Sentences with phrase «questions about accountability»

The news that an artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer raises clear questions about accountability.

The use of robots and algorithms to make decisions poses serious questions about accountability, foreseeability and what is reasonable behaviour, the Peers warn, whether the decision is about «receiving a mortgage, in diagnosing illness, or a decision taken by an automated vehicle on the road».

But several environmental groups and marine scientists are raising red flags, while U.S. regulators are asking questions about accountability.

My February 2014 AJE article, «Principal Leadership for School, Family, and Community Partnerships,» raises questions about accountability in reforming districts and schools.

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When services like these are outsourced, however, questions about accountability and transparency will likely be raised.

But while the charters are publicly funded, they are privately run, which critics claim raises questions about accountability and inequality.

But in the last week, new revelations have raised huge questions about the accountability and basic integrity of the enormous economic development programs run by SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros, and the SUNY Research Foundation's role and responsibility in managing large state subsidy projects.

Most criticism of the federal lunch program in recent years has centered on health and nutrition, but documented abuses in school districts in North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere have prompted questions about accountability.

If your pastor has little to no accountability, and if your questions about accountability are met with hostility, leave.

«This is a really fundamental, interesting question about accountability reform in education,» Jack Buckley, commissioner of the government organization that produced the report, told reporters on a Tuesday conference call.

Not exact matches

Questions and criticism have been mounting from multiple fronts about the Harper government's transparency and accountability on its spending decisions and budget cuts.

I resent them because I believe them to be less about what is stated to be accountability's purpose — my spiritual growth — and more about an unScriptural motive underlying the questions — playing God in someone else's life.

This is about answering questions about what someone has said; call it accountability.

If, say, questions about austerity or the regulation of banks are in the public eye, different ideologies will try to win the debate by appealing to the virtues of private enterprise, or to the need for public transparency and accountability, or to the greater redistribution of wealth.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about Governor Andrew Cuomo's multi-pronged agenda that targets sexual harassment in the workplace: «A settlement should not compel silence in perpetuity and preclude further accountability for harassers enabled by that very silence.

«However questions still need to be answered by both ministers and the civil service about how a project with such high risks was allowed to proceed without clarity of responsibility and accountability back in 2010.»

Williams also demanded accountability, noting: «The mayor has to answer questions about why he knew and nothing happened.»

Bronx Assemblyman Victor Pichardo (foreground, right) addresses District 10 members» questions about charter school accountability.

«If we want to talk about accountability, there's no better way to do that than to get out in a public forum and ask questions between people,» Katko said this morning at the Manlius Chamber of Commerce's annual candidates breakfast.

Gallivan asked Miller whether she agreed or disagreed that the deletion policy raises questions about transparency and accountability.

State Department of Education commissioner Maryellen Elia said in a statement that her office is currently reviewing the new law and has «a number of questions» about evaluations, assessments and accountability.

Washington (CNN)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday - in response to a question about New York Rep. Charlie Rangel - that there must be «accountability» and «transparency» in cases of ethical transgressions.

Environmental groups have long raised questions about this track record, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently joined the chorus, releasing a report that charges the agency with taking actions that have «impeded... progress in helping assure the public of safe drinking water.»

Taken together, these concerns about CFRP led the US Government Accountability Office to question whether FAA aviation inspectors schooled in metal technologies were capable of assessing the new CFRP materials.

IARC's absence and refusal to cooperate reinforces concerns about the Agency's commitment to transparency and accountability, and raises questions about its interest in producing cancer hazard assessments, which can have a meaningful impact on public health.»

If you've been following this blog for a while you know that last year I wrote a crazy popular post about «How To Get Rid of Belly Fat For Good» and that is because I was getting a lot of questions from the women in my FREE online fitness accountability group on the subject.

It is a simple question that makes us think about the farmers, factory workers and artisans that are involved in making our clothes but more importantly to ask this question to brands, demanding more transparency and accountability.

Senior leaders in higher education face a daunting set of challenges: fiscal constraints, heightened accountability, new competitors, emerging technologies, substantial demographic change, and questions about the relevance and effectiveness of higher education.

When Kim Haloway thought about our question, many characteristics raced through her mind — empathy, honesty, ethics, sensitivity, accountability.

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

But the absence of a relationship between average school test scores and incumbents» electoral fortunes in the 2002 and 2004 school board elections raises important questions about the assumptions underlying accountability systems.

We eventually hit upon what turned out to be The Big Question — the one that ultimately brought about «Pacts Americana,» the report we're releasing today: Does the education world have some kind of time - tested system — something could be brought to bear on ESEA reauthorization — for combining real accountability with real autonomy?

For all of this year's debate about the future of testing, accountability, and other policy issues around the No Child Left Behind Act, virtually no one has brought up the question of how best to give out billions of dollars a year under the law.

The sections below address the most commonly asked questions about California's new accountability system.

One reason researchers don't have much to say about these questions currently is that the No Child Left Behind Act effectively required all fifty states to adopt a common approach to the design of school accountability systems.

At the same time, important questions have been raised about the suitability of extant measures of non-cognitive skills, most of which rely on asking students to assess their own abilities, for accountability purposes.

Yet important questions have been raised about the suitability of extant measures of non-cognitive skills, most of which rely on asking students to assess their own abilities, for accountability purposes.

Do you have questions about the research behind the SSM or the CCSA Accountability Framework?

This is the question that hasn't been answered in the discussion about school accountability.

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.

Charter schools had become a bone of contention among lawmakers as some questioned the accountability of charters after high - profile problems with the Hartford - based Jumoke Academy that included financial miscues, nepotism and concern about a former chief executive officer who had lied about having a doctorate degree before admitting that he did not.

From left, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R - Juneau, and Sens. Paul Farrow, R - Pewaukee, and Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, answer questions about the Senate's version of an education accountability bill during a press conference in the Senate Parlor on Tuesday.

While this lack of expertise is not disqualifying in itself, her responses to questions at her Senate confirmation hearing about fundamental education functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across the country.

It examines questions about the effectiveness of vocational education in improving student outcomes, the consequences of new funding and accountability provisions for programs and participants, the implementation and quality of vocational education, and the extent of its alignment with other reform efforts.

Parent committee questions West Contra Costa school officials about draft accountability plan EdSource, April 23, 2014

Voucher supporters answer almost every question about the shocking lack of accountability at the taxpayer supported religious schools by saying that parents provide it by choosing the school for their children.

Michael Lancaster, superintendent of Madison Diocese schools, said school officials who participated in a recent web - based discussion about the program have raised several questions about the program's requirements, including an annual financial audit that can cost anywhere from $ 10,000 to $ 70,000, a $ 900 registration fee and how the state's report card accountability system will apply to voucher schools.

Walker's statements raise questions about whether school accountability legislation will be passed quickly.

Yet, questions remain about what measures are reliable and valid for use as accountability metrics and how to best incorporate them into accountability systems.