Sentences with phrase «local decision»

Particularly where there is more autonomy in local decision making, schools facing stronger accountability pressures do better on international math and science exams.
The guide is also a valuable resource for local decision makers, letting them know what they should expect when wind project developers come to town.
They believe in local decision making, active dialogue, and a whole lot more.
As climate change and population place further pressure on tight water resources, the researchers found that policymakers and water managers need to take a regional and global perspective on local decisions.
Under current law, districts make local decisions about how to best use their Title I funding.
The rewrite would include provisions for local decisions about best practices, rather than a «one - size - fits - all» approach.
A few schools will be eligible to opt out of local decision making by virtue of achieving success on statewide assessments of individual schools.
And it promotes equity and continuous improvement by focusing on disparities among student groups across all indicators, which supports local decision - makers and stakeholders in prioritizing improvement efforts.
Major changes and improvements require support from local decision makers.
Currently, the focus on state standards and accountability systems is driving local decisions and policies in ways that are unprecedented.
The project will demonstrate how local decisions can restore the water cycle and water quality while providing an attractive, high - quality landscape and improving climate resilience for current and future generations.
Our role is to help communities successfully manage the challenge of growth through local decision making, research, sharing of expertise, creative problem solving, and building community consensus.
We held interactive workshops to introduce local decision makers to the issues behind climate change and presented solutions for integrating climate adaptation into local land use management, development, and restoration efforts.
Examples of professional development that have been successful at raising student achievement can help local decision makers better understand what quality teacher professional learning looks like.
In jurisdictions where local decision - makers stand to gain from new development, they will be much more eager to make it happen.
But we do not have an adaptive education system that systematically identifies and spreads excellence, balancing local decision - making with top - down guidance and support.
Fifty - two percent of both liberals and conservatives prefer local decisions.
Our lending specialists will provide you with personalized service and fast local decisions on your loan application.
And while 43 % would like to be involved in local decision - making, only 26 % felt they had some influence locally.
Plus, our hometown touch means you can count on local decisions and servicing so you can enjoy fast turnaround time, and all of your questions will be handled here at home.
Costs associated with sea - level rise depend on the adjacent community's «economy, geography, and local decisions about land use,» the report found.
Because districts know their students and communities best, curriculum and instruction are local decisions made by the district, schools, and teachers.
The bill shifts power over an important aspect of land use policy from local decision makers to the state.
But currently, the focus on state standards and accountability systems is driving local decisions and policies in ways that are unprecedented.
It also consists of # 4.6 million for Parent Carer Forums, which bring parents together with local decision makers and help to provide them with a voice in the process.
Districts should be key drivers within comprehensive accountability systems by supporting continuous improvement, tracking additional measures of school quality and student success, using these measures to inform local decisions about resources and supports, and serving as laboratories of innovation for the state;
Cleaner, Greener Communities is a major statewide initiative encouraging communities to incorporate sustainability goals and principles into local decision - making and then form partnerships to transform these goals into economic development projects.
But technology that gathers localized data can empower local decision making in a process we call edge - centricity.
Once again they tend to scrutinise local decisions more closely than the broadcasters and in this area newspapers in some countries perform better than TV.
For example, the Office for Civil Rights should quit meddling in local decisions regarding which schools should be closed and how schools of choice should be operated.
Whether state or local, changes in state economies also drive many local decisions, as superintendents and principals grapple with day - to - day questions about resource allocation.
«This recent drop in arts entries is driven by several factors, including changes to the way school performance is measured, financial pressures on schools, and, of course, local decisions taken by school leaders.»
On top of basic per - pupil money, the new formula provides extra dollars for poor districts based on how many disadvantaged students they have, and encourages local decision - making and experimentation on how to reach and teach kids.
National School Boards Association Director Neil Putnam was quoted in Rep. Noem's release, stating «We want our kids to be served healthy and nutritious foods through the school lunch program, but the issue comes when federal mandates override local decisions by school boards and administrators.
We are the dealmakers and have more than 500 dedicated professionals exercising local decision making across the U.S., Canada and the UK managing more than $ 44 billion in commitments — and growing.
He has promised to increase local decision making in health care and is faced with a growing list of aging hospitals and health care centres that have faced decades of neglect by the provincial government.
Why the TEAPublicans — who supposedly cherish local decision making and low taxes are imposing a costly, top down — Albany knows best — approach to teacher evaluation eludes me!
For Lower Taxes for EVERYONE For Restoring Local Decisions on Education For Protecting the 2nd Amendment For FULL Repeal of the SAFE Act Against Crony Capitalism.
The governor says the rules of the tax cap do not take away local decision making, but he says it does end the previous system, which the governor says was on «automatic pilot» as school taxes went up year after year.
«The commission's proposals will further exacerbate the inequality created by the property tax cap and erode local decision - making while ignoring the investments that the state must make to strengthen our economy.»
Kirstin Dow was named a 2016 - 2017 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow and works with the Carolina Integrated Sciences and Assessments Team, which studies the impact of climate forces in North and South Carolina to aid local decision making.
In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».
And he trusts local decisions, because they are made by the communities directly affected and by individuals who possess far more wisdom than university faculties and Washington elites believe.
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