Sentences with phrase «much public discussion»

In recent months, there has been much public discussion about the role of the committee.

If scientific data is as much as you say, their reference would help very much the public discussion, provided absence of contradictory sources.

More important, they steer clear of the mean - spirited viciousness of much public discussion, replacing the castigating tone of talk radio with slapstick antics, anarchistic nonsense and off - balanced charm.

Getting a good job is not the only reason to go to college, although much public discussion seems to focus on this one goal.

Further, our findings do not touch upon the substantive merits of a CCSS - based curriculum that is the focus of so much public discussion.

«While much public discussion has been solely focussed on funding, we've been getting on with the job of delivering a quality reform agenda in teaching education.»

In a written response, the Environmental Facilities Corporation says the report is filled with inaccuracies and omissions, and cites numerous media stories over the loan as evidence that there was much public discussion of the projects.

Not exact matches

As Richard Settersten, author of Not Quite Adults: Why 20 - Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone, has said: «the media focuses so much on coddled kids, but there's a huge, invisible class of young people that's just not part of our public discussion and who are really in dire straits.»

The discussion of inflation in the minutes also mirrored much of the recent public discussion by Chair Yellen, who acknowledged the difficulties the committee has in understanding current inflation dynamics and why inflation continues to remain below target, despite very accommodative policies.

However, given the ageing of the population and the accompanying pressures on health care costs, it is important that such discussions begin much earlier and involve the public, rather than being held behind closed doors.

There should be a public discussion about how much safety we'd be willing to sacrifice for the convenience.

With trade tariffs a regular public policy discussion topic these days, understanding the basics behind how much the U.S. and

Cryptocurrency mining attracted lots of public discussion last year, much of which revolved around environmental concerns over the rising amounts of electricity used by mining farms.

Whenever a discussion of alcohol comes up among members of my congregation, and someone mentions the story about Jesus turning water into wine for his first public miracle, one point is inevitably made: that the wine back then was watered down so much it had little or no alcoholic content, making it barely more than grape juice.

We need to reclaim the Christian roots of what is good in Western civilisation and be much stronger in our own defence of sexual and social morality, especially when engaging in discussion in the public forum.

Despite the rhetoric of democracy there is a lack of transparency m discussions of officials with the IMF / WB authorities and their decisions regarding conditionalities often imposed on the debtor countries without clear exposure even to Parliament and its select committees, much less to the general public affected by them.

Much of Marty's discussion is devoted to sorting out the various entities that figure into the complex workings of religion in public life.

Reading Monetary History and then reading the campaign speeches of Hoover and FDR (and also FDR's famous First Inaugural) gives a sense of how much of our public discussion of historical events is missing.

(23) Since this ethos still pervades much of our Western culture, it is not surprising that pulpit discussion of the public or social sphere should be felt to be inappropriate.

They are full of student discussions and group activities large and small; teachers guide the conversation, but they spend much less time lecturing than most public school teachers do.

Changes to the road have been the topic of much discussion at public hearings on the proposed renovations to Lake Ellyn Park.

Greater acceptance of nursing, including in public, helps families meet their babies» needs: The world wonders what the discussion is: «But much of the world doesn't share America's uneasiness.

So much discussion among politicians and policymakers centers on public education, gender equality, and poverty alleviation.

«I've done public meetings in my constituency and across the country on immigration and often we talk about immigration as if it's all the same, but we don't have much discussion about different kinds of immigration.

«Juxtaposing the corruption that has recently been exposed to our topic of discussion today, brings so much to deliberate on because it is universally recognized that increased access to justice depends on public confidence in the justice system.

What is as yet uncertain is how much influence this vibrant discussion will have on those in public office.

If traditional egalitarians argue only against the very concept of (some) fair inequality they may be having the one discussion which the traditional free market cluster are better placed, and so losing the opportunity for a highly effective scrutiny of unfair rewards and runaway inequality where the public can and do favour a much stronger egalitarian push.

