Sentences with phrase «education spending represented»

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Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

From increased education spending, to proposed new revenue generation ideas to whether legalizing marijuana is in the state's best interest, state lawmakers representing Western New York districts offered various opinions on the details of the budget proposal revealed Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«This represents the largest cut in education spending over any four - year period since at least the 1950s.

Sen. John Bonacic, who represents portions of the Hudson Valley, said education spending will likely be increased by more than $ 1 billion, a higher amount than recommended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

He now represents a half - dozen interest groups, including Alliant Energy, which spent $ 194,000 on lobbying in the 2011 - 12 legislative session; School Choice Wisconsin, which supports public spending on private schools and has another former Assembly speaker, John Gard, on its lobby payroll; and the Wisconsin Council for Independent Education, which represents for - profit colleges.

Mulgrew testified with three other city labor leaders, representing classroom aides, firefighters and health workers, who took the Bloomberg administration to task for spending billions of dollars on the corruption - plagued payroll system City Time and the problem - plagued Special Education Student Information System (SESIS) while failing to give needed raises to city workers.

Facing heckling from the crowd, Morgan warned teachers that they should work with the Conservative government, saying: «Teaching unions have a choice — spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

Seven hundred million, spread out over four years, represented less than one - half of 1 percent of the state's education spending, and $ 350 million for Gotham, over four years, is the same droplet.

Today's committee report states: «Unjustifiably high salaries use public money that could be better spent on improving children's education and supporting frontline teaching staff, and do not represent value for money.

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) represents only a fraction of total education research, but its budget gives some perspective: IES spends about $ 200 million on research compared to more than $ 600 billion of total K — 12 Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) represents only a fraction of total education research, but its budget gives some perspective: IES spends about $ 200 million on research compared to more than $ 600 billion of total K — 12 Education Sciences (IES) represents only a fraction of total education research, but its budget gives some perspective: IES spends about $ 200 million on research compared to more than $ 600 billion of total K — 12 education research, but its budget gives some perspective: IES spends about $ 200 million on research compared to more than $ 600 billion of total K — 12 spending.

K - 12 education is the largest line item in most state budgets, representing 22 percent of total state spending and more than a third of general fund expenditures (money that comes from state taxes and is not earmarked for specific purposes).

The database reveals that the NEA, which represents about 2.3 million K - 12 public school teachers and about one million education support workers, spent $ 56.3 million during the 2007 - 08 election cycle, making it the largest campaign spender in the nation.

While education represents a fraction of that spent on medical research, this is a massive waste if the findings do not translate into improving outcomes for learners.

If you combine the campaign spending of all those entities it does not match the amount spent by the National Education Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studentEducation Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studenteducation support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college student members.

Under Illinois» new funding formula, each school district receives an «adequacy target,» which represents the amount of funding it should spend to provide its students with a high - quality education.

So teaching unions have a choice — spend the next 4 years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.

He later pointed out that Race to the Top funding represents less than 1 percent of total K - 12 education spending nationwide.

But the PAC said: «Unjustifiably high salaries use public money that could be better spent on improving children's education and supporting front - line teaching staff and do not represent value for money.»

For most of the past decade, NCATE, the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education and the ed schools they represent have spent more time criticizing school reformers, decrying the presence of alternative outfits such as Teach For America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher training.

As Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa recently observed, the proposed 2017 - 2018 cuts represent the largest proposed reduction to federal education spending «since President Ronald Reagan sought a 35.7 percent cut to the department in his proposed 1983 budgeEducation Week's Andrew Ujifusa recently observed, the proposed 2017 - 2018 cuts represent the largest proposed reduction to federal education spending «since President Ronald Reagan sought a 35.7 percent cut to the department in his proposed 1983 budgeeducation spending «since President Ronald Reagan sought a 35.7 percent cut to the department in his proposed 1983 budget.»

And AEI's Rick Hess made a smart point that the eye - popping 30 percent number being used to represent education spending cuts in Oklahoma overstates the cuts to actual student spending.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats said the plans represented a «real - terms cut» and that other areas of education spending would be squeezed.

Ms Morgan went on: «The teaching unions have a choice - spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the White Paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

Secretary Duncan testified before a House appropriations subcommittee to defend the Obama Administration's proposed $ 68.6 billion FY15 education budget, which represents a $ 1.3 billion increase over FY14 spending.

The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, later described the spending review as representing «a good settlement for schools.»

It must be noted that the state will spend about $ 75 billion on education this year, which represents about a 60 percent increase in the last 6 years.

It has turned a relatively modest federal program (the $ 4.3 billion budget represents less than 1 percent of all federal, state and local education spending) into high - yield leverage that could end up overshadowing health care reform in its impact and that is already upending traditional Democratic Party politics.

So in political spending, the National Education Association, the biggest union in the country, doesn't come close to representing the majority of its members.

Lindsey spent five years as the President of the Maryland Community Association for the Education of Young Children, representing thousands of educators in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland.