Sentences with phrase «lacking standards and accountability»

But this type of system is now viewed as lacking standards and accountability.

Not exact matches

, why would you see a provider that is basically following and probably even promoting the same standard — or lack thereof — of patient care and accountability?

Baby Milk Action, a campaign group that monitors the baby food industry against United Nations marketing standards, says it has received a letter (dated 9 July 2014) from the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Mr Georg Kell, that confirms its view that the corporate accountability initiative is «worse than useless and lacking in integrity».

Turning rhetoric into reality will be a tough call — public spending cuts show no sign of letting up and the combination of rising demand for school places, lack of accountability and cuts to education budgets in real terms will need careful consideration if we are to improve standards and equity in education within the next administration.

And states that lack the readiness — or gumption — to proceed swiftly to adjust their accountability to the new standards probably should hit the pause button she is recommending.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

Most voucher programs lack accountability measures, and according to studies of voucher programs, many also lack proper oversight to ensure they meet even the minimal standards that do exist.

After further discussing voucher school failures and lack of standards and accountability, Pocan concludes:

Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called the program «the gold standard for failure and lack of accountability.»

Although standards and accountability advocates have succeeded in getting states to at least create a process for developing standards, the lack of work on overhauling how states select textbooks (which is often both corrupt and incompetent) has resulted in shoddy materials that rarely align with standards and thus fails to help students learn.

Among the problems the study identified: it failed to give prospective families enough information to make informed decisions, it did not provide effective oversight to voucher schools, its database was outdated and full of inaccuracies, it lacked financial accountability, and it failed to ensure voucher schools complied with accreditation standards.

Sen. Al Franken's elicitation of her lack of understanding between growth and proficiency, her disdain for gun - free school zones (in front of a Newtown representative, no less), her view of sexual assault on campuses, her refusal to assure Sen. Tim Kaine that she would hold all schools that receive public funds — traditional, public charter, private, parochial — to the same standards of accountability: Shall we count the ways she equivocated on civil rights, equity, safety and basic comprehension of pressing educational matters?

Most voucher programs lack accountability measures, and according to studies of voucher programs, many also lack proper oversight to ensure they meet the minimal standards that do exist.

Students who use corporate tax dollars to attend private schools that lack accreditation, accountability and standards do not out - perform their counterparts in traditional public schools.

Despite some parents» apparent success, others noticed that rebellion, resentment, low self - esteem, an inability to solve problems, and a lack of accountability or responsibility seemed to be prominent among many children who had been raised according to strict behavioristic standards.

Booking through a property management company adds accountability and a set of standards that are lacking in their to the horror story counterparts of vacation home rentals gone wrong.