Sentences with phrase «balance state politics»
Authors: Dr. Ann E. Blankenship & Dr. Leslie LockeThis case study outlines the struggle for desegregation and the adoption of culturally responsive curricula in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) as it attempted to balance state politics and federal court oversight.
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Still, and notwithstanding considerable costs in blood and treasure, the creators of the postwar internationalist consensus also thought it vere dignum et iustum, «truly right and just» as the Roman Missal says, that the United States take such a leading role in world politics, for, on balance and considering the alternatives, American power was a positive force in the world.
Their stated goals (such as reducing the influence of corporations on politics and a more balanced distribution of income) would not be resolved by privatizing...
«And that's what we have to think about because life and politics and this state is about balance and nobody gets everything they want.»
MADAM SECRETARY PICKED UP TO SERIES STUDIO: CBS TV Studios TEAM: Barbara Hall (w, ep), Morgan Freeman (ep), Lori McCreary (ep), Tracy Mercer (ep), David Semel (d) LOGLINE: Explores the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life.
Of course, PARCC itself is down to just seven states — more politics at work — so it matters a lot whether Smarter Balanced (still with 14 members in its consortium) is equally strong.
Common Core was and remains a political concern, and the number of states planning to use the Common Core — aligned PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments dropped from 45 in 2011 to just 20 that actually used one of the two tests in 2016 (see «The Politics of the Common Core Assessments,» features, Fall 2016).
But as the tide begins to rise, and as the balance of power in politics begins to shift with it, the other districts and states will eventually follow.
The more likely reason for PARCC's troubles is different politics in PARCC and Smarter Balanced states.
Thursday, the balance shifted to the world of politics, with Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Mayor Richard Riordan, Gov. Wilson, Ambassador Walter Annenberg, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Czech President Vaclav Havel gathering around the dessert buffet with Vartan Gregorian, Tom Brokaw, Jane Alexander and Peter Sellars.
Although not a declared member of the Carbon Confederacy, New Jersey Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie balanced his first state budget with revenues from this program, but then seceded from it when conservative politics trumped economic common sense.