Sentences with phrase «by advocacy groups»

But most of the studies compiled by the advocacy group found only modest positive relationships between test scores in public schools and competition from voucher programs or tax - credit scholarship programs.

This petition is nothing more than another attempt to scare consumers by an advocacy group long - dedicated to attacking the food and beverage industry.

That's the question at the core of a privacy complaint launched by advocacy groups.

: Current challenges, domestic or international, such as denial of historical facts or promotion of racial myths by advocacy groups.

Parents of the missing Chibok girls, led by the advocacy group for the release of the Chibok girls, Bring Back Our Girls Group, BBOG, on Thursday,...

It is among similar efforts by advocacy groups in cities spanning the country, from San Diego to Miami.

It doesn't end there: «[T] he Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... is examining fresh allegations — made in a report released today by the advocacy group Climate Investigations Center (CIC)-- that Soon failed to follow disclosure rules in submitting a letter to that journal.»

An analysis by the advocacy group Climate Hawks Vote, released soon after the deal was finalized on Dec. 12 in the French capital, found 10 Republican senators and 18 Republican congressmen released statements criticizing it.

David Weiner, the deputy chancellor in charge of teacher quality, stressed that the issues were «not sticking points» when he spoke with teachers at an event last week hosted by the advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, which supports new evaluations.

The disparity between the numbers was highlighted Thursday in a report by the advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a vocal de Blasio critic.

Many school districts are taking the slow approach to better nutrition and may not be in compliance with the National School Lunch Program's new guidelines for several years, according to a report released last week by the advocacy group Public Voice for Food and Health Policy.

«I had pretty much decided to focus on the sex trafficking issue and not to run for public office again» said Davis» I am working to take the GOLD program, put forward by an advocacy group in Miami to combat sex trafficking nationwide».

Led by advocacy group Ceres, the outdoor retailer for conscious consumers — along with food giants including General...

Giving formula to new parents discourages some new mothers from breastfeeding, the groups said on Monday in the letter sent by the advocacy group Public Citizen.

Last month, I participated in an important panel at a childhood obesity conference to discuss the current strategy backed by some advocacy groups: asking industry to market «healthier» foods to children.

Schools that had been open for at least six years had larger average wait lists — 239 students — compared with newer charters, which tend to have fewer, the survey by the advocacy group revealed.

The sites visited by the advocacy group Tuesday night included 489 Ninth Avenue, 411 - 413 Eighth Avenue and 315 West 35th Street, and are all in Quinn's district.

Speaking an event about teacher evaluations hosted by the advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, Walcott said he aimed to finalize an agreement with the UFT by the end of December, more than two weeks before Cuomo's deadline.

But now they have all come together to safeguard the ascent of this dynamic cryptocurrency industry amidst much hustle caused by advocacy groups who are trying to bring upon a legislative drive which can handicap the growth surge of Bitcoins by imposing tax - reporting requirements and enhanced regulations.

It has since been criticized by advocacy groups, mostly prominently the New York Civil Liberties Union, for what the organization has called unfair suspensions for minor infractions that had helped compound the so - called school - to - prison pipeline.

Legislation in both states was shaped in part by the advocacy group 5 Gyres, which has also been studying mircoplastic pollution in the Great Lakes.

These numbers were determined by the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), conducted by the advocacy groups the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, and reported in the UCLA study.

The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon's website in June and found that Amazon (amzn) put reference prices, or list prices, on about 46 % of them.

That's how many examples are on a «list of the harmed,» people who have offered personal stories of harm from fracking, as tallied by the advocacy group Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air.

Life - sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing «Fix Fakebook» T - shirts are displayed by advocacy group, Avaaz, on the South East Lawn of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2018, ahead of Zuckerberg's appearance before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing.

The most infamous of the basketball - rapper group was Allen «Jewelz» Iverson, whose single «40 Bars» was criticized heavily by advocacy groups and then - NBA commissioner David Stern:

Crain's has conducted an analysis of data scraped and made publicly available by advocacy group InsideAirbnb, and found the number of users making their homes available is up slightly from February.

It will be marked by commemorations by public officials as well as marches and strikes by advocacy groups.

The video series, which was organized by the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, is intended to rally support for a possible legislative effort to legalize same - sex marriage in New York, according to an earlier statement from the group.

Those against the budget are basing their opposition mostly on misleading information supplied by advocacy groups and service providers who are merely looking to maintain their stranglehold on taxpayer dollars.

A report released last week by advocacy group Community Service Society of New York found that there are over 85,000 rent - regulated apartments in Northern Manhattan, including over 80 % of all apartments in Washington Heights and Inwood.

In a brief floor speech, Savino said the bill was being pushed by advocacy groups with a compelling interest in legalizing marijuana for recreational use, who she accused of «utilizing the pain and suffering of these families to try and peel back the regulatory structure that we've established here in New York state.»

An accompanying report calls for setting up a multi-institute Down syndrome initiative that has been championed by an advocacy group, but does not specify a funding amount.

Some ads produced by advocacy groups outside the campaigns go beyond the issues into ad hominem attacks, labeling Schaffer as «Big Oil Bob»; a Web site shows a cartoon of him riding an oil well like a cowboy.

Some survey respondents, for example, reported successfully connecting with advisors and colleagues who displayed «safe space» stickers in their offices or listed themselves on an «OutList» maintained by the advocacy group lgbt + physicsts, a group that gathers the names of physicists who choose to publicly identify as LGBT or allies.

We had firsthand experience dealing with climate skeptics, amplified by advocacy groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a lot of the think tanks that were allegedly funded by ExxonMobil and other firms.

March 24, 2016 UChicago Medicine identified as a leader in LGBT Health Equality The Human Rights Campaign is naming The University of Chicago Medicine as a «Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality,» according to a new report released Thursday by the advocacy group.

We take the safety of all gate systems very seriously, and have attended and achieved accreditation from many safety courses, run by both advocacy groups, such as Gate Safe, and manufacturers, such as Came and Faac.

The New York City school system's Chapter 1 program is still violating the constitutional separation of church and state, according to a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group that initiated the Aguilar v. Felton case.

A draft action plan by the advocacy group FreedomWorks lays out the effort as a series of stepping stones: First, mobilize to strike down the Common Core.

Now, 15 states have policies that base teacher tenure partly on student test scores, up from eight just a year earlier, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group, StudentsFirst.

At 75 city schools, all the students in at least one grade failed the state math or reading tests this year, according to a new analysis by the advocacy group StudentsFirstNY.

Students in early college high schools earn an average of 36 college credits, nearly a third the number they'll need for a bachelor's degree, according to a study by the advocacy group Jobs for the Future.