Sentences with phrase «more controversial»

In a more controversial move, in 1996, HISD began allowing students from overcrowded schools to attend private, non-religious schools at district expense.

But commissioners indicated that they can not reach agreement on a more controversial proposal to require stations to broadcast a minimum amount of educational programming.

Naturally, it's this more controversial piece that has generated the most feedback, good and bad.

In a more controversial step, the Pakistani state demanded that madrasas expel all foreign students by December 31, 2005.

That undertaking became steadily more controversial, however, as the standards were implemented and tests were devised to measure student performance against them (see «The Politics of the Common Core Assessments,» features, Fall 2016).

To develop empathetic responses, start by scaffolding with simpler questions to help build students» ideas around the theme before getting into more controversial statements.

School Psyched Podcast is hosted by three school psychologists, who invite experts to share their insights on a range of topics, including evidence - based social and emotional learning, gifted students, legal considerations, and more controversial issues like racial representation in special education.

He says, for instance, that NCLB is too strict and is underfunded, that its more controversial requirements are unworkable and should be scrapped, that only big new state spending can help kids pass exit exams, and that school choice is unproved and dangerous.

Some of his more controversial points included the need to embed responsibility and accountability systems deep into every classroom and office, and the importance of identifying and then removing superfluous burdens from school staff to enable them to improve teaching and learning outcomes with pace and certainty.

New York chose a different, and more controversial, path.

The decadent centerpiece of his journey (and of the film itself) is a now - notorious orgy sequence, made even more controversial by the addition of some obvious digital effects work used to obscure some sex acts — and hence secure an R rating.

I hold two very strong opinions about the Dragon Quest series, one of which is agreed upon by many, and the other of which is slightly more controversial.

On the more controversial side of the acting awards, James Franco came away with the award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his role in The Disaster Artist.

Afterall, there have been MANY people who have pushed much more controversial buttons in more astute ways in the past.

Also, the drift problem in North America is exposed, more controversial EA talk, and much more.

Though it carries a relatively - low profile with the general public, Best Documentary Feature is one of the Academy's more controversial Oscar categories, with many alleging that the best documentaries often get overlooked when it comes to nomination time.

Vanessa Kirby («Everest») played Margaret, who is considered one of the more controversial Royals, during the past two seasons of the drama.

One of the more controversial things to be added to Elder Scrolls Online lately is the Crown Crate, an item that can be purchased for real world money that will contain a number of in - game items out of a list of possible ones for the current «season».

The fact that the film is exploiting the history of slavery in the USA in order to make a triumphantly violent movie is no more controversial than Inglourious Basterds «exploitation of Nazi atrocities during World War II.

You may already be aware of some of the new film's more controversial revelations, but if you're the kind of person boycotting the new movie due to homophobia or interracial kissing, you should also be aware the lead actress misspent her youth indoctrinating your children into witchcraft and sorcery.

Some thought it was too twisted, too nasty, too trashy, too violent — sort of a response to Oliver Stone's more controversial and polished «Natural Born Killers,» in 1994.

I suppose it's the biggest irony that, just like a man who saw the most shocking of sexual behavior as little more than data for study, so too does Condon see one of the more controversial figures in 20th century America in a similar fashion — stripped away of all emotion, showing just incidents and behavior for our analytical perusal.

Another solution which might be more controversial would be putting a limit on the number of scorestreaks and individual player could use per match, with the exact limit being determined by the scorestreak itself (so, for example, more powerful streaks could only be used once or twice per match while less powerful ones could be used 3 - 5 times).

One of the more controversial Oscar winners of the modern age, John Madden's Shakespeare in Love beat out such films as Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan and The Truman Show to win Best Picture in 1999.

More controversial might be the way the film turns the nuclear attack on Hiroshima into a cheap pun: «Little Boy» was the name of the first atom bomb dropped on Japan.

Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain is definitely one of the more controversial games released this year on consoles and PC due to how different it is compared to previous entries of the series.

Maggie is wearing Valentino, one of the more controversial looks of the night.

Jackson has a fairly consistent tone in all 6 and strong acting that can get through some of the more controversial moments, where Lucas did not.

While Juno perhaps deals with more controversial subject matter (are depictions of teen pregnancy still considered to be controversial?)

But they've got a diverse and reasonably aggressive slate lined up for 2013, including this week's «Movie 43» (which seems to be being essentially buried), «Safe Haven,» «21 And Over,» «Paranoia,» «Malavita» and «Out Of The Furnace,» and they're clearly confident that the film's star power can even out any of the more controversial aspects of the film.

It was very much a «crowd pleasing» ending when the material demanded something a bit more controversial.

If there is a more controversial topic right now than schoolyard violence I don't know what it is.

The director of My Beautiful Laundrette, The Queen, Philomena, and most recently, Florence Foster Jenkins, doesn't shy away from the more controversial topics of politics, religion and race.

Perhaps cooking up something involving the touch screen and stylus, in the style of the excellent control scheme found in the classic Metroid Prime Hunters or even the more recent but more controversial Kid Icarus: Uprising might have made for a better control scheme, but that, unfortunately, wasn't the case here.

Novitiate (***) The plotline for this religiously themed film seems a bit dated and might have been more controversial if released in the 1960s: A wayward adolescent (Margaret Qualley) turns to the Catholic church for solace, to the chagrin of her agnostic mother (Julianne Nicholson).

For his latest film Tarantino goes back in time once more to a much more controversial time in American history.

Later in the show, Kevin gets even more controversial with some thoughts about slacktivism and Ashley Judd suing for something other than sticks and stones.

The sixth feature film of Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, «L'Avventura» will probably be even more controversial than its French and Swedish predecessors, which have been conveniently misunderstood as problem tracts of old age, childhood, juvenile delinquency, miscegenation, nuclear warfare, or what have you.

This is not hagiography, however; they don't back off from examining some of his more controversial endeavors and characteristics.

Russell Crowe's Javert will be a little more controversial.

The second should be someone, like Sarah Jessica Parker, who tends to be more controversial.

On the other hand, the user whose looks are more controversial means less competition for the suitors who are interested.

After announcing on December 11, 2017 that it would be overhauling its messaging system to more closely resemble those of competitors like Tinder and Bumble, the company revealed plans for an even more controversial change: a real name policy that marks the end for traditional usernames.

In our new blog series The Dating Debate, we look at two sides to some of the more controversial issues in the world of dating.

It could have been more impactful and more controversial in a way.

Then Trump took his turn, entering into one of the more controversial (and talked about) exchanges of the night.

She introduced a more controversial and artsy fashion, doing several collaborations with artists.

Yes, though they are more controversial.

by Josh Hodnik I can't imagine that there is any other substance found naturally in the human body that's been more controversial than the hormone, te...

Forbidden under organic standards but widely included in mainstream skin and hair care, the use of synthetic volatile silicones has become more controversial since studies have raised concerns over their impact on health and pollution of the environment.