Sentences with phrase «national momentum»

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring also used the occasion to castigate the magazine, saying its failures have «injected doubt at a moment when we are finally building national momentum around efforts to end campus sexual violence.»

President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have been championing charter schools for months, creating what some advocates believe is the most forceful national momentum to expand the largely independent public schools since the first charter opened nearly 20 years ago.

The proposal, which would be rolled into the administration's still - emerging plan for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, would for the first time link the law's flagship Title I program to a push for higher academic standards that has gained new national momentum.

The ruling seems to fly in the face of national momentum to form such state chartering bodies, which many charter advocates argue can both lift roadblocks to opening more of the independent public schools and bring stronger oversight to ensure high quality.

While some schools in the United States have moved in this direction, middle leadership in the United States continues to lack national momentum.

Growing awareness of these facts at both state and district levels is driving national momentum to redesign how teacher and principal effectiveness is assessed, supported and rewarded.

«It would do a grave disservice to those who have already testified before the Inquiry, and seriously undermine national momentum towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of President Donald Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

But the archbishop of New York said the national momentum, as seen in the demonstrators energized by Trump's election, may also impact New York's long history of strong protections for abortion even before the 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision.

The governor, however, was convinced that after victories in Iowa and Vermont, they needed to capitalize on the national momentum.

We look forward to harnessing the national momentum around education reform in our work with our legislative champions in Wisconsin throughout the budget process.

«We believe that professional development opportunities should be measured on outcomes, not hours and our work in Texas coupled with the national momentum we're seeing around micro-credentials supports this.»

The «Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving» outlines a plan that builds on the national momentum that Secretary LaHood and USDOT have spearheaded for the last three years.