Sentences with phrase «need broad reform»

We need broad reform that deals with patent quality and litigation abuse.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D - Calif., says the H - 1B program needs a broad reform, including changes to the lottery process that awards the visas.

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«It sets forth a broad agenda for regulatory and procedural reforms, and illustrates the need for reducing mandates and for providing compliance flexibility and technical assistance.

Kavanagh discussed the need for a broad range of solutions that includes enacting reforms in the State Election Law — including his Voter Empowerment Act, co-sponsored in the Senate by Mike Gianaris — and improving administrative practices at the New York City Board of Elections.

[citation needed] He is a member of the advisory board of the free - market think tank Reform, and of the generally conservative but also «broad church» magazine Standpoint.

But good - government groups insist there needs to be broader, more independent reforms, including the creation of a database of subsidies published online, empowering the state comptroller to review all contracts worth more than $ 250,000, and ending the awarding of government economic development incentives by SUNY.

But observers felt broad reform was needed to «earn back the public's trust» following the federal corruption indictment of longtime Assembly leader Sheldon Silver.

Broader reform, allowing for easier immigration of needed professional and agricultural workers, has broad bipartisan support.

AAU, APLU and ACE cite need for long - term economic growth, call for tax and entitlement reform to address broader budget issues.

In addition, we need to think more about how to integrate online learning into the broader issues of school reform.

And that same question needs to be asked of all these «Education Reform» shysters; Bill Gates, Eli Broad, The Walmart Family heirs, and the numerous Hedge Funders who helped our economy to collapse in 2008: When are you going to send YOUR precious babies to «Charters» or «Digital Academies»?

A Broader, Bolder Approach highlights the need for key community voices — including educators, parents, students, and faith and business leaders — to be at the center of developing and implementing education reforms.

Pedro Noguera: The basic principle underlying the Broader, Bolder Approach to school reform is that efforts to raise student achievement can not ignore the unmet social needs of children, particularly those related to concentrated poverty — inadequate health, housing, and nutrition.

However, additional research is needed to isolate the effect of teacher leadership on student learning and to understand its role in a broader set of school reform strategies.

«California's charter school law has initiated a broad reform movement consisting of parents and educators who are coming together to create new schools which are better meeting the needs of students and encouraging improvement throughout our public education system.

While family environment is a broader social issue, how it affects students needs to be considered when discussing reform.

They can specifically address a particular «reform,» such as the absurd standardized testing frenzy or you can take a broader perspective on the need to promote positive developments in public education in the United States.

Last year the House passed the Student Success Act, a broad based reform of federal education policy that would maintain the high standards the President called for while giving state and local school districts back the money and authority they need to meet those standards.

Hope Street Group Education Director Jocelyn Pickford, a former teacher who also worked at the U.S. Education Department, emphasized that the education community will need to partner with a broad coalition to implement reform.

In Getting Excited About Data, E.L. Holcomb talks about the need for broad stakeholder involvement in school reform — the value of bringing together «people, passion and proof» (Holcomb, 1998; Lachat, 2001).

When Duncan's testimony broached the broader idea at a March Congressional hearing, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, David Obey, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin — which finished 26th out of 41 entrants in the first round of the Race — reminded Duncan of the states» dire need for basic funds and signaled his skepticism about the Race reforms, declaring, «When the sailboat is sinking, my top priority would not be to put a new coat of varnish on the deck.»

Both NCLB and RttT institutionalized the destructive corporate education reform policies that are turning our public schools into little more than Common Core testing factories dedicated to «test prep» around a narrow curriculum, rather than a broad - based, comprehensive education the ensures every child is provided with the knowledge and skills they will need to live more fulfilling lives,

Urban notes that the industry «should be more resilient going forward» because of the important changes applied to the industry today — including the enhanced capital, operational, and risk standards and highlights the broad agreement among parties studying GSE reform for the need to reduce the government's footprint and increase the role of private capital.

«The number - one tax related concern of small businesses today is the possible elimination of deductions and credits without an offsetting reduction in tax rates,» stated NSBA Chair Pedro Alfonso of Dynamic Concepts, Inc. in Washington, D.C. «The need for broad tax reform — and not just a tinkering here and there — is a real need for millions of American small businesses.»

It seems likely, therefore, that the coming months will see debate as to whether the existing judicial toolkit is being used appropriately to facilitate the right behaviours and if there is a need for procedural reform to expand case management rules further to provide a broader menu of options to apply depending on the circumstances of the individual case.

This is an important first step, but broader reform is needed to end the ongoing misuse of the criminal law against persons living with HIV.

There are many broader questions that need careful consideration in ISDS reform debates, including whether any legal dispute mechanism is warranted and whether the justifications for such a mechanism (many of which are inherited from the 1960s) still stand.

It recognizes a specific problem and at the same time reinforces the need for broader reform of the patent system as advocated by numerous independent studies including most recently the Center for American Progress report released on January 12.

We will still need to fight for broader patent reform and defend good decisions like the Supreme Court's 2014 ruling in Alice v CLS Bank.

We need broad patent reform to stop abusive patent litigation.

But we need broader patent reform to ensure that patents like this one don't issue in the first place so that they can never become litigation weapons for trolls like Intellectual Ventures.

Ultimately, we need broad patent reform so such patents are not issued in the first place.

Stevens said there needs to be broader education about blockchain technology for the adult industry, and legal reform, in order for new blockchain - savvy models to avoid the same unequal dynamics of the traditional sex industry.

We need broad patent reform to cut down on abusive troll litigation.

Commissioner Gooda said the extent of the reform needed to be worked out in consultation and partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the broader Australian community.

In particular, the Commissioner has expressed concern that any proposal to introduce a sweeping code for recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law would be inappropriate where it is not developed with the full participation of Aboriginal people, or where it is not able to be flexibly adapted to the needs of specific communities or not accompanied by a broader focus on capacity building, governance reform and consideration as to the adequacy of existing service delivery arrangements.