Sentences with phrase «much authority over»

In today's political climate, we are proposing to hold teachers accountable for results while still not giving them much authority over their schools.

That drew criticism from some school choice advocates who said under that scenario DPI would have too much authority over private voucher schools.

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that legislative vetoes are unconstitutional may force legislators to be more precise in drafting bills, but the Congress is unlikely to lose much authority over key education policy issues, according to knowledgeable observers.

But the truth was that neither Emperor nor Pope had much authority over these powerful ecclesiastical barons.

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There isn't much about the new text that's radically different than the initial proposal the FCC released in late April — it still aims to reverse the Title II classification that gives the agency broad authority over internet service providers, and still questions whether rules that ban those ISPs from slowing down or speeding up certain sites for payment are even necessary in the first place.

Congress has formal authority over trade policy under the US Constitution, but it has generally delegated much of its authority to the executive branch in modern times.

Notions of «power over» dynamics, hierarchical thinking, authoritarianism, success meaning «winning» over someone else who is a «loser», more money and more power and more authority is more successful... everything that causes so much trouble in a capitalist, patriarchal mindset.

I've had a couple of traumatic, triggering experiences this week which have had me thinking again about just how much I struggle against institutions, so - called authority figures, and what I perceive to be (or are) obnoxious agents trying to exert «control» over my freedom of expression and thought and behaviors.

Against new knowledge, as men gain new wisdoms from science and new power in the universe, there is no Lordship of Christ over all the ages, unless His voice can speak with as much authority affirming and defining now, and a thousand years from now, as it did in the market towns of Galilee, in the Temple at Jerusalem, and along the shore of the Sea of Tiberias.

In fact, in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood — the manual of sorts for the complementarian movement — John Piper provides a continuum along which Christian women (and the Christian men who might employ them) can plot the appropriateness of various occupations along two scales: 1) how much authority the woman has over men, and 2) the degree to which the relationship is personal between the woman and the men with whom she works.

I would much prefer to haggle over scriptural authority or the divinity of Jesus than be confronted with my own ugliness, sin and self - constructed falsehoods.

How much you want to bet that the Personal Promise Bible renders 1 Timothy 2:12 into «I do not permit Rachel to have authority over a man,» but renders 1 Corinthians 11:6 into, «For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off»?]

What makes you think the US has any moral authority to decide what is right or wrong for other regions, when they themselves have been the cause of so much unnecessary death over the past 50 + years?

It's not entirely clear what Spitzer would do as comptroller for education, but he has indicated he would use the office's audit authority over much of the city's bureaucracy in a more activist role.

Much of the debate about the corporation, however, has focused on whether it's an attempt by Cuomo to gain further control over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $ 29 billion modernization plan, which includes 30 remodeled subway stations along with repairs to bridges and tunnels.

Mayoral front - runner Christine Quinn wants the city to take over much of the state - controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Nick Clegg «s aides believe the Conservatives have placed too much emphasis on teachers as arbiters of authority over children in the wake of last month's riots.

There is much speculation that Jeremy Corbyn is going to assert his political authority over his troublesome shadow ministers by removing those who are disloyal.

There is much speculation that Jeremy Corbyn is going to assert his political authority over his...

The Assembly Democrats also want to spend $ 500 million over five years for much - needed capital repairs at dilapidated New York City Housing Authority buildings.

While the administration appears to have backed off part of the Port Authority proposal — saying bill language that would have enhanced the governor's powers over appointees reflected earlier thinking on the subject — the idea of an inspector general for the authority is still alive, much to AG Eric Schneiderman'Authority proposal — saying bill language that would have enhanced the governor's powers over appointees reflected earlier thinking on the subject — the idea of an inspector general for the authority is still alive, much to AG Eric Schneiderman'authority is still alive, much to AG Eric Schneiderman's dismay.

With the rules that were more than two years in the making, the agency is expanding its authority over e-cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, in much the same way it already regulates traditional cigarettes.

Over the ensuing decades, there's been a proliferation of public authorities — much to the chagrin of Cuomo and others.

News outlets reported that Mr. Banks and Mr. Bratton disagreed over how much authority Mr. Banks would have in the department after he was promoted.

Port Authority officials, who report to their respective governors, are so at odds over how much money to allocate to both the terminal and Cuomo's renovation projects for LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport that the release of a draft plan has been delayed until, most likely, 2017.

