Sentences with phrase «dramatic reforms of»

Consider all of the supposedly dramatic reforms of the last several decades; every single one of them took for granted the district structure.

In 1906 the newly elected Liberal government proposed an Education Bill which sought a dramatic reform of English schooling.

A fatal mistake which if the current 8 year cooling trend steepens and lengthens sufficiently that it becomes obvious to everyone, will destroy the credibility of AR5 and bring about the dissolution of the IPCC, or at least a dramatic reform of said gravy train of fools.

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Louisville, KY — In the wake of the recent passage of the most dramatic tax reform package in nearly three...

The promised reforms, which include stripping Kalanick of some of his power when he returns and hiring an independent board chairman to rein him in, represent the company's most dramatic effort yet to move past the sexual harassment allegations and other scandals that have plagued Uber.

«Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology pose a dramatic change to the existing regulatory landscape; they have the potential to reform the global financial system around peer - to - peer transactions, without traditional financial intermediation,» Neha Narula, Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, said.

This is the most dramatic reform needed, as well as one of the most difficult to achieve, except where already present, as in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

In 1960 I was in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, when Eugene Carson Blake, then Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church, made a dramatic proposal that four denominations join together to form a united church that would be truly reformed and truly catholic.

In early July, in what was surely a striking and dramatic papal act, Pope Francis positioned one of his most important priorities as Pope — the reform of the Roman Curia — directly in the context of this unremitting combat against the Devil.

There were dramatic scenes in Westminster today when Nick Clegg confirmed the death of Lords reform and said he would whip his MPs to oppose boundary changes.

Conservatives say the dramatic shakeup of Britain's electoral map, which could hand the party around a dozen more seats at the general election, was a quid pro quo for the electoral reform referendum, which took place in May 2011.

Indeed, a protest against an EU in serious need of democratic reform would be less dramatic than a vote based on the nativist feelings core to the FN's ideological message.

Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.

Cuomo also talked a bit about the «dramatic» ethics reform he's working on with legislative leaders, although he didn't offer much in the way of details on that, other than to say: «Is dramatic reform hard to accept and hard to pass?

Budget Includes Landmark Education Reforms New York's education system is set to implement some of its most dramatic and fundamental reforms in years through Governor Andrew Cuomo's Education TransformatiReforms New York's education system is set to implement some of its most dramatic and fundamental reforms in years through Governor Andrew Cuomo's Education Transformatireforms in years through Governor Andrew Cuomo's Education Transformation Act.

The dramatic reform package — called the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011» — creates an independent Joint Commission on Public Ethics with «robust enforcement powers» to investigate both the executive and legislative branches of government.

Following boundary changes in 1994, and later reform of the business vote in the City, there was a major boundary and electoral representation revision of the wards in 2003, and they were reviewed again in 2010 for change in 2013, though not to such a dramatic extent.

Still, Cuomo called the reforms approved in the state budget «the most dramatic ethics reform that has existed in the state of New York.»

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

«There needs to be dramatic reforms implemented to avoid mistakes of the past, otherwise this is a game of musical chairs where we are changing people and not the policies,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of good government group Citizens Union.

The Liberal Democrats have called for a reform of the «bedroom tax» in a dramatic withdrawal of support for the controversial welfare reform.

The Liberal Democrats have called for a reform of the «Bedroom Tax» in a dramatic withdrawal of support for the controversial welfare reform.

«All of the people that work on this issue, the good government groups and watchdogs, think at this point you need dramatic reform given what has happened in Albany.

In addition, our newest and most dramatic success story is that under State Chairman Bill Merrell, the Reform Party of New York has gained ballot access and made a huge impact on New York politics.

2012 marked the second year of Governor Andrew Cuomo's term in office and was much less dramatic than the previous year when he was able to get the legislature to pass a property tax cap, ethics reform and same sex marriage.

Dramatic show of support seen in Congress behind Uniting American Families Act and inclusive comprehensive immigration reform bill.

I understand that it was difficult for the Legislature because it was so dramatic a reform,» said Cuomo, sitting between Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, the tough - talking Republican who would serve as one of the panel's three co-chairs.

«In light of the Affordable Healthcare Act, we wanted to validate concerns that insurance reform would lead to dramatic increases in healthcare use and costs,» said Amresh D. Hanchate, Ph.D., the study's lead author, an economist at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine.

That philosophy has led Cecilia Muñoz to the role of point woman, as domestic policy council director, for President Obama's dramatic recent executive initiatives for immigration reform (among many other policy issues).

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

«The rollback of education reform in New York has been the most dramatic in the country,» said Michael Petrilli, president of the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

The remarkable transition in Tennessee shows that states are capable of dramatic reform when the political leadership is committed to focusing public attention on the problem.

Some commentators have argued that the failure of NCLB and earlier accountability reforms to close achievement gaps reflects a flawed, implicit assumption that schools alone can overcome the achievement consequences of dramatic socioeconomic disparities.

«We were in our third year of dramatic school reform district wide.

Horn agrees that the factory - model structure of American education must change, but he puts stock in the inexorable pull of technological innovation rather than in the push of dramatic policy reform.

Their earlier work on this topic includes School Turnarounds: A Review of Cross-Sector Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement (Center on Innovation and Improvement, 2007), and Julie Kowal and Emily Ayscue Hassel, Turnarounds with New Leaders and Staff (Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2005).

As part of this, the UAE has implemented its plan for «First - Rate Education», which outlines dramatic reforms to the curriculum, a strategy for improving teaching through professional development and a commitment to encouraging the development of 21st Century skills in schools.

But thanks to the hard work and political courage of the states, finally abetted by some implacable leaders in Washington, the core elements of standards - based reform have seen a reasonably thorough cleansing and dramatic upgrade.

Baltimore, at least right now, is a story of incomplete reform, a stark example of the limits of a reform strategy that sought dramatic change while leaving many old political and administrative arrangements in place.

More than making up for its fiscal limitations, the state, led by former governor Jeb Bush, implemented a series of school reforms that together appear to have had dramatic consequences for student performance.

From his first days in office, President Bush promised to make education reform a centerpiece of his administration, using the reauthorization of the ESEA as an opportunity to give the state - led accountability movement a dramatic shove forward.

Bush calls attention to Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, who pushed his state legislature to adopt «the most dramatic suite of reforms in one [legislative] session than anybody's ever done.»

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Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.

Rejection by the House of the finance - reform bill left lawmakers and educators at the mercy of an impatient state supreme court, which has threatened to halt state aid to schools if the legislature did not deliver dramatic changes in its $ 14 - billion funding system by April 1.

The second wave of reform took the form of school restructuring, and combined three complementary elements: (a) a call for higher and common expectations for ALL students, (b) an emphasis on new and more challenging teaching practices, and (c) dramatic changes in the organization and management of public schools (Elmore, 1990).

The latest push for education reform has also come — not coincidentally — as the downtown has undergone a dramatic transformation, with an explosion of restaurants and nightlife.

Prior to moving to Rhode Island, she worked for Grand Rapids Public Schools, helping district and school leaders manage dramatic instructional reforms as part of a $ 5 million federal grant.

Supporters of Race to the Top applauded the policy's ability to instigate dramatic education reform in a short period of time.

Kingsland, blogging this year on the Education Week website, sparked controversy by challenging superintendents of struggling school districts to relinquish their systems instead of trying endless reforms: «Rid yourself of the notion that your current opinions on curriculum, teacher evaluation, technology, or anything else will be the foundation for dramatic gains in student achievement.