Sentences with phrase «by dramatic reforms»

As a state senator since 2013 and a former Assembly member for four terms, I will not accept a pay hike unless it is accompanied by dramatic reforms.

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Reforming a dysfunctional Roman curia which is, by various accounts, sclerotic, lazy, factional, self - serving, secretive or actively corrupt will be high up on the to - do list, but so may a decisive and dramatic public gesture, signalling the church's sorrow and repentance for its crimes.

The ad calls the plan «unprecedented» and says it will achieve «dramatic reform» by capping costs without jeopardizing patient care.

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

Had the reform movement sparked by the Risk report led to real improvements in academic achievement, it would have had a dramatic impact on the already strong economy.

But thanks to the hard work and political courage of the states, finally abetted by some implacable leaders in Washington, the core elements of standards - based reform have seen a reasonably thorough cleansing and dramatic upgrade.

More than making up for its fiscal limitations, the state, led by former governor Jeb Bush, implemented a series of school reforms that together appear to have had dramatic consequences for student performance.

Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.

Rejection by the House of the finance - reform bill left lawmakers and educators at the mercy of an impatient state supreme court, which has threatened to halt state aid to schools if the legislature did not deliver dramatic changes in its $ 14 - billion funding system by April 1.

Kingsland, blogging this year on the Education Week website, sparked controversy by challenging superintendents of struggling school districts to relinquish their systems instead of trying endless reforms: «Rid yourself of the notion that your current opinions on curriculum, teacher evaluation, technology, or anything else will be the foundation for dramatic gains in student achievement.

In this Issue Brief, prepared by Public Impact for The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement at Learning Point Associates, we offer seven steps for district leaders to support the dramatic change required to turn around chronic low performance.

The most dramatic change wrought by this effort to radically reform the education system was to place decision - making control in the hands of local schools.

February 2012 — The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research found that four years after undergoing dramatic reform efforts, including turnarounds, low - performing elementary schools in Chicago closed the achievement gap in test scores by almost half in reading and two - thirds in math compared to similar schools that did not receive intervention.

By contrast, the states that implemented reforms saw dramatic reversals, so that by 2011 they spent an average of $ 1,150 more per pupil in low - income than in high - income districtBy contrast, the states that implemented reforms saw dramatic reversals, so that by 2011 they spent an average of $ 1,150 more per pupil in low - income than in high - income districtby 2011 they spent an average of $ 1,150 more per pupil in low - income than in high - income districts.

So far, we've discussed individual tax reform, but the most dramatic changes made by the bill are on the corporate side.

for an overview of the tax reforms proposed by the Trump administration including dramatic tax cuts and simplification.