Sentences with phrase «fierce resistance from»

Any move towards burning more plastic waste, though, would be met with fierce resistance from environmental groups.

... due to fierce resistance from the school's Parent Teacher Association and district officials (while the law wasn't fully solidified), that petition is still tied up in court.

But any resulting proposal is expected to encounter fierce resistance from many Boston Public School parents who fear a unified enrollment system could give charter schools a competitive edge in student recruitment.

The education provisions sparked fierce resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the powerful statewide teachers union, which mounted an almost nonstop effort over the past few days to block them.

The decision to close a school is frequently met with fierce resistance from the community, as closings have big impacts on neighborhoods where school buildings are important community resources and sources of neighborhood stability; where public schools are significant employers; and where distances to other schools can be substantial.

Vouchers are one of the most polarizing issues in education, drawing fierce resistance from Democrats and some Republicans, particularly those in rural states.

Other districts are also using it as part of evaluations or the basis for merit pay programs, moves that have generated fierce resistance from some teachers unions and skepticism from some experts.

However, any proposal is likely to meet fierce resistance from supporters of the school, which has only taught girls since its inception in 1897.

At NRDC, Paine says that discussions he has initiated on broadening the NNPA and other international nuclear energy mechanisms to include safety and environmental concerns have met with fierce resistance from industry and foreign governments.

When the goals were being discussed in the 1990s, there was fierce resistance from some countries (including the US) to including sanitation at all.

Meanwhile, his proposal has met with fierce resistance from the Republican - controlled State Senate.

The regulation, which will determine qualifications procedure into the Ghana School of Law, has been met with fierce resistance from the law students.

Pruitt was confirmed as the EPA's new head by the Senate in February, 52 - 46, after fierce resistance from Senate Democrats who opposed the former Oklahoma attorney general because of his close ties with the fossil fuel industry, among other things.

The international agreement with the United States of America which saw the two Guantanamo Bay detainees being resettled in Ghana, was met with fierce resistance from Ghanaians and at the front of that, was then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

We've been here before, back in the early 1990s, when a similar proposal was met with fierce resistance from the people of Gloucestershire.

Such a move is likely to provoke fierce resistance from Moscow, even to the point of potentially breaking communion with Constantinople.

Despite public outcry and fierce resistance from unions, cities across New Jersey cut police departments by 15 % late last year.

Not exact matches

New research suggests that, although glass packaging will face fierce competition from other materials over the next decade, it is already retaking ground lost in some categories and showing stubborn resistance in others.

But the plan met fierce resistance, particularly from Eastern European countries.

A deep suspicion of innovation remained for centuries to come, philosophers from Machiavelli to Bacon noting people's fierce resistance to change.

As he delves deeper into the event, he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him from getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

But yes, the resistance is fierce from suburban families who think their schools are perfect, and philanthropic foundations have not been focused on supporting suburban charter expansion.