Sentences with phrase «growing number of reform»

But a growing number of reform - oriented leaders may conclude that the cumulative frustration with NCLB, ESEA waivers, Common Core, and common assessments requires a concession.

A growing number of reform champions were converted to the cause because their kids needed different options for schooling.

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Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman - Schultz on Friday joined the growing number of state and federal legislators proposing reforms after the deaths of 14 residents in the suffocating heat of a Hollywood nursing home.

Following the announcement of a parliamentary committee to study electoral reform with a special emphasis on gender equity and inclusiveness, a growing number of supporters have come on board the campaign for proportional representation.

It has drawn the interest of a growing number of students and young families and is another sign of thefruitfulness of the ongoing reform of the Conciliar liturgical reform here in the States.

The atmosphere was tense as growing numbers of Salvadorans defied the subtle and not so subtle repression and took to the streets demanding deeper economic reforms, authentic democracy, and an end to the U.S - backed war.

And thank God there are a growing number of feminists who are campaigning for a radical reform in this matter - not through getting men to wash an equal number of dishes, but by reviving in them the sense of what their man's role as a father calls for.

The number of farm - based craft beverage manufacturers has grown 150 % since 2012, when the state implemented reforms to promote the industry.

As chairman of the Tory Reform Group, the largest membership group within the Conservative party, that is why we are dedicating time and resources to build up our student wing and why I'm proud to count among our members a record and growing number of students, and increasing presence across University campuses crisscrossing the country from Cardiff to Hull, London to Edinburgh.

For this reason, we decided to join the growing number of grassroots groups pushing Gov. Cuomo's conservative fiscal reform by contacting our Senator and Assemblyman.

As the prime minister prepares to outline his plans to reform the free movement of people within the EU in a long - awaited speech, the Tory sources indicated a growing number of ministers are prepared to speak out.

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.

But it also means reforming taxes to focus on growing the number of homeowners, not just expanding the amount of rented property.

Cuomo's stance has a number of advocates concerned that he has abandoned reform efforts because the public has grown numb to the cloud of scandal that hangs around the state capitol - a cloud voters appear to be attaching to the governor in public opinion polls.

However, since our 2011 tax reform, number of millionaires in NY has GROWN!»

A growing number of scholars had urged the government to reform the rules, introduced in the late 1970s to prevent population growth spiraling out of control, but now regarded as outdated and responsible for shrinking China's labor pool.

Following recent demand - driven reforms, some universities are admitting larger numbers of teacher education students with increasingly low Year 12 performances — a trend that may continue as the number of teachers required to staff our schools grows over the next decade.

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

Block scheduling is a hot topic in school reform these days, with a growing number of high schools replacing the traditional setup of six or seven 45 - minute classes a day with fewer classes that last longer.

To a growing number of educators and policymakers, school reform without technology makes about as much sense as an Internet without computers.

Their successes have led community organizers and a growing number of education policymakers to see California's fledgling community schooling movement as a holistic, bottom - up reform that can restore equality of opportunity and the democratic promise of the state's system of universal public education.

Nevada and New Mexico are among a growing number of states that are looking to Florida and Mr Bush's time in office for inspiration on school reform.

Republican governors and legislators, the «Chiefs for Change,» and a growing number of DFER - type Democrats have proven themselves more than capable to carry the mantle of reform without help from Uncle Sam.

Paul Brainerd, a major Democratic contributor, has joined a growing number of party donors who say they feel the state is lagging on education reform...

In addition to the growing number of policy researchers, researchers in the areas of measurement and evaluation have become interested in policy because many reform initiatives have focused on assessment as a primary vehicle for improving student achievement.

A growing number of people, including both school choice advocates and education reform opponents, say there's little evidence that standardized test score gains in math and reading lead to improved long - term life outcomes.

Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA: New Law, New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?

There is growing consensus in the charter school sector that the success of chartering as an education reform will be measured not by the number of schools in operation (as was the...

Another sign that things may move in a positive direction is the election in June of a large number of progressive education superintendents around the country, spurred by the growing desire of the public for reforms.

Emanuel's rabid support for the charter privatization movement (he claims that Noble charters have the «secret sauce» for school reform) has allowed the continuation and expansion of the kinds of psychological abuse outlines by a growing number of parents and former students.

The District, which initiated major school reforms in 2007, has served as a test case for often controversial policies — such as expanding school choice, eliminating teacher tenure and tying evaluations to test scores — which have since been adopted by a growing number of states.

In response to the growing public concern about the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, and the inappropriate and unfair use of standardized test scores when evaluating Connecticut's public school teachers, a growing number of state representatives and state senators are stepping forward and introducing legislation that would stop, or at least slow down, the damaging Corporate Education Reform Industry's agenda that is undermining public education in Connecticut.

In a growing number of states and school districts, new, more meaningful evaluation systems have focused principals» attention on instruction, prompted valuable discussions in schools Read more about Grading the Graders: A Report on Teacher Evaluation Reform in Education -LSB-...]

Thanks to an aging population and the promise of a larger number of insured individuals under healthcare reform, healthcare industry employment is expected to grow at a rate exceeding nearly all other industries in the United States.

«We are encouraged that a growing number of states — New York, Illinois and Ohio among them — have initiated legislative reforms to ensure that their flagship nuclear plants continue to provide carbon - free electricity along inherent economic benefits in terms of jobs and economical power,» Blee said.

The organization — Young Conservatives for Energy Reform, or YCER — joins a small but growing number of like - minded groups and individuals who hope to revive a voice that has been lost in the Republican Party, one that's focused on curbing, not expanding, fossil fuel production.

In recent years, a growing number of common law jurisdictions have reformed or abolished their long - standing rules of champerty and maintenance.

In recent years, a growing number of common law jurisdictions have reformed or abolished their long - standing rules -LSB-...]

In recent years, the USPTO has come under increasing scrutiny over the quality of its patent examinations.1 The growing push for reform of the patent system is fueled by the rapid rise of technology, financial services, telecommunications, and other innovations driving the information economy, all straining the USPTO's ability to evaluate and issue quality patents.2 Problems with patent quality occur when the Patent Office grants patents on claims that are broader than what is merited by the invention and the prior art. 3 In fact, a number of these problematic patents have been issued and publicized to much fanfare, including the infamous Smuckers» peanut butter and jelly patent where the company asserted a patent on their method of making the UncrustiblesTM crust-less peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among others.4 These «bad» or improvidently granted patents impact the USPTO's ability to promote overall patent quality which, I will show, has serious implications for the public domain.

In 2011, Congress passed legislative reforms to patent law in response to growing concerns that the patent system was unable to deal with challenges presented by the ever growing number of patent applications being submitted and the increasing complexity of the technology for which a patent is being requested.