Sentences with phrase «hold states accountable»

Continue to hold states accountable by ensuring that they set academic performance targets for minority and low - income students, English language learners and students with disabilities;

King faced questions about his willingness to adhere to the restrictions ESSA places on the department, and the committee stressed the need for the department to balance new state flexibility with a responsibility to hold states accountable for underperforming schools.

And considering the sloppiness of the Obama administration's handling of the waivers thus far, no one in Congress can reasonably expect it to hold states accountable in any way — especially since it can be argued that the waiver gambit itself is legally questionable in the first place.

The fact the federal government should hold states accountable for the subsidies they are given under No Child — part of the whatever government is doing it should do well that is an oft - forgotten tenet of modern conservatism — also forces it to take a more - prominent role in education policymaking.

ESSA has provisions in place to hold states accountable for monitoring educational equity, and the act requires schools to disclose the number of low income students and students of color that are placed into classrooms with «ineffective, out - of - field, and inexperienced teachers.»

ESSA has provisions in place to hold states accountable for monitoring educational equity, and the act

The House bill would erase most methods the federal government now uses to hold states accountable for educating students.

Congress should expand this provision to hold states accountable for the gaps outlined above as well.

Not only does the law require that districts use curricula that rely on «scientifically - based reading research,» a phrase, defined at length that appears 25 times in the statute; it further instructs the Department of Education to assist and hold states accountable in meeting this rigorous requirement.

The idea that the federal government would hold states accountable for producing student learning outcomes was very new.

When Congress or the Secretary of Education decide that they're going to «hold states accountable,» nothing like this applies.

The report's preface promises to hold states accountable for preserving private school autonomy:

Apart from the religious truths that hold the state accountable through its citizenry, there is no lasting democracy, but simply majoritarianism.

Firstly, by bearing witness, journalists could hold the state accountable, often by publishing the recommendations of the human rights commissions.

Zellnor, a product of public schools, would like to fight to hold the state accountable and demand that our schools be adequately funded.

Adherents of the Fourteenth Amendment believe that the federal government has a duty to ensure fairness by directing funds to underresourced communities and holding states accountable for the performance of all students.

There is no body in charge of updating and revising the standards or holding states accountable for their implementation.

This requirement poses a significant threat for holding states accountable to subgroup populations.

The NC Supreme Court sidestepped an opportunity to hold the state accountable in providing a sound and basic education to all its children when it determined that the state was sufficiently fulfilling its responsibility in another Leandro ruling last month.

The Education Commission of the States published a guide that details «what constitutes a well - rounded education, how [states] ensure students across their state have access to it, and how, if at all, the U.S. Department of Education plans to hold their state accountable to it.»

The release of student data helps to hold the state accountable to those most directly impacted by the exams: students, parents and teachers.»

While the platform has traditionally rejected reliance on performance tests, this year's platform specifically pledges to cease the «test - and - punish version of accountability» when holding states accountable to the...

But anything from the administration that smacks of holding states accountable for improving student achievement will not get congressional backing, especially from Harkin (who has proven in the past that he will do anything asked of him by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to ditch No Child altogether and go back to the bad old days of handing federal money freely to states).

These are the students who will become the marine biologists working along our coasts, the engineers perfecting high - speed rail, and the community leaders holding our state accountable for years to come.

This is a fact that the U.S. Supreme Court made clear more than a century ago in Hunter v. Pittsburgh and has since been affirmed by the federal government through No Child, which holds states accountable for the quality of education provided with the use of federal dollars.

Given that the administration has few ways of holding states accountable for fulfilling their promises, one can easily expect a problem to crop up later this year, right in the middle of the president's tough campaign for re-election.

Isn't it time we start holding the state accountable?

The Democratic platform makes general claims about holding states accountable for raising achievement levels for a range of subgroups that includes ELLs.

Thank you to Long Island principals for taking the lead in this effort to hold the State accountable.

Not exact matches

The Russian veto was a defeat for the United States, which has been lobbying for months for Iran to be held accountable at the United Nations, while at the same time threatening to quit a 2015 deal among world powers to curb Iran's nuclear program if «disastrous flaws» are not fixed.

«The Assad regime and its backers must be held accountable and any further attacks prevented immediately,» the State Department said.

The ruling marks the second time the high court has rendered an opinion in the case, in which the state is seeking to hold Greenberg accountable for sham transactions at the insurer.

Mike Litt, consumer campaign director at U.S. PIRG, a public interest group, said Congress instead is considering legislation that would exempt credit bureaus from data break notifications and make it harder for states to hold them accountable.

REI was direct in stating that it was holding Vista accountable for its approach.

States are taking action on climate change and the environment — and being held accountable by their citizens.

Blue states lead lagging US on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing; pension funds hold investment managers accountable.

Following the breach, the company hired digital cybersecurity firms to assist with its investigation, stating it «will continue to provide whatever cooperation is necessary to hold the malicious actors accountable.»

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed taxing prescription painkillers as a way to hold drugmakers accountable for the nation's opioid addiction and overdose crisis.

That somehow the decisions made my a «Nation» were not made my people and therefor a «person» can not be held accountable for the actions of the state.

The only difference is that when it became public Penn State actually held people accountable, unlike the Catholic Church.

You know, we need to hold these organizations accountable — USA Gymnastics, United States Olympic Committee, MSU — they need an independent investigation.

By the way, the Bible also states that those who preach any other gospel but the real Gospel of Christ will be held accountable.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

I'm hopeful we can expose the hypocrisies here and continue to hold the state of North Carolina and the NCAA accountable to its constituents.»

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

The letter states, «We remain committed to holding our own workplaces accountable, pushing for swift and effective change to make the entertainment industry a safe and equitable place for everyone, and telling women's stories through our eyes and voices with the goal of shifting our society's perception and treatment of women.»

In the book produced by the Task Force, we highlighted that under existing human rights norms nation states have a responsibility to take collective action to hold corporations accountable for abuses of human rights and environmental standards.

In the book produced by the Task Force, it highlighted that under existing human rights norms nation states have a responsibility to take collective action to hold corporations accountable for abuses of human rights and environmental standards.

Baby Milk Action welcomes the fact the UN Human Rights Council voted to set up a working group to draft a Treaty to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses as it states its experience has shown the Global Compact to be «worse than useless».

If there is a recall notification for something that has been imported from China, will there be any ramifications to the Chinese - based company; and if there were litigation, how would the China - based company be held accountable to the citizens in the United States?