Sentences with phrase «ideas on the accountability»

Not exact matches

«My favorite was the idea of «span of accountability» — what an employee is responsible for — versus «span of control» — what the employee can dictate based on their job... When an employee has more accountability than control, this is considered an «entrepreneurial gap,»» she explains, adding you generally want to (thoughtfully) create one that encourages employees to reach beyond their «span of control.»

Governments have made efforts to improve accountability by requiring lobbyists to register their activity and making campaign contributions public, predicated on the idea that transparency will reduce the risk of undue influence.

The combination of small and middling nations curtailing national sovereignty to enhance their own sense of importance and of NGOs using the idea of civil society to undermine political accountability makes for a fine muddle in trying to understand what is going on.

The word Accountability reeks of the Law while God is «not keeping an Account / Record of our sins» 2 cor 5:19 Accountability focuses on self and we tend to look for our sin side as is habit in these groups... bad idea; consider Peter who said to Jesus» Depart from me I am a Sinful Man «after the miracle Fish thing.

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

And while he can't fix the problem overnight — or even by Election Day 2018 — by demonstrating constant leadership on the issue, proposing new ideas regularly, demanding accountability, and owning the problem (no one dislikes de Blasio more than I do, but trying to pin the blame on him assures mutual destruction), he can convince voters he's on their side and best equipped to (literally) run the trains on time.

«I wish to appeal particularly to the leadership, members, supporters, sympathisers and grassroots activists of our beloved party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which was founded by Jerry John Rawlings on the ideals of probity and accountability to do more in making these ideas a reality.»

«We think this is an idea that should be explored with the Comptroller's office, Division of Budget, and management team at the State Financial System,» John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany, a nonprofit group focused on government accountability, said of the Senate proposal.

You can come up with your own accountability ideas by asking yourself this: «What is my plan on days when I don't feel like exercising?»

One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.

On both sides of the sea, standards, assessments, accountability, and school choice were surfacing as ideas, and becoming policies and programs.

(I'm hopeful that our ESSA Accountability Design Competition on February 2 will generate many more such ideas.)

The holding hinged on this idea of control — despite the fact that these charters are subject to more accountability than the state's traditional public schools.

«Duncan and his team brought to Chicago a set of ideas about how to improve teaching, learning, and leadership — not focused exclusively on accountability and governance.»

Similarly, when it came to the idea that the feds needed to force states to act, we wrote «Prodding public sector institutions to set goals, monitor performance, and then reward excellence and address mediocrity has been a signal success for reformers on both the left and the right... Sensibly structured accountability systems encourage self - interested workers to take goals seriously, focus on outcomes, and employ all the levers at their disposal to produce those outcomes.

Hill goes on to discuss important implications of these ideas, including dilemmas around accountability and choice.

From that line of thinking was born Opportunity Culture, an initiative to try this idea: Let school teams with teachers on them redesign jobs and use age - appropriate technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to many more students, for more pay, within regular budgets, adding more planning time, and having them take full accountability for the learning of all the students they serve.

The third possibility — the one I'm betting on — is that we're in a transformative period fueled by a kind of restlessness that nobody is getting accountability right, the achievement problem remains, and ideas are not manifold about what to do next.

There are proposals for new approaches to public governance, research findings on the efficacy of decentralized systems, comparisons of cities that are expanding choice, ideas for accountability and school supply, and disagreements about who should have ultimate authority.

But now that Senator Alexander has suggested he believes federal accountability, not federal testing, is the problem and Kati Haycock blogged that a retreat on testing is a «dumb policy idea,» NCLB assessments appear safer than I would've guessed sixty days ago.

Matthew Barzun, former United States Ambassador to Sweden and the United Kingdom, said he was inspired by Ripley's ideas and that they caused him to reflect on the concept of accountability.

Chiang's education ideas have centered on better accountability for charters, more education funding and more flexibility at the local level to raise funds, early education, and free community college.

Drawing on over 40 years of research and experience, Ravitch champions public schools across the country and critiques today's most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, standardized testing, punitive accountability, and the proliferation of charter schools.

So proponents claiming the mantle of «education reform» have been quick to jump on the one - sided election results as proof - positive of widespread voter support for their ideas, which include competitive charter schools, vouchers to transfer public education money into private hands, and harsh accountability measures to punish schools and teachers for the circumstances they have very little control over.

,» examines current trends in special education that are likely to influence next steps for IDEA, including widespread use of tiered systems of support, the shift from regulatory compliance to results - driven accountability, and an increased focus on postschool transition planning.

States can build on the best ideas in both early childhood and K — 12 accountability systems to create a single state education accountability system — one that sets the right goals and identifies the supports needed to help achieve them.

California's school funding model is based on a powerful idea: improve outcomes by directing more resources to high - need students and use a multiple - measure accountability system that supports local decision - making.

Our own recent paper on model state accountability systems offers quite a few ideas along these lines.

Bonds originally brought this idea to the board's Committee on Accountability, Finance & Personnel back in the fall, and they tabled discussion of the idea until 2018.

It is notable that the waiver Duncan bestowed on the CORE districts was based on Fullen's ideas with its multiple accountability measures, but did not include teacher evaluations by testing.

In fact, over the past 16 years, most schools have been organized around one idea: that students score high enough on state standardized tests so that the school and district will meet acceptable benchmarks in the state accountability system.

My colleague Bonnie lays out the idea of considering teacher - child interactions in a recent blog, and the Ounce of Prevention's Elliot Regenstein, Maia Connors, and Rio Romero - Jurado went in - depth on why state accountability systems should focus on the quality of instruction in the early years.

The public and many educators agreed that accountability based on results was a good idea (Hannaway, 2003).

In his speech today, Obama identified three key priorities he wants to guide the legislative process: fair and thorough accountability and assessment, empowerment of teachers and principals to pursue innovative ideas, and a focus on persistently low - performing schools to ensure the most effective teachers serve students most in need.

The Truly Fair Credit program relies on three key ideas: proven results, accountability, and service.

If we take the wikipedia definition of entrepreneur: «is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome», it really has nothing to do with money but with something new that the person is passionate about and willing to put everything on the line for.

Exactly how it can help you depends on where you need accountability and how you implement the idea.

If you have ideas you want to implement, your accountability partner can be someone you count on to keep you honest about meeting milestones when working towards turning those ideas into reality.

So the seminar is an idea to invite multidisciplinary and comparative perspectives on laws and lives of democracies in India and USA to develop awareness, knowledge and critical thinking on the issues and challenges in India and US on matters of elections, representation and accountability.»

On accountability generally, there is the idea that government regulatory agencies could delegate to third party accountability agencies if structured correctly could be interesting.

This is something Apple is very clear about, stressing the idea of accountability without responsibility — you may be dependent on others, but if you fail, it's your fault.

One of the specific ideas raised was for a national data summit on population health and accountability of health funding.

If, on the other had, you are NOT a planner etc, it would be a good idea to figure out a method for accountability, especially if your state expects specifice benchmarks to be met.