Sentences with phrase «make meaningful reforms»

«While there's still more to do this session on charters and the education investment tax credit, and more to ensure every child has access to great schools, Governor Cuomo fought hard to make meaningful reforms to tenure, arbitration policies and teacher evaluation criteria and his vision and hard work paid off.»

Not exact matches

Meaningful reform of these practices will be essential to promote better long - term decision - making in the U.S. corporate sector.»

While reports of a meaningful personal income tax reduction are positive, the fact remains that the financial impact of these proposals are so significant that an unprecedented amount of regulatory reform would be needed to make this deal net neutral.»

However, the fight for meaningful ethics reform can not stop there, all of our state lawmakers must make the same commitment and pledge to close the LLC loophole,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

I will bring the same fight to Washington that I brought to Albany where I worked with lawmakers to close a $ 5 billion deficit, enacted meaningful tax cuts and championed real reforms, such as creating the STAR property tax program that made a difference for tens of thousands of families in New York.

«The governor moving the goal post doesn't make it any easier for meaningful, comprehensive reform to pass,» said Horner.

They'll talk about whether New Yorker's will finally see meaningful reforms made to state government this year now that Democrats control the top leadership positions.

Reformers have invested an enormous amount of time, rhetoric, and money in trying to convince more Democrats to support meaningful reform, but these efforts have made few in - roads.

At the same time, hold districts accountable from the state and federal levels, by making their (bad) results transparent and forcing them to adopt meaningful (and unpleasant) reforms in their failing schools.

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Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

A recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education, CEI's mission is to make the school the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

From the introductory chapter through the conclusion, the reader is presented with research that supports meaningful student involvement in school decision - making and research, students» perceptions of detracking, gender, school support, and learning environments, students» experiences of identity - based curricular reform and school governance.

To make the kind of lasting reforms that drive meaningful change, community college leaders must be prepared to break free of traditional conventions.

Sojourners Magazine just published a blog comment / letter to the editor I wrote in response to a previous article by Nicole Baker Fulgham, «Beyond «Superman,»» which referenced «Waiting for Superman» in recommending that meaningful reform must involve all stakeholders having a stronger, more meaningful voice in school decision - making.

The standards - based reform agenda has made it virtually impossible for educators to give all students the varied attention and resources needed to engage them in a meaningful learning process.

Samuel is skeptical that the Commissioner's Network will ever produce meaningful reforms, and notes that Connecticut's teacher unions hold a considerable amount of power over the decisions made by the Commissioner's Network.

«Parents and teachers are working hard every day to make sure every child in New Jersey gets a great education, and while recent tenure reform represents meaningful progress, more reforms are necessary for our students to achieve the results we want for them,» said Craig Wallace, StudentsFirst's state director for New Jersey.

The guidance documents written to interpret and support the No Child Left Behind Act make clear the value of parents as partners in all aspects of schools and school policies: «Meaningful parental involvement is one of the cornerstones of the reform initiatives contained in the No Child Left Behind Act.

HSUS is the nation's largest animal protection organization that works to reduce animal suffering and create meaningful social change through progressive legislation; making sure existing laws are enforced; public awareness campaigns and investigations; assisting large corporations in reforming their animal welfare policies, and providing direct care, rescue, and services for animals in crisis.

Other meaningful reforms, like requiring shelters to scan for microchips, post found animals online, and make an effort to match lost and found animals are scuttled by including an exception if the shelter does not find it «practicable» to do so.

If the Inquiry does not adopt a human rights framework, it will not be able to make a lasting difference in the lives of Indigenous women and girls, bring meaningful changes to government conduct or recommend law reform that will meet human rights standards.»

It can be frustrating when laws are made or reformed without meaningful consultations with those who are actually affected.

We need to keep up the pressure to make sure that any final deal includes meaningful reforms that will slow the flood of patent troll litigation.

Governments and Indigenous peoples must take the opportunity to exploit this window of opportunity to reform the agreement making processes to ensure that sustainable and meaningful improvements and advancements for Indigenous Australians are realised within this generation.