Sentences with phrase «over federal accountability»

The $ 300,000 NEA and AFT gave to Al Sharpton's National Action Network in 2014 - 2015, for example, hasn't stopped the controversial civil rights activist from being a strong supporter for expanding public charter schools, while outfits such as the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights have sparred with the Big Two over federal accountability rules contained over the now - abolished No Child Left Behind Act.

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C.D. Howe Institute «s `'» Canada «s 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings `'» looks at the financial information provided by senior levels of government (federal government, provincial governments and the territories) according to «Fiscal Accountability «and `'» Scoring Governments «Over - and Undershoots `'» and makes a number of policy recommendations.

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government and Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, over their collective failure, refusal and / or negligence to enforce their own directives to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to provide free prepaid meters to all Nigerians and end the use of patently illegal, arbitrary, unfair -LSB-...]

There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing the truth about alleged padding of the 2016 budget may soon have some answers, as the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted a bid by Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) «to seek an order of Mandamus to direct and compel the Federal Government to prosecute some principal officers of the National Assembly over allegations of padding and stealing of some N481bn from the 2016 budget.»

In the debate over the future of the No Child Left Behind Act, policymakers, educators, and researchers seem to agree on one thing: The federal law's accountability system should be rewritten so it rewards or sanctions schools on the basis of students» academic growth.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

Supporters of the new policy, which went into effect immediately, say it will increase financial accountability over millions of dollars in federal aid.

Over 70 percent of the American public favors renewal of federal accountability legislation, and performance on similar tests is known to be important economically.

Just weeks before states release their lists of schools that have not met «adequate yearly progress» targets under the main federal K - 12 law, many states are still negotiating with federal officials over changes to their accountability plans designed to reduce those numbers.

Following over a decade of strong federal accountability structures, states are now embarking on the creation of new state - designed accountability systems, possibly featuring very different strategies from recent years and from each other.

National standards would strengthen federal control over education while weakening schools» direct accountability to parents and taxpayers.

The detailed story of her son, who is now grown and living in another state, must be saved for a different day, but the myriad questions that even the synopsis raises about accountability over federal special education and disability services funds is important to keep front and center during the current reform conversation.

States» rights take precedent over the oversight, accountability, and protections for historically - under - served students embedded in federal education law.

Accountability and high - stakes testing ESSA represents a fundamental shift of authority over education from the federal government to the states.

The regulation would impose Education Department - mandated accountability measures promulgating federal government oversight over student and school achievement.

Over the past eight years, NAESP has been leading the charge on Capitol Hill on behalf of Pre-K-8 principals to address the many challenges that educators have faced due to the shortsighted one - size - fits - all federal accountability requirements, misguided school improvement schemes, and little to no capacity - building for educators to ensure effective practice is supported.

According to Emily Wilkins at Bloomberg Government, concern regarding federal oversight of state ESSA accountability plans «is casting a shadow over Senate negotiations on reauthorizing a higher education law.»

As the Center on Education Policy noted in its recent survey of states granted waivers under the gambit, there is already fears that they will have scotch the accountability systems they put in place after receiving the waivers and start all over again under a new version of the federal education law.

Oklahoma will not lose control over a portion of its federal funding next year, according to state officials, who announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Education has restored the state's waiver from the 2001 accountability law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Rather than a politics that seeks to exert control over the system from the federal level (too many cooks, too great a focus on data - driven accountability models = too many mandated assessments), the provinces get to spend the transfer payments where they believe it will make sense.

Posted on December 23, 2016 · A new Texas education commissioner vowed to crack down on district and campus accountability, a drawn - out court case over school finance ended and federal officials began investigating an alleged cap on special education services in Texas school districts — those are among the highlights of the year 2016 in Texas public education.

Deb Sigman, CDE's deputy superintendent over assessment and accountability, said the state is not out of compliance and her office continues to be engaged with federal regulators on the issue.

As I've laid out before, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has several ambiguities that seem to keep the door open for continued federal control over state standards, tests, and accountability mechanisms, even as the law has some provisions that seem to prohibit federal intervention.

The Federal government and the State of Georgia, which provides over half the operating revenue for Muscogee School District, also require accountability on the local level.

Because ESSA reins in the federal government's influence over local decisions about academic standards and accountability, states and districts will have more power to decide how best to gauge student progress toward becoming well - rounded.

Apparently, HISD was holding onto the EVAAS, despite the research surrounding the EVAAS in general and in Houston, in that they have received (and are still set to receive) over $ 4 million in federal grant funds that has required them to have value - added estimates as a component of their evaluation and accountability system (s).

Over the past 15 years, however, a national consensus slowly has emerged among the disparate parties and coalesced into a clear movement toward more sophisticated accountability systems and fewer federal mandates.

Over the last several years federal and state accountability legislation has come under attack from a duo of strange bedfellows: Tea Party / Trump - ish acolytes who wave the banner of local control and teacher union leaders who disdain objective measurements of student learning, at least when they're tied to teacher evaluations and job security.

The execution of the voucher program has been rocky, with inadequate safeguards over the millions of dollars in federal funding, insufficient information for parents and a student database that is riddled with incomplete information, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Key issues associated with how the federal government appropriately defines its role among the various actors (with an appropriate accountability focus that is neither too rigid or mechanical [ala NCLB] nor too amorphous to have real meaning) must be addressed over time.

Like all states, Maryland has been working to create a plan for complying with the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which gives states renewed authority over school accountability while requiring standardized testing and interventions in low - performing schools.

Over and over the article gives weight to unsubstantiated claims (actually known more commonly as «opinions») about the abysmal education that your child will suffer by going to a school that is exempt from federal accountability requiremeOver and over the article gives weight to unsubstantiated claims (actually known more commonly as «opinions») about the abysmal education that your child will suffer by going to a school that is exempt from federal accountability requiremeover the article gives weight to unsubstantiated claims (actually known more commonly as «opinions») about the abysmal education that your child will suffer by going to a school that is exempt from federal accountability requirements.

Educators are unlikely to have control over the broader state and federal accountability messages that shape data - use practices.

This includes the new teacher evaluation pilot program that is part of the revised version of Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform package contained in what is now Public Law 116, which will only involve eight - to - 10 districts; the fact that NEA and AFT affiliates are still opposed to this plan and are also battling reformers over another evaluation framework that uses student test score data that the unions had supported just several months earlier also raises questions as to whether Connecticut can actually earn the flexibility from federal accountability that has been gained through the waiver.

Over the course of her career, she has studied how to improve teacher effectiveness (through professional development, coaching, education); the development of systems for out - of - school - time programs; the implementation and impact of test - based promotion policies; and the effects of federal accountability policies on schools, classrooms, and students.

A Government Accountability Office report released Monday said the federal government has spent more than $ 350 billion over the last decade on disaster assistance programs and losses from flood and crop insurance.

The Government Accountability Office isn't immune from fads, and they cut one of these deals with Thomson West for a particularly juicy plum, the Federal Legislative Histories that GAO has accumulated over the years.

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