Sentence examples for accountability raising from inspiring English sources

Michael Gove, the Conservative education secretary, pinpoints the lessons of PISA 2009 as "greater autonomy for schools; sharper accountability; raising the prestige of the profession and having greater control over discipline".

In the past couple of decades, as test scores drop and the United States falls farther behind other countries in math and science, the idea that schools should follow a business model has been dominant, stressing competition, choice and accountability, raising teacher pay for higher test scores, closing schools that fail.

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Deep concerns about the Liberal party's finances and financial accountability raised after a recent explosive leaked email from the party's treasurer had been allayed and were in part false, the party's federal president, Richard Alston, has said.

Democrats on the panel, however, argued that the Rockefeller and Hutchinson bill addressed concerns about funding, governance and accountability raised by Republican lawmakers.

It was particularly stinging that Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), the incoming chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (and winner of POGO's 2010 Good Government Award for his work promoting government transparency and accountability), raised the WikiLeaks red herring and effectively derailed the Senate-passed bill in the House.

At a time when the state is asking for more accountability and raising the bar for learning standards, this is unconscionable".

She called for "proper accountability" to "raise civil servants' game" and improve quality and standards.

The issue of accountability was raised yesterday by the former Conservative minister and shadow home secretary, David Davis.

But in their remarks today, they appeared to rule out at least some accountability questions raised in the wake of the attack.

The closure came after months in which questions about the charity's financial accountability were raised by a BBC investigation which reported that the Cabinet Office was withholding £3m of funding until Batmanghelidjh stepped aside and the charity underwent restructuring.