Sentences with phrase «education issue in campaigns»

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The new Liberal government will face some serious challenges, especially in two issues little discussed in the campaign: education and environment.

Higher education economist extraordinaire Richard Vedder asks whether the cost of higher education will be an issue this campaign season and thinks that Barack Obama is getting his ducks in a row to make it one.

On campaign against births, Statement of Bishops from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines, issued February 6, 1997 in Dallas, Texas, at Bishops» Workshop sponsored by the Pope John XXIII Medical Moral Research and Education Center of Braintree, Mass..

This is potentially helpful for the governor in a possible primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actress known for her advocacy on pubic education issues.

While Kaminsky has been hammering Republicans over ethics as well as education issues, McGrath's campaign has framed the race over the impact of one - party control in Albany.

After making her remarks at the Hilton Albany, Nixon, who has made education one of her key issues in her campaign, held a roundtable discussion with public school parents to talk about the conditions their students face.

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In a statement from his hometown of Peru, New York, Derrick touted his 30 years in the military — which took him from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, to the German border and to domestic posts — but said his campaign would focus on issues such as education, agriculture and income inequalitIn a statement from his hometown of Peru, New York, Derrick touted his 30 years in the military — which took him from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, to the German border and to domestic posts — but said his campaign would focus on issues such as education, agriculture and income inequalitin the military — which took him from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, to the German border and to domestic posts — but said his campaign would focus on issues such as education, agriculture and income inequalitin South Korea, to the German border and to domestic posts — but said his campaign would focus on issues such as education, agriculture and income inequality.

Nixon, an advocate for public education issues, has been exploring a potential Democratic primary challenge to the governor, receiving support from former campaign aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been locked in a feud with Cuomo over the last several years.

It was a push by Cuomo that is shaping up to be a major issue in his Democratic primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actor and education activist.

In one mailer, Amedore «gets an F» on education issues and is pictured wearing a dunce cap (His campaign sent a blistering statement earlier this month when the Tkaczyk campaign wrote in an email to supporters «Now we're not saying George Amedore is stupid, but...»In one mailer, Amedore «gets an F» on education issues and is pictured wearing a dunce cap (His campaign sent a blistering statement earlier this month when the Tkaczyk campaign wrote in an email to supporters «Now we're not saying George Amedore is stupid, but...»in an email to supporters «Now we're not saying George Amedore is stupid, but...»).

«Referenda would be most effective in the context of boosting public engagement if it's accompanied by good high quality public education campaigns that address the issues in a way that engages the public interest and sufficiently explains the pros and cons of the issue before them that they're being asked to vote upon,» she says.

ALBANY — After years as a pro-charter school operative, Democratic state Senate candidate Micah Lasher is adopting a more union - friendly attitude on education issues, vowing in his campaign literature to «ensure that charter schools have to play by the same rules.»

The release also informs us that this advertising launch is the Chamber's third campaign in the 2012 cycle and is part of the organization's largest voter education and grassroots mobilization effort in its 100 year history, aimed at highlighting candidates» positions on issues critical to the American recovery.

But he has faced criticism for his education and transportation policies — issues Nixon hopes to seize on in her campaign.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who appear to be fighting for the right to meet de Blasio in a runoff — if there is a runoff — took the public advocate to task for flip - flopping on issues such as term limits, for what Quinn called «pie - in - the - sky» promises about education and for accepting campaign donations from building owners who appeared on a slumlord watch list.

In a statement, the Nixon campaign said she has been advocating for almost two decades on issues like education funding, LGBT equality, women's rights, and marriage equality.

Insisting that the CFB allows elected officials to conduct ordinary communications with constituents, she added, «In the final days of this election, while Mr. Doyle continues to complain over the experience Mark Gjonaj brings to this race, our campaign remains focused on the issues at hand, which is quality of life, public safety, education and transportation.»

His campaign focused on improving education and creating jobs in energy efficiency, in addition to reversing the direction the Republican leadership had taken the state on women's health issues.

But the issue is expected to be a prominent theme in this fall's campaigns for the Board of Education.

Teachers Find Election 2016 Tricky to Navigate in the Classroom Education Week, 9/14/16 «Indeed, having students analyze issues beyond the campaign rhetoric is one of many ways that teachers are approaching the 2016 election, said Meira Levinson, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who has been holding professional - development sessions on the election with teachers.»

It campaigning for greater integration of mental health support and services into education, health and social care systems and believes that every school in England should have at least one member of staff trained in mental health issues.

Invite each member of the group representing each candidate to select an issue (or assign issues) in the current campaign — for example, education, Medicare, Social Security, gun control, the death penalty, the minimum wage, or tobacco.

At the end of a presidential campaign in which education received some attention but never emerged as a top - tier issue, analysts were trying to look beyond this week's election to the K - 12 issues awaiting the next president and gauge where they might fit as a new administration prepares to grapple with a global economic crisis.

