Sentences with phrase «majority of public»

But it's interesting that a clear majority of the public believe in the science, and also want more done by governments, but the public are ignored by governments.

What is really sad is that the vast majority of the public have had no art education at all, and thus are ill - equipped to understand or appreciate «modern» art.

At the Dickinson stand, the first par excellence that all meet on the square incoming right — where the majority of the public sees the masterpieces of this year's exhibition two stand - out works: a Pierre Auguste Renoir's magnificent work from 1885 and soon after - incredible but true - a Gerhard Richter from 1983.

New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development's Department of Art and Art Professions is our primary partner for the Performa Institute and hosts a majority of our public programs.

You're not making a prediction when the majority of the public already knows this.

It's a shame because the film met with great reviews from critics, and the vast majority of the public who went and saw it loved it.

Instead, it would keep these issues in the hands of special interest groups that do not represent the majority of public opinion.

«These animals are no different than the ones we call «our pets,» yet the majority of the public is unaware of the extreme abuse and hardship these animals suffer in factory farms across the nation.

Some outside sources predict little impact, however.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau studied the matter by analyzing credit scores in June, just before the majority of public data was eliminated, and then in July, August and September; it released a report in February.

FINRA has an enhanced majority of public governors.

This definition covers the vast majority of both public and private postsecondary institutions across the United States and a number of institutions outside the U.S..

Beyond that, there is growing public awareness that the vast majority of public libraries now lend e-books.

Working with vendor OverDrive, which manages e-book lending for the vast majority of public libraries, the deal will make thousands of titles available via more than 11,000 of OverDrive's public library partners.

However, an overwhelming majority of the public reaction was in support of Ashley's parents.

The vast majority of the public charging stations that I encountered were located inside private lots and garages, which required that I pay for parking on top of paying for charging.

not to mention the added cost for a V10 who's capacities exceed that of the majority of public roads..

For the first time in recent history, the majority of public school children in the United States come from low socioeconomic households, according to the Southern Education Foundation.

The majority of public school parents oppose these strategies, and we know that none of them have worked to improve schools in Chicago or anywhere else in the nation,» said Julie Woestehoff of Chicago's PURE and a co-founder of PAA.

Another option available for parents in a majority of public schools is something called an Intervention Assistance Team (IAT)- If you have significant concerns about your child's reading, request an Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) meeting.

But while the reforms a decade ago kept a solid majority of public schools under traditional district management, the current blueprint has the potential to impact every school.

The majority of public school students now come from low - income families, and that number seems likely to grow as the squeeze on the middle class continues.

The time is fast approaching when nonwhite students will be the majority of public school students.

New survey data suggest these impressions about over-testing and test prep are more than just anecdotal: They are the norm for the majority of public school teachers.

To repeat, the Common Core SBAC pass / fail rate is intentionally set to ensure that the vast majority of public school students are deemed failures, and making the situation even more unfair, the Common Core SBAC scheme particularly targets minority students, poor students, children who are not proficient in English and students with disabilities that require special education services.

If states are going to walk away from those students, we are going to lose whatever progress we've made with those students, who now make up the majority of our public school population.»

New Orleans allocates the vast majority of public funding directly to schools, and resources from philanthropy and competitive federal grants have complemented these core dollars.

Given that a large majority of public school students attend schools that are determined by their neighborhood location, information about sorting across neighborhoods is warranted.

Other than announcing that «We've built better schools, raised test scores, made college more affordable, and put Connecticut on a path toward universal pre-kindergarten,» Malloy made no mention of the massive Common Core testing scheme that will be swamping Connecticut's public schools this year, neither did he explain why his administration supported the Common Core «cut scores» that are designed to ensure that the vast majority of public school students and teachers are deemed failures.

Despite KIPP's efforts, the majority of public schools have not invested — or in many cases do not have the resourcesto offer this kind of assistance to every high school student as they prepare for college.

The Common Core SBAC test results from Washington State confirm the worst fears that the Common Core SBAC test is designed to fail the vast majority of public schools students.

In 2015, only 15 % of children's books were written by African - American or Latino authors, or focused on African - American or Latino characters» Over 80 % of public school teachers nationally are White women, though a majority of public school students are people of color.

«The vast majority of public schools closed by RSD in the past five years were in poor and working class, African - American neighborhoods,» the complaint says.

The school is nearly tripling its enrollment next year, and its plans for handling that growth formed the majority of a public hearing on the 2012 - 13 budget Monday night that took the form of a conversation between board members, the school business manager and a handful of parents and reporters.

As the nation's classrooms become increasingly diverse, with non-white children now making up the majority of public school students, schools have made inroads in recruiting more teachers of color.

Survey: Teachers support changes in state job protection laws The majority of public school teachers who participated in a new survey support changes in state teacher job protection laws that were the focus of last year's landmark ruling in Vergara v. California.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

The majority of public school parents oppose these strategies, and we know that

Details of the majority of public sector pay reviews, including for the military, doctors and the prison service, could be published as early as this week.

Recent polling shows a majority of the public opposes teacher tenure.

«In fall 2014, the majority of public school students are now minority, but the teaching workforce is now 80 percent white,» said American University's Constance Lindsay, one of the research authors.

The vast majority of public high schools offer access to hands - on college experience with almost all (98 percent) offering career preparation.

This year, for the first time in our country's history, a majority of public school students are children of color.

Realsamerica: Once the Common Core is fully in place, perhaps a majority of public schools will be rated as «failing.»

However, since 2014, the majority of public school students have been nonwhite, and public schools continue to serve a growing number of low - income students — who are significantly students of color — as well.

That left the parcels in rural and southern Utah that nobody wanted or cared about, much like the vast majority of our public lands.

Yet states are the entities through which the vast majority of public education funds flow.

Recent headlines have also pointed out that, for the first time in our country's history, white students no longer constitute a majority of the public school population.

The vast majority of public school teachers in this country are enrolled in state - run defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

Many schools «failed» year after year, and as 2014 approached, the majority of public schools in the nation had been declared failures, including some excellent, highly regarded schools (typically, the group that was not making sufficient progress toward 100 percent proficiency was students with disabilities, and the schools that were likeliest to be labeled as failing enrolled high proportions of poor and minority students).

«The idea of a common set of standards across the country has wide appeal, and the Common Core itself still commands the support of a majority of the public,» the Education Next report says.