Sentences with phrase «bold reforms from»

It's going to require big, bold reforms from the NBA, the NCAA, or both.

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To succeed politically, it will require some of the radicalism the Government has hitherto shied from: promoting home ownership and education reform more aggressively, for example, and later a bolder tax - cutting move.

If, in a few years» time, the SNP is legislating for a citizens» basic income and has embarked upon a thorough reworking of the fiscal status quo then it would have a good claim to be «radical» and «bold», but hinting at such widespread reform is rather different from actually implementing it.

In 1999, following the reform whereby most hereditary peers were removed from the chamber, then Conservative Leader in the House of Lords Tom Strathclyde made a bold speech stating that «I declare this convention dead».

The Labour leader is set to press on with his bold attempt at reforming the relationship between his party and the unions, despite intense opposition from those gathered at the TUC's annual conference in Bournemouth.

Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud said: «Rob's never been the one looking for endorsement from other politicians, and frankly, a lot of reforms he's proposed are bold, and ruffling the feathers of the status quo.»

politics.co.uk asked Mr Geithner whether he feared some countries would not stomach the bold reforms available from what chancellor Alistair Darling had earlier described as a «menu of options».

But the retreat from bold promises to lip service is getting plenty of cover from Cuomo, a Democrat who decided to use his bully pulpit to lower expectations on, rather than draw attention to, reform issues.

Ed Balls is to launch a bid to bolster Labour's credibility with business by promising to keep a low rate of corporation tax and attract long - term investors to Britain, as he brushed off criticism from the policy chief Jon Cruddas that a «profound dead hand» within the party is blocking bold reforms.

Today, Ed Miliband will set out a series of bold reforms to Labour's relationship with its affiliated trade unions, in a bid to draw a line under the disastrous fallout from the botched Falkirk selection process.

While it's easy for those focused on the urban agenda to dismiss suburban reform as a distraction or a novelty, it may be more useful to think of high - performing communities as terrific laboratories for bold solutions and as the place where high - functioning systems working in advantageous circumstances may have much to teach about how to help schools go from good to great.

The conditions were ideal for this groundbreaking shift: a citywide consensus that the old system had failed; a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to build a new system from scratch; the availability of federal school start - up funds; and the keen interest of education entrepreneurs, foundations, and support organizations in seeing this bold reform succeed.

competing «priorities»; and being asked to resolve seemingly contradictory dictates — such as RTT's twin mandates that winners demonstrate buy - in from teacher unions and that they also present bold reform plans unlikely to earn such support.

Winning states made bold promises about implementing the reforms they'd enacted, and Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, issued stern statements about their intention to pull dollars away from jurisdictions that fell short.

That, combined with comments from some RTT reviewers, led many observers to conclude that achieving widespread buy - in was a requirement for states to win RTT, and that, when it came to making trade - offs between bold reforms and widespread buy - in, states might do better to fall on the side of buy - in.

With Gallup data showing 72 percent of the U.S. public having «trust and confidence» in its teachers, bold leaders from the classroom may present an «inconvenient truth» to school reformers and their more restrictive reform agendas.

But coming from the Wisconsin Education Association Council, «they are pretty bold reforms,» said John Witte, UW - Madison professor of public affairs and political science.

In addition to adopting one of these bold reform models, selected schools were also required to gain support from their local school boards and teachers» unions.

A bold 360 on marijuana reform appealed to young progressive voters and was a convenient wedge to distinguish them from the front - running NDP's proposed policy of immediate decriminalization and gradual legalization.

The CBA Report proposes that a centre be created to collect such information but the lack of data did not stop it from calling for bold reforms.