Sentences with phrase «about by the reformers»

Sola Scriptura, on the other hand, as talked about by the Reformers, held to nothing of the sort.

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In a comment, Tim Nichols from Full Contact Christianity challenged my definition of Sola Scriptura, as not being the same definition that was used by the classical Reformers when they talked about Sola Scriptura.

I want to suggest that the misshapen theology noted by Father Neuhaus comes in part from not listening to the great reformers — Luther in particular — carefully enough (for example, brushing aside his keen insight about «both saved and sinner»).

The most revolutionary alteration in religious art came with the sweeping changes in sacrament and liturgy brought about by the 16th - century Reformers, especially Calvin and Zwingli.

Hughes O. Old, in The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship (Theologischer Verlag, 1975), has shown that what the Reformers knew about early Christian worship was conditioned by their own time.

In this piece all the old arguments about the precise definition of the «presence» of Christ in the consecrated bread are gone over, because Luther felt that the agreement in the Wittenberg Concord had been betrayed by the Swiss reformers.

Mr Duncan Smith was also asked about this specific group of women several times, by Members on all sides, including Conservatives Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) and James Gray (North Wiltshire), as well as Labour's socially conservative welfare reformer, Frank Field.

A dentist who won a $ 7.7 million judgement against the state after beating Medicaid fraud charges brought by then - AG Spitzer warned voters about the would - be comptroller's «dark side» and said he doesn't believe Spitzer is reformer «at all.»

The US attorney didn't make any specific recommendations about how to purge the state of dirty pols, but he did make clear that the growing list of cases against elected officials at the state and local levels brought by his office indicate that the problem is far from solved — despite claims to the contrary by any number of self - appointed «reformers.»

The fact that he proposed the independent redistricting process allowed him to put himself on the side of the reformers, which is a valuable thing — a poll by Quinnipiac University found about half of New Yorkers say line - drawing should be completely independent, and another quarter say legislators should have some say, but less than now.

The man who had been praised by the prime minister as a pioneering reformer responsible for a new generation of free schools lost his full cabinet post, leaving him to joke about his prospects.

With about 500 exercises, the Pilates reformer is equipped with flexible lightweight bands, a carriage (at the foot of the reformer), which is attached by a set of springs that have different levels of resistance and shoulder blocks to keep you from sliding when you push and pull off the carriage.

According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»

Political failures like Common Core, Portfolio Management in New Orleans, electoral defeats (like those recently in Tennessee), and repudiations of the entire ed reform agenda by Black Lives Matter, the NAACP, and the DNC despite extensive courting by left - leaning ed reformers suggest that ed reform might benefit from learning a thing or two about how politics works.

... It has the capacity all by itself to bring about the kind of transformation that, for years, reformers have been seeking to engineer in myriad other ways.»

Watch out for righteous would - be reformers who dismiss educator concerns by pounding the table and insisting, «This is about kids, not adults!»

School reformers cheered the administration's about - face though fully aware that it was motivated by political expediency rather than any acknowledgment that vouchers work.

When well - loved teachers at popular suburban schools tell parents, fairly or not, that testing undermines their work and keeps them awake at night worrying about their jobs, reformers can not expect those parents to sit idly by.

What makes these volumes particularly valuable for professional reformers is that they are written by people who hadn't previously thought much about high school except as a piece of their pasts.

«Structural» education reformers — the kind who worry about school governance, choice, standards, accountability, ESSA, universal pre-K, graduation rates, collective bargaining, etc. — have long been faulted by «inside the classroom» educators for neglecting pedagogy and curriculum.

At the same time, Rotherham fails to remember that for all the preening of Beltway reformers, the most - successful school reform efforts have been — and continue to be — done by folks who didn't know much about education until stumbled into reform.

By holding rallies and press conferences, calling their elected representatives, and speaking out about how the Parent Trigger is a ruse devised by corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passeBy holding rallies and press conferences, calling their elected representatives, and speaking out about how the Parent Trigger is a ruse devised by corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passeby corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passed.

There were plenty of responses to last week's pieces tearing apart Rick Hess» and Michael Petrilli's op - ed accusing fellow school reformers of race - baiting for raising concerns about efforts by congressional Republican powers John Kline and Lamar Alexander to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act's accountability provisions.

Education reformers that suggest that their schools have closed the gap without being honest about all of the gaps caused by economic inequality are furthering the problem by suggesting that we can solve these problems with just some great schools.

Your editor has spent way too much time already tearing apart Rick Hess» and Michael Petrilli's this week's piece accusing fellow school reformers of race - baiting for raising concerns about efforts by congressional Republican powers John Kline and Lamar Alexander to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act's accountability provisions.

By being more concerned about how accountability supposedly feels to those working in schools than on the demonstrable benefits to the poor and minority kids who deserve high - quality education, Petrilli and others have failed a key tenet of being school reformers.

Reformers and charter school supporters, including the political arm of the California Charter Schools Association and LA Students for Change, a group funded by former Mayor Richard Riordan, have spent about $ 3.3 million through their groups.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

Advocates of integrating technology education in teacher education face a significant obstacle that may not be experienced by other curriculum reformers — they probably do not know much about curriculum reform.

These issues, along with the fact that the Obama administration seems not to be paying attention to what is happening inside the states to which waivers have been granted, and has generally ignored concerns raised by its own peer review panels about waiver proposals, makes it hard for centrist Democrat reformers to make the case that the School Reformer - in - Chief is doing a credible job advancing reform.

The latest round came in October after Time came out with a story onVergara v. California and the sparring between reformers and the Big Two unions over teacher quality reform that featured the headline Rotten Apples and included a cover photo of an apple about to be smashed by a judge's gavel.

By the way, he is also on the advisory board of ConnCan, a spin off of Achievement First, created by a friend of our Commissioner, and they both opened Amistad together years ago.Our Governor insults teachers and he has memorized 5 - 6 sound bites as given to him by Pryor / ConnCan / Achievement First — the «reformers» salivating while thinking of the money about to come their waBy the way, he is also on the advisory board of ConnCan, a spin off of Achievement First, created by a friend of our Commissioner, and they both opened Amistad together years ago.Our Governor insults teachers and he has memorized 5 - 6 sound bites as given to him by Pryor / ConnCan / Achievement First — the «reformers» salivating while thinking of the money about to come their waby a friend of our Commissioner, and they both opened Amistad together years ago.Our Governor insults teachers and he has memorized 5 - 6 sound bites as given to him by Pryor / ConnCan / Achievement First — the «reformers» salivating while thinking of the money about to come their waby Pryor / ConnCan / Achievement First — the «reformers» salivating while thinking of the money about to come their way.

Brill is a fan of Shanker as an education reformer (and says nice things about my biography of Shanker), but throughout the book, Brill unfortunately voices much of same class bias reflected by NEA members.

• Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC Public Schools and one of the country's most well - known «education reformers,» knew early on about widespread testing irregularities and possible cheating — far earlier than she has claimed publicly to have known, according to a confidential memo that was sent to her back in 2009 and obtained by PBS» John Merrow.

The logically absurd claims being made by the superintendents, and other reformers, got me wondering about how they could consistently get away with comparing apples and tomatoes without ever admitting that the comparison is fundamentally bogus.

Local business leaders would have donated about $ 60,000 for a third - party evaluation conducted by a team led by nationally - known, but controversial, education reformer Paul Vallas, who has been school superintendent in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Bridgeport, Conn..

«No excuses» became a mantra of corporate reformers, an excuse for shutting down public schools and moving in with charters, an excuse to ignore poverty and blame teachers for conditions that make teaching impossible — conditions assured by inequities that billionaire reformers have themselves brought about.

You'd think an effort to improve school standards and promote higher expectations for students — adopted by 45 states, embraced by the business community, and endorsed by governors and education reformers from both parties — would be about as controversial as motherhood and apple pie.

Though there was a recent article by Mike Petrilli about how people on Twitter generally only «follow» people who they agree with, I try to follow a few «reformers» to stay on top of what is going on.

I've written about Keith Benson before, president of the Camden Education Association and and paranoid conspiracy theorist who claims that the terrorist attack on 9/11 was a massive government plot and that that public school reform is a conspiracy among money - grubbing reformers and «oppressed natives» who are afflicted with a «psychosis» that leads them «to improve their own subjugated standing by attempting to join the ranks of those who do the oppressing.»

Of course, the reformers don't really care about the education of poor children — they see the lure of school choice and charter schools as the bait for parents frustrated by the systemic defunding of their local public schools, especially in urban centers, and who are desperate for any option that promises a better alternative.

But reformers shouldn't have been surprised by Clinton's about - face on charters and systemic reform.