Sentences with phrase «of public support»

Despite that high level of public support for school accountability, the practice is at grave risk.

The fact that these ordinary patients are prepared to donate their own unused eggs towards this research is an example of the high level of public support for medical stem cell research.

Recently, I have dedicated significant time to discussing the value of contrarian favorites — i.e. fading underdogs who are receiving the majority of public support.

Yet 67 percent of the public supports continuing federally required testing annually in grades three to eight and once in high school, with only 21 percent opposed.

Both teams have incentive to win with a Top 4 spot on the line, and neither team is getting a lot of public support.

There is a huge amount of public support for compulsory mental health education and the government needs to act on this to ensure mental health is valued alongside academic achievement and physical activity.

It will not be easy to develop new forms of public support for the media.

Only a third of the public supports targeted vouchers, though opinion with respect to universal vouchers is more or less evenly divided between supporters and opponents.

One thing that helps is a show of public support.

We talked about a lot of things, including the loss of public support for climate legislation.

While many of the countries on the full list are not considered technologically advanced by any means, there is a biological inclination toward nursing - and plenty of public support.

The share of the public supporting merit pay has remained relatively constant since we first asked this question in 2008.

More of the public supports the standards than opposes them.

When asked directly, 69 percent of the public supported increasing teacher salaries.

Was it caused by a decrease of public support?

Simply put, if there is a great deal of public support climate change laws will be made.

It found that 54 % of the public support vouchers, with only 41 % opposed.

Only 39 percent of the public supported charters, a remarkable change from the 51 percent level of support registered in 2016.

The survey found 32 percent of the public supports allowing public school teachers to earn tenure, and half opposed.

With 76 % of the public supporting use of renewables, there's none of the problems faced by nuclear energy.

This is highly unusual given their high level of public support over the past year and a half.

Housing benefit is a case in point: 44 % of the public support reducing the bill if helps reduce the budget, but this falls to 18 % if homelessness increases.

The private schools retain a great deal of operational autonomy, but the price of public support is some form of public accountability.

The level of public support remains essentially unchanged from its level in 2012.

The other great failure is that of the museums and of public support generally.

The majority of the public support a reform in the law, and we do not believe there are any credible arguments to keep the law as it is.

Without a lot of public support, he enjoys inflated lines.

The results of the poll suggest there isn't a huge amount of public support for the idea, but responses were mixed.

I'd bet they ARE ALL on various forms of public support (welfare).

Two thirds of the public supports the introduction of standard packs.

When it comes to school vouchers, apparent levels of public support turn on the wording of the question.

There are high levels of public support for this move, with a recent opinion poll citing 77 % support for a lower legal limit.

When asked outright, 40 percent of the public support school vouchers; 34 percent do not; and 27 percent are undecided.

Aside from the lack of public support from Netflix, Nielsen's new service could also suffer from the fact that it does not yet measure how many people watch Netflix programming on mobile devices, which likely represents a large chunk of viewership.

Since 2005, Alabama has received a majority of public support in 76.55 % of their games.

«This tremendous outpouring of public support for protecting...

If High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) is to achieve a groundswell of public support then the wider economic case for it needs to be made, a panel of transport experts concluded last night.

But the lack of public support from MPs for Mr Balls has surprised many at Westminster, where he was seen as one of the favourites.

Now it is time for a second wave of public support from across Colorado and the nation in favor of a Browns Canyon National Monument.

Although it's been years since the days of Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman, the Cowboys are still considered by many to be «America's Team» and therefore receive tons of public support regardless of their opponent.

This is noteworthy because the Jets haven't received this level of public support against a non-conference opponent since 2011.

At the moment, Dean Skelos's strongest base of public support is with his fellow Long Islanders to remain majority leader in the state Senate, despite the corruption charges he faces.

Clearly bettors are being affected by the Vikings surprising loss to the Bears in Monday night's nationally televised game, as they are receiving their lowest level of public support since Week 2 against the Packers.

According to the 4th annual survey conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and Education Next, which will be released on Wednesday, a larger percentage of the public supports Race to the Top (RttT) than opposes it.

The Warriors received 59 % of spread tickets as 15 - point favorites in Game 1, but it seems unlikely that they'll receive that level of public support regardless of whether or not Durant plays.

Do members of the public support policies that prevent disparities in suspensions and expulsions?

«Children whose families have chosen a public charter school deserve the same degree of public support as children who attend other types of public schools.

The worst is the effect on teachers and the teaching profession: the erosion of public support for them and their work, the image of teachers as under attack from every quarter, the plummeting applications to teachers colleges, the flight of teachers from schools serving disadvantaged students and from the profession generally, the fall in teachers» salaries relative to those of others and the attacks on their benefits.

Viewers of Britain's «The X Factor» TV show have been divided over the appearance of Honey G. a middle - aged rapper who, despite not being able to sing or dance, continues to stay in the show because of public support.