"If states want more flexibility, they're going to have to set higher standards, more honest standards that prove they're serious about meeting them".
"We've said, 'If you're willing to set higher, more honest standards than the ones that were set by No Child Left Behind, then we're going to give you the flexibility to meet those standards.' " Some Congressional Republican leaders criticized Mr. Obama on Thursday for what they saw as an effort to politicize education policy rather than work with Congress.
Ten astynomoi were responsible for municipal upkeep and cleanliness in the city of Athens and the port of Piraeus; 10 agoranomoi kept order in the marketplace, and 10 other metronomoi ensured that honest measuring standards were respected; and the "Eleven" dealt with courts, prisons, and, more generally, criminal justice.
The first series was a real experiment and we didn't really know what we had or what would come out of it, and to be honest the standard of the entrants wasn't amazing.
"If I'm honest the standard in National One was rising quite considerably and with us going through a rebuilding phase we found it quite difficult.
Since undergraduates started flocking to the crass-but-honest dollar standard of the National Basketball Association, college basketball has become a year-by-year proposition, now operating on day-by-day eligibility bulletins.
Yet were we to judge him by 2001 standards, Honest Abe might not quite live up to that famous sobriquet.
And most of the people spending money there are not bandits or corrupt officials, but a genuine middle class making an honest (by Russian standards, anyway) living.
A system based on high standards, honest testing and heavy sanctions for poor student performance is a recipe for disaster.
Another NRE-CE makes repeated reference to its clients and highlights their positive entailments, like conviction, commitment, collaboration, continuous innovation, quality and efficiency standards, honest and transparent dealings, which are the key things keeping their clients happy.
Indeed, his arrest signals a crisis in a cherished American narrative: skilled worker, honest by most standards, person of prayer, a family oriented business owner.
