Sentences with phrase «bring more public attention»

Both Weedon and Wattenberg say the first step is to bring more public attention to the narrow curriculum that prevails in many elementary and even some middle schools.

Not exact matches

The Green Partyâ $ ™ s previous strategy was to win as many votes as possible across the country to obtain more public funding, build toward future elections, and bring more attention to environmental issues.

The panel agreed that more needs to be done to battle the use of plastics and highlighted that litter plays a major role in bringing the subject of packaging to the public's attention.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

The noise about lean finely textured beef (LFTB), commonly known as «pink slime,» is bringing attention to some of the more unsavory aspects of the U.S. political system — public relations spin, the revolving door, and other aspects of power politics.

By attacking public workers, they can demonize «big labor» and «big government» at the same time, while deflecting attention from the more logical target of Middle America's rage: the irresponsible Wall Street traders, whose risky, high - profit business practices brought down the economy, and the lax regulators who let them get away with it.

Lynch told POLITICO New York there is «a lot that needs to happen» in the «outer - outer boroughs,» like improved traffic and pedestrian safety in a district where a majority of constituents drive, improving public transportation options and infrastructure and bringing more attention to the challenges of being a homeowner.

I applaud the efforts of Residents for the Preservation of Lowman and Chemung and People for a Healthy Environment, Inc. to bring the issue of radioactive drilling wastes in the Chemung County landfill to the attention of the public, the DEC and the Chemung County legislature, which is currently considering a sizeable expansion of the Chemung County landfill to allow the landfill to take more drilling cuttings.

Bruce Hunt, an Einstein historian at the University of Texas at Austin, says that calling attention to these financial arrangements «brings out the fact that Einstein was a much more worldly and savvy man than his later public image would suggest.»

As research into medical cannabis continues to capture the attention of many in the scientific and medical communities (as well as many in the general public), we are also learning more about the health benefits brought on by the best combination of non-cannabis botanical compounds, foods, and lifestyle activities (e.g., acupuncture, exercise, and aromatherapy) that interact with the endocannabinoid system (ECS).

A major study earlier this year by the state Legislative Analyst's office found that the autonomy and smaller size of charter schools bring more innovation and individual attention to students, and greater academic success at a lower cost to taxpayers than traditional public schools.

NCLB has brought needed attention to equity in education and more scrutiny to failing public schools.

And generally striving to help writers to write better, publishers to publisher more profitably, and being instrumental in bringing to the attention of librarians (as well as the general reading public) good books that they might otherwise never know existed.

You won't hear any complaints from most fans but given the time on offer (assuming developer The Coalition was aware of the Xbox One before the public) I want to hazard a thought that more could have been done here (UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention via the comments that Microsoft only had the Gears license for a year, so fair enough!).

Of course, a good part of the artist's wideranging, amiable practice lends itself very neatly to reproduction, from the transient «One - Minute Sculptures,» 1988 - 97, that brought his work to the attention of a wider public beginning in the late 1980s to his more recent photographic «instructions» for being idle or politically incorrect.

Artists can bring more energy and thought to generate the public's attention in different social or environmental issues and concerns.

Now that the leak is plugged, the reasoning goes, perhaps a more organized effort to address the environmental ills the spill brought to light — oil dependence, the dangers of deep water drilling, etc — can indeed capture the public's attention.

Suicide was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States in 1998.1 Particularly high rates have been reported among young persons and older adults.1 - 7 Each year, more than 30 000 people in the United States commit suicide, but recognition of persons who are at high risk for suicide is difficult, making efforts to prevent its occurrence problematic.1,8 - 10 The US surgeon general brought attention to this complex public health issue by recommending that the investigation and prevention of suicide be a national priority.11