Sentences with phrase «local control rather»

These options have arisen organically in various New Hampshire schools due to the policy's flexibility and focus on local control rather than federal oversight.

Rationale: District wants local control rather than state mandate.

Not exact matches

Rather, the time, effort, and resources put into the startup scene show an aggressive effort by a community to take control of its destiny and begin building a new economy from the ground up by supporting local innovators.

When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith - community, we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.»

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

That requires local and regional self - reliance rather than subordination to those who control the movement of capital and goods around the world.

You can steam cook vegetables and rice in one utensil.Even a pressure cooker would do.The main thing is, you would see, and control what you eat rather than trust to something in a packet, in which all you can see is alleged edibles in a batter or breadcrumbs, which alleges to be vegan and may not be.Eat what you can see and select and buy when possible from local growers or even a supermarket.

If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.

Anna Minton's 2009 book, Ground Control, and the 2011 London Assembly Report, Public Life in Private Hands, both highlight an increase in surveillance and control in the public realm as the management of newly designed public spaces is ceded to developers, rather than retained by elected local authorities, resulting in a winnowing out of people thought «undesirable&Control, and the 2011 London Assembly Report, Public Life in Private Hands, both highlight an increase in surveillance and control in the public realm as the management of newly designed public spaces is ceded to developers, rather than retained by elected local authorities, resulting in a winnowing out of people thought «undesirable&control in the public realm as the management of newly designed public spaces is ceded to developers, rather than retained by elected local authorities, resulting in a winnowing out of people thought «undesirable».

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Rather than launch a $ 100,000 local effort to control the urban deer population, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation to do the job - and to pay for it.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

Indeed, yesterday's Budget cuts to Housing Benefit are a sideshow to the big issue in housing, which is that spending has shifted dramatically towards supporting individuals with housing costs - rather than investing in bricks and mortar over the last twenty or so years since rent controls were abolished and local authorities were made to stop building council houses.

We encourage the CLG to investigate the merits of enforcement via the trading standards department rather than through planning or building control sections of Local Authorities.»

The Buffalo News notes that Senator Mark Grisanti's proposed district is now entirely contained within Erie County, which means the local Conservative Party will control the party's nomination, rather than the state Conservative Party, which has vowed to oppose legislators like Grisanti, who voted for same - sex marriage.

And although this subjects schools to central rather than local control, it is because the centre wishes to liberate them from standardisation that it will, paradoxically, allow variation and ethos to come back into play.

Baynes notesthat rather than declaring bankruptcy or submitting to a state takeover by a financial control board, cities would like to see state government restore funding to local governments that has been cut in recent years.

Organic gardening is a form of gardening that uses substantial diversity in pest control to reduce the use of pesticides and tries to provide as much fertility with local sources of nutrients rather than purchased fertilizers.

«If most cases in a given area are imported rather than acquired at home, then intensifying local malaria control isn't going to achieve anything,» he says, «but screening travellers might.»

As a result, we find that the interband ratio of PAH 7.7 $ \ mu $ m / PAH 11.3 $ \ mu $ m varies locally near M17SW, but rather independently of the distance from the OB stars in M17, suggesting that the degree of PAH ionization is mainly controlled by local conditions rather than the global UV environments determined by the OB stars in M17.

Local collectives should control the world's shrinking water supplies rather than multinational companies, according to University of Leicester expert Dr Georgios Patsiaouras

That being said, arcade mode can be played via local multiplayer and the matches are rather enjoyable as one player controls their army via the TV screen and the other uses VR.

The court said that charter schools are not «common» schools under the state's Constitution because they are controlled by a charter board rather than by local voters.

In other words, local control is primarily a matter of state policy rather than a constraint imposed by federal or state constitutional law on the states» role in education.

Indeed, other changes have involved shifts in power at the local level or even decentralization below the school district level, rather than greater control by the state (or the federal government).

Last year, heeding calls for «local control» of education decisions and less invasive interventions in underperforming schools, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, granting states and local school boards, rather than the federal government, broad latitude in determining how to rate the performance of schools and how to intervene when performance lags.

Each takes control of a set of existing schools in a single city, maintains a close relationship with the local diocese, and focuses primarily on establishing long - term financial sustainability for existing schools rather than opening new ones.

No matter how many times Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander says «local control,» lawmakers and voters deserve to see what evidence there is to uphold this judgment call so they can make their own rather than have to take Alexander's word for it.

They want to devolve control to local groups rather than local government planners.

He added: «Regional Schools Commissioners are using their local knowledge to hold schools to account and thanks to that expertise, and the support of head teacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.»

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) presents an exciting new opportunity to think about how we can allocate that funding in a different way — and fund - based on student need, rather than adult bureaucracy.

For example, a part of the resolution informs us that charter schools «have contributed to the increased segregation rather than diverse integration of our public school system» and that weak oversight of charters «puts students and communities at risk of harm, public funds at risk of being wasted, and further erodes local control of public education.»

This is due in part to a lack of local control since the board is appointed rather than elected.

And he argued that Connecticut should intervene more aggressively in school districts, saying local control, grounded in American tradition but not the law, has given the state an excuse to bow out rather than meaningfully try to improve schools.

The groups» mission was to press the case for individual schools, rather than district administrators, deciding how to spend money coming into LA Unified from Gov. Jerry Brown «s new Local Control Funding Formula,...

An organization ostensibly representing educators opted to back up school boards rather than the more local control of an individual's choice.

Objections to the proposal included familiar concerns about additional taxes and increase of state, rather than local, control.

In my view, our schools should not revert to «local control» in the traditional sense but rather a system of «local authorizing,» given that we are a mostly charter district and deeply invested in school - level autonomy.

Yet rather than using Connecticut's process and respecting the values inherent in the local control of education, the Common Core was developed using a system that did not include the full involvement of teachers, parents and the community.

Rather than state takeovers — which remove local control and accountability — as the go - to solution for troubled districts and schools, strategies like student - centered education, including project - based instruction, and wraparound services focused on student and family well - being, should be deployed to fix struggling schools and stabilize neighborhoods.

A broad coalition of more than 40 community and advocacy groups is jumping into LA Unified's prolonged spending debate, urging the board to allow individual schools, rather than centralized administrators, to decide how to spend the billions of dollars coming into the district from Gov. Jerry Brown «s Local Control Funding Formula program.

Thanks to that expertise and the support of headteacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.

It does not replace or compromise the state's existing authority over pet dealers, but rather allows municipalities the option for greater local control and management if desired in their communities.

Rather than split up animal control services, a community may decide to partner with other local governments to create a regional animal control agency.

A local four - player option is also available for those that opt to compete with real players rather than AI controlled NPCs.

I have many facts and fascinating stories to share with you about the politics of the local six campasinos who control the core preserves.The Mexican NGO Alternare has worked to educate the 37 campasinos within the preserve to practice sustainable organic farming methods to prevent erosion, pesticide pollution, as well as to teach them to build their houses with adobe bricks rather than wood.

Supporters of the ballot measure emphasize that the vote is more about delivering renewables and taking back local control, rather than being a referendum on smart grid technologies.

«The rapidly dropping price of wind and solar, combined with natural gas generation rather than coal, lead to solid economics, high reliability, lots of renewables, reduced emissions, and local control,» said Weaver.