They took over National Grid's contract with the Long Island Power Authority and assumed much more operational control.

And in a conversation recorded Feb. 25, authorities said, the senator warned his son about saying too much over the phone: «Right now we are in dangerous times, Adam.»

It is unfortunate that in today's Nigeria, the authorities seem so prepared to waste so much public resources in conducting elections as was the case in the Kogi State supplementary election, which many consider unnecessary, but was conducted on the grounds of a so - called 91,000 voters, who were yet to vote, and who may not even have had the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, whereas the total number of people who had PVCs was just 25,000, and APC was already leading by well over 41,000 votes.

City, state and industry officials, who spent much of the past year arguing over how and when to rebuild the site, stood side by side Tuesday and praised a recent agreement between the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties that will allow work at the site to move forward.

ALBANY — State Assembly Democrats want to spend $ 500 million over five years for much - needed capital repairs at dilapidated New York City Housing Authority buildings, the Daily News has learned.

The authority officially concurred with a number of the audit's findings, and blamed its infamously attenuated resources for the failure to swiftly turn over units, noting that it had to devote much of its capital funds to the daily needs of residents and employees.

In exchange for the tax, much of U.S. EPA's regulatory authority over carbon dioxide emissions would be phased out, including the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan.

I reckon we'll see fasting become much more popular over the next few years as the population turns away from the nonsense promoted by the governmental authorities and begins to judge for themselves what actually works.

From Chengdu to Beijing and everywhere in between, over nine million Chinese are logging on to the Internet, much to the chagrin of mainland authorities, who are scrambling to find ways to control all inbound and outbound traffic on the information superhighway.

Arthur is a violent and dangerous sociopath with a much longer rap sheet than his siblings and a reputation for hiding out in villages so lawless the police are afraid to visit them, while Mikey is a much younger and more impressionable chap.The authorities capture Charlie and Mikey after a bloody shootout, and the brothers are handed over to Capt. Stanley (Ray Winstone), a British lawman sent to Australia to help bring order to the colonies.

Melodrama is so much more potent when Lorde is owning her newfound authority, as in the album's dizzying opening track, «Green Light,» in which she urges a lover to follow her «wherever I go» over a surging house groove that keeps escalating in intensity.

That said, how discomfited are you by the idea of a Woody Allen movie about a man starting over by entering into a relationship with a much younger woman, specifically one who might view him as an authority figure?

It's clear that the focus is very much on Cap, and that his close friendship with Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) is a driving force of the plot, which seems to be Winter Soldier being framed for some kind of attack and Cap refusing to hand his friend over to the authorities.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

The D.C. officers haven't any authority over youngsters from across the state line, a mile away; as it turns out, Maryland police haven't much authority, either.

Over the last 20 years, England didn't abolish its «local education authorities» — Blighty's version of school districts — but it conferred so much autonomy on individual schools and their boards of governors that it essentially marginalized those authorities.

The plan also suggests that, to accomplish swift and deep reform akin to The Mind Trust's outlined plan, the Indiana General Assembly might want to consider passing a law that enables the state to take over «failing» districts much like it now has the authority to replace the leadership at «failing» schools.

These facts, along with the reality that the federal government is barred from developing a national curricula and doesn't have much ability to force states to stick to any promises to enact college - preparatory curricula standards, belies Malkin's argument that Common Core is merely an Obama administration effort to «usurp state authority» over education policy.

Much of this authority has been given over to the state board of education.

It means local authorities do not have as much control over the creation of new schools and places as they once did, although they can invite bids for free schools and academies in their areas.

The lowest performing schools in Detroit will be taken over by a new authority created in partnership with the state, Detroit Public Schools and Eastern Michigan University, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) and DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced at a news conference to much fanfare and some protests.

There was much in the research that disturbed me: the husband of a married woman had the right to her wages and inheritance and authority over her children.

A guy named Andrew Forster, who ran the asset - finance group out of London and had ultimate authority over the swaps, was much more methodical and cautious.

It has a reputation for having much stricter rules compared to other states; additionally, it seems to enjoy considerable authority over its borrowers.

Tourism is another main money - spinner as the state authorities have carried out much effort over the years to promote Selangor for travellers, both international and local.