Sentences with phrase «seek more accountability»

There's more spending going on and new debt authorizations... we need to look ahead and seek more accountability and transparency.

These changes are very welcomed to those of us seeking more accountability and transparency in City School District of New Rochelle.

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Speaking on Sky News's Murnaghan programme, Hague said his EU counterparts were in no doubt that the UK was seeking «more power for national parliaments, more accountability of the EU to national parliaments».

The legislation approved Wednesday seeks to require more transparency and accountability for programs that amount to billions of dollars a year in tax breaks, business grants and loans.

In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.

And as we seek to devolve more responsibilities to the local level, we will also explore the ways of improving the legitimacy and accountability of primary care trusts and of the commissioning decisions they make on behalf of their local communities.

In addition to calling for more affordable housing beyond the proposed 25 percent requirement, Adams sought accountability to put in place and sustain the city's proposed anti-displacement initiatives, which include free legal services to tenants and a task force dedicated to investigating and taking action against landlords harassing residents.

Given the predictable effects of pervasive distrust, I find it surprising that unions seek more federal funds for politically governed systems and then act bewildered at the regulations and accountability that follow.

Seeking Help in the Accountability Era Long known for its role in preparing students to take college entrance exams, Kaplan, Inc. now is spending more time helping school districts with curriculum and professional development.

The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a teacher evaluation process that includes the results of local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.

LJAF's investments in K - 12 education seek to advance the portfolio model of school governance, an alternative structure that promotes a decentralized administration, more school choice for families, and increased flexibility and accountability for educators.

The first month of 2018 had plenty more news to keep up with, as the state thumbed its nose at new federal accountability rules, the governor sought...

Armed with the knowledge that quality teaching matters most for student learning, policymakers from state to state are racing to adopt new educational accountability measures that seek, among other things, to evaluate teacher effectiveness with more rigorous, evidence - based instruments.

A third teacher noted the advantage of performance assessment in empowering the learner, «I appreciate the focus on having students take more accountability for their learning by choosing a topic that engages them and seeking out their own sources of information.

The law demands more public accountability from school sponsors, seeks to eliminate conflicts of interest in operating the for - profit schools and creates more tools to address school short - comings.

SB 645, authored by Senator Joe Simitian (D - Palo Alto), would create new and more stringent academic accountability requirements for charter schools to meet at the time they seek renewal from their authorizing entities.

The law seeks to improve public education through four «pillars:» stronger accountability for results; more freedom for states and communities; proven educational methods; and more choice for parents.

Still, as constituents and politicians demand more accountability from schools, and dissatisfied parents seek more education options for their children, charter schools have become the most identifiable and popular effort for school reform and improvement.

Although overshadowed by more spectacular conflicts over desegregation, community control, and open schooling, the movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s generated more than 70 state laws seeking to create educational accountability and hundreds of articles, pamphlets, and books about how to create more efficient and accountable educational systems.

ESSA provides an important opportunity to create new accountability strategies that seek to view students and schools more holistically.

Gov. Jerry Brown's landmark school funding formula would not only win more money under the state budget blueprint he released Wednesday but also be subjected to the sort of transparency and accountability lawmakers and advocates for needy kids have been seeking since its adoption almost five years ago.

A bill filed in the state Senate, «NC Comprehensive School Accountability,» seeks to strengthen oversight for the voucher program, but it only deals with limiting the choices of standardized tests private schools can administer in an effort to make students» academic progress more comparable and more easily understood.

Government agencies seek bigger budgets, more personnel, more power and control, more money for grants to researchers and activist groups that promote their agendas and regulations, and limited oversight, transparency and accountability for their actions.

The consultation paper seeks views from interested parties by 12 September 2007 on a wide range of issues including: how credit unions can attract more affluent members; the membership of credit unions; the ability of credit unions to pay interest; the provision of additional financial services; and the governance, accountability, reporting and auditing requirements.

It's also possible for obscure exchanges to claim a hack and vanish altogether, though international regulators are seeking to put more accountability in place.