Sentences with phrase «standards of accountability»

Human rights are thus standards of accountability and transparency.

Ironically, the Indigenous community controlled sector already meets high standards of accountability — accountability for outcomes within our own communities.

Reform is necessary to ensure appropriate standards of accountability are upheld; that a clear, consistent vision is applied; and that the capacity exists to deliver.

The stated goals of the PPACA, also known as Obamacare, are to protect healthcare consumers by introducing a series of policy reforms designed to lower consumer costs and to hold insurance companies to higher standards of accountability.

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To the benefit of all Canadians, we need your financial support to force modern standards of accountability, transparency and performance upon the Canadian Judicial Council — the organization mandated to investigate and discipline Canada's federal judges.

The Corporate Manslaughter Act covers British businesses, but they're already operating at high standards of accountability.

Working for years in a sector with such low standards of accountability and diligence does little to encourage the kind of rigorous approach that we all need to start requiring of climate science.

You also must provide enthusiastic, forward - thinking leadership that encourages employee independence while enforcing tough standards of accountability.

We promise to hold our organization and those that we provide funding to, to high standards of accountability to ensure every dollar is used with the greatest efficiency, and we will be transparent with our results.

The union proposal would require that all district schools be «held to the same standards of accountability, educational quality, equity, and transparency.»

Voucher schools, however, are not held to the same standards of accountability as public schools.

Charter schools have more liberty than public schools, but they also must answer to higher standards of accountability as they are bound by the terms of their charter, which can be considered as similar to a contract.

Sen. Al Franken's elicitation of her lack of understanding between growth and proficiency, her disdain for gun - free school zones (in front of a Newtown representative, no less), her view of sexual assault on campuses, her refusal to assure Sen. Tim Kaine that she would hold all schools that receive public funds — traditional, public charter, private, parochial — to the same standards of accountability: Shall we count the ways she equivocated on civil rights, equity, safety and basic comprehension of pressing educational matters?

CCSA holds all charter schools to the highest standards of accountability and good operational governance.

A charter school has more freedom than a traditional public school in return for a commitment to meet higher standards of accountability (NACSA, 2006).

Like Rhode Island's other public bodies, charter schools are also held to high standards of accountability and transparency.

While online charter schools serve only a small proportion of charter school students nationally (6 %) and in California (4 %), we believe that all charter schools should be held to high standards of accountability.

At the same time, however, the new «Opportunity Scholarship Program,» as it is formally known, includes virtually no standards of accountability for how the state's taxpayer dollars are being spent.

As far as the education reform industry is concerned, there are two standards of Accountability.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for students.

In return for more autonomy from state and local control, charter schools agree to be held to higher standards of accountability.

Public school services are transparent and held to high standards of accountability, while also complying with the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Most Indianapolis Project School parents likely didn't choose the school because they believed it would be held to «high standards of accountability.»

Which is why policymakers are looking for ways to change the system through an injection of market forces, as well as imposing rigorous standards of accountability.

Dean Lagemann's talk, «Toward a More Adequate Science of Education,» focused specifically on creating new standards of accountability for education research, new infrastructure for research, and new programs of research training — as a means of linking theory and practice in powerful ways.

All schools are subject to public standards of accountability.

For instance, will we be sure to hold all charter schools to the same standards of accountability as other schools?

James Klutse Avedzi and Dr Dominic Ayine accused the Ministry of engaging in unethical violations «by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to amass profit for a private non-profit organization which it can not hold to public standards of accountability as well as by using the name of the President of the Republic as a means to make such profit».

The 100 activists and candidates signing the pledge promised to «subscribe to high standards of accountability and prudence with public money».

The Ministry of Trade and Industry engaged in serious ethical violations by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to amass profit for a private non-profit organization which it can not hold to public standards of accountability as well as by using the name of the President of the Republic as a means to make such profit;

The President pledged that more persons who have abused the public trust will be exposed and brought to justice soon, adding that his government was committed to re-establishing former standards of accountability and probity in the management of public funds which were jettisoned under past administrations.

And while affirming the Great Repeal Bill and a desire for the «widest possible consensus», we heard nothing to guarantee that the sweeping powers ministers want to do away with laws out of sight of MPs will be accompanied by the very highest standards of accountability.

As one of the first public companies in the cryptoasset and blockchain sectors (OTC: CRCW), we are proud to comply with even higher standards of accountability and governance.

«Verizon is committed to the highest standards of accountability and transparency, and we proactively work to ensure the safety and security of our users and networks in an evolving landscape of online threats,» said Chandra McMahon, Verizon's chief information security officer, in a statement.

I can not answer for Pence's heart and motivation behind his personal boundaries, but I do think we could benefit from more leaders — regardless of their ministry, industry or politics — who are willing to hold themselves to a higher standard of accountability and transparency.

«By allowing the standard of accountability to vary with time, a new picture emerges of improving respect for human rights over time,» Fariss said.

But Spady says the Washington law sets the strictest standard of accountability in the nation: It bars renewal of a school's five - year charter if its students don't match the performance of their mainstream peers on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning.

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

On top of this all, there is an emphasis to hold the government - employed student loan servicers to a higher standard of accountability.

Honeywell, Inc. (FOB Klaus, Iraq) 3/2008 — 1/2010 MRAP PBUSE Operator • Demonstrate working knowledge of the PBUSE system • Conduct formal accountability of all MRAP equipment and associated GFE • Generate DA 3161 (lateral transfers) from the PBUSE system • File all supporting documentation (IAW AR 25 -400-2) • Generate and post all incoming transfers documents within 24 hour time period • Prepare weekly and monthly reports of equipment issued to higher headquarters • Review all documents for accuracy prior to posting to the MRAP hand receipts • Enforce standard of accountability and visibility of all equipment issued for the site

The more you put out there about what it is you want to accomplish, you not only hold yourself to a higher standard of accountability but you might also find people to join you in that goal, or help you achieve it.

Not exact matches

«Without strong action from the Department to ensure that DOJ employees meet the highest standards of conduct and accountability, the systemic issues we identified in our work may continue,» Horowitz wrote in a May 31 memo to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Everything today is out there — to be tracked, measured, reported and shared — and every business, source, publisher, supplier and vendor will be held to new standards of measurement and accountability as users and customers increasingly demand concrete results and performance metrics to justify their outlays.

She is also responsible for the accountability of each startup in his division and leads the relationships between entrepreneur and Start - Up Chile with high quality standards and customer service.

To become a Certified B Corporation, startups must meet advanced standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency set by the non-profit organization, B Lab.

She cites Superintendent Beverly Hall's turnaround program in Atlanta as positive because Hall «established accountability targets for every school, including the percentage of students who meet standards and the percentage who exceed them.»

Financial irresponsibility can not be tolerated; groups that fail to maintain excellent standards of financial accountability with their government contracts may jeopardize the potential for other religious groups to secure funding.

they have said their standards are extra, special, outside of accountability.

As the firm's business has grown, John Nagle Co. says its management has recognized the need for it to operate on an ever - higher standard of quality, tracking and accountability.