Sentences with phrase «in a single district system»

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In these systems, seats are not allocated on a proportional basis; rather, they are given to candidates who win a majority in single - member districtIn these systems, seats are not allocated on a proportional basis; rather, they are given to candidates who win a majority in single - member districtin single - member districts.

It is harder to research a couple dozen candidates in a given election (which would be typical in a nine seat election since there would be viable third party candidates as well as a candidate for each seat from each of two major parties) than it is to research two of them as you would in a single member district with the two party system that single member districts strongly favor.

In contrast, single member districts systemically underrepresent diffuse, politically extreme ideological factions which are minorities almost everywhere which tends to moderate the political system as a whole (something that instant runoff voting also does).

The new system is less proportional than the old system (which allocated half the seats through party lists and had smaller single member districts); thus Orban was able to retain his two - thirds majority despite winning 800,000 fewer votes than in 2010.

Half of the 450 seats will be decided by competitions in regional constituencies, technically known as single - mandate districts, using a «first - past - the - post» system like that used in U.S. elections.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

Much of the discussion centered on campaigns for the U.S. House and Senate, but state races came up constantly as well, and for good reason: the state legislators and governors elected in three short months will oversee the single most important political act in our system of government, the redrawing of state and congressional district lines based on the results of the census.

it can happen in other single member plurality district systems.

In this system, voters have a single vote, which they can cast for a single candidate in their district, in which only one legislative seat is availablIn this system, voters have a single vote, which they can cast for a single candidate in their district, in which only one legislative seat is availablin their district, in which only one legislative seat is availablin which only one legislative seat is available.

Among other benefits for the district attorney offices across the city, the funding will provide Bronx County with a vertical integration system which proposes delegating every stage of the prosecution to a single assistant district attorney in order to eliminate delays and backlogs in trial cases, a Rikers Island prosecution bureau and a Conviction Integrity Unit to review past convictions and ensure the fairness of tried cases.

In particular, the use of multi-member districts alongside voting systems establishing proportional representation such as single transferable voting can reduce wasted votes and gerrymandering.

Baez has always had an explanation for her attendance... what you fail to realize is that even with the attendence record she has brought so much resources to her district... do your your homework... cabrera knows the system cause he worked in it... ha what a joke what about maria understand her district cause she was one of us... a single mom struggling to raise her daughter... 1199... working families... Bronx Democratic County Committee... all those organization & company based their decision on political moves not on her track record... cabrera is an outsider... Mujers For Baez!

Electoral districts may be single seat (only a single representative is elected), as in the district system, or multiple seats (more than one representative is elected).

Presumably, a single - district («majority») system like in the US, France or the UK was perceived as less democratic so if you still want to allow some form of personal election, you necessarily end up with a complex system.

The Buffalo Metro Rail, also operated by the NFTA, is a 6.4 miles (10.3 km) long, [citation needed] single line light rail system that extends from Erie Canal Harbor in downtown Buffalo to the University Heights district (specifically, the South Campus of University at Buffalo) in the city's northeastern part.

But this in itself is no guarantee of inevitable change in the representational share between the major and minor parties, especially in single - member district electoral systems.

A structural review is used to establish whether one or more single, all - purpose councils, known as unitary authorities, should be established in an area instead of the district and county councils of the existing two - tier system.

Charter adoption in 2006 tweaked the system, downsizing the legislature to 23 and requiring candidates to run in single - member districts.

The 1993 reform government under Hosokawa Morihiro introduce a new electoral system whereby 200 members (reduced to 180 beginning with the 2000 election) are elected by proportional representation in multi-member districts or «blocs» while 300 are elected from single - candidate districts.

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This would, in turn, allow state leaders to give district - run schools charter - like autonomy and create a single citywide accountability system.

The strength of PowerTeacher is not so much in how it helps a single educator organize, but how it can be utilized throughout a school system or district.

Yesterday's district - based system was democratically controlled, but the centralization of authority in a single government body prevented dynamism and choice and produced a half - century of heartbreaking results.

In the lower court's view, Detroit and the suburban districts were merely different components of a single Michigan school system, so district boundaries could be ignored in developing a remedIn the lower court's view, Detroit and the suburban districts were merely different components of a single Michigan school system, so district boundaries could be ignored in developing a remedin developing a remedy.

Developing systems that support teachers in sustained professional learning and refinement of teaching practice is perhaps the single most important way to promote student learning and educational opportunity in schools or districts.

When these systems were first considered and developed (in the 1990s and early 2000s), the single - provider district - based model was still synonymous in most places with public education.

In fact, the district - based system (a single public sector operator of schools) that we've had for the last century is extraordinarily rational when viewed from above.

Or will you read ESSA as requiring a «single accountability system,» meaning one - size - fits - all for all schools and districts in the state?

Filed in U.S. District Court, the suit seeks to replace at - large elections with a system employing single - member districts, said Stephen M. Cody, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

State and district testing systems will not be fixed in a single year.

In 2015, the 84th Texas Legislature passed HB 2804, which changed the Texas school accountability system so that every campus and district / charter receives one of five ratings from A through F, both on five separate domains and also combined into a single overall grade.

Jonas is proud of all that the Leading Educators community has accomplished, having grown from a single pilot program in New Orleans to becoming an innovative learning and systems design partner of districts in twelve geographic areas.

And that's where we find ourselves now... No single idea, policy or solution can begin to address all the challenges in 50 states, 15,000 districts and 90,000 public schools... we need accountability for the entire system.»

Partners4Results offers an online application that gives school districts deep insights into student understanding in a single system from one vendor.

For example, AIR helped develop the Career and Technical Education Early Warning System on behalf of Chicago Public Schools to feed real - time information from district databases into a single location that supports more than 20,000 students participating in career and technical education courses across the district.

ART is available to state, district, and school systems administrators in participating states using your Smarter Balanced Single Sign - on credentials.

Key examples include Cawelti and Protheroe's (2001) study of change in six school districts in four states; Snipes, Dolittle and Herlihy's (2002) case studies of improvement in four urban school systems and states; Massell and Goertz's (2002) investigation of standards - based reform in 23 school districts across eight states; McLaughlin and Talbert's (2002) analysis of three urban or metropolitan area California districts; Togneri and Anderson's (2003) investigation of five high poverty districts (four urban, one rural) from five states; and several single - site case studies of district success (e.g., Hightower, 2002; Snyder, 2002).

ProgressBook is a comprehensive, district - wide classroom management system that combines grade book, attendance, lesson plans, report cards, special services, and parent / student / teacher communication in a single software solution.

There already exist model catch - up programs and policies that systems and institutions can learn from: California State University at Long Beach has pioneered a partnership to deliver bridge courses to close student - readiness gaps; Illinois has passed legislation requiring the development of transitional math courses across the state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school year.

The game's single player progression system, where I spent the bulk of my time, has you racing in seven individual events across several districts.

When bus drivers for the Wilson County School District in Tennessee get behind the wheel, every single one of them takes the Smith System al...

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