On education, Governor Bush disdains an expanded federal role, but he wants Washington to demand performance standards for students and rescind aid if the standards are not met.
Are the airlines, most of which are struggling financially, actually committed to order extra new aircraft or to demand higher performance standards from the manufacturers?
I work with a coalition of student, veterans, labor, consumer, and civil rights groups urging the court to decide that the government has the right to demand at least minimal performance standards, that predatory companies do not have a permanent entitlement to take billions in taxpayer dollars without regard for the consequences for students and our economy.
Moreover, high expectations of healthcare held by an increasingly knowledgeable public are coupled with stringent financial and clinical performance standards demanded from government and service commissioners.
She found the problem was the command structure itself and "the department's policy of establishing performance standards and demanding increased levels of stops and frisks".
Judge Scheindlin said the evidence showed that the unlawful stops resulted from "the department's policy of establishing performance standards and demanding increased levels of stops and frisks".
The judge said the evidence presented in the case showed that the department had a "policy of establishing performance standards and demanding increased levels of stops and frisks" that has led to an exponential growth in the number of stops.
Her plan was to get control over the caseload, promote performance standards, and demand that her attorneys file more motions and have more meaningful conversations with their clients.
Rather than "glorified day care," EarlyLearnNYC demands more professional development for teachers, rigorous performance standards, the use of a developmentally appropriate, research-based curriculum and measurable outcomes.
We will rue the day we forgot that newsgathering is a profession with demanding standards regarding performance and ethics.
While these so-called "gypsy" cabs fill a legitimate demand for transportation, their inability to use the formal legal and regulatory system to enforce contracts and performance standards puts both customers and drivers at risk.
