Sentences with phrase «choices by advocating»

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Other LGBT advocates see the choice in starker terms: Amazon could send a better message and do more good simply by avoiding states without nondiscrimination laws.

Neither choice reflects the groovy combination of freedom and responsibility advocated by Austin Powers and exemplified in Paul's letters to the Galatians and the Corinthians.

Setting aside those persons who would insist, whether explicitly or implicitly, on a choice between faith and learning, there remain the differences among those who advocate a faith above learning, those who simply place faith and learning side by side, and those who affirm a faith for learning.

While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

As the leading advocate for female consumers, WomenCertified Inc. is delighted to honor SweetLeaf ® with the Women's Choice Award ® based on extraordinary recommendations from their female customers in a customer satisfaction survey conducted by WomenCertified Inc. using the company's customer database.

Set up by consumers for consumers, CHOICE is the consumer advocate that provides Australians with information and advice, free from commercial bias.

Consumer advocate group, Choice, is urging consumers to boycott 19 egg brands following a decision by consumer affairs ministers to introduce a national information standard for free - range egg production.

«I want to empower my clients by giving them the tools they need in order to be their own advocates and make the choices that are right for them in any situation.

As far as breastfeeding goes, what this blog does is advocate for women to make sane, rational, evidence based choices that are best for themselves and their families, without being shamed by lactovists and «natural» advocates who put their misinformed, unscientific agenda above the physical and mental well being of mothers, babies and families.

Out of the eight choices, the Britax Advocate ARB is, by far, one of the best rear facing convertible car seats because of the technology they use to guarantee our baby is safe while on the go.

While city schools have improved cafeteria food by restricting trans fats and fried foods and requiring healthier vending machine choices, child health advocates say there is still much to do.

By aggressively promoting their own choices, aggressively demeaning the choices of other mothers, and aggressively insisting that anyone who makes different choices is implicitly criticizing them, advocates of attachment parenting, homebirth, lactivism, etc. encourage the very conflicts that they claim to deplore.

Please stop advocating «your gut» as the best judge of anything and trying covertly to diminish the meaning of this new data by innocently pretending that you only want women to have choices and make the best decision for them.

Advocating for adoption should not be about decreasing the number of abortions, it is not just a pro-life choice - it is a legitimate pregnancy option that is not owned by any political party, religion, or social movement.

The study's author noted (and anti-home-birth advocates are quick to point out) that the outcomes were a result of «a good risk - selection system, good transport in place, and well - trained midwives,» factors that are no doubt influenced by the collaboration of Dutch doctors and midwives and a national health system that support home births as a viable choice for women.

Paladino has been under attack by abortion - rights advocates since expressing his extremely conservative opinion on choice on national TV shortly after his Sept. 14 GOP primary win.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

If either of these scenarios took place, we would neuter the Tories argument that it was a choice between PR and primaries by advocating for both.

A NOTA option was advocated recently by the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, as easily the top choice in its survey of proposals for increasing voter engagement, and has also featured on this site.

Now the choices between the voting systems advocated by the main parties are distinct: PR for the Lib - Dems, First - Past - The - Post for the Conservatives and for Labour, the Alternative Vote system,» he added.

The news conference was organized by the NYC Parents Choice coalition which is advocating an alternative abstinence - centered sex education curriculum that emphasizes... Continue reading →

When the Republicans refused to help it pass, groups like NARAL and Family Planning Advocates would slam the IDC on the issue of reproductive choice for months as the measure languished in the senate, singling out Klein by name.

At 2 p.m., Compassion & Choices New York, joined by physicians, patients and advocates, will present petitions in support of New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, New York State Capitol, War Room, Albany.

He certainly would be a poor choice to oppose Vince Cable given his record on Royal Mail: although he claims that «this government has a very different solution to that (previously) advocated by Labour ``, that will fail convince most Labour MPs let alone the public.

