Sentences with phrase «by reformers»

He focuses on outcomes anticipated by reformers in areas such as increased innovation and higher levels of achievement, exploring the frequent disconnect between research findings and policy advocacy.
That was an example of the «clean slate» approach favored by reformers.
Life in prison is to become slightly more uncomfortable for male inmates, in a move dismissed by reformers but welcomed on the doorstep two days away from this year's local elections.
In education, changes are too often proposed outside schools and then moved into schools by reformers.
It is equally indispensable to reflect on the fundamental judgments made by the Reformers and the critical importance they have had in the history of exegesis.
These two unions have been under attack for the past few years by reformers who point to their slavish clinging to the status quo as a major barrier to badly needed education reform.
Efforts by reformers along with reform - minded (and, in many cases, budget - conscious) governors to make it harder to attain tenure or abolish near - lifetime employment altogether, along with moves to subject teachers to performance - based evaluations, means that they would lose the benefits for which they have long worked.
But that may also reflect the fact that the whips office have been regarded by the reformers as being exceptionally open to backbench dissent on this one, with some reformers claiming Nick Brown (partly for Newcastle political reasons) as Chief Whip seemed to be encouraging oppoisiton to the decision the Cabinet was taking, more than support for it.
Again it was primarily a statement of the authenticity of the Church as understood by the Reformers, and the invalidity, indeed positively anti-christian nature, of the papal church.
Thanks partly to hard work by reformers like you and NKD's peer groups in the Brooklyn Reform Coalition, the last two years have seen dramatic changes for the better in our county leadership.
Skelos successfully fought off a major push by reformers for independent redistricting that many thought would thrust Republicans permanently into the minority and when Democrats eventually won a numerical majority again in 2012, Skelos cut another deal.
Veteran educator Anthony Cody writes...» We have been badgered for the past 14 years by reformers insisting on the fierce urgency of change, and they have had their way — twice!
While the priesthood of all believers was used by the reformers to buttress an evangelical understanding of the church over against the clericalism and sacerdotalism of medieval Catholicism, the ecclesial context of this Reformation principle has often been eclipsed within major sectors of the Protestant tradition.
«Too many Christians today, brought up on the penny plain prose favoured by Rome and even more by the Reformers, have half - formed imaginations.»
The canon had been determined by bishops and rabbis and received from the ancient church without question by the Reformers, just as they continued to receive the dogmatic decisions of the ancient councils.
He stresses the importance of posture and, especially, kneeling which signifies adoration and which is why it was attacked by the reformers, of the actual reformation and of 1968, and why many kneelers have actually been removed from churches.
Sola Scriptura, on the other hand, as talked about by the Reformers, held to nothing of the sort.
In her introduction Farmer points out that contemplating the Five Wounds of Christ has long held a place in traditional Catholic piety despite attempts by the Reformers to suppress the practice.
The Jewish community had been reorganized by the reformers of the fifth century BC.
This was a good move by the Reformers, but as with pretty much everything the Reformers did, they did not quite go far enough.
And the papal party always wanted their bishops and it was never likely that they could be conscientiously obeyed by the Reformers.
The letters began to flow again from the Coburg, with extended explanations about the rights and wrongs of the long «silence», together with emphatic abjurations from Luther that there was to be no retreat by the Reformers: «For me more than enough has been conceded in this Apologia [now the Confession]... Day and night I am occupied with this matter, considering it, turning it round, debating it and searching the whole Scripture.»
The diminishment of Mary and the severing of her connection to the Church by the reformers was one step along the long road to women's ordination.
The mastery of the Papacy by the reformers was not easily accomplished.
This tradition, which was reaffirmed and reinforced by the reformers, is characterized by five principles that should guide our reading and understanding of Scripture.
This development was not at all intended by the Reformers, but history is always the arena of unintended consequences.
Cuomo was applauded by reformers for pushing through an ethics overhaul bill that includes new requirements for lawmakers to disclose their outside sources of income — a major and long - sought goal.
Assemblyman Karim Camara, who had been floated by reformers as a potential replacement for outgoing Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Vito Lopez, just released a statement endorsing Lopez's protege, former Assemblyman / ex-Surrogate Court Judge Frank Seddio, saying Seddio will «will work to establish an inclusive, unified and transparent Kings county political party.»
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera came to office in 2010, but his primary challenge to former Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. was fueled by reformers hoping to oust the now - imprisoned senator.
We are also entitled to ask where, if Labour is really committed to the new politics, are any of the other measures deemed essential by reformers, such as sorting out the House of Lords, devolving power to local government, a written constititution, more representative MPs in terms of gender and race, and state funding of political parties?
The notion that every innovation dreamed up by reformers inside and outside public schools makes its way into the nation's classrooms is popular among those hunting for reasons to -LSB-...]
The lengthy Times» excerpt tells the story of a teacher who fell in love with novel ways of teaching math that were pioneered by reformers in the United States and adopted in his native Japan, reportedly to great success.
All of this has been complicated by reformers» habit of leaning heavily on federal pressure, first through the No Child Left Behind Act and more recently on the Obama administration's Race to the Top program, to force states and cities to move — even if that meant that policies were pushed forward while still half - baked.
And the use of race as a proxy by some reformers, to gauge the seriousness of other reformers» commitments to issues of social justice, is a relatively new phenomenon.
While the action was widely cheered by reformers, many reformers were also asking why it was so long in coming and why so unique among states.
Additionally, look at the monies currently being stolen from cities and states by the reformers and their creed of ever more testing, corporate involvement in teacher evaluation, etc..
But this situation calls for careful science and mindful behavior by reformers and civic leaders, including The Times.
Now that the NEA and AFT can count on Schwarzenegger's successor (and once - and - future governor) Jerry Brown and the state legislature to be at their proverbial beck - and - call (and the AFT now assured of a majority on L.A. Unified's board), Supt. John Deasy has had to roll back efforts to expand choice and has had to hope on lawsuits by reformers to give him the edge in revamping the district's woeful teacher evaluation system.
(Our butts are getting kicked by the reformers and we need to find some snappy rejoinders to counter their attacks.)
The most serious problem facing public schools, according to parents polled, contrary to claims by reformers, is the fundamental lack of adequate funding, with school overcrowding being the second most serious concern cited by parents.
The real origin story of charters isn't about unions gone astray or progressivism betrayed by reformers.
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