Sentences with phrase «badly needed reform»

Ultimately, he says, people will be able to make informed decisions, not just in individual lawsuits but also in shaping policy and in bringing badly needed reform to the patent system.

Transportation director at the Natural Resources Defense Council Roland Hwang told AN the penalty hike is «a badly needed reform.»

Appointing a chief coroner is the route to badly needed reform.

While we all wish that this process had been more open and democratic, I know that Brian will be terrific State Senator who will stand for our values and bring badly needed reform to the Albany status quo.»

Cuomo, in a fiery speech to Democratic officials and union activists, claimed his plans for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and a family leave requirement were badly needed reforms the entire nation should emulate.

But overall, graduate education — where problem solving involving nonuniversity partners is unusual — badly needs reform, Leshin continued.

The unions are perceived to be standing in the way of badly needed reforms, protecting incompetent teachers, and putting up barricades to prevent the erosion of pension benefits the public can no longer afford.

Not exact matches

Reform of the Express Entry and Post-Graduation Work Permit Programs are badly needed and it appears the government is moving in that direction.

My personal view is that the Dodd Frank Act has curtailed capital to small business, and one reason why Dodd Frank needs to be reformed is because it making it better for big banks and worse for smaller banks, and this is crony capitalism, not entrepreneurialism.

By that point, Bethencourt hopes, even industrial pet food makers will have realized they need to reform some of their worst practices.

It's highly unlikely that 2014 will be nearly as big a year for stocks, but it could be a good year for job growth if Congress will take action — invest more in badly - needed transportation and other infrastructure projects, approve immigration reform and tackle tax and entitlement reform.

Worst of all is the pension plan for MPs — both because its exceptionally lavish benefits are totally unfunded, and because it's the scheme for elected representatives who need to lead national reforms.

The government crisis now threatens to thwart the recovery of the Italian economy, which is badly in need of reforms to help pull it out of a two - year recession and create jobs.

One problem is that lobbyists for the vested interests are so powerful that they probably can get Congress to water down any real so much that the economic situation will to keep on getting worse and worse before the needed reforms can be enacted.

As one private equity investor points out, protecting under - performing sectors might have been wise in deflationary times (to keep unemployment from ballooning) though as reflation returns the need for productivity to restrain costs could present an argument for reform in the worst - performing sectors.

... Nicaragua's early progress in curbing imports, raising grain production, and other reform and austerity measures were undermined badly by new needs for foreign borrowing imposed by the burgeoning defense burden....

We need this healthcare reform in the worst way, ironically, to save ourselves from bankruptcy.

On this 240th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, our beloved country is badly in need of reform.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

A serving Labour minister with a future stands up and says managerialism and triangulation are bad, New Labour is basically over, that Labour needs to be a movement again — gives tentative respect to the Iraq war marches, and says more public service reform and tax credits won't solve the challenges of a liveable decent society.

Governor Andrew Cuomo claims that «delivering badly needed binding arbitration reforms» was among his accomplishments during the recently ended legislative session.

Domestic proponents of reforms need to push questions surrounding oil and gas to the center of political life and foster large - scale activism against bad governance.

«Long - term reform is needed but with the housing crisis growing by the day it is becoming increasingly clear that the Tory - led government's policies are making things worse not better.»

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, responded to the Queen's Speech: «Schools and colleges will be relieved that there are no immediate plans to introduce further reforms in a sector which has had more than its fair share of change and badly needs a breathing space.»

«Micah has enormous talent, a big heart and a strong ethical compass, and he will be an unwavering voice for reform in the Legislature — a voice that is so badly needed at this moment.»

Marc Montoni has this op - ed in the Roanoke Times, making the point that Virginia badly needs ballot access reform.

«This deal to increase the NYPD headcount seems like politics at its worst, and is not in the best interest of the safety or long - term needs of our communities,» said Monifa Bandele, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform.

The NYT editorial board comes out against a con - con — a reversal from 1997 — citing a concern that «the likelihood of a con - con yielding the most desperately needed reforms is disappointingly low, and the possibility of its accomplishing nothing at significant cost, or, worse, setting New York back even further, is worrisomely high.»

Even though Foley did not receive the CEA board's endorsement, he «remains committed to real education reform, including addressing the needs of the 100,000 children who are in under - performing schools and closing Connecticut's achievement gap, which remains the worst in the nation,» spokesman Chris Cooper said.

«Our reforms ensure uniform and rigorous oversight, provide new powers to crack down on bad actors, and provide parents with the information they need when deciding who to trust with their children, Cuomo said.

Thank you for an excellent article which clearly demonstrates not only some of the reasons labour lost so badly in 2010 & again last month, but equally shows why we urgently need reform and a change of agenda in British politics.

«I wouldn't say it about anyone else [with such ties to the governor], but Seth has the kind of character we need to lead JCOPE in an independent fashion toward the reforms it so badly needs.»

With the labor market in the doldrums, America's technical supremacy under challenge from abroad, and the political issue of immigration reform heating up, many argue that immigrants have a special propensity for innovation and entrepreneurship that can help spark badly needed economic growth.

Andrew Carlson (David Hornsby), an etiquette columnist, is forced to seek out Bert (Kevin Dillon), a reformed bad boy from his past, to help him learn how to be a «real man» after his editor informs him he needs to modernize his column.

The government needs to exercise caution in its teacher education reforms, just in case they make a bad situation worse.»

In the late 19th century, America's leading universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) were badly in need of reform.

If education reform could be accomplished simply by identifying and closing bad schools while expanding good ones, everything could be fixed already without any need for school choice.

Furthermore, many argue that freedom from sometimes constraining teacher contracts and district policies can infuse a breath of fresh air badly needed in school reform.

Even worse, the administration's authoritarian attempts to impose a single instructional approach throughout the system have so demoralized and frightened rank - and - file teachers that it is now virtually impossible for the city to get much - needed reforms of work rules in the next teachers» contract.

I prefer another line of reasoning: If we reformers want to save the larger project of school reform, we need to fix NCLB now before the backlash gets even worse.

«With debts up to # 57,000 for poorer graduates and soaring student loan interest rates, the system is badly in need of reform.

We need to look to the basic principles that started a generation of reform and break bad habits.

I tried mocking it: «If education reform could be accomplished simply by identifying and closing bad schools while expanding good ones, everything could be fixed already without any need for school choice.

These arguments are arranged around a set of themes: Federally mandated test - score abuse; ineffective and misleading; educationaly harmful; hurts children who most need help; bad tools for the wrong job; pushes school reform in the wrong direction; and real improvement needed and possible.

While I generally agree that Betsy DeVos is bad for education because of her inexperience in education and overt efforts to use education reform «to advance God's kingdom,» I take offense with your position that charters and choice are not what Latino families need, and here's why:

He said: «Schools and colleges will be relieved that there are no immediate plans to introduce further reforms in a sector which has had more than its fair share of change and badly needs a breathing space.»

Gist, whose reform efforts led to the firings of all teachers and staff at one of the state's worst - performing schools, said test scores in the state need vast improvement, the graduation rate must grow and too few high school graduates — just more than half — are heading directly to college.

These two unions have been under attack for the past few years by reformers who point to their slavish clinging to the status quo as a major barrier to badly needed education reform.

He said that after «reform» supporter Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that we need to close the 100 worst performing schools in the country, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged to close 200 in New York City alone.

This leads to another problem with Petrilli's argument: The belief that somehow demanding states to hold districts and schools to high expectations (and expecting the adults who work within them to take on the kind of reforms needed to achieve those goals) is a bad thing.