Sentences with phrase «terms of accountability»

We rarely consider courts, in particular the apex ones, in terms of their accountability or checks and balances on their power.

She said: «What it does demonstrate to us is an unprecedented level of anxiety in schools, and that is no doubt fuelled by increasing expectations on them, and particularly the way schools and individual teachers are measured in terms of accountability pressures, we can quite see that.

Debate extends to how test data can and should be used in terms of accountability for schools and school personnel, particularly the inclusion of standardized test results as a factor in teacher evaluations, and regarding the use and protection of student data.

And, more importantly, what is at stake in terms of accountability?

In terms of accountability, he said, in a recent Twitter poll of 954 teachers over half said that more accountability was most responsible for increased workload.

It moves us backward in terms of accountability.

School leaders would certainly welcome some singing from the same hymn sheet in terms of accountability.

«Certainly this provision runs counter to where we think the General Assembly ought to go in terms of accountability and transparency when it comes to virtual charter schools.»

«In terms of accountability, the Bentley Bucks have been a great asset for our community,» said Cripps.

«The countries that really are part of the initiatives are not better off in terms of accountability.»

In terms of accountability, it's very fair to ask those questions.»

Not exact matches

«There is no long - term accountability in the public sector, so the pensions and benefits can be allowed to balloon out of control,» according to one respondent.

News organizations once had a more central role in setting the terms of public debate, balancing money - making aspects of publishing with more civically minded accountability journalism.

Supporting Statement: As long - term shareholders of Goldman Sachs, we support transparency and accountability in corporate political spending.

As long - term shareholders of Wells Fargo, we support transparency and accountability in corporate spending on political activities.

Just as freedom from accountability has a tendency to make shareholders indifferent to broader and longer - term considerations, so agency theory's recommended alignment between managers» interests and those of shareholders can skew the perspective of the entire organization.

As long - term shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, we support transparency and accountability in corporate spending on political activities.

Companies involved in the provision of health care are responsible — not just morally but legally and financially — to abide by the terms of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

As long - term shareholders of FedEx, we support transparency and accountability in corporate spending on political activities.

«He engaged the media, he was respectful and firm, he talked about accountability on a two - way street, he gave facts, he broke news in terms of what the president was doing.»

That comes at a price, as what we gain in effectiveness, we lose in terms of privacy, accountability, and sometimes security.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats are calling for new and stronger actions from the B.C. Liberals to ensure long - term sustainability and environmental quality, greater public accountability, and best practices in the natural gas industry as the practice of hydraulic fracturing...

• The senators have asked that the FBI director be limited to an eight - year term, and they have charted myriad bureaucratic changes to improve intelligence effectiveness and to create «paper trails» of accountability.

In 2009, Joyce Meyer Ministries received accreditation from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), which stated that in terms of the ministry's financial accountability, transparency, board governance and fundraising practices, it had met their requirements of «responsible stewaAccountability (ECFA), which stated that in terms of the ministry's financial accountability, transparency, board governance and fundraising practices, it had met their requirements of «responsible stewaaccountability, transparency, board governance and fundraising practices, it had met their requirements of «responsible stewardship».

BAC termed integration a failure and viewed as «patronizing» any provisions for white representation in the spending of these funds, or any fiscal accountability.

This heavily lay - led movement tends to gravitate toward nondenominational, house church models disconnected from a larger body, both in terms of support and accountability.

But what is critical is that the accountability be in terms of their vision, not mine — of their sense of how they ought to be growing, coming to understand the Word, or changing their relationships with others.

If our account of alienation as a repeating process is reliable, then the American Catholic institutions of higher education are nearing the end of a process of formal detachment from accountability to their church, and instead of exerting themselves to oblige that church to be a more credible patron of higher learning, they are qualifying for acceptance by and on the terms of the secular academic culture, and are likely soon to hand over their institutions unencumbered by any compromising accountability to the church.

So with that in mind, we're attempting to pull apart the main culprits behind the club's downfall this term and figure out who can take the most accountability for their monumental failure to keep up with the pace in the first half of the campaign.

Sun Devil Football's existing recruiting infrastructure will be upgraded through additional staff support and evaluation resources, by instilling a culture of accountability at all levels, and building long - term relationships in communities across the country to help ensure recruiting quality and consistency.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

The answer is not just to ignore those skills — it's to look for better measures; it's to be more flexible in terms of how that accountability works.

«Although I don't think we're totally against the idea of user fees for lap swimming, we see no signs of accountability or efforts to fix long - term problems at the pool,» said Murphy, who has been swimming at Gill since 1993.

External enforcement has addressed short - term political expediency at the expense of effective internal scrutiny and accountability.

In addition newspapers often perform a different role in terms of local accountability than their broadcast equivalents.

In terms of quantifying human dignity, I have studied several existing surveys that measure indicators such as human rights, accountability, and justice.

Accountability is measured in terms of representative governance and whether political leaders can be held accountable by their constituencies.

«In terms of our conference we've always been about transparency, we've always been about accountability.

«Mayoral control hearings are necessary to provide transparency, accountability, and a better understanding of the long - term vision for educating all of New York City's students,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

In terms of government, his sterling leadership, his unique desire for tolerance, genuine unity, transparency, accountability and Peace has earned him the accolade in a gold plate «THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CIVILIAN TO HAVE RULED GHANA PEACEFULLY AND HANDED OVER PEACEFULLY».

Our distinctive contribution was to look at government costs and performance over a much longer timescale than had been attempted before and we believe our own study will contribute to transparency and accountability through our unique publicly - available compilation of consistent long - term time - series of official data.

The connotations of the term, however, are more dangerous than what it actually means because it implies a consensus without accountability and a solidarity either in support of or against something.

However, the difficulties they encounter in terms of delivery provide little impetus to steer away from competitive authoritarianism and introduce reforms that would promote democracy by levelling the playing field or improving accountability.

While legislating for Brexit will surely remain the government's priority, these developments do suggest that Parliament may be empowered not only in the field of legislation, but also in terms of scrutiny and accountability through the committee system.

The role of local politics is integral to the success or otherwise of both the «Northern Powerhouse» and «city - region» agendas, especially in terms of democratic accountability and legitimacy.

In the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectiveness.

But there must be transparency and accountability to parliament on the terms of Brexit.

Fred LeBrun: «After two terms of watching how this governor works, in the shadows, with as little accountability as he can get away with, it is small wonder the culture he's created hasn't caught up with him earlier.

«It's one area where they shouldn't underestimate the importance of having that mandate and accountability in terms of providing services and spending people's money.»

Let us hope that this will serve as yet another lesson that abandoning democratic accountability for the sake of short term political advantage