Since that time, there has been much discussion and conjecture over the future of the Islands; however, in public debate at least, seldom have the views of the Falkland Islanders themselves been sought.

But when you're trying to shape the online discussion and make your case in public, sometimes the phone or a discreet and behind - the - scenes email provides the best channel (guess what: much of what you read on lefty political blogs is discussed and sometimes coordinated first on various back - channel email lists).

A passing reference to Iran and Syria — both «grave» threats, he said — will not amount to much in the way of nuclear discussion (at least not in public).

Cuomo has been studiously working to lock down the support of private sector unions while eschewing the public sector organizations that seem to be included when he discussions the amorphous «special interests» that hold too much away over Albany and are driving the cost of government ever upwards.

Not stop arguing in private: however much I disagree with his views he dopes hold them sincerely and he has a right to promote them in private discussion - but in public debate?

Kayden said he welcomes the attention the protesters have called to the city's privately owned public spaces, but calls for a much broader discussion on how they can contribute meaningfully to city life.

Much of the public discussion of the software has focused on the potential for intellectual - property abuse.

• Michael Mann's much - awaited «Public Enemies» finally peeked out from behind the covers, generating much early discussion, if no permitted reviews.

While We're Young or Untitled Public School Project Who Made Them: Noah Baumbach Who's In Them: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfriend are in «Young,» while «Untitled» stars Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke and Rob Yang Where They Might Premiere: Maybe one, maybe both, maybe neither could premiere at pretty much any of the four festivals under discussion.

Space limits an extended discussion here, but we note two conclusions from a 2012 article by Economic Policy Institute researcher Monique Morrissey, who explains that «the logical implication of Richwine and Biggs's [pension] position is that public employers and taxpayers would be indifferent between current pension funding practices and investing in Treasury securities, even though this would triple the cost of pension benefits» and that R & B «selectively alternate between the cost of benefits to employers and the value to workers, and inappropriately equate the latter with the often much higher cost to individuals of obtaining equivalent benefits.»

Scholars focused on higher education generally post low scores, and seem to be quoted much less frequently than K - 12 scholars — though it's not clear whether that's because there's less interest in and opportunity for public discussion of higher education, or a choice that these scholars are making.

The whole point is to encourage discussion and debate about the nature of responsible public engagement, how different folks fare, how much these things matter, and how to accurately measure a policy scholar's value.

For much of the past few years, reflecting general concerns about the quality of public schooling, discussions of magnet schools have centered on their potential for providing intensive instruction in such subjects as science and mathematics, serving as models of effectiveness, and increasing family choice within the public system.

As a former aerospace engineer in my eighth year of a second career as a public high - school physics teacher, I find that Peter Temin and Richard Vedder pretty much get it right in their discussion of teachers» compensation («Are Teachers Underpaid?»

However, the public responded to both programs in much the same way, so we shall ignore the distinction in the discussion that follows.

This may not much matter when it comes to the study of material science or Renaissance poetry, but it does if we hope to see responsible researchers contribute to public discussion of education.

Not surprisingly, many people are willing to don the blinders offered by such discussions, because they offer a much easier path for public policy.

But looming in the background is an element that will soon raise the stakes for implementation, one that has received much less public discussion: the requirement that states intervene in schools and districts not meeting AYP requirements.

The whole point is to spur discussion about the nature of constructive public influence: who's doing it, how much it matters, and how to gauge a scholar's contribution.

This state of affairs may not much matter when it comes to the study of material science or Renaissance poetry, but it does if we're hoping to see responsible researchers contribute to public discussions about schools and schooling.

Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project and an advocate for charter public schools, was at the meeting and wondered why there was so much discussion about one charter public school when there were 40 - plus conventional public schools also with deficits.

In the mid-1990s, there was so much rhetoric and discussion of mayoral takeovers of public school systems.

Typically absent in these discussions about teacher pay, however, is any reference to systematic data on how much public school teachers are actually paid, especially relative to other occupations.