Sentences with phrase «part about the accountability»

Excellent comment, especially the part about the accountability and intimacy in small churches.

Not exact matches

The Update also included a large number of spending initiatives (about $ 10 billion over six years), thereby ensuring that these initiatives would be included in Main Estimates for 2018 - 19 as part of efforts to increase transparency and accountability between the budget expenses and the Main Estimates expenditures.

Following a storm of criticism about the lack of financial accountability on the part of many of the TV evangelists, the groups in the l970s established the Evangelical Council for Financial Acountability to develop financial accounting and reporting principles to which all members must adhere — a kind of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

Learning to detect the forms of self - flattery which grant us immunity from accountability is a vital part of ethical and spiritual growth, as is learning to detect where our cynicism about the victim language of others is justified and where, half - muffled and scarcely articulate, there are real victims on whose behalf we must extend ourselves.

There are other behavioral management techniques that are sometimes used as well, but for the most part, there is very little about an accountability group that is overtly «Christians.»

Part of the problem is that many therapists can't even agree about the definition and treatment of Internet infidelity, which makes addressing trust, accountability and the betrayed partner's ability to express his or her feelings challenging.

As part of our review of the District 39 Council race in Brooklyn, City Council Watch today spoke (exhaustively) with Brad Lander about development, accountability in government and education.

It is true that the major food industries continue to influence dietary recommendations today, but starting in the 1980's, and even more so now, more accountability and disclosure about special interests have been part of the regulations.

Ill thought out government reforms and an excessive workload, brought about in a large part through unnecessary accountability measures, are already putting teachers under considerable pressure.

The AFT also sent the HELP committee a detailed letter Wednesday morning, which in part reflected the civil rights groups» concerns about «limiting accountability to only the lowest 5 percent of schools, and leaving it up to states to address how other schools will be held accountable.»

Brian Gong most enjoys helping states and other educational entities solve complex, challenging problems of assessment and accountability design arising out of ambitious goals paired with tight constraints; lack of clarity about the underlying theory; dynamic interactions between many parts; disconnects between policy and practice; competing stakeholder values; or some combination.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

There have been plenty of comments about the report released yesterday by Education Trust on school ratings used by Florida, Kentucky, and Minnesota as part of accountability systems developed as part of the Obama Administration's No Child waiver gambit.

Introduction, Brief Overview of Findings, The Parent Survey, Questionnaire, Interviews, Academic Test Scores and Accountability, Document Review, Parent Survey, Introduction, Statistical Analyses, Quality of the curriculum, Structure of the program, Negative public school experiences, Cost, Family values, Best Part about Participation, Quality curriculum, Flexibility, Teacher support, Pacing, Ready to use, Improvement, Additional Comments.

CORE, she says, has added SEL indicators as part of its accountability system «with a good buy - in from educators across different roles and communities» after comprehensive conversations with stakeholders about what constitutes SEL skills and competencies — and why they matter.

The poll also found that Americans are «ambivalent» about comparing test scores in their local schools with other districts, states and nations — part of the original intent of accountability test scores under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

ASCD's work in this area is part of a large, multiyear plan to shift public dialogue about education from a focus on a narrow curriculum - centric and accountability system to a whole child approach that encompasses all factors required for successful student outcomes.

The argument I've heard public feedback about and which is part of the ruling, is that because Charter School boards of directors are appointed rather than elected, Charter Schools don't fit the definition of common schools, and are therefore somehow lacking in accountability.

«We don't know a whole lot about kids using vouchers to attend schools that have been assigned grades in large part because a lot of the schools that offer vouchers do not have an A-F accountability system in place,» says Indiana University researcher Ashlyn Nelson.

PAA opposed the House charter expansion bill (see our position paper here) in part because of our concerns about the lack of equity, quality, parental rights, and accountability in many charter schools.

Goldberg is now part of TEAch, Transparency, Equity and Accountability for Charters, a nonprofit that she said is not anti-charter but is a group educating families about charter schools.

About 200 parents, students and teachers rallied Wednesday morning outside Castelar Street Elementary School in Chinatown as part of a «walk - in» calling for lower class sizes at LA Unified, increased staffing and more accountability for Prop. 39, the law that gives charter schools the right to use empty class space at district schools through a process called «co-location.»

(Tell your mom sometime that you aren't part of the family and have no accountability to her or any other family member, that you're just responding to all the stimuli around you, that you think that «honor your mother and father» stuff is all irrelevant, and see what she says about that.)

But even where accountability is a part of the plan and consequences are established, or where solos create accountability in other ways or using outside means, it is still rare for lawyers to be successful in bringing about change in their practices.

Responsible for operating multi-line switch board telephone system to include screening and directing phone calls Computes customer bills into receipting system Receives cash, checks, and credit card payments from customers Verifies cash and check drops Answers customer questions about service performed or products purchased Handles customer complaints, and when necessary, refers dissatisfied customers to appropriate individual for resolution Responsible for the accountability and issuing of gas purchase cards and dealer plate tags Ensures that service repair orders are properly closed to finalize labor hours Responsible for scanning and filing of service repair orders, parts invoices, and car deal files.

Think about accountability and monitoring as part of your overall efforts to integrate continuous quality improvement into your program's service approach.

Counseling isn't about getting your partner to shape up without you taking accountability for your part or pinpointing who is wrong and who is right.