The announcement caught even some of Ms. Moskowitz's top backers by surprise, and threw open the question of who, if anyone, would carry the banner for school - choice advocates — including, among others, some of New York's financial elites — in a 2017 campaign.

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• «Lady Bird» screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig's choice of a yellow gown by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy felt especially appropriate: The Mulleavys wrote and directed their first feature film in 2017, the Humboldt - set «Woodshock,» and have been major advocates for female filmmakers.

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From the shortlisted schools, a public vote for the People's Choice Award, held on the Apps for Good website (appsforgood.org) from 16 - 23 June, will also decide the overall favourite out of all app entries, sponsored by Tech London Advocates.

As a candidate, Trump embraced school choice, and he soon followed through by tapping longtime choice advocate Betsy DeVos as his education secretary.

Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.

Another letter, issued by a coalition called the Education Equality Project, advocated addressing school system failures through greater accountability, school choice, and changes in compensation that would promote teacher quality.

On April 12, 2006, a group of 200 parents and children, organized by school choice advocate Donayle Whitmore - Smith and Bertha Gilkey Bonds of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, traveled to the state house to lobby representatives for the bill.

In recent years, choice advocates cheered because Indiana and Louisiana adopted new voucher programs and because charter schools — boosted by President Obama's Race to the Top program and movies like Waiting for Superman — continued to expand and attract supporters.

A month of negotiations during a special session of the Washington legislature has provided the extra time needed to secure passage of a comprehensive school - choice bill advocated by Gov. Booth Gardner.

Most school choice advocates have learned that we can make far more progress and help far more kids by working through state legislatures.

The FTC program, which is essentially a voucher program funded by business tax credits, is the largest private school choice program in the country and has been held up as a national model by advocates and policymakers.

Yet many of Illich's and Goodman's arguments foreshadowed criticism later taken up by school choice advocates on the Right, where until 1996 the Republican party platform still called for abolishing the Department of Education.

By tapping philanthropist and school - choice advocate Betsy DeVos for education secretary, Trump has signaled that he intends to make good on his pledge to use $ 20 billion in federal funds to give students from poor families more options.

The film burnished the claim by charter advocates that they were involved in «the civil rights issue of our time,» because they were leading the battle to provide more choice to poor and disadvantaged children trapped in low - performing public schools.

The «big tent» of education reform spans the ideological spectrum, from civic leaders and business - backed advocates for higher standards and champions for charters and choice to the commitment of innovative educators and the relentless pursuit of equity by civil rights leaders and organizers.

Left - and right - leaning advocates sparred about the hypothetical impact of $ 9.2 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department of Education proposed by Trump last week, and whether the Republican - controlled Congress is interested in the president's pitch for a $ 1.4 billion school choice initiative.

These incentives and lobbying by state - based education advocates led most states to raise standards, embrace choice, and develop fairer, more rigorous systems for evaluating teachers.

Earlier this year, Dropout Nation argued that one way that school reformers — including school choice activists and Parent Power groups — could advance reform and expand school choice was to file lawsuits similar to school funding torts used for the past four decades by school funding advocates.

Earlier this week, one prominent school choice advocate spoke out against the Nevada plan in a debate hosted by Education Next, an education reform journal.

Despite being a Democrat, she has been a strong advocate of school choice and was approached by then - President - elect Trump to discuss possibly serving as Secretary of Education, an idea she rejected.

I argued that three lessons from chartering ought to be utilized by choice advocates.

High expectations for students with unique needs An important case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan 11, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, is being supported by civil rights groups and school choice advocates alike.

In contrast, Heckman and Carneiro advocate reallocating resources toward the youngest students (especially preschoolers), expanding mentoring programs for disadvantaged adolescents, and raising the quality of the nation's public schools, not by augmenting their resources, but by enhancing parental choice.

For instance, many advocates of charter schooling trumpet the freedom and innovation promoted by choice, but they remain hostile to the ideas of unbridled markets and for - profit operators.