But the increasing school rolls have not been matched with resources, despite ambitious government targets to cut the ratios of pupils to teachers, desks and books.
A thematic pattern that consistently emerged in the interviews was that districts are being assigned too many responsibilities that do not match with the resources at their disposal, a phenomenon described as ' responsibilities without resources and authority".
Accountability will work only when matched with adequate resources".
The president of the city principals' union, Jill S. Levy, called yesterday for additional support employees for principals, saying demands for accountability must be matched with more resources.
"Whatever space program is ultimately selected, it must be matched with the resources needed for its execution," the panel wrote, emphasizing the possibilities of pulling in participation and financing from other nations and turning to the commercial space industry to provide rockets at a lower cost than a program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
However, limited capacity matched with low resources has led to frequent drug stock-outs, inadequate or no diagnostic equipment, and insufficient skilled staff in some local clinics [ 24].
There was an element of trying to match needs with resources, in that they decided early on to get sicker patients out by medevac helicopters and send out healthier ones, who could sit up, on high water trucks or boats.
Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "Across England we are working harder than ever to meet the needs of our growing and ageing population but longer waiting times is a sad but inevitable consequence of increasing demand not being matched with the appropriate resources in general practice, or enough GPs.
However, these positive developments cannot be sustained over the long term unless commitments to children are matched with state budgetary resources, and workable mechanisms for enactment and monitoring of these measures are in place.
