Sentences with phrase «for widespread reforms»

The goo - goos are again calling for widespread reforms, including creation of a voluntary system of public campaign financing, lowering of the contribution limits and full disclosure of independent expenditures.

The SAT cheating scandal has so far resulted in criminal charges against 20 students, and also sparked calls for widespread reform.

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«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

The disaster led to widespread calls for reform of the garment industry.

The kingdom has vowed to implement widespread economic reforms in a bid to reduce its huge dependency on oil, which accounts for as much as 90 % of government revenues.

When Martin Luther first surfaced, there was instant, widespread support for reform, especially in northern Europe.

The desire for liturgical reform, above all Mass in the vernacular, was widespread among the clergy, and to some extent among the laity as well, in the decades before Vatican II.

The study, sponsored by the Evangelical Immigration Table and World Relief, found widespread support for immigration reform.

Jody has over 25 years of experience in the water sector where she has been responsible for driving a range of initiatives including state water reforms under the National Water initiative, driving the momentum and integration of The Living Murray, delivery of environmental water with and on behalf of Basin states, development and implementation of a plan to avoid widespread acidification to the lower lakes of the Murray system during the Millennium drought and identification of the sustainable level of take to be embodied in the Murray - Darling Basin Plan.

There is a widespread yearning for reform across Europe.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

If, in a few years» time, the SNP is legislating for a citizens» basic income and has embarked upon a thorough reworking of the fiscal status quo then it would have a good claim to be «radical» and «bold», but hinting at such widespread reform is rather different from actually implementing it.

It is an interesting proposal — though it would achieve nothing now that the coalition deal has scuppered widespread left - leaning support for reform.

There has been a widespread assumption that the Conservatives have nothing to gain from electoral reform, and the work that has been done so far — such as the YouGov poll for the Spectator earlier this month — has indeed suggested that the Tories would be the biggest net losers when comparing A.V. with First Past The Post (FPTP).

So having wiped out a massive part of the support for electoral reform — Clegg has left those who want reform for more high - minded reasons (which is a small constituent remember, most support the system that suits their narrow party interest) with a mountain to climb to rebuild widespread support.

When it came to addressing political corruption, Cuomo introduced a widespread proposal that included limiting outside income for politicians and creating a full - time legislature; term limits for elected officials; an independent advisory opinion before earning outside income; closing the LLC loophole; more financial disclosure for elected officials; reforms to FOIL for the legislature; and procurement reforms.

«What jumps out in the findings is that there is not only widespread support for gun reform, but it has become a voting issue for gun reform advocates, especially women.»

We need to take the demand for reform onto the streets now there is widespread public sentiment for a fair system where people can vote honestly and have an influence, without all the dreadful calculations of tactical advantage that is, frankly, corrupting.

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

«The real story is that Michael Gove's plans for A-level reform are not based, as he appears to be claiming, on evidence of widespread concerns in the higher education sector about the rigour and relevance of A-levels.

Opponents claimed to support the principle of reform but rejected measures such as widespread elections for new lords, which they said would threaten the primacy of the elected House of Commons.

When Sir Christopher Kelly produces his reform package for MP expenses and allowances it is expected he will put a stop to the widespread practice of MPs employing spouses and other family members in back office jobs.

This was firstly through widespread agrarian agitation via the Irish Land League, that won land reforms for tenants in the form of the Irish Land Acts, and secondly through its attempts to achieve Home Rule, via two unsuccessful bills which would have granted Ireland limited national autonomy.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

By putting the interests of the people of New York State first, we overcame the obstacles that for so long have stood in the way of real reform and delivered one of the most critical, widespread fiscal reforms the state has seen in years.

We start to see the widespread withdrawal of the «consent to be governed» and across the parties they see the need for comprehensive reform and that those in charge decide that STV is the most effective way to retain or regain widespread consent to be governed and campaign for it.

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

On the day it sponsored its speaker's forum, it also released the findings of the questionnaires victorious Council candidates completed earlier in the year, which it said demonstrated «widespread support for reforms previously thought to be unachievable.»

In recent years, however, as the true nature of students» and postdocs» future opportunities has become too obvious to ignore, the disparity between what young scientists learn on campus and what they need to know in order to build their own professional futures has also become obvious enough to cause «widespread criticism and calls for reform,» the report says.

From 2006 to 2008, Massachusetts implemented widespread health reform, which expanded access to public medical insurance, created a health insurance exchange for more affordable private insurance, and served as a model for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

While there is a movement underway to reform the industry to be more responsible, there are not yet widespread good practices in place for conscious, sustainable palm oil harvesting.

Worse, it makes it harder for innovative practices to become widespread if they have the scent of reform about them.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

It seems that «teacher leaders» everywhere are purposefully seeking out questions about their teaching practices — and that those questions are becoming the jumping - off point for improvement initiatives and, in some cases, widespread learning reform.

For thirty years, Don Hirsch has tried to capture the attention of America's policymakers, policy thinkers, educators, and philanthropists to persuade them to undertake perhaps the one reform we've never tried: the widespread adoption of a coherent, sequential, content - rich curriculum that intentionally and efficiently builds knowledge and skills.

While contemporary organizing for education reform has deep historical roots, it has emerged as a widespread phenomenon in local districts across the country over the past 20 years.

The summit did signal advances for the conversation on the 30,000 - foot policy level, but it didn't lead to widespread reform.

«I welcome the widespread support for reform across primary and secondary education stakeholders, as well as throughout government, Catholic and independent school sectors and from various parent, welfare and business organisations,» Mr Birmingham said.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing and educating young people, with particular attention to children living in poverty.

That, combined with comments from some RTT reviewers, led many observers to conclude that achieving widespread buy - in was a requirement for states to win RTT, and that, when it came to making trade - offs between bold reforms and widespread buy - in, states might do better to fall on the side of buy - in.

But for young people caught in the middle, and for an education system caught up in a whirlwind of reform, this feels like something that should only be introduced after careful planning and modelling and widespread consultation with schools, colleges and the young people it will affect.

But while this agreement has fostered widespread support for aggressive reform, Frederick Hess argues that much of what ails urban education is actually the result of continuous or fragmentary reform.

For one, there remains a core group of influential reformers — including former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the widespread problems within American public education than any other policy decision in the past five decades.

At the very time that Governor Malloy, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and other key Malloy Administration advisors were putting together the Governor's «education reform» plan, the Governor travels to New York City to honor the man who has helped mastermind Achievement First's push for the widespread development of charter schools.

The case is also gaining widespread support from education reform groups such as Campbell Brown's Partnership for Educational Justice and Students for Education Rreform groups such as Campbell Brown's Partnership for Educational Justice and Students for Education ReformReform.

Despite growing critical of the charter movement, Shanker (1988) believed that his proposal for charter schools could drive widespread reform, leading to, as he put it, «thousands and thousands of schools in this country where people are building a new type of school that reaches the overwhelming majority of our students» (p. 21).

So proponents claiming the mantle of «education reform» have been quick to jump on the one - sided election results as proof - positive of widespread voter support for their ideas, which include competitive charter schools, vouchers to transfer public education money into private hands, and harsh accountability measures to punish schools and teachers for the circumstances they have very little control over.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing...

This free online resource center provides an easy - to - use model for widespread teacher - led conversations on evaluation reform that are constructive and solutions - oriented, using structured conversation tools and activities, with the end goal of increasing teacher input into the policies that are developed.

4) Ohio: A major charter school reform bill has stalled for lack of Senate support, despite widespread criticism of Ohio's weak accountability system for charter schools.