Sentences with phrase «contentious issues»

Superintendent O'Connell is a proven team builder with the ability to forge consensus on contentious issues, especially where challenges are strongest.

One of the more contentious issues was the so called «pension pick - up.»

Charter schools, and the size of the future role in will play in state education, has been one of the most contentious issues in the state legislature this session.

During a recent panel discussion on testing, Rub argued in favor of judicious use of standardized testing — what she called «one of the most controversial and contentious issues in education.»

But the bill also hands the union a victory on two contentious issues, which is why Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy joined nonprofit advocacy groups EdVoice, Education Trust - West, Children Now, and StudentsFirst in opposing AB 5.

I do agree with this comment but the problem is that this government does not and will not listen to teachers nor parents.There have been many contentious issues over the past ten years and the government just ploughs on regardless.There needs to be a massive demonstration by society in order to protect the interests of students first.Politicians are notorious for telling us what we need and what is good for us and they have no clue what goes on in schools.I do not see a solution to this but the teacher unions must be much more vocal and really speak up for the teachers and parents in this country.

From school safety to budget cuts and federal policy, there are many contentious issues in education.

You may also notice that both premises are among the most contentious issues in education policy today.

Teachers often worry that treating contentious issues in class might make them vulnerable to criticism from the community, she said.»

In a diverse, decentralized democracy you can't settle contentious issues once and for all.

Education reformers have long recognized the clout of NEA and AFT when it comes to contentious issues like performance pay, charter schools, and testing.

This is among the most contentious issues in all of education research, so blanket statements here are not helpful.

These documents contain the foundations for resolving all contentious issues.

«Many of us felt that we had just begun to scratch the surface of really powerful and contentious issues,» Luttrell said.

But even with a good travel plan in place to encourage pupils to walk or cycle to school, traffic congestion, road safety, impacts on neighbours, and parking for staff and parents can become highly contentious issues for both primaries and secondaries.

Everyone knows that one of the most contentious issues in many marriages is wife and mother in law relationships and as Christians wives and mothers - in - laws, we should do everything possible to meet each other where we are at to make life and the family home peaceful — after all — which mother in law will have your perfect ideals, and which wife will have your exacting child - rearing standards?

So before they come to a head, address the small contentious issues; maybe your partner tends to prioritize social engagements over dinner dates for the two of you, maybe they simply leave the laundry in the washing machine longer than you would like — whatever it may be, working through these small things is important because when you get to the big issues you will have had practice in the art of compromise and conflict resolution.

For obvious reasons, this is one of the most contentious issues in nutrition today.

However, two contentious issues still remain; how the database is put to use and how this is decided.

We also commit to supporting members of the global sustainability research community in nations where public access to reliable information is at risk and where scientists are being undermined or gagged on politically contentious issues.

In a study slated for publication in the journal Advances in Political Psychology, a Yale - led research team found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less - curious peers.

They also make great play of more contentious issues such as the effects of electromagnetic radiation.

Q: One of the most contentious issues in the negotiations was R&D on advanced centrifuges.

The agreement, months in the making, came together after a dinner at Xi's official residence, following lengthy bilateral talks on contentious issues ranging from trade to maritime disputes.

What not to eat - demystifying some of the most contentious issues in nutrition science.

It sounds like a magic mechanism for resolving problems, but it won't work for resolving all contentious issues.

B: People who have to deal with contentious issues always ask: Why don't we have another Asilomar?

Ethics and costs are contentious issues tackled by the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

The budget was adopted a little over a week into the new fiscal year, which begins April 1, after compromises were reached among legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo on contentious issues such as raising the age of adult criminal responsibility, education aid, a college tuition affordability program, the allocation of large sums of affordable housing monies, and more.

With such contentious issues excised from the emergency bills, however, the Senate quickly passed the emergency measures before adjourning for the day.

In the final days of budget negotiations, one of the most contentious issues was whether, and how, to change New York's lax campaign fund - raising and ethics laws.

But without a subway or extensive rail network, transit is still one of the most contentious issues on the Island.

So far, no contentious issues like that have come up this year.

And shadow cabinet members from Corbyn down are even following more conventional rules about what they say in relation to contentious issues: McDonnell refused my invitation to support illegal public sector pay strikes on my show yesterday, for example.

He said the meeting would chart a path for resolution of contentious issues causing tension in the South - East and also address the skirmishes in Plateau and other states.

Notwithstanding activist complaints that Judge Graffeo has been insufficiently progressive on such issues as same - sex marriage, her real crime seems to be a willingness to defer to legislatures on these contentious issues, just as a nonpartisan judge would do.

Government sources cited the Turner review on pensions and the Browne review on university tuition fees — both established by the Labour government — as examples of commissions set up to find agreement on contentious issues.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had another one of those quickie press avails with the Capitol press corps, the focus of which was his focus on «collegiality» in negotiating with the legislative leaders over contentious issues — everything from the budget to the property tax cap.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

Buhari said, «I think it is important for me to speak on the contentious issues of the tenure of our national and state executive officers.

The humanitarian crisis in Texas and Louisiana due to Hurricane Harvey has the potential to make it easier for Congress to address two contentious issues: raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government running.

• They could put to rest the contentious issues of vacancy decontrol and gay marriage.

The absence of a ninth justice since Antonin Scalia's death in February has hamstrung the court in several cases and forced the justices to look for less contentious issues on which they are less likely to divide by 4 - 4 votes.

Finally, we recommend dialogue as the only means to address all contentious issues at stake».

Sen. Diane Savino of Staten Island, a member of the GOP - allied Independent Democratic Conference, said these contentious issues would be moved into the budget's revenue bill.

«Then there are other areas where Common Core has been conflated with contentious issues,» King said.

But opponents often associate the standards with other contentious issues, namely teacher evaluations, testing and student - data collection.

The late budget nonetheless resulted in a variety of deals on contentious issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility for minors.

«Individual legislators rarely if ever even attempted to exercise the traditional prerogatives that we expect of congressional legislators: voicing serious dissent, pushing an individual legislative agenda, conducting open hearings on contentious issues of public policy,» he wrote.

Lawmakers this morning remained at odds with Cuomo over two contentious issues in the budget, with Senate Republicans raising concerns over the wage increase.