Sentences with phrase «concerns about inequities»

Prodded by the courts over concerns about inequities in the local funding capacity of school districts, the 1985 Quality Basic Education Act resulted from 18 months of study by a 41 - member commission appointed by then Gov. Joe Frank Harris.

The students have scheduled a meeting with Vallas to state their concerns about inequities, and they will undoubtedly demand the same privileges that were granted to the Center City small schools.

FASEB is concerned about inequities in postdoc benefits within and among institutions.

The regional authorities that manage East Coast fishing under U.S. law made tweaks in their summer flounder plans this year in an attempt to address concerns about inequity and allow more flexibility for recreational anglers.

Not exact matches

«I'm very concerned about hydrofracking and about climate change and social inequity, and he seems to be the candidate who is most directly addressing that and proposing solutions that are in line with what I'd like to see,» Hoffman said.

James Arbuthnot, now chairman of the Commons defence select committee, was «concerned about the appearance of inequity in the treatment of Mr Ashcroft in comparison with other non-domiciled working peers», the senior civil servant Sir Hayden Phillips wrote on 29 June 2000.

Concerns about potential inequities in the availability of different schools to different families, based in large part on geography, are plausible but have not been subject to systematic empirical analysis.

State policy makers and education agencies need to be more responsive to legitimate district concerns about unforeseen inequities arising from the implementation of well - intended government policies.

Objections range from the basic «it's too long» and «it's too stressful» side of the spectrum to weightier concerns about teachers being forced to teach to the test, racial and socioeconomic inequities, and private corporations taking over schools that, according to test results, are failing.

Just as Guggenheim's previous documentary raised concerns about the environment, his latest production has brought attention to the inequities facing America's schoolchildren.

Take, for example, leaders who are concerned about the persistent inequities in math comprehension and problem solving in their school or system.

Over half of America's school children are now poor; more of our children are members of ethnic and racial minority groups, there is deepening concern about the future of children of color; and inequities in our society are more apparent than ever.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.