Sentences with phrase «voluntary choice for»

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I see no problem with this concert being held, as long as any miltary support staffing is voluntary as well.If the Army were to task out soldiers for duties without giving them a choice, which has happened in the past, that would be different.

Hebrew man knew himself as one who confronted a choice and was responsible for his voluntary decision.

Allows terminally ill adult Oregon residents voluntary informed choice to obtain physician's prescription for drugs to end life.

It certainly shouldn't make a business pay for something that is voluntary and a choice for a woman to take.

He said that, though theoretically voluntary, the practice had been rolled out by the UK government in a way that did not leave much room for choice.

AIMS Ireland is a non-profit, voluntary organisation which supports evidence - based choices for women in pregnancy, labour and birth and in the postnatal period.

Included in the budget was funding for Secure Choice, a voluntary workplace retirement savings option.

As for eligibility, the recommendations are that one must be over 18, and have a diagnosis of terminal illness; the choice must be entirely voluntary and not influenced by others.

Funding should also be made available for the voluntary sector to support people with these difficult choices.»

As an alternative, you could look for paid employment as a research assistant, or voluntary work; either of these could give you more choice to study within your preferred area of research.

In the study, researchers gave rats a choice between water and 40 proof (20 %) alcohol, which the rats drank in large quantities on a voluntary basis for two months.

A new study [PDF] examined how well middle schoolers responded to «commitment devices,» or voluntary agreements to limit future choices through restrictions or penalties for failing to accomplish a goal.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

Yet Ravitch sees no hope for choice and competition in education, asking us to leave public schools alone apart from articulating voluntary national standards without holding anyone accountable for meeting them.

In most of these programs, there is negligible state control; families are trusted to make choices, and participating schools are indirectly held accountable for results via the voluntary decisions of parents.

Tax credit scholarship programs utilize voluntary, private contributions - encouraged through tax credits - to fund scholarships for children to attend the private school of their choice.

These programs utilize voluntary, private contributions — encouraged through tax credits — to fund scholarships for children to attend the private school of their choice.

Government and nonprofit leaders in cities like Cleveland, DC, New Orleans, Baltimore, and even Detroit have been able to make progress on these issues via voluntary agreements on citywide systems for enrollment and information to help families navigate public school choice.

The SIG grant was also used to provide extra tutoring for students and to develop a voluntary Saturday school, where students could pursue their topic of choice.

The resulting settlement called for expanded (voluntary) participation in the «Open Choice» system (previously known as «Project Concern») and the formation of additional, public charters and themed magnet schools within Hartford open to students from both Hartford proper and the suburbs.

User information is collected on a voluntary basis to be used by EdChoice for communicating school choice news, publications and other items of interest from time to time.

To facilitate student voluntary reading, students need access to reading materials that allow for their choice of reading materials.

This was done in hopes of developing a method for voluntary choice that would put a stop to the unfair treatment of families in the south county neighborhoods (DeBray 2007).

Using a choice experiment conducted among more than a thousand Swiss consumers, we analyze the individual demand for voluntary carbon offsets in different contexts.

Some Muslim women emphasise that it is a choice, that perhaps at a certain point in their lives they feel ready for it: they do not see it as an imposition by their religion, but a voluntary way of showing their adherence.

For those who are a little older, by which I mean substantially older than teenagers, taking a refresher course on defensive driving is never a bad choice, whether it's absolutely voluntary or not.

It would offer much greater financial independence and freedom of choice for individuals between work and leisure, education and caring while recognizing the huge value of unpaid and voluntary work.

The International Court of Justice notes in its Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara, the essential requirement for self - determination is that the outcome corresponds to the free and voluntary choice of the people concerned.

This universally shared view translates to broad bipartisan support for policy approaches that support parents» choices and preferences, that empower and engage parents in program design and implementation, and that emphasize voluntary rather than mandatory participation.