Sentences with phrase «through local decision»

Our role is to help communities successfully manage the challenge of growth through local decision making, research, sharing of expertise, creative problem solving, and building community consensus.

In addition, fossil fuel exports can be controlled indirectly through local decisions on whether to permit coal, liquefied natural gas or oil export terminals, among other measures.

Not exact matches

Houston, whose Pictou East riding neighbours the pulp mill, equated the decision to go with a Class 1 assessment with a similar decision for the Alton Gas natural gas storage project near Stewiake, which has been through the courts and has been subject to protests from environmentalists and local Mi» kmaq bands.

We do that through research, like the job census, and also through education and outreach to help inform decision makers, such as local governments, of the benefits of going solar.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildlocal authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

And I know the NHS would be better and stronger if such decisions were made with local communities through real accountability.

Wednesday's decision states that although 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation can still be based on test scores, half of those tests must be chosen by local school districts through collective bargaining with their union.

«Looking to the future, local officials should exercise fiscal caution through sensible spending decisions, realistic revenue projections and proper long - term planning.»

Reform means not a new unelected quango, which would be about ducking responsibility for the tough decisions, but greater operational independence for local NHS organisations and NHS clinicians and I want this to be established through the constitution.

In addition to scrapping the Common Core, Hawkins would improve schools by restoring aid cut during the state's economic downturn, encouraging desegregation through voluntary interdistrict transfers and returning curriculum decisions to local school boards.

Rosenblum cited a twofold rationale for her candidacy: a belief that her experience as a Town Board member — and as deputy supervisor during much of former supervisor Jeff Moran's four - year tenure — will enable her to push projects and decisions through to completion; and a determination to make better use of the local talent pool.

Over the last several months, as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area planning process chugged forward, we've sat through countless community board meetings, interviewed dozens of local residents and decision - makers and published op - eds from various players invested in the proposed residential and retail project.

The Convention recognizes the importance of women in the implementation of the Convention, and identifies critical areas for their engagement: (i) awareness - raising, and participation in the design and implementation of programmes; (ii) decision - making processes that men and women adopt at the local level in the governance of development, implementation and review of regional and national action programmes (RAPs and NAPs); and (iii) capacity - building, education and public awareness, particularly at local level through the support of local organizations.

They obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly, the life - changing decision to start a family.

In the 1972 decision in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the Court accepted to a considerable degree the argument that the funding of schools primarily through local property taxes resulted in significant differences in school spending and quality from district to district.

«Australia is investing record funding in education that will continue to grow, all targeted based on need, and the Turnbull Government is focused on improving student outcomes through measures we know are effective — teacher quality, a better curriculum, greater parental engagement and support for principals to make local decisions about their local school,» he said.

Local education decisions traditionally have been the provenance of states and local districts, but Bush led the way for more federal involvement — requiring students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school to take standardized tests for school «accountability» purpLocal education decisions traditionally have been the provenance of states and local districts, but Bush led the way for more federal involvement — requiring students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school to take standardized tests for school «accountability» purplocal districts, but Bush led the way for more federal involvement — requiring students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school to take standardized tests for school «accountability» purposes.

Improving school performance requires data - driven decision making at all levels, from the classroom through local and state education agencies; from early childhood through higher education.

Project Tomorrow's annual Speak Up survey held October through December provides an easy way for students, parents, and educators to participate and inform local decisions about technology, as well as contribute to the state and national dialogue about educational technology.

Charter public schools in Idaho already have some opportunities for flexibility, through curricular choices and their performance certificates, and this option opens the door for traditional public schools to have the same opportunities to make governance decisions at a local level.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

«Through their input, we can look forward to having a powerful statewide assessment that will inform local decisions to improve curriculum and instruction, raise student achievement, and ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college or career.»

While much of the work of maintaining programs occurs at the local level, state boards of education can help facilitate partnerships and the use of these best practices through a range of policy decisions.

Through the Local Control Funding Formula, which Brown shepherded through the Legislature in 2013, the state shifted control over budget decisions from the state to school districts and created an equity - based financing system that directs more money to low - income students, English learners and fosterThrough the Local Control Funding Formula, which Brown shepherded through the Legislature in 2013, the state shifted control over budget decisions from the state to school districts and created an equity - based financing system that directs more money to low - income students, English learners and fosterthrough the Legislature in 2013, the state shifted control over budget decisions from the state to school districts and created an equity - based financing system that directs more money to low - income students, English learners and foster youth.

