Sentences with phrase «much federal involvement»

Although some conservatives have grumbled that the effort smacks of too much federal involvement, the standards appear to have support — or at least not a good deal of opposition — from leaders in both parties.

So much federal involvement has helped spur state governments and private industry to make significant investments in the EV sector as well.

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The New York State School Boards Association said the task force makes several «sensible recommendations» and «represents a much - needed scaling back of federal and state involvement in local school board decision - making.»

«Experts disagree on how much of what is happening reflects a long - term shift toward greater Federal involvement or is a result of a historical moment: a politically adroit President intensely focused on education, aging baby boomers who have made education a leading national issue, and an absence of competing issues,» the article states.

In my view, it's been a fairly limited role, but I appreciate that, for some conservatives, any federal involvement is too much.

President Obama signed a new K - 12 education law on Thursday that effectively ends heavy federal involvement in public schools and sends much of that authority back to states and local school districts.

It is possible that since the start of major federal involvement in the mid 1960s, no one person or law — not even George W. Bush or the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)-- has centralized education power as much as Obama has.

But Common Core has become a lightning rod for those concerned about too much testing, overly rigid teaching methods and federal involvement in education.