

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1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

I recently received an email invite from Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs inviting me to the party's annual fall fundraising gala on Oct. 18, which is intended to raise campaign cash to help fuel the Democrats» effort to win back control of the local Legislature this fall.

America's worst shooting massacre prompted the same sort of reactions from local members of Congress as all other such tragedies have, with Democrats calling for additional gun - control measures and Republicans resisting and blaming the Democratic president for a perceived inability to confront and control terrorism.

But Mr. Wright's name is noticeably absent from the list of 62 Democratic sponsors of the Assembly bill that would allow for local control.

In this movement, some researchers saw democracy in action as power devolved from the state to local schools, sometimes culminating in outside stakeholder involvement.147 Many contentions about site - based management, community control of schools, community schools, and school choice were based on democratic and communitarian theory.148 Some researchers and policy makers influenced by economic theory have begun to view the relationship between schools and communities differently.

105 Milwaukee Public Schools were joined by 14 La Crosse schools in hosting morning «Walk Ins» to demonstrate the widespread support for public schools in the city and the unified outrage over a Takeover that rips local and democratic control from the people of Milwaukee.

This from the Democratic governor whose «Commissioner's Network» program has undermined local control, handed public schools over to the disgraced Jumoke / FUSE charter school chain in Hartford and Bridgeport and devastated a number of urban schools by implementing a «money follows the child» system that has left troubled schools without the resources they need to even serve the students that have remained in those schools.

We haven't seen this latest corruption of democratic ideals in Connecticut — yet — but you can be sure that if the charter schools don't get what they want from the State Board of Education, Governor Malloy and the Connecticut Legislature, we'll see more and more proposals allowing charter schools to side - step the fundamental concepts of local control and governance.

But late in the 2016 Democratic primary race for governor of his state of Vermont, McKibben switched his endorsement from Matt Dunne, who supports local control of energy projects, to Sue Miniter, who opposes it.