Although education is often listed as a fundamental issue by voters, the faculty agreed that it usually receives less of the campaign spotlight, especially in light of issues with the economy.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

The campaign is calling on schools and education professionals to be at the forefront in tackling the issue and become a Be Real School by using the campaign's free Body Confidence Campaign Toolkit for Schools, which has already been downloaded by over 700 schools and colleges across the campaign is calling on schools and education professionals to be at the forefront in tackling the issue and become a Be Real School by using the campaign's free Body Confidence Campaign Toolkit for Schools, which has already been downloaded by over 700 schools and colleges across the campaign's free Body Confidence Campaign Toolkit for Schools, which has already been downloaded by over 700 schools and colleges across the Campaign Toolkit for Schools, which has already been downloaded by over 700 schools and colleges across the country.

Where once there was hope that the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case would radically alter the way education is delivered in the city, crucial issues like accountability, choice, and much - needed changes to bargaining contracts have been virtually swept aside by New York - style interest - group politics.

With elections set for May 14, a sex - education bill has become a high - profile issue in West Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial - primary campaign.

The MPs voiced their beliefs in a letter to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, in which they criticise her delayed response to the campaign and advise that she make tackling the issue her «new year's resolution».

The Harvard Graduate School of Education launches its campaign with a day focusing on the most important issues in eEducation launches its campaign with a day focusing on the most important issues in educationeducation.

National security, not education, will be the overriding issue in the 2008 campaign, even if the Gates and Broad Foundations succeed with Strong American Schools, their $ 60 million quest to place education front and center.

«Since 1992, we have heard lecture after lecture from the Clinton administration about the need to invest more in education,» Mr. Dole told an audience at the Isaac Newton Christian Academy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according to a news release issued by the Dole campaign.

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts last week made a Presidential campaign swing through California speaking on education issues, but in his major speech generally avoided committing himself to any specific proposals for improving schools.

Last year Mr. Broad and Bill Gates gave $ 60 million for an initiative called ED in» 08, which was supposed to make education a priority issue in the presidential campaign.

Voter turnout, ballot position and hurried, low - visibility campaigns likely were more important than education issues in Val Flores» victory over Taggart Hansen in the Democratic primary for the 1st District seat on the State Board of Eeducation issues in Val Flores» victory over Taggart Hansen in the Democratic primary for the 1st District seat on the State Board of EducationEducation.

Noting the efforts of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his department's «Black Men to the Blackboard» recruitment campaign begun in 2011, Bristol and Ferguson hypothesize that this dearth of black male teachers, especially in urban areas, is as much an issue of retainment as recruitment.

Before joining POLITICO, she was a reporter at Inside Higher Ed, where she covered federal higher education policy — including Congress, the Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious education policy — including Congress, the Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious colleges.

As the role of city governments and even county governments in education becomes more - prominent — and more municipal leaders understand the role that overhauling districts must play in addressing economic and quality - of - life issues — reformers must be thoughtful players in other election campaigns.

Theresa May has called a snap election on June 8, and education looks set to be a major issue in the campaign.

The results have prompted further warnings from union leaders Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, whose organisations are campaigning together on funding issues in the run - up to their amalgamation as the National Education Union this September.

Last month, Youth Connection Charter School (YCCS) created an education campaign to make the political system relevant to young people, educate and involve YCCS students who are eligible voters, and discuss their concerns and ideas relative to the main issues in the election that impact all facets of their lives, including violence, employment, affordable education, -LSB-...]

In a 2005 editorial, the Times described her as a «smart and driven... expert on education issues» but noted that her «abrasive» attitude made her ill - suited for the political seat she was campaigning for.

Interestingly, considering how much attention public education issues received during the recent gubernatorial campaign, this vital topic did not get much play in Malloy's speech, although the governor — who once said that he didn't mind schools teach to the test, «as long as test scores went up,» — did proudly proclaim that his first term accomplishments include that fact that his administration had «raised test scores» in Connecticut.

«Proponents of killing last in, first out are missing the real issue,» said Linda Darling - Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University School of Education, who served as education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential Education at the Stanford University School of Education, who served as education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential Education, who served as education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

We applaud their efforts and join them in calling on the presidential candidates to make the issue of education central in their campaigns.

In response to that meeting, several organizations, including the Advancement Project, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and the Dignity in Schools Campaign issued statements imploring the Department to keep the guidance in placIn response to that meeting, several organizations, including the Advancement Project, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and the Dignity in Schools Campaign issued statements imploring the Department to keep the guidance in placin Schools Campaign issued statements imploring the Department to keep the guidance in placin place.

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post the link separately since posting a link delays the post

Another education - «reform» - related race: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Michelle Rhee's husband, had a «strong mayor» proposal on the ballot there that would have given him a lot more power over city government — Sacramento contacts tell me that Rhee campaigned hard for it (despite not being registered to vote in Calif but in Tennessee, where her ex lives) and that a charter school run by Johnson was a big issue — I'll post... Read More

In this case, the issue isn't which major party candidate for governor will do more damage to teachers and public education, but whether the candidates and their supporters are accountable for the rhetoric and claims they make during this campaign season.