Sentences with phrase «of education polling»

The trio of education polls we wrote about last week show only 38 percent of Americans can identify the new, nationally - crafted academic standards adopted by 45 states, including Indiana (we know regular StateImpact readers are among that enlightened third).

Education Next released its annual state of education poll, and testing performed well (as it did in 2015).

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High percentages of those polled also believe A.I. can make significant advances in eradicating cancer and diseases, developing clean energy, improving education, and boosting global health and well - being.

The vast majority of ideas in the playbook — covering areas including taxes, the federal budget, entitlements, infrastructure, immigration, energy, regulation, and education — garnered between 60 % and 80 % support in our polls.

According to a recent Gallup poll, only 29 percent of Americans say they have a «great deal» or «quite a lot of confidence» in the U.S. education system.

In recent years, polls and studies have put Canada and our cities at or near the top of places to get an education, establish a business, raise a family and live a long, healthy life.

To understand how education affects Canadian attitudes toward Asia, data from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's 2016 National Opinion Poll was analyzed based on three education categories: those with some high school, a high school diploma, or equivalent; those with a college diploma or university certificate below the bachelor's level; and those with a bachelor's or post-graduate degree.

The MassINC Polling Group, working for the Barr Foundation found that improving Massachusetts highways, roads, and bridges was the top priority for respondents, ahead of improving education or lowering taxes.

The Austrian newspaper Der Standard reported on an Iranian Education Ministry poll of young Iranians.

In a Public Religion Research Institute poll released last week, 18 % of black Americans surveyed said they see same - sex marriage a «critical issue,» putting it behind the economy, education, deficit, a growing wealth gap and immigration.

In January, a poll commissioned by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the antipoverty effort sponsored by U.S. Catholic bishops, showed that 29 percent of those surveyed believe that lack of education is a principal cause of poverty.

The polls show that on this issue the people are light years ahead of the legislators and the education conglomerate that sponsors them.

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

[10] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its «Teachers» Top 100 Books for Children.»

He has published a number of books on cities and government, including Failure in British Government, The Politics of the Poll Tax (with David Butler and Andrew Adonis), Paying for Health, Education and Housing: How does the Centre Pull the Purse Strings (with Howard Glennerster and John Hills) and The Politics of London: Governing the Ungovernable City.

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon has grabbed a lot of headlines since entering the Democratic primary race for governor, but still lags far behind Cuomo in New York City, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

But that same poll found that Buffalo voters are an unhappy lot over the state of the city, with voters giving him poor grades for his handling of education and employment issues.

Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.

The actress and education advocate from Manhattan garnered 28 percent of votes from those polled, with 22 percent abstaining.

An ongoing independent poll of 143,000 working people being conducted for Unite, Britain's biggest union, shows that immigration is in fact ranked last as an issue of concern with working people's top worries being money problems, the rising cost of living, cuts to public services, stress, education and housing.

Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

Allies of the state's teachers union this week were emboldened by a Quinnipiac University poll that found voters trust the teachers unions over Cuomo to help improve education.

Today's Siena poll finds a whopping 77 percent of New Yorkers view new Gov. Andrew Cuomo favorably, up from 70 percent last month, and 72 percent say they at least somewhat support his 2011 - 2012 spending plan, although they oppose his call to reduce education aid.

But the Tories are also narrowly ahead of Labour on education and, since January when these poll data were recorded, Labour has slipped further over its economic record.

Secondly, municipal elections of Mayor, Common Council, Board of Education and other positions are also held in odd numbered years at thirteen polling places within five voting districts around the city.

He's broadly favored among Democrats regardless of age, education level, race and geopgraphic region, the poll shows.

An exclusive poll by ITV Cymru Wales has revealed that 30 % think the UK Government and Parliament should be in charge of education in Wales.

Voters also took a dim view of the Common Core, with only 19 % saying it has improved public education and 40 % saying it things worse, the poll found.

Meanwhile a new poll finds many New Yorkers think the quality of education in the state is deteriorating.

A new poll finds many New Yorkers share the group's distress over the direction of education, if not the desire for more money to be spent.

The survey by Siena College finds only 15 percent of those polled think the quality of education has improved under Cuomo, while 41 percent think it's gotten worse and 38 percent say it's unchanged.

«I saw that meeting as my doing my job of trying to find a way to convey, in any way I could, that the public and even his voters had fierce opposition to the education cuts,» she said, adding that she told Bannon their polling showed half of Trump's voters opposed his cuts.

National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has indicated that it will organize debates for parliamentary candidates in all 275 constituencies of the country ahead of the November 7 polls.

At least 40 percent of those polled statewide believe education and jobs should be one of Cuomo's top two priorities for the 2015 session.

Speaking in an interview with GhanaPoliticsOnline.com on the upcoming National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) debate which is schedule for 30th November ahead of the Dec polls, he said that president Mahama is An incumbent who subjects himself to examination and debate at every opportunity.

The latest polls of the Republican presidential primary show a party badly divided by education: Donald Trump's strong showings are entirely attributable to huge leads among voters without a college degree, while voters with a degree are split among several candidates.

Most of the polls I saw seem to be fairly coarse and (for those that break out people by education) only break out people by whether they completed college, or postgrad, or none.

Polling shows voters are in favour of greater freedom for parents to choose in education.

Last night, one day shy of the first anniversary of the Brexit poll taking place, May told EU leaders in Brussels that European citizens could stay in the UK after Brexit and she was willing to guarantee the rights with regard to things like education and pensions of those that have lived here for five years.

Gov. Cuomo's job - approval rating for his handling of education had fallen to 28 percent, with nearly two - thirds of state voters disapproving of his performance on education, the Quinnipiac University poll showed.

According to the poll, having a quality teacher in every classroom is seen as the most important factor in providing a good education of the twelve factors that were tested.

In Siena's poll, voters said Cuomo would do a better job on an array of issues from taxes to education.

Advocates of increased education funding seized on the poll's findings.

With less than three months to the December polls, a number of labour unions including the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA), Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), and recently staff of the Electoral...

More than 60 percent of voters polled said the schools chancellor needs education experience, not management experience.

The poll also asked respondents about the governor's effectiveness in a number of areas, including education.

Despite the buzz surrounding a potential gubernatorial bid by education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon and negative headlines amid a corruption trial for one of his former aides, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still the frontrunner in the 2018 New York governor's race, according to a new poll.

More than 90 percent of New Yorkers think corruption in government is a big issue, and polls show voters believe reform issues take priority over education.