There had been some community opposition prior to the Phase 1 decision, driven primarily through an online letter created by a local education advocacy group, Montclair Cares About Schools.

The new # 415 million capital funding will be dished out through a central formula to local authorities or multi-academy trusts, which can make spending decisions based on «local context».

The report provides education stakeholders a decision making tool to help them sort through their options regarding the hundreds of elementary school improvement choices available to meet local needs.

Our reports provide education stakeholders a decision making tool to help them sort through their options regarding the numerous middle and high school improvement choices available to meet local needs.

In addition, Colorado teachers help civics come alive in the classroom through the Judicially Speaking program, which was started by three local judges to teach students how judges think through civics as they make decisions.19 As a recipient of the 2015 Sandra Day O'Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education, the Judicially Speaking program has used interactive exercises and firsthand experience to teach students about the judiciary.

The report provides education stakeholders a decision making tool to help them sort through their options regarding the hundreds of secondary school improvement choices available to meet local needs.

These reports provides education stakeholders a decision making tool to help them sort through their options regarding the hundreds of elementary school improvement choices available to meet local needs.

Gov. Brown wants to devolve budget decisions to the local level and overhaul the finance system through weighted student funding.

We also have increased citizen participation on all fronts, including engaging the public on departmental policy and regulations and in local transportation decision - making through our Ladders of Opportunity efforts and initiatives such as the Every Place Counts challenge.

The Uruguayan engineering on these cars shines through in some ways (those areas of the cars which are outstanding) but not in others (those areas which fall short and are clearly the result of management decisions by the local countries), where the Uruguayan engineers were prevented from doing their thing.

The funds are available through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Alternatives Analysis grant program, which is the first key step that local decision makers must take as they pursue federal funds for key transit construction projects.

The ABA, for its part, announced this decision to the more than 350 member indie bookstores who sell Google ebooks through their websites in order to meet their customers» needs for ebooks while still garnering the local community support that they rely on.

If the book's category is one that generates most of its sales through local stores, then the ability to place copies in local stores should be weighted more heavily in the decision.

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Discounts on adoption fees are routinely offered based on the belief that they incentivize adoptions, and, to the extent a local or state government can create incentives through tax policy, there is reason to believe that such measures could positively affect decisions to adopt.

The responsibilities of local governments give them large influence over energy use in their communities through land use and zoning, building requirements, property taxes and transfers, transportation investment decisions, economic and workforce development, and, in many cases, the provision of services such as water and electricity.

Global set of local sea - level projections to inform decisions on timescales ranging from the coming decades through the 22nd century with complete probability distributions, informed by a combination of expert community assessment, expert elicitation, and process modeling.

Forest and land use policies across African countries have historically passed through two types of governance: Under traditional systems controlled by families, traditional leaders and communities, decisions regarding land allocation, redistribution and protection were the responsibility of local leaders.

These local officials were decision makers, and policy makers that were exposed to ISI that had not gone through the peer review process that is required by NOAA policy before public release.

Having access to up to date local knowledge concerning which Government lawyers will be taking on the case, profiling the appetite of the particular prosecution team to try and resolve the matter through a negotiated plea / settlement / DPA and making the key forensic decisions very early on about your client's potential value to the Prosecution are some additional challenges that arise in cross border investigations.

The eHealth Ontario spending scandal and a Local Health Integration Network's failure to meet requirements for «community engagement» in decisions involving major initiatives are examples of how, in the future, a hospital's reputation can be harmed through a FIPPA request.

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The Connecting government report identifies the development of appropriate procedures to support local decision making as a key challenge of whole of government activity, such as through ICCs.

Through the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Network, you can send timely messages to local, state and federal decision - makers about public policy that impacts sexual and reproductive freedom, and you will get updates on ways you can support Planned Parenthood in your community.

Indigenous health policy development in Australia has been complicated by legal issues regarding Aboriginal land, through the Mabo and Wik decisions, and uncertainty about effective federal, state and local government strategies for dealing with health inequalities and their social determinants.

«If the decision is made to make education available only through local colleges, for example, then the association is likely to focus in on such areas as government relations and communications.»