Sentences with phrase «american public favors»

Over 70 percent of the American public favors renewal of federal accountability legislation, and performance on similar tests is known to be important economically.

A near majority (47 percent) of the American public favors paying teachers, in part, based on the academic progress of their students on state tests, about the same percentage as in 2007.

By a nearly two - to - one margin, the American public favors this policy.

(Where 52 percent of legislators favor vouchers and 40 percent oppose, 61 percent of the American public favor vouchers and only 33 percent oppose.)

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In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the pPublic Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the ppublic interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the publicpublic.

You might be surprised to know that the business world was strongly in favor of profit sharing at many points in American history, typically when the concentration of wealth was a major public worry or the country was trying to come together after a crisis.

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

Still a third national survey (1997) discovered not only that a strong majority of African - Americans (57 percent) and Hispanics (65 percent) favored vouchers, but also that it was precisely the black age group most likely to have children in the public schools (those 26 to 35) who supported vouchers most strongly (86.5 percent!).

A paper that thinks hermaphrodite rights one of the important questions of our time, a paper that editorially endorses the worship of the great nature goddess Gaia, a paper that advocates the demonstration of condoms to fourth graders in public school, a paper that condemns as religious fanatics those who favor the protection of the unborn, a paper that derides as extremist the views of a majority of Americans and of two Presidents they elected, this is simply not a serious paper.

Faith in Public Life: People of Faith Support Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61 %).

One argument Reid advances is that the bill favors the religious beliefs of Native Americans over the interests of public collections and therefore runs contrary to the First Amendment's no - establishment - of - religion clause.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A new national poll suggests that most Americans favor an economic stimulus package even if it comes with an $ 800 billion price tag, but that support doesn't indicate that the public wants to see a new era of big government.

ALBANY, NY (06/07/2016)(readMedia)-- The American Arbitration Association in Manhattan today counted thousands of ballots from New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) members who overwhelmingly voted in favor of a tentative one - year agreement with the state.

«Two years after the tragedy in Newtown, our study of public support for two dozen specific gun policies found a large majority of Americans continue to favor a range of gun - safety policies,» says lead study author Colleen Barry, PhD, MPP, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Hpublic support for two dozen specific gun policies found a large majority of Americans continue to favor a range of gun - safety policies,» says lead study author Colleen Barry, PhD, MPP, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HPublic Health.

After watching a film like Pulse, I feel a bit insulted that movie executives think so little about the intelligence of the American movie - going public that the vast majority of the attempts at popular entertainment are completely stripped of anything remotely resembling a thought - provoking element, eschewing those in favor of noise, special effects and music stimuli to try to induce a subconscious reaction in the audience.

The poll found that attitudes are changing; three of every four Americans favor fixing up the nation's schools instead of spending public money for vouchers.

Three of every four Americans favor fixing up the nation's schools over spending public money for vouchers.

In a Show - Me Institute poll released in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or state income taxes for contributions they make to education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and religious schools.»

Despite often favoring coverage of the Iraq War or the economy, today's media remains a powerful voice for the American public on the issue of education.

PDK asked a nationally representative sample of the American public the following question: «Do you favor or oppose allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense?»

The poll provides strong evidence from a nationally representative sample that most Americans support merit pay for teachers, while teachers oppose the policy by a large margin; there is strong opposition among the public to teacher tenure, while teachers favor it; and teachers are significantly more opposed to the federal RttT program than the broader public.

More important in a state where Latinos represent the largest group of minority public school children, outnumbering African - Americans nearly four to one, leading Latino politicians, activist groups, and business organizations came out in favor of vouchers.

The Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll reveals that only 31 percent of Americans favor allowing students to attend private schools at public expense.

the 2014 PDK / Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools shows that American favor improving teaching quality in a variety of ways — board certification, longer practice teaching, and more rigorous entrance requirements for colleges of education.

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy: Be they school choice advocates or activists for revamping teacher quality or even standards and accountability proponents, many reformers have a tendency to believe that their favored solution will transform American public education.

The 2014 PDK / Gallup Poll on attitudes toward public education found that a majority of Americans favor charter schools, while at the same time, not fully understanding how they operate (Bushaw & Calderon, 2014).

But those who favor the language of privatization say that «school choice» masks reality - they say vouchers and charters redirect the flow of taxpayer dollars from public schools, which most Americans support, into unaccountable private hands.

These are the contending purposes of public education that David Labaree discussed in his 1997 essay entitled «Public Goods, Private Goods,» arguing that American education had become too lopsided in favoring a view of schooling based upon individuals accumulating credentials for their own private bepublic education that David Labaree discussed in his 1997 essay entitled «Public Goods, Private Goods,» arguing that American education had become too lopsided in favoring a view of schooling based upon individuals accumulating credentials for their own private bePublic Goods, Private Goods,» arguing that American education had become too lopsided in favoring a view of schooling based upon individuals accumulating credentials for their own private benefit.

According to the September 2015 47th Annual PDK / Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools, only 31 % of Americans favor allowing vouchers to be used to pay for private and religious schools.

In a nationally representative 2016 poll conducted by Braun Research Incorporated, 82 percent of African - American parents favored allowing parents to choose their public school.

63 percent of Americans, 55 percent of public - school parents, 73 percent of Republicans, and 55 percent of Democrats favor the «idea of charter schools» (PDK / Gallup 2014, p. 19, table 18b).

50 percent of Americans and 56 percent of parents favor a proposal that would «give families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition» (Education Next 2014).

But the American Institutes for Research, a Washington DC - based education nonprofit, sued the state Public Education Department and State Procurement Officer Larry Maxwell alleging that the contract was rigged to favor Pearson.

Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina poll of African - Americans (June 2016) found 56 % favor public charter schools and 59 % favor school choice.

Despite our love for wagons, these versatile haulers have fallen out of favor with the American public.

This is one of the many arguments backing up the positions of The American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Kennel Club, the ASPCA, HSUS and others, all of which reject breed discrimination in favor of (1) public education (See «Education is Prevention,» left) and (2) responsible pet ownership to curb dog bite incidents (see «Education is Prevention,» left).

The arguments in favor of drilling are so overwhelmingly obvious to the majority of the American public that any politician who supports the status quo of $ 4 / gal.

According to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other oil industry groups have been directing state legislators to make public and legislative statements in favor of the pipeline project, and have provided legislators with draft legislation, language for op - eds and testimony to be presented as their own.

For instance, a poll of American opinions on global warming suggested that the public by and large opposes taxes on gasoline or electricity as a way of combating global climate change and, instead, favors stricter fuel - and building - efficiency standards (Leiserowtiz 2009).

ALEC Exposed Also run by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed tracks the corporate - funded American Legislative Exchange Council's efforts to undermine the public interest and democracy through lobbying and collaboration between corporations and politicians on «model bills» developed behind closed doors to shift state laws in favor of corporate interests instead of the public.

The Midland name is formally retired as a public brand in favor of American Modern Insurance Group.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

American architects also favored the style for political reasons: the War of 1812 cast England in an unfavorable light; and public sentiment favored the Greeks in their war for independence in the 1820s.