Sentences with phrase «broad public backing»

And laws protecting the air and water have such broad public backing that it is hard to imagine even the Chaos Caucus going there.

1) Uniform national standards and tests of student performance against those standards gather broader public backing than do the specific sets of standards and tests known as the Common Core.

Not exact matches

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The public tends to overreact to recent trends and fail to take a step back and observe the broader picture.

As we approach the All - Star break, we wanted to take a step back and examine how MLB betting against the public has fared using a broader prism.

Backing up a previous ruling, she determined that while broad free - speech rights exist within the public forum of Empire State Plaza, the proper «forum» under consideration in the suit was the state - administered lunch program.

The Assembly has long backed public matching, the most recent example being last year when Silver introduced a plan that's now touted by the coalition of groups pushing for a broad campaign finance overhaul.

The four - member Independent Democratic Conference backs a broad package of reform measures that includes the public financing of political campaigns.

At the same time, there's broad public support for a number of anti-corruption measures before the state Legislature this year, with the broadest backing given to a plan to strip public officials convicted of a felony of their pensions, 84 percent to 14 percent.

Cuomo won the backing of the party after promising to work for liberal priorities, including a higher minimum wage and broad public campaign financing.

Meanwhile back here on planet Earth; where no one, (not even someone such as myself with a lifelong interest in politics,) has ever heard of either Jeremy Corbyn or Angela Eagle much before last week, the Ivory tower jibe chimes very much in tune with my own previous assessment of a now all but completely defunct Labor party completely out of touch with the public at large and with broader opinion, and out to lunch.

But observers felt broad reform was needed to «earn back the public's trust» following the federal corruption indictment of longtime Assembly leader Sheldon Silver.

The broader aspiration to improve one's circumstances, and see one's children live better still, can only be underpinned by green public sector - led economic growth — which leads us back to wealth creation.

They said the development corporation's proposal lacks broad public support and threw their support behind a plan that scales back residential and commercial development in favor of more green space and public access to the waterfront.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

«As soon as you present the science to the general public, you have to take a few steps back [and] have a broad understanding of science issues, which you don't necessarily have when you're exploring very tiny specialized corners of research,» he says.

To achieve system change, the vision must be backed by all actors, including industry, government and cities, civil society and the broader public.

The effort to end de jure segregation back then enjoyed broad public and judicial support; OCR worked hand in hand with the federal courts to desegregate southern schools.

In making the case against further teacher union endorsements of Clinton, the blog Defend Public Education meticulously chronicled Broad's relationship with the candidate, going back to a visit Broad made in 1983 to the Arkansas home of Clinton and her husband, then - Gov.

King 5 Up Front Polls, September 11, 2012 KING 5 poll: Widespread support for legal marijuana, same - sex marriage The KING 5 poll also suggests broad support for two other initatives — I - 1240 [up 52 - 26 %] The KING 5 poll also suggests broad support for two other initatives — I - 1240, which would authorize the creation of up to 40 public charter schools in the state, and I - 1185, the Tim Eyman - backed initiative that would affirm a state law that requires two - thirds majorities in the legislature to approve a tax increase... [Return to Top]

Driven by a desire to accelerate the privatization of public schools while the economic window of chaos still exists, the Broads, depends on legislation like the Parent Trigger, Broad, has resorted again to a WWII - style propaganda film: Won't Back Down is scheduled for release in Sept. 2012.

As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.

Over the course of her public life, Clinton has received backing from wealthy supporters of charter schools, including Eli Broad, the Los Angeles billionaire; and Alice Walton, a primary shareholder Wal - Mart.

The national group, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, issued a statement explaining: «As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.»

The number one conclusion that I've reached over the last nine months is that if Bill Finch had listened to public education advocates like Judge Carmen Lopez, and the Working Family Party members of the Board of Education, instead of his team of miscreants, he could have done a lot more to put Bridgeport's education system back on track while creating an image for himself as someone who is actually dedicated to broad - based educational opportunity and achievement.

Backing up their lobbying effort is a broader strategy to change the rules and change the players as a way of ensuring they can build their charter schools and further privatize America's public education system.

post entitled, «SFER — The $ 7 million + «student run» Corporate Education Reform Industry Front Group,» provided an update on how charter school advocates and the broader education reform industry is using a variety of advocacy groups to back their effort to privatize public education and undermine the teaching profession.

Another Yankee, in broad daylight and on a public street, pinned a girl's arms behind her back and asked, «Is it true that you're the prettiest girl in Baltimore?»

I think the best way the public can give back to children with autism is to make an attempt to understand them and also not stereotype them, since it's a broad spectrum.

«Reassessment» — intended to be a resource for a broad audience, including, wildlife and animal control professionals, policymakers, and the general public — shines a bright spotlight on these shortcomings, thereby bringing the key issues back into focus.

«One way or the other, Gleick's use of deception in pursuit of his cause after years of calling out climate deception has destroyed his credibility and harmed others,» wrote climate journalist Andy Revkin on his New York Times «Dot Earth» blog, adding, «The broader tragedy is that his decision to go to such extremes in his fight with Heartland has greatly set back any prospects of the country having the «rational public debate» that he wrote — correctly — is so desperately needed.»

Revkin went on to write, «The broader tragedy is that his decision to go to such extremes in his fight with Heartland has greatly set back any prospects of the country having the «rational public debate» that he wrote — correctly — is so desperately needed.»

Broad - brush character assassination against a host of unnamed (but readily identifiable) scientists: is this really the way you plan «to get the public perception of climate science back on track?»

The event triggered such a fierce push from the anti-nuclear movement with strong backing from the broader public that it left Merkel with no choice but to stand up to the nuclear industry in a political U-turn.

One track on the Friday morning will be solely devoted to exploring how social media can be used to communicate with a broader public and how its views might be reflected back.

Sixty percent of voters say that resolving the foreclosure mess is essential to get the economy back on track and there is broad support for government policies that encourage homeownership, according to a new nationwide survey on housing commissioned by NAHB from the Republican and Democratic polling firms of Public Opinion Strategies and Lake Research Partners.