Sentences with phrase «more local governance»

With a community of almost two billion people, it is less feasible to have a single set of standards to govern the entire community so we need to evolve towards a system of more local governance.

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The return to a more robust form of federalism would allow for greater local autonomy in establishing and cultivating local forms of culture and self - governance.

A tradition of local governance that resists both a supine dependence on Washington, D.C. or dominance by remote corporate interests; a patriotism that believes in the noble possibilities of the American experiment; vibrant churches and church leaders who remind us that life is more than our economic or political self - interest» it's not surprising that Lauck finds these features of Dakota life attractive.

Following that she spent eight years with the National Association of Home Builders and most recently served as their Director of the Executive Officers Council where her responsibilities included helping NAHBs 800 local chapters become more efficient and effective in the areas of membership, governance and communication.

In a different sphere, I was right to argue that English local government should be rescued from its status as the «humiliated Cinderella of English governance», but I should have argued much more forcefully for a constitutional convention to decide how the nations, regions and localities of the United Kingdom should relate to each other and to the centre.

The Roehampton research argues the case for opening up opportunities for more ordinary, local citizens to work with governors and senior leaders in shaping governance.

Under the auspices of The Ford Foundation, the conference gathered more than 2,500 participants to the Chautauqua Institution to hear Americas leading local governance scholars and practitioners.

I believe that our commitment to strengthen devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, combined with our determination to answer the West Lothian Question and introduce more local decision - making in England, will do much to improve the standard of governance and safeguard the Union for generations to come.

In Benin, where they had better governance and more local voice they could mitigate the effects of the «supermarket» closing.»

The superintendent's 10 - point plan includes full - day kindergarten, high academic standards, more professional development for teachers, and local school - governance councils.

This is a local control debate that is sure to heat up as we stumble through the current financial crisis, with more and more proposals to increase the centralization of school governance and financing.

· What supports might be helpful in educating and encouraging the board to consider more actively advocating for public education and local school governance?

While districts under control of mayors such as New York City and Chicago can count on the considerable political heft of municipal chief executives (and in the case of the Big Apple, the wallet of Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to beat back traditionalists in Albany and Springfield, districts with traditional school board governance structures often have few tools at their disposal against NEA and AFT locals with waning - but - still - more considerable political influence in statehouse corridors.

«Now, more than ever, local governance must be empowered to realize the shared commitment to provide every student with the opportunity to reach their greatest potential.

A class of parents queued into the performance of their local schools would be far more likely to overcome the problem of governance fragmentation than the alternative solution proposed by Ford.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA), working with and through our state associations to represent more than 90,000 local school board members, advocates for equity and excellence in public education through school board governance.

To address these and other questions, it is helpful to understand historic turning points in U.S. k - 12 school policy and governance, and to see how the evolution of a local control system resulted in today's more centralized policies and reforms.

In a response on the website On the Issues, Dan Malloy wrote, «The bill establishes local school governance councils that include parents and help create a sense of community that can make schooling more relevant to kids, and kids more connected to their community.

We haven't seen this latest corruption of democratic ideals in Connecticut — yet — but you can be sure that if the charter schools don't get what they want from the State Board of Education, Governor Malloy and the Connecticut Legislature, we'll see more and more proposals allowing charter schools to side - step the fundamental concepts of local control and governance.

It's a nanny state, having more in common with Singapore in terms of governance than its local neighbors.

More specifically, Parties agreed on seven social, environmental and governance safeguards ranging from respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to the protection of natural forests and full and effective participation of stakeholders.

investigations by local regulatory bodies, covering a wide range of issues, including governance, remuneration, complaints handling, insider dealing and market abuse, as well as enforcement more widely, including cross-border regulatory investigations