Sentences with phrase «around key reform»

Faso is running on a platform centered around key reform principles to help small businesses, notably simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare, investing in small businesses and ending Washington's regulatory madness.

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Workers are in danger of being shut out of the best value pensions unless the Government lifts restrictions around a scheme which is key to its landmark retirement reforms, a committee of MPs warned today.

Finally, strategically, the two key issues around which Blair will seek to fundamentally re-draw the map of the British political system are entry into the European Single Currency and electoral reform.

The candidates made their cases for their leadership prowess, and discussed extending term limits for Council members, greater transparency around lobbying, key questions about campaign finance reform in the city, and

Key strategic, field operation discussions took place at the conference, including: knocking on doors of union households; phone bank operations; worksite contacts; member to member communication; and energizing and engaging members around critical issues important to working families such as health care reform.

Comprehensive school reform has been identified by both Democratic and Republican administrations and Congress as a key strategy in turning around the country's lowest performing schools, but this fact does not make NAS just like any other education group in D.C. Instead, it means that after a great deal of review, comprehensive school reform emerged as one of the country's best hopes for public school improvement on a grand scale.

Although Riley's approach to turning around Lawrence has included several key reforms, such as the «implementation of a new curriculum, establishment of Acceleration Academies, and a focus on data - driven instruction,» creating a Match - style tutor corps with help from Match leaders was also a top priority.

Another key challenge is around curriculum reform in that we are moving towards a more content - driven curriculum.

It's still possible at a fairly high level of abstraction to join moderate liberals and moderate conservatives around some key principles of education reform, much as the state - based reform groups joined under the loose umbrella of Policy Innovators in Education in their statement of «commitments.»

Just as the original Race to the Top competition was organized around four assurances, this competition will evaluate state applications according to five key reform areas on a 300 - point scale:

As part of their applications, the states had to demonstrate a continued commitment to the four key reform areas emphasized in the previous Race to the Top competitions — establishing college - and career - ready standards and assessments, building data systems that measure student growth, improving educator effectiveness, and turning around low - performing schools.

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

The NJEA plan to improve priority schools throughout New Jersey is developed around key, research - based reforms, such as: