Sentences with phrase «funds system has created»

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

The funding and opportunity gaps created by Pennsylvania's state funding system have created racial and economic achievement gaps in our public schools that are among the largest in the country.

Not exact matches

In 1997, the World Jewish Congress succeeded in exposing the complicity of the Swiss banking system with the Nazi persecution of German Jews, and, after some hesitation, Swiss banks announced their intention to create a Holocaust Fund for Holocaust victims whose family assets had disappeared into Nazi accounts in Swiss banks.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal would create a statewide pre-K system funded at $ 1.5 billion over five years.

«And there has to be flex in the system so funding is based on needs, to ensure it creates a genuine system of national refuges,» she added.

«This extensive package would help fix many of the issues that lead to corruption and the misuse of taxpayer funds and will create a system where sound investments will be better able to grow our economy and create more opportunities for all New Yorkers.

Lawmakers in the Senate are pushing a measure that would create a unified system for funding legal services for the poor and indigent after a five - county lawsuit found the state should bare the cost.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

The Hedge Clippers analysis argues that the massive sums from the hedge fund industry have helped create a system where wealthy individuals pay «nowhere near their fair share» due to tax policies that favor the rich, including a low tax bracket on upper - income earners and on «carried interest» profits, as well as the recent elimination of the «alternative minimum tax.»

He argued this would encourage reform of the party funding system by creating a greater incentive for a broader base for party funding, rather than the current reliance on a smaller number of bigger donors.

By creating ten councils that represent all of the counties throughout New York, the Governor is seeking to have a unified system of objectives in the way economic development is funded and supported in New York State.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and candidates — not the money used to fund them.

When the funding of congestion pricing was to rebuild the mass transit system which people who are poor, from minority communities that have been dispossessed in terms of their abilities to get to work, that was the funding to create economic equality in terms of transportation.»

James Lloyd, an expert in long - term care funding at the Social Market Foundation thinktank, said creating a fair and properly funded system would need the political parties to agree and for everyone, both young and old, to contribute financially.

«Although some of these changes represent modest improvements, we're very disappointed that after months of discussion the city fails to recognize that we can't create a stronger Midtown if we don't reliably invest in the transit system, predictably fund public space improvements, protect landmark worthy buildings, and make sure that New Yorkers have a real voice in the future of their skyline,» Lola Finkelstein, chairwoman of a multi-board task force comprised of Community Boards 1, 4, 5 and 6, said in a statement.

This SNSF - funded project clearly showed that ever since the Swiss school system was created in 1830 the importance and content of every subject in the curriculum, whether language, history, handicraft or physical education, has been in flux.

Singer said that Ebola czar Ron Klain has the right idea for fixing the system by creating a public health emergency management agency, which «would have the funding and expertise to respond to the increasing number of infectious disease crises.»

Alas, funding was cut for Highway in the Sky, a program that would have created an automated flight - control system for personal aviation.

Since its inception, CIRM has sought to create a system from the ground up for funding research on human embryonic stem cells to fill in the gaps left by federal funding restrictions (ScienceNOW, 12 April).

The group has received $ 18.5 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Cornell to create a breeding database for five major staple crops — wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and chickpea — but ultimately, they hope to develop a system that will work for any crop.

For a long time, I've dreamed of creating something different within our publicly funded school system, and I've recently been given the opportunity to realize these dreams by designing a new arts - based initiative for seventh - and eighth - grade students in an elementary school near Toronto.

The Arlington, Va. - based standards board, created in 1987, has received more than $ 100 million in federal funds to develop and run a system of assessments for recognizing accomplished teachers.

Funders may need to be more deliberate by creating a robust entity that has the sole job of coordinating across the entire geographic cluster to make sure that system leaders, principals and other school leaders, blended learning directors, teachers, and education technology companies have frequent opportunities to network and spend time with each other learning and building in a deliberate way on each other's successes and setbacks.

Yesterday, Colorado's voters resoundingly rejected Amendment 66, which had promised to vastly increase funding for Colorado schools and create a world - class system of education.

He set about creating «a technical support and advisory group that would seek out the very best of these community leaders, give them the start - up funds and technical advice [finances, payroll system, health care program, implementing curriculum, relations with public authorities] they needed, and help them manage their own schools.»

Another solution is to create a Detroit - based nonprofit organization that has sufficient funding and authority to be the citywide coordinating body for all public school buildings, special services for families, transportation, enrollment, and parent information systems.

In addition, the administration greatly expanded the TIF program, which awards grants to high - need districts to fund performance - based compensation systems, and established a new rule for winning applications: proposals would need to differentiate teacher and principal effectiveness, based in significant part on student growth, and create compensation systems that reflected those results.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

As of now, there is no actual model of early education or preschool services that has been proven successful in closing the achievement gap, and any additional funding should be used to create a flexible system that can change, and improve, as more knowledge is accumulated.

Tucker and his colleagues challenge us to ask why the U.S. is pursuing a reform agenda that differs markedly from what other advanced countries have found essential for creating good schools — high quality teachers, fair funding, and coherence in the system of education.

In arguing for the elimination of the local school board, Chester Finn and Lisa Keegan («Lost at Sea «-RRB- state, «[State - level child - centered funding] would create not only a more equitable system, but also more effective schools.»

A dozen years after it was created by Congress, the city's charter system has taken shape as a fast - growing network of schools, whose ability to tap into private donors, bankers and developers has made it possible to fund impressive facilities, expand programs and reduce class sizes.

A House education committee gave quick approval Tuesday to a pair of bills that would create Michigan's first statewide teacher evaluation system, putting concerns to rest — for the moment — that Michigan could lose $ 1 billion in federal funds.

Of course, the legislature had to be forced into creating the BEP by the state Supreme Court back in 1992 because the system of school funding at the time was ruled inequitable and thus, unconstitutional.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

He has promised to flat fund education for two years, essentially an 8 % cut, introduce an A-F grading system for all schools and create in - district school choice, all while adopting market - based «Money Follows the Child» to direct more state funds to privately run charter schools.»

• The Local Control Funding Formula has a dual goal: to create a new school accountability system and to establish a more equitable distribution of fFunding Formula has a dual goal: to create a new school accountability system and to establish a more equitable distribution of fundingfunding.

Now, please answer my question, what would you do differently within schools, if contracts, and funding were not a factor what education system would you create, what would it look like?

Now I know you are going to jump on that last comment and get all worked up over it and say I am probably corporate education reform person, but what you should do is think about what you would do differently, if contracts, and funding were not a factor what education system would you create, what would it look like?

Taxpayer - funded vouchers have helped thousands of families escape failing public schools, but their structure limits their ability to create the kind of education market system that Milton Friedman advocated at the birth of the school - choice movement.

Gebhart and her legal team argue the current school finance system does not provide adequate funding to thoroughly and uniformly reach the standards the state legislation has created.

This has the potential to be the biggest change in the way the state pays for education since the School Machinery Act was signed into law in 1933 creating a state - funded school system.

«Otherwise it creates a downward spiral, where every public school has an incentive to convert to a charter and / or every family has an incentive to choose a better - funded charter school, leaving fewer and fewer students — and less and less funding — in the regular school system to cover the legacy costs.»

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school day.40

Most media bought the opposition argument that the charter schools amendment would expand state government, create a dual or second state school system and cause a very costly duplication of state services at a time when schools were being asked to suffer from reduced funding.

«Tucker and his colleagues challenge us to ask why the U.S. is pursuing a reform agenda that differs markedly from what other advanced countries have found essential for creating good schools — hig quality teachers, fair funding, and coherence in the system of education.

The state's over-reliance on property taxes to fund public education has created a caste system.

Courts have generally determined that location in a relatively wealthy or poor area should not dictate school funding, and remedies have included reducing dependence on local revenues for school funding, introducing formula structures to equalize revenues for lower - wealth districts through compensatory funding, and creating systems to redistribute disparate local revenues to equalize funding access.

The failure of Harrisburg to act appropriately to ensure that all Pennsylvania students receive an adequately funded education has created a system where the quality of education that a student receives is dependent upon her zip code.

Thus, if allowed to stand, his decision would render it impossible to create an equitable school funding system in Connecticut - one that provided adequate resources to our neediest districts.