Sentences with phrase «foundered over reform»

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Current immigration reform legislation already looked likely to founder over provisions that conservatives insisted on to make our borders secure.

It since has morphed into a government reform vehicle was taken over in part by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and political activist Frank Morano.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groOver the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groover 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

I think it is safe to say that Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, the founders of KIPP, have had more influence on the school reform debate than any academic or policy wonk over the past 15 years.

From a front - row seat watching these reforms over decades — first, as an expert in Congress, and then as founder of the Center on Education Policy, I believe that we have missed the target on school reform.

Thelma Ellis Dickerson, of course, was Michael Sharpe's mother and the founder of Jumoke — so, while employed by Dickerson's son, and after propping up charter schools and shilling for Malloy's ed reform bill (which handed public schools over to operations such as Jumoke / FUSE), Simpson gets an award?

In May 2013, just before the School Reform Commission approved what Philadelphians called the «doomsday budget,» Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp — an icon of the self - described reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!&Reform Commission approved what Philadelphians called the «doomsday budget,» Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp — an icon of the self - described reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!&reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!»

Published by patent analytics firm Lex Machina, the report adds new grist to a debate over U.S. innovation policy at a time when patent reform in Congress has foundered once again.