Sentences with phrase «continued public protest»

Amid continued public protest, the New York Board of Regents has dropped the name Common Core and replaced it with Next Generation Learning Standards.

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Protests in Greece have already turned deadly, and public discontent is expected to increase as unemployment (above 16 %) continues to rise thanks to unpopular austerity measures.

Rachel: You note that while Catholics, African Americans, Hispanics and many Mainline Protestants have continued to be involved in public education, White evangelical Christians are largely absent, until a «culture war» issue arises --(around school - led prayer, evolution, sex ed, etc.)-- and the protests begin.

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

As falling GDP, rising unemployment, cuts in wages and pensions, increases in taxes, cuts in public services all continue to bite, the question may not be why are there so many protests in Greece but rather why there aren't more.

He protested in public places at both schools and has continued to call for SU to fire head basketball coach Jim Boeheim and Chancellor Nancy Cantor.

For months, the saga surrounding the hospital has continued with court - ordered public meetings, votes for closure, protests and restraining orders.

If Paladino resigns (unlikely) or is removed by the state will the protest groups evaporate into their accustomed apathy, or will they continue to engage in a discussion to improve Buffalo public schools?

Unions have warned that strikes by public sector workers in the row over pensions will continue following a day of walkouts and protests.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

Matthew Parris in The Times (#): «Who can now doubt that if at the outset the Lib Dem leader had issued a one - sentence statement — «I have set up two inquiries to find out what, if anything, went wrong; I shall be making no further public comment until they report; meanwhile it must be noted that Lord Rennard continues to protest his innocence» — then he'd be in a better place now?»

As a result of the continuing protests of pro-Biafra agitators, Inspector - General of Police, Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening public peace or face the full...

Following continued protests, Brazil's public prosecutor, whose role is to defend the rights of citizens, began an investigation into the constitutionality of the park.

As a current example of ever - larger traditional public schools, the Chicago Board of Education is closing fifty traditional schools at one time and sending their students out of their neighborhoods to ever - larger schools against continuing parent protests.

Sticking to the master frame enabled the protests to continue with mitigated risk of brutal crackdown, and with a greater opportunity to gain the attention of key reference publics like the media (and Aljazeera especially) and Western audiences.

These protests continue to take place any time DeVos speaks in public.

Vancouver, BC — EthicalOil.org today issued the following Reality Check: Today, a group of anti-Canadian pipeline protest groups released a 9 - month old poll on public attitudes regarding their foreign funding from foreign billionaire puppetmasters: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/foreign-funding-poll-british-columbians-worried-about-foreign-investment-canadian-resources-1604401.htm «The problem,» said Kathryn Marshall, spokesperson for EthicalOil.org and the new OurDecision.ca, «is that the poll was conducted 9 months... Continue Reading»

The Hinds County public defender office protested this blatant violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and refused to acquiesce to continued demands that they abandon their clients.

Jury nullification makes a prominent appearance in the public discourse again this week in the state of New York, where activists are continuing to protest the state's so - called «SAFE Act».