Sentences with phrase «in local decision making»

In our green paper on special educational needs (SEN) and disability we have set out a range of ways that parents should be involved in local decision making.
By July 1996, every Kentucky school must be engaged in local decision making — so proclaimed the Kentucky Education Reform Act, passed in 1990, after the State Supreme Court declared the public education system unconstitutional.
They believe in local decision making, active dialogue, and a whole lot more.
Particularly where there is more autonomy in local decision making, schools facing stronger accountability pressures do better on international math and science exams.

Not exact matches

Whatever decisions you make in 2018 about how to grow your business, ensure you make them with an awareness of both the global and local implications top of mind.
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But technology that gathers localized data can empower local decision making in a process we call edge - centricity.
Since the floodwaters receded, SBP has made significant progress on the ground, partnering with local organizations to help build their capacity and better inform their decision making, holding training sessions with homeowners to share vital information, beginning muck & gut operations in a hard - hit neighborhood, and has established a permanent field office in the Houston area.
I was studying the role of public participation in resource project decision - making in New Zealand, and came across a local group organized as Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) which had become the front of opposition to the Trans - Tasman mining proposal.
Incentives offered by the state / province and local communities to offset initial capital outlay and ongoing operational costs will be significant factors in the decision - making process.»
The federal government now swept past all the barriers that once had put up resistance — as in extending controls on local schools or bringing under the review of federal courts the decisions made on hiring and firing in private businesses, even small colleges.
Larger societies should make decisions only in cases where the decision can not be made at the local leve.
The local church must more intentionally structure its life so that it becomes a decision making community in which members have a large voice.
We need leaders who are willing to develop the expertise and accept the responsibility for working with a group of persons in the local church to cultivate patterns of decision - making that lead to a greater acceptance of the church's mission in society.
He wants to draw attention to the local and particular, where he believes policy decisions should be made, but he refuses to take his eye off the national, where policy decisions are in fact being made,
«While cultural background is always a significant consideration in making this decision, so too are other factors including remaining in the local area to promote contact with the child's family and for the child to continue at the same school in order to give them as much stability as possible.»
It means decision about lives are being made in corporate boardrooms in the USA, Europe and Japan, instead of in local community councils or at the national level.
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
Local Engagement Officers will engage regionally throughout South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland to ensure local communities are given opportunities to engage in environmental water management and decision maLocal Engagement Officers will engage regionally throughout South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland to ensure local communities are given opportunities to engage in environmental water management and decision malocal communities are given opportunities to engage in environmental water management and decision making.
«Local engagement officers help create of opportunities for interested local people to participate in decision - making around environmental water use.&rLocal engagement officers help create of opportunities for interested local people to participate in decision - making around environmental water use.&rlocal people to participate in decision - making around environmental water use.»
The Rainforest Alliance has long been committed to working to improve livelihoods in vulnerable landscapes — always prioritizing community leadership, self - determination, and local values and decision - making.
Instead, you should just trust him that his friends can meet in a private room at the local country club (perhaps Augusta National, since Tony lists Condoleezza Rice's membership there as a credential for separating elite college football teams) and make decisions for the rest of us.
However, the EFL said in a statement the decision was made «first thing this morning following discussions between Derby County, Derbyshire Police and the local Safety Advisory Group.»
Clubs and local police can request to make changes in the draft which can be implemented but the final decision rest of English FA.
It should be noted that a natural father without PR still has certain legal rights in relation to his child, e.g.: • an automatic right to apply to the court for certain court orders in respect to his child • in an emergency, the right to consent to medical treatment for the child • if the child is being looked after by the local authority, the right to have reasonable contact with his child and the right for the local authority to give due consideration to his wishes and feelings in relation to important decisions they make about the child, including decisions about adoption and contact arrangements after adoption.
Whether you choose to birth at home, our birth center, or in a local hospital, we will respect your individuality, your desires for your birth, and your right to make decisions about your care.
The project will help us better understand and address these challenges as well as incorporate the information into decision - making at local and state levels in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Join Care Academy, Cultural Care Au Pair and Pine Village for a panel discussion featuring local experts in the field sharing information to help you make an informed decision when it comes to childcare for your little ones.
We were very fortunate as, once we had made our decision to home educate, a nursery school in a local town was closing down and selling off all their equipment and supplies.
In addition, it is best to keep the control (decision - making) decentralized and as local as possible, because as you noted centralized decision - making tends to lead to «one size fits all» solutions which really don't work (as those who are in the school nutrition reform movement are fond of pointing outIn addition, it is best to keep the control (decision - making) decentralized and as local as possible, because as you noted centralized decision - making tends to lead to «one size fits all» solutions which really don't work (as those who are in the school nutrition reform movement are fond of pointing outin the school nutrition reform movement are fond of pointing out.)
There is evidence of its success in some contexts, both high -(e.g., [15]-RRB- and low - income (e.g., [21]-RRB-, but local gender factors related to decision - making, power, autonomy, and what is considered «women's space» should be understood before «engaging men» is adopted as a general approach.
In previous years EFA has asked local authorities to set in advance the dates by which they planned to make decisions on placements, agree contracts, and make payments for students known to them and to monitor their own delivery against these planIn previous years EFA has asked local authorities to set in advance the dates by which they planned to make decisions on placements, agree contracts, and make payments for students known to them and to monitor their own delivery against these planin advance the dates by which they planned to make decisions on placements, agree contracts, and make payments for students known to them and to monitor their own delivery against these plans.
Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».
She turned three back in August and Husband and I (but mostly I, to be fair) made the decision to send Sausage to our local children's centre, three mornings a week.
The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.
For example, the Commission could help facilitate local deliberative bodies or citizen assemblies, support local authorities conduct effective participatory budgeting exercises, and experiment with new means for the public to engage in political decision - making processes in more direct and sustained ways.
Mr Mahama stated that more women were now taking part in the decision - making process both at the local government and national level in Ghana.
«More and more women are taking part in the decision - making process both at the local and national level in Ghana today.
Decision - making about the construction process was confined to national and foreign «experts», resulting in outcomes like the exclusion of local valuations from the compensation process.
The Devolving Local Major Transport Schemes consultation reflects the government's clear ambitions for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the desire to engage businesses and the private sector in the decision making process.
I represent a constituency with Manchester airport partially in it; I understand all about the local pressures — but you've got to as a nation be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the South East should go.»
In jurisdictions where local decision - makers stand to gain from new development, they will be much more eager to make it happen.
A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole city regions, in contrast to existing city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf of, their local authority.
In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturIn 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturin backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culturin the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.
I voted by post today and had three ballot papers: mayor, police and crime commissioner, local councillor — which is a lot of decisions to make about our future leaders in one go.
«I always want the city and the county and local communities to elect people who share the values of the public, that are going to work hard, they have the utmost integrity, that you can rely on in a moment of crisis to make sound decisions, and will attract quality people to an administration,» he said.
All parties believe in wider community involvement, in local decision - making and that some services are best run by neighbourhood groups, as long as there is no self - interest.
Difficult decisions will need to be made in local government, just as in national Government, and people understand that.
This would provide transparency in the decision - making process, and accountability to the local community.»
Similar complaints were made when Salmond rode roughshod over the wishes of local residents and planners to «call in» the decision to approve Donald Trump's golf complex plan on the Aberdeenshire coast.
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