Sentences with phrase «promoting social accountability»

Yomi is the founder of Stand Up For Fashion (STUFF) a global platform promoting social accountability and responsibility in the fashion industry.

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He has focused on legislation and policy changes to support affordable housing, protect the environment, promote economic and social justice and a more humane society, prevent gun violence, create a fairer and more open political process, and provide for greater accountability in the ways government provides services and spends our tax dollars.

The inconvenient truth of Paris: hard to undo The relatively muted response to Paris on the part of many Republicans coincided with a general GOP outcry over a Government Accountability Office finding on Dec. 14 that EPA improperly promoted its controversial water rule on social media.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Because annual state testing is still obligatory under ESSA, and the vast majority of states are still using the Common Core, the only news story worth emphasizing related to this issue is that congressional «spending committees have generally ignored the Trump blueprint»: the president's lack of influence at present means that non-rich Americans have no practical means of avoiding sticking with the status quo of the two previous administrations, a test - based accountability strategy that has here been no more effective in promoting social mobility than it has in its original setting, Margaret Thatcher's Britain.

The accountability system promotes a well - rounded educational experience by including student performance in science, social studies and writing.

CORE District leaders have created an accountability system that aligns with a broader set of improvement efforts.Going forward, the CORE Districts will continue to grapple with how best to drive school - level implementation of social emotional learning practices and the respective continuous improvement structures that promote equitable access to deeper learning.

In addition, Catholic schools promote a high level of family engagement and connection to community, resulting in significant growth in social capital and a sense of accountability among students.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan posed a central question in his speech at the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference: «How can we promote both a well - rounded education with rich offerings across all subjects — civics, geography, economics and history, the arts, foreign languages, physical education, the sciences, et cetera — and simultaneously create a system of real and meaningful accountability that doesn't lead to narrowing of the curriculum?»

Seems to me in hindsight that some prominent properties of current sceptics include — worked many years evaluating technical reports, commonly to approve or reject budget requests from others — many from industry or military rather than academia — careers that promote you for delivering the goods, like making profit — worked in positions requiring accountability — often with a degree in humanities as well as science / engineering, allowing interest in social conduct — education more often degrees short of PhD — old enough to have gained some wisdom — realistic about the horror of climategate and its whitewashes — appreciative of the rigour and good spirit of Climate Audit

I want my career objectives for the chosen course to include Lesotho National Strategic Development Plan - Programme od Ation Priority Area of action Good Governance - Governance and Istitutions: The objective is to improve effectiveness of oversight bodies to promote accountability and deal effectively with corruption, improve capacity for conflict resolution, promote social cohesion and partriotism and enhance the capacity of private sector and non-state actors to achieve their goals and participate effectively in policy development and promote tri-partism.

To promote transparency and accountability, I believe that the Attorney - General should be required by legislation to table a response to the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report in Parliament within a set timeframe.

[18] He also recommended that the Social Justice Report and Native Title Report be «given greater attention in government administration to promote a higher level of accountability and sensitivity to human rights commitments.»

This view is shared by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples who has recommended that the reports of the Social Justice Commissioner «should be given greater attention in government administration to promote a higher level of accountability and sensitivity to human rights commitments».