Sentences with phrase «of political leadership»

Recognizing the vacuum of political leadership in K - 12 education, we must search for and insist upon new political leadership — both from currently serving Democratic politicians and newcomers to politics.
It will require new forms of political leadership as much as citizen engagement.
Recognizing the vacuum of political leadership concerning K - 12 education, we must search for and insist upon new political leadership — both from currently serving Democratic politicians and newcomers to politics.
We don't even have it on the minds of enough of our political leadership because there is no immediate payoff at the polls.
At the end of the day, runaway climate change may be the result of the greatest failure of political leadership in recorded history... assuming recordkeeping is still maintained within the context of an extinction event.
Schools present a favorable view of the PARCC and their ability to carry out testing because of a lack of political leadership from the state
I identify the day after factor in explaining why old guard Islamist parties, rather than the secular and liberal youth movement actors, took to positions of political leadership at the polls.
Sir Menzies added: «If prime minister's questions were the only test of political leadership in this country, William Hague would still be leading the Conservative party and, who knows, might even be prime minister.
Yet surely the efficient managerialism of Attlee, beyond his collegiality in cabinet, provides quite the opposite model of political leadership from the inspirational «movement politics» to which Ed Miliband's campaign aspires.
The confrontation between Nathan and David reveals the nature of the Davidic rule, which followed the way of despotism and broke the covenant, At the same time it reveals the true nature of political leadership as preserver of justice, on the basis of the covenant (II Samuel 12:1 - 15).
All we need to move decisively on carbon reduction is a different kind of political leadership at the very top.
According to Professor Davis, the self - determination of Indigenous people has been eviscerated from the political lexicon in Australia and there is only «lacklustre momentum» for constitutional reform, due to the lack of political leadership on this issue over past two years.
The long time Pan Africanist announced a voluntary resignation Tuesday after weeks of contradictory information about the future of the political leadership of Zimbabwe.
Six times the Socialist Party's candidate for president, Thomas is sometimes seen as a disaster in terms of his political leadership.
No person can aspire to a position of political leadership through a call for limits and self - command.
Both men gained their first renown as resourceful anti-British rebels and then devoted many decades to the art of political leadership while continuing to identify with old underground comrades.
It's confusing because of the display of political leadership presented by Congress contrasted with the tens of thousands of individuals they do not see who provide excellent governmental leadership and service to our country on a daily basis.
In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38).
In the words of Charles Clarke, a former Labour Cabinet minister: «The quality of political leadership is important.
«As a first step, making sure that all council staff in London are paid at least the living wage wouldn't cost very much but would be an important symbol of political leadership.
It was a true act of political leadership and one all but his most vindictive opponents will recognise and praise.
Mr. Jeffries, meanwhile, made a name for himself in Albany with his work on criminal justice and good government issues, and has been backed by most of the political leadership in the district.
The Tories immediately criticised Brown, reminding him that the UK has to work with the USA regardless of the political leadership in place either side of the Atlantic.
He claimed to have shared his thoughts with fellow compatriots on the need to enthrone younger blood into the mainstream of our political leadership starting from 2019.
He lamented that majority of the current political party leaders grew or learn politics under the military arrangement, saying that those who knew what the military did have left the shore of political leadership.
Nor could we answer whether the occupant of the governor's mansion would share our vision or offer the type of political leadership that would make Gen. George S. Patton blush.
It is an averment of the aridity of ideological exactitude of its political leadership.
«Espaillat's endorsements are meant to convey his ability to represent new coalitions and a new generation of political leadership in Upper Manhattan,» added Smikle.
The hallmark of political leadership is how one deals with a crisis, and Council Member Rosie Mendez has risen to this challenge.
Aregbesola said, «The people of Osogbo have particularly been at the receiving end of my political leadership endeavour.
«Nicole Paultre - Bell is a resilient fighter that represents a new breed of political leadership that is willing to take a stand for economic justice to protect the rights of working people,» he said in a statement.
These failures of political leadership endanger every person on Earth.»
«We certainly hope to draw the attention of the political leadership of the country to the dangers of neglecting fundamental science and education,» says Andrei Starinets, a physicist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and an author of the letter.
«Male public sector workers boosted by change of political leadership
Leadership matters a lot, but it's a constellation of political leadership and school district leadership and a city that's had money to spend and is able to make investments.
Emotional Twitter rebukes of political leadership that have gone viral.
During the 20th Century failures of political leadership led to two world wars.
The benchmark of political leadership will be whether leaders succeed in restructuring the tax system.
While Fenton said that a lack of political leadership did not matter so much as civic institutions take charge, Boyle voiced the fears of many young Canadians who face a potentially grim future of atmospheric pollution, extreme weather, and the threat of rising sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile, a campaign for congestion pricing in New York City — fees charged to vehicles driven into and within gridlocked city centers — was gathering steam amid meltdowns in the city's mass transit system, worsening traffic gridlock, and a void of political leadership.
This is encouraging news indeed, because until now, there has been little evidence in Washington of political leadership on this important issue.
According to Max Weber, the three essential features of political leadership are passion, responsibility, and judgment.
His views of political leadership in Canada — «not as large as the country's potential» — and a wrap up story of the Queen in a Newfoundland biscuit factory, set an enthusiastic tone.
Cameron's failure to win an overall majority in 2010 meant that to many conservatives, he had failed the ultimate test of political leadership.
But it seems to be human nature and hence also the nature of our political leadership to step up to the plate and do the right thing when the «clear and present danger» is finally seen.
I am resigning because of a chronic failure of political leadership.
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