Sentences with phrase «greatest need of reform»

After learning from the educational experiences of top - performing countries, which aspects of education in the United States are in the greatest need of reform?

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Populorum Progressio, the pope notes, «repeatedly underlines the urgent need for reform, and in the face of great problems of injustice in the development of peoples, it calls for courageous action to be taken without delay.»

The agitation grew so great that when the rector of the university, Nicholas Cop, delivered an inaugural address in 1533 suggesting the need for reform of the church, it provoked outrage, and obliged Cop to flee for his life.

That is to say, in a technopoly, one's need for efficiency rather than social reform or greater philosophical or religious inquiry becomes the means and end, the subject and object, of society and culture.

While I agree that (unlimited) compound interest that it is a big problem for the economy and need to be reformed, fiat money on the other side it is one of the major tools that prevented today's recession to become a another Great Depression.

«Much greater reform in football is needed to make the game inclusive, sustainable and driven from the grass roots, where it should be,» John Whittingdale, chair of the committee, said.

Though some see this unforeseen development as an opportunity to move on much - needed reforms in Albany, it's not great news for advocates of congestion pricing.

«There is an overwhelming need for reform in juvenile justice system, starting with the replacement of Commissioner Gladys Carrion, whose misguided policies and divisive management has put clients and staff at greater risk.

The group felt that there will need to be much greater clarity on how the wider land reform proposals fit in with the Scottish Government's own objectives in terms of deer and game management and its aims to deliver landscape scale biodiversity recovery across Scotland.

In addition to John Preston becoming President, Ray McCann today becomes Deputy President and Glyn Fullelove Vice President of CIOT.1 On tax simplification John Preston will say: «Whichever party wins on June 8th, we hope they take seriously the unquestionable need to simplify the UK tax system... Whilst the OTS has achieved a great deal under John [Whiting]'s leadership and, I'm sure, will continue the great work under his successor Paul Morton, it must feel at times that they are fighting with one hand tied behind their back with the Government deciding certain reforms are simply politically unacceptable.

And in her Tory conference speech, she said: «To make Britain a great meritocracy, we must move beyond this agenda and deliver real social reform across every layer of society so that those whom the system would currently miss — those just above the threshold for help today yet those who are by no means rich or well off — are given the help they need.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

What is notable is what is not in the agreement — legislative compensation overhaul, desperately needed stronger ethics enforcement with greater public transparency of votes, comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing that closes the LLC loophole and bans all personal use of campaign funds, strong disclosure and accountability for all executive and legislative discretionary lump sum funds, and a commitment to undertake the necessary examination and full - scale overhaul of our ethics and campaign finance laws.

«Certainly there is great appreciation that he understood the need for corporate tax reform, and the importance of that to the financial industry,» said Wylde.

Joe Williams, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, said «It shocks the conscience that we continue to look the other way while we permit our schools to pair our most ineffective teachers with the children most in need of great classroom instruction.

Mr Clegg admitted both party leaders were taking «big risks» but said it would be a «new politics»: «It's a new kind of government, a radical, reforming government where it needs to be and a source of reassurance and stability at a time of great uncertainty in our country too.»

They agree on the need to target educational resources on pupils from deprived backgrounds, and have also agreed to pass a freedom, or great reform, bill that will scrap ID cards and the next generation of biometric passports.

«I believe Labour needs to work out how to build an economy that generates a much greater degree of prosperity, is much more successful at tackling inequality and poverty, and which is radical in pursuing more democratic and inclusive political chance, such as electoral reform.

Instead, like the civil rights movement itself, the education reform movement is in dire need of creative thinking, committed education leaders, and informed, involved parents — all united in our belief in the worth and value of every young life and each child's potential to learn and do great things.

«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.

The namesake and chairman of The George Lucas Educational Foundation discusses his vision of Edutopia at Dreamforce, the annual conference for customers of the customer - relationship - management company salesforce.com, as part of the event's increased focus on education reform and the need for greater business investment to achieve that goal.

Glasgow's assistant director of education Ian Robertson said that further reform would be needed, and suggested greater collaboration between schools could be essential.

This is a great example of why I now believe that state - level reform needs to be generated and led by the nonprofit sector.

As policy - oriented research grows and matures, we see a greater need to attend to both the macro - and microview of reform, practice, and learning, and we suspect there will be more cross-over among the studies representing policy, measurement, and literacy perspectives.

2015: A Great Year For Children In Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislaGreat Year For Children In Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislagreat year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislature.

But the lower levels of eighth - grade achievement serves as evidence of a point Dropout Nation has made over the past few years: That the generation of reforms that culminated with the passage of No Child aren't enough to help children master the knowledge they need — from algebra and statistics, to mastering the lessons from the Wealth of Nations and other great texts — for success in higher education and in life outside of school.

While there are great disparities in school quality across the board member districts, there is no district that is not in need of serious reform.

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

According to Milner, while an individual teacher can make a difference, meeting the needs of students due to challenges from race and poverty will take system - wide reform, and districtwide structures and policies will have the greatest impact in student achievement.

We agree with the president and education secretary on the urgent need for reform of our education system, and their assertions that everyone — educators, policymakers, students, parents, and community and business leaders — needs to assume greater responsibility for improved outcomes in our schools.

This was about the time that members of Congress, federal regulators and the media were focusing a great deal of attention on the need for credit card industry reform.

The Guardian: The existing food system has failed and needs urgent reform, according to a UN expert who argues there should be a greater emphasis on local food production and an overhaul of trade policies that have led to overproduction in rich countries while obliging poor countries — which are often dependent on agriculture — to [continue reading...]

A great deal of change will be needed to practically implement any reforms.

Martin Burns, head of ADR research and development at RICS, said the Jackson reforms and Jones had «placed greater emphasis on the quality of expert witnesses, and the need for them to provide value for money».

Besides having product reforms, distribution reforms are in great need with rural penetration accounting for only 0.2 % of GDP.»

In my view, the greatest deficiency in this process is not the draft indicative framework per se but the fact that it currently exists in isolation from any other form of performance monitoring, particularly on identifying progress on important goals such as capacity building and governance reform, as well as identifying the unmet need and accordingly whether policy approaches are moving forward or in fact regressing.

This drive for more collaboration on behalf of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is very much in line with the NHS constitution and reforms to the wider NHS, which advocate greater integration wherever possible.

Congress enacted the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 based on findings that significant reforms in the real estate settlement process were needed to ensure that consumers are provided with greater and more timely information on the nature and costs of the residential real estate settlement process and are protected from unnecessarily high settlement charges caused by certain abusive practices that Congress found to have developed.