Sentences with phrase «backlash against districts»

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But lately, backlash against Hamilton's move has grown in the 20th Senate District, where critics are becoming more vocal about their disapproval of the IDC.

She skillfully exploited the backlash against Paul Ryan's proposal to cut Medicare to win a seat in a Republican district during a special election in 2011, but was defeated a year later by Chris Collins.

But we find little evidence of a public backlash against Common Core and test - based accountability, at least on the basis of new information about local school district rankings.

At the same time, there has been a growing backlash against school accountability, despite the fact that Colorado has not forced any schools or districts to make radical changes since the ham handed take over of Cole middle school over a decade ago.

(Reuters)- A backlash against high - stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts as parents, teachers, and administrators protest that the exams are unfair, unreliable and unnecessarily punitive - and even some longtime advocates of testing call for changes.

Clearly, a backlash against high - stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts as parents, teachers, and administrators protest that the exams are unfair, unreliable and unnecessarily punitive.

A legal victory has ignited a backlash against Gilbert Public Schools... John Wright, president of the state's largest teachers» union, said the lawsuit and now the ruling «have disastrous implications» for teachers in Career Ladder districts, including Gilbert's neighbors, Mesa Public Schools and Chandler Unified School District.