Sentences with phrase «about fueling the expansion»
This is less about the Minneapolis Public Schools than it is about fueling the expansion of charter schools in the Twin Cities.
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The more people have learned about poorly managed, unaccountable schools with at best mixed academic records — not to mention the network of anti-union billionaires and for - profit education companies that are fueling much of the expansion — the more charter schools» popularity has declined.
As framing home ownership as the embodiment of the «American Dream» stoked the zeal behind subprime loans, a buzzword like «school choice» fuels charter expansion, making it difficult to create space for a reasonable national discussion about accountability.
Bonnie Lesley, a former school administrator and teacher who co-founded the anti-charter school expansion group Texas Kids Can't Wait, said she is concerned about out - of - state groups fueling the «maniacal focus on assessment and accountability» and «constant disparagement of educators.»
Of course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safety.
Factor in the «carbon light» CO2 from coal seam gas projects in the East (and other LNG expansion in the north and west) and you're talking about Australia's fossil fuel emission exports equating to TWO Saudi Arabias by 2020, not one as I've been saying to many disbelieving ears.
«If the world is serious about achieving the goals agreed in Paris, governments have to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry,» Stephen Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil Change International, said in a statement.
So it's puzzling to hear about a recent effort in New York to block expansion of an Upstate natural gas storage plant in the name of a «climate emergency,» as one activist put it — puzzling because natural gas is doing more to reduce U.S. emissions than any other fuel.
Any government serious about climate change must confront the scientific reality that there is no room for major new fossil fuel infrastructure that locks in production and expansion.
The EU consumes 40 % more palm oil (for food, fuel and cosmetics) today compared to 6 years ago, despite continual warnings about the unsustainability of palm oil expansion.
Maps depicting Russia's old and new bids to the Arctic seabed are being misinterpreted to fuel fears about the nation's expansion.
There is a lot to be concerned about in regards to fossil fuel expansion right now.
On Saturday, panelists from New Zealand, France, and the World Bank addresseda packed room here at the latest round of climate talks in Bonn to share stories about how and why they are making moves to stop approving and financing fossil fuel expansion.