Sentences with phrase «true public system»

The DPLA should not only drop the problematic P word immediately but also reach out formally to COSLA and offer to partner with this group of state librarians (and invested library leaders within their territories) to plan and develop a true public system, with the understanding that seasoned public library leaders and IT folks working in public libraries would be in charge of the system.

The DPLA is a fine start as an academic system, and Jim Duncan and I wish it only the best — but it really needs to drop the P word from its name, so it doesn't risk preempting the creation of a true public system or jeopardizing the branding and franchise of traditional brick - and - mortar libraries.

Not exact matches

This is especially true for laptops connected to public wireless access points — like at hotels or coffee shops — and also on a home system.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

This is true for transportation systems, public utility systems, education infrastructure, health care infrastructure, and senior care infrastructure, to mention only some of the areas where more infrastructure investments are needed.

It is also true that we must work hard to ensure that the laws which govern our own system protect the public health and welfare and provide aid for those who can not make it on their own.

One major problem of the American social and political system is the failure of the press, especially television news, to inform the public about the true breadth of the unconstitutional activities of the executive branch.

Moreover, as is true for many of our institutions, there has been an erosion in the public's level of trust of agri - food systems.

This is one of the most profitable Pro Systems of all - time, a true contrarian system that goes against public perception.

Richard Ravitch's latest job in a distinguished career attending to public affairs in New York has him calling, as a lieutenant governor in his final months in office, for an overhaul of the state's Medicaid system that could be the foundation of a true legacy.

Skelos» counterpart in the Assembly echoed that view: «While it is true, as in any profession, that some legislators and lobbyists have taken advantage of the system, the vast majority of my colleagues are hard - working, caring and public spirited,» said Sheldon Silver, who was Assembly speaker at the time.

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski had a few favorite books this year, each one about perseverance, hope and survival: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution & Chance by Kayt Sukel; and Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra.

«I mean a true public financing system in which the exception does not swallow the rule.

But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).

Set to testify before Governor Cuomo's Education Reform Commission, NYC Public School Principal Anna Hall will deliver a crystal - clear message that any true reform of the state's education system needs to start with quality teachers.

In a letter to Apple, Jana Partners LLC, and the California State Teachers» Retirement System (also known as CalSTRS)-- they control about $ 2 billion of Apple shares — call youth phone addiction a growing public health crisis and urge Apple to make it easier for parents to control their children's screen time and to fund studies that would reveal the true consequences of smartphone use on mental health.

... True's screening system, which crosschecks «hundreds of millions» of public and proprietary records, isn't foolproof, Vest acknowledged.

While it is tempting to trace Anderson's operations and systems management expertise to Harvard and her public policy and education degree, the true source of her proficiencies in those areas can probably be attributed to growing up in a family of 12 children.

The net effect of growing charter schools, closing under - enrolled traditional public schools, and only hiring back the best and most desired teachers from those schools is a true merit pay system.

It's not the fault of anyone in the system today, but patterned after the dominant factory model of the era in which public schooling scaled, our education system functions as though all students learn at the same pace and have the same learning needs, which we know is not true.

«It can be a complex dance sometimes to integrate in the Iraqi system enough to be understood by the public and the authorities, yet still stay true to the school's mission,» Moore explains.

That is almost surely true on the margin, but will it make a significant impact on our public education system?

While it is certainly true that adequate spending is necessary to sustain the public school system, it is not true that per pupil spending is a major determinative factor in improving test scores.

Performance Matters and Fairfax County Public Schools have become true partners in the process, and the district has worked closely with the Performance Matters project team to ensure the system satisfies all state and local requirements.

It has, however, been true of some D.C. public school graduates in years past, with some D.C. adult literacy programs populated by essentially illiterate system graduates.

It's true that public education in Louisiana needs reform, said Karin Jenkins, a third grade teacher at Live Oak Elementary in Waggaman who participated in the pilot, but the evaluation system seems to come from policymakers who lack a classroom view.

The letter is one of the most powerful statements to date about the failure of the corporate education reform industry agenda and the need to re-take control of our public schools and preserve local control, parental involvement and the values inherent in a true system of public education.

Greed, stupidity, ignorance, and even more greed are behind the historic effort to denigrate teachers, turn our schools into little more than Common Core Testing factories, and destroy the concept of a true and comprehensive public education system.

It is true that the evidence is that Connecticut Mastery Test scores are marginally higher in charter schools than in the nearby traditional public school systems.

It is likely true that a competitive school system would require fewer public educators, but it would not mean a wholesale firing of public school teachers.

Now it is time for this case to be heard, so that the public will have clearly laid before them the facts we all know to be true: Pennsylvania's system of funding education has been broken for generations, and if we are to prosper as a Commonwealth, it must be fixed.

It is reprehensible — Rhee's true philosophy of education reform amounts to nothing more than union - busting and privatization of public school systems.

The ninety - nine cent price of a fast - food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost — to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food - borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves.

Yes, transparency is a problem, but that would ALWAYS be true under our current fractional reserve banking system — it's inherently a Ponzi scheme that functions on public gullibility and government edict — banks get to violate private property rights.

The people who have been involved with peer review feel that the «Peer Review System» is one of the best ways to demonstrate the real depth of veterinary medicine's commitment to true service for our patients and the public.

By picking one specific area of only one of the spheres (surface temperatures), while it might be one piece of interesting information and it certainly it is quite true that surface temperatures have been flat at or near record high levels, focusing on this fact alone and the fact that climate models failed to have forecast it, does very little overall good if the goal is to educate the public about the bigger picture, i.e. anthropogenic climate change as an energy imbalance affecting the whole Earth energy system, including all the spheres discussed above.

In a system of «full, true and plain disclosure», such as that governing the offering of securities to the public, it is the responsibility of the author to report adverse results.

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We should never forget that this is public domain information in its truest sense that should be, and can be, easily accessible to public, private and individual interests as a true foundation stone of the healthy and functioning democratic system that Canada strives to be.

Collaborative Law is worth considering if some or all of the following are true for you: (a) you want a civilized, rational resolution of the issues, (b) you would like to keep open the possibility of a viable working relationship with your partner down the road, (c) you and your partner will be raising children together and you want the best working relationship possible, (d) you want to protect your children from the harm associated with litigation between parents, (e) you have ethical or spiritual beliefs that place high value on taking personal responsibility for handling conflicts with integrity, (f) you value control and autonomous decision making and do not want to hand over decisions about restructuring your financial and parenting arrangements to a stranger (a judge), (g) you recognize the restricted and often unpredictable range of outcomes and «rough justice» generally available in the public court system and want a more creative and individualized range of choices available to you and your spouse or partner for resolving the issues.

This investment must go far beyond the current subsidy system, provide support to all low - and middle - income families, and ensure that early childhood teachers are compensated fairly.53 Helping parents and policymakers understand the true cost of high - quality child care is an important step in building support for this public investment.

And true the MLS System was designed for Realtors, but we made it a public system and it has to be a system Canadians trust, and until competing models can function without the industry looking for ways to restrict their growth we will continue to struggle and worry about change being imposed System was designed for Realtors, but we made it a public system and it has to be a system Canadians trust, and until competing models can function without the industry looking for ways to restrict their growth we will continue to struggle and worry about change being imposed system and it has to be a system Canadians trust, and until competing models can function without the industry looking for ways to restrict their growth we will continue to struggle and worry about change being imposed system Canadians trust, and until competing models can function without the industry looking for ways to restrict their growth we will continue to struggle and worry about change being imposed on us.