Sentences with phrase «about broad reforms»

When talking about broad reforms to health care, energy policy, or education, however, it's a different story.

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It took thirteen years, but by 2008, there was a broad consensus on the center - left about what comprehensive healthcare reform should look like.

«However, we do not consider either the independent review or the government has properly made the case that these two reforms, about which there is a broad consensus, can only be made as part of a package which includes the third reform - the involvement of a private sector equity partner in Royal Mail.

This has been reflected in our consistently providing platforms for Labour - LibDem dialogue, seeking to foster engagement between party politics and civic pressure, and in co-hosting the left and liberty session at the Convention for Modern Liberty, and in being significantly engaged in debates about the pluralist reform of party politics, the broader political settlement and the new «movement politics» of a pluralist left.

«What we're talking about here in these current proposals that the legislature and the governor seem to agree in large part on is broad based tax reform,» Simpson said.

Elisa's death on Thanksgiving weekend in 1995 attracted broad attention — prompting a national conversation about child abuse, a wave of reforms to the city's child welfare system, and a child welfare law named in her honor.

«If Senator DeFrancisco is serious about tackling public corruption, he can champion real reforms — such as providing this office with the broader prosecutorial authority we have long demanded — while sitting in the Senate.

As we do everything we can to assist this plant in the near - term, we hope this situation will spark a broader discussion about real reform of our state's energy marketplace.

Paul joins us today at the Ed Next Book Club to talk about his book, the impact he hopes it will have on the education reform debate, and what it means for the broader war on poverty.

Meanwhile, a broader backlash against reform, fueled by concerns about over-reliance on standardized tests, the accuracy of new evaluations, and the efficacy of performance - based incentives, has led some states to reverse course.

He makes similar arguments about how efforts to improve teacher quality, instructional approaches like Success for All, and high - expectation techniques practiced by educators like Jaime Escalante and Rafe Esquith are not promising models for reform because their success is due to the selection of students or other factors that can not be replicated on a broader scale.

Their paper, «Institutional Complexity and the Embedded Logics of Public School Reform,» employs a unique methodological approach to examine how teachers» beliefs about instructional reforms are informed by the logics of broad cultural institutions.

First, people have learned so much about what to do and what not to do to implement the kind of middle grades school reforms talked about in the original Turning Points that we felt compelled to bring those lessons to broad public attention.

In addition, we need to think more about how to integrate online learning into the broader issues of school reform.

But one should be careful in drawing broader conclusions about education reform from The Prize.

Whether referencing Jay - Z or John Dewey, discussing corporate school reform or the intimacy of one - on - one interactions with students, Vilson is a bold and fearless writer, weaving his own story and struggles into broader conversations about race, equity, and the future of public schooling.

The difference is that they're usually used in service of a larger argument about education and the economy, or to support broader education reforms.

They're also not too crazy about any connection to Broad, a philanthropist who has investing heavily in education reform.

These developments should have sent a warning to NASDC leaders about the politically charged and therefore tenuous nature of such broad efforts at education reform.

Distilling critics» fears to the common denominator, one finds an overarching concern that the current discussion about IPS reform will center on shifting control of money and power without genuine awareness of what techniques could best shape IPS students into life - long learners capable of achieving success on a broader plane than that defined by standardized test scores.

That immediately got us thinking, how can we better serve these families who have served us so well, which of course, led us to thinking about surveying them, hearing more about their experiences, and ultimately, getting their insights and perspectives on this broader question of how we can reform education and provide some educational choice options for them.

As the debate about the value of charters is heating up to new levels since the news that billionaire school reform leader Eli Broad and several other powerful players are planning a massive expansion of charter schools in LA Unified, these numbers are likely to be spun in both directions by the opposing sides of the charter debate.

There's a myth about the reform movement as a monolithic entity (Gates, Walton, Reed and Broad) and it is apropos of teaching programs as I will go on to explain.

«But if you look at the past decade and think about school reform movies or documentaries, not many of them had a broad reach,» Broy says.

In Getting Excited About Data, E.L. Holcomb talks about the need for broad stakeholder involvement in school reform — the value of bringing together «people, passion and proof» (Holcomb, 1998; Lachat, 2About Data, E.L. Holcomb talks about the need for broad stakeholder involvement in school reform — the value of bringing together «people, passion and proof» (Holcomb, 1998; Lachat, 2about the need for broad stakeholder involvement in school reform — the value of bringing together «people, passion and proof» (Holcomb, 1998; Lachat, 2001).

You can read more about the Broad Foundation's role in public education in an article I wrote for Public School Shakedown entitled «Funding «Education Reform»: The Big Three Foundations.»

The content and tone of the Statement to the Commissioner and the communication surrounding the development of this document make it very clear that while some school superintendents» support «reform efforts» and others raises serious concerns about particular elements of the reform agenda, there is broad - based opposition about the way Commissioner Pryor and his leadership team have been operating.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

Are billionaires like Eli Broad suddenly hitting the brakes on ed reform because they care about pubic school budgets, or are they just upset that vouchers and religious school tax credits will be horning in on the lucrative charter school racket?

We are talking about billionaires and millionaires and the major education reform companies, organizations and foundations dumping tens of millions of dollars into state and local efforts to elect handpicked accomplices or even, where necessary, changing the rules to make it easier to open charter schools and dismantle the core elements of a broad - based public education system.

It was followed about a decade later by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a broader effort at Brown that sponsors research and analysis.

When Duncan's testimony broached the broader idea at a March Congressional hearing, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, David Obey, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin — which finished 26th out of 41 entrants in the first round of the Race — reminded Duncan of the states» dire need for basic funds and signaled his skepticism about the Race reforms, declaring, «When the sailboat is sinking, my top priority would not be to put a new coat of varnish on the deck.»

When Lord Woolf introduced his reform proposals they were given a broad welcome by just about everyone.

Depending on the reason for this effect, adoption of a specialized patent trial court might help accused infringers but not patentees, raising broader questions about patent reform and how to measure the value of an expert court.

Stevens said there needs to be broader education about blockchain technology for the adult industry, and legal reform, in order for new blockchain - savvy models to avoid the same unequal dynamics of the traditional sex industry.

Others talked about their concerns at being left off the agenda (rare disease care, broader role for pharmacists, oral health, rehabilitation under the NDIS), being left out of reform discussions (nurses) or «ambushed» in a rapidly evolving reform process (aged care, pathology).

COAG further agreed to consider in mid 2009 a progress report and advice about the contribution of COAG's broader reform agenda to overcoming Indigenous children's disadvantage.