As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
I'm quite encouraged by the finding that voters do value checks and balances and accountability. I think it's very heartening. And it… — Sylvia Lim Copy Share Image
But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The thing to keep in mind is that the answer to the question I often get - Are leaders born or made?… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
While the writers of the U.S. Constitution could not have predicted Trump's exact wrongdoing, they were able to imagine a scenario in… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
“In his essays on the need for executive-branch vigor, Hamilton continually invoked the king of England as an example of what should… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Team work is absolutely important - we work together so that we may grow together in both being and doing, fruits and… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
Demanding accountability for Mississippi's role in creating an environment that tolerated and bred hateful ideologies and violence is a small, but powerful,… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
“Trust energizes participants. We feel good when things work smoothly. We need to be safe to experiment and make mistakes. We need… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Independence sounds good in theory, but in practice, it is mutually exclusive with accountability. The more independence you give a prosecutor, the… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
“An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Some favorite expressions of small children: "It's not my fault...They made me do it...I forgot." Some favorite expressions of adults: "It's not… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement:… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
When you call us, ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, we do have your phone number. And if you say anything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If every time we choose a turd, society, at a great expense, simply allows us to redeem it for a pepperoni, then… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
But the lack of faith could just as well be a crutch for non-believers, allowing them to live their lives without any… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
“Accountability is not about blame, it’s not about being wrong, it is about owning the choices you’ve made, or are making, that… — Claire Fontaine Copy Share Image
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
I hope that people will be held accountable, even if accountability just means naming it and letting the citizens of the country… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
Trump does not gain strength with every attempt to place limits on his behavior. Accountability does not jolt him into political action.… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Americans must have faith that presidential election rules are established through the transparent, democratic process required by the U.S. Constitution to guarantee… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government,… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
“See. That’s what I mean. No, it’s not. If we held each other to a higher level of accountability, if we raised… — Melissa Haag Copy Share Image
By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but… — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader,… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“It is your life...OWN IT! Your life purpose empowers you and enables you to live life abundantly. Empowerment begins by taking responsibility… — Thomas Narofsky Copy Share Image
For police officers who commit this violence, there has been no accountability. Cops are supposed to be held to a standard of… — Tobias Harris Copy Share Image
