Sentences with phrase «fight against the reform»

Opponents to the coalition's bid to introduce more competition into the NHS had won a sweeping victory, but Labour's fight against the reforms appears to be far from over.

Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, fights against reforms that would help fix our failing schools.»

In the film, the single mom teams up with others to turn the failing school into a charter school and the teachers union fights against reforms, such as greater teacher accountability and more school choice.

«The arguments and fights against a reform are coming from the education establishment.

Not exact matches

The three main areas where my direct advice went unheeded were the following: (1) the need for large - scale financial assistance [29] for Russia, which I deemed (and still deem) to have been essential to molding a political consensus around reforms, and to bolstering the financial situation enough to achieve a modicum of success in the fight against hyperinflation; (2) the need for strong monetary and fiscal policy to achieve a rapid end to inflation [30]; and (3) the urgency of establishing a social safety net [31], especially in health care and pensions, to ensure an adequate social and political base for societal transformation and democratization.

Patent reform supporters, like the tech industry, must fight back against any legislation that would weaken the important gains realized under Alice v. CLS Bank.

Timothy Smith's book Revivalism and Social Reform in MidNineteenth Century America, for example, argues persuasively that nineteenth - century evangelicals with their quest for moral perfection were at the forefront of the social battle, fighting against poverty, slum housing, racial intolerance, and inhuman working conditions.68 Smith's book has often been used by evangelicals to support their claim that they have been socially active.

Republicans have always fought against any meaningful health care reform.

It was precisely the preaching of an Indulgence in Bohemia, in 1412 (an Indulgence issued by the pseudo-Pope John XXIII to raise money for a war he was fighting against Naples), that had encouraged Reverend Father John Hus to believe he must persevere in his reform movement.

A new paradigm in the fight against childhood obesity and diet - related illnesses, Cook for America ® promotes school food reform with an emphasis on holistic, systemic change.

The «left wing» refuses to acknowledge legitimate flaws in the regs and accuses the right of politicizing our children's future and always fighting against anything the Obama administration puts forward, and the «right wing» isn't recognizing any of the improvements that were made as a result of the regs and blaming the government for over regulating and not giving the administration an ounce of credit for at least taking on an overhaul of a system that hadn't seen significant reform in 20 years.

«The Governor is a progressive champion who has led the way on education, gun safety reform, and fighting back against the destructive policies of the Trump Administration in Washington.

One of the leading doctors» groups fighting the government's NHS reforms has sought peace with Downing Street, in a sign that the battle against the bill may already be lost.

«Equally important is the fact that Randy Altschuler will fight against the status - quo and work to reform the way government does business.

The Conservative responded to the report by pledging a cross-party fight against any moves to reform.

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in an email, said of NYPIRG's criticism: «No governor has fought harder to reform New York's campaign finance system than Governor Cuomo, who included public campaign financing in his budget and is using the funds that NYPIRG is railing against for commercials urging the public to support it.»

-- Charlie Ramos got CU's backing in his «uphill» primary fight against Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., largely due to the incumbent's opposition to legislative redistricting reform.

And, more fundamentally, he must avoid being dragged down by the surprisingly narrow gap between New Labour's NHS reform ambitions and the Tories» ideas it is now fighting its hardest against.

Graham Allen, the chairman of the city's local strategic partnership between police, councillors and the probation service, insisted a new study by independent think tank Reform was «lazy stereotyping» and would do little to help the fight against crime.

Saraki said the 8th Senate has scored many firsts since its inception and that it has fulfilled its mandate through the passage of several critical economic reform bills, opening of the National Assembly's budget, and its investigations that have helped in the fight against corruption.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.

The Sunday Telegraph revealed in May how Mr Cameron had appointed Mr Field, who was welfare reform minister in the early years of Tony Blair's government, as his «poverty tsar» as he put the fight against deprivation at the heart of his agenda.

«The truth is that John Faso voted against the tax reform bill because he believed it did not do enough to help New York families and taxpayers, and will continue to fight for a bill that will lower their taxes and promotes economic growth,» Faso said.

We share a love for this city's diversity and culture,» Johansson wrote, applauding Stringer for his work fighting against hydrofracking and advocating on behalf of education reform.

The U.F.T. has led the union - driven fight against Cuomo's education reforms, organizing a series of emergency meetings and forums over the last month.

Since its founding, the Reform Party has fought against disastrous trade deals that result in the outsourcing of American jobs.

Since its founding, the Reform Party has fought against disastrous trade deals that result in the...

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

They extended gay rights and restored public services, reforming and investing in hospitals and schools, prioritising the fight against poverty and introducing the minimum wage.

They discuss the Vito Lopez scandal, education reforms, the fight against obesity, and Ortiz's work chairing the mental health committee.

But the group also takes a strong stand on other issues — such as toughening the fight against ISIS and tax reform — that Republicans generally agree upon, said Angelo, the group's president.

In the byzantine realm of Reform Party politics, Mr. Trump and Mr. Ventura are shaping up as allies in a fractious nomination fight that could pit Mr. Trump against Patrick J. Buchanan, who is expected to bolt the Republican party to bid for the Reform nomination.

After Gov. Cuomo made an issue of Albany ethics, Silver fought tooth and nail against every reform.

«The public is encouraged to keep faith and trust in the present administration's fight against corruption and be assured that the CJN is doing his best to reform the Judiciary accordingly.»

And fight against evil Tory Welfare reforms.

The main sources are the very reforms that the unions have been fighting against for the past two decades: school choice and school accountability.

Mark Pudlow, spokesperson for the Florida Education Association, the teachers union that has fought pitched battles against many of Florida's recent initiatives, acknowledges the result of Florida Virtual School's approach: «[It] never developed the kind of mistrust that tends to be associated with other reform ideas.»

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Weingarten said she does not want to use the word «strike,» but wants to use the strategy of recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma and West Virginia as a model to fight against school - choice reforms.

A Great Night For School Choice In Mississippi August 5, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

Our goal is to link reform at the local and state level so that states can put the powers they do have to their highest and best use, and local leaders with ideas and initiative will not constantly fight against state law and administrative actions.

brothers come from Marxist backgrounds but really are, when it comes to education reform, not progressives but reactionaries — fervently protective of the status quo — blindly pro-union, claiming that more money will solve our education woes, all the while fighting against every meaningful way of improving the system.

The joke here is that both Casey and the Klonsky brothers come from Marxist backgrounds but really are, when it comes to education reform, not progressives but reactionaries — fervently protective of the status quo — blindly pro-union, claiming that more money will solve our education woes, all the while fighting against every meaningful way of improving the system.

This is particularly worrisome because the administration doesn't have any real ability to enforce these provisions or punish states for not fulfilling their promises; and a blow - up will be especially troublesome for President Barack Obama as he fights a tough re-election campaign against Republican nominee Mitt Romney (whose school reform agenda differs little from that of the current office - holder).

Latinos are more likely than the general population to support teachers» unions and to vote based on teachers» union endorsements, yet, at the same time, strongly supporting education reforms that teachers» unions actively fight against.

After all, students are just as adversely impacted by «education reform» as the teachers, and thus their parents and also community organizations who serve children and their parents could be vital allies in this fight against powerful and well funded opponents.

In fact, the teachers unions and their fellow travelers who slavishly fight against any meaningful education reform are really reactionaries.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.