Sentences with phrase «part of a national movement»

Discussing the common core he said, «We started a new curriculum as part of a national movement called the common core curriculum.

The effort, part of a national movement through the Family Policy Alliance and a network of 40 additional state - based groups, underscores the skepticism some social conservatives held for Trump's candidacy and lifestyle.

They protested for 17 - minutes as part of the national movement against gun violence and to honor the lives lost in the Parkland, Florida school shootings last month.

Value - added methods and measurements are also being utilized in education as part of a national movement towards teacher evaluation and accountability in the United States.

«While the last five plus years have seen most states make significant changes to their teacher evaluation policies, California has not been part of the national movement to connect teacher evaluation to classroom effectiveness,» Sandi Jacobs, senior vice president for state and district policy for NCTQ, said in an email to LA School Report.

Today, we are excited to announce that we are uniting as part of a national movement for educational change working locally to elevate the teaching profession and lead to improved student outcomes.

Test scores have been dismal and the state tests have drawn opposition from families who questioned the amount of testing at school — part of a national movement that has prompted some states to stop using the PARCC exams.

The state tests have drawn opposition from families who questioned the amount of testing at school — part of a national movement that has prompted some states to stop using the PARCC exams, which are based on Common Core standards.

However, it is also in the enviable position of being part of a national movement to bring innovation and accountability to our public school system.

If the manufacturers received free NetPlaces Network coverage and promotion as part of a national movement to honor the police and their canine partners, that price could be much lower.

Abraham, an associate professor at the University of St. Thomas, is part of a national movement among climate scientists and researchers who are stepping out of the ivory tower and into the harsh light of politics and the public debate around global warming.

As part of a national movement, Open Neighborhoods partnered with the Sierra Club, LA Beyond Coal campaign, the Los Angeles Business Council, ASES and solar advocates as part of a national solar tour.

Distributed by Prevent Child Abuse Florida with funding from the state Department of Children & Families and Florida Ounce of Prevention Fund, the toolkit is part of a national movement to change the way we think about prevention.

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A vivid illustration of the death obsession driving the movement, transhumanist popularizer Zoltan Istvan just completed a national speaking tour in a bus made to look like a coffin as part of his pseudo campaign for president on the Transhumanist party ticket.

The spiritual legacy of the Prague Spring is very much a part of the movement for Czech national renewal that Havel embodies.

As part of the Livestock Production Assurance program, an LPA National Vendor Declaration is required for all livestock movements, including property to property, through saleyards, direct to processors and to feedlots, and to the live export trade.

The event is part of the National Wildlife Federation's «Be Out There» movement, which takes place in backyards, neighborhoods and local parks across the country and encourages kids and their families to get outdoors and connect with nature.

Today, as we celebrate SpankOut Day April 30th — an annual observance founded by the Center for Effective Discipline (now part of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center) to bring attention to the need to stop physical punishment of children and promote nonviolent discipline — I want to encourage everyone to take this movement a step further than ending spanking as a discipline method.

It was not considered the cold economic doctrine it is today but a liberating movement that became a crucial part of political culture and national identity.

And the movement that put that demonstration together, and the demo itself, are responsible for keeping these ideas in the public domain and part of the national conversation.

«The reality is that migrants from other EU countries are very beneficial to the UK's economy, notably because they help to address skills shortages and pay more tax and social security contributions per head, and get fewer benefits, than UK workers; that free movement of workers is a key part of the EU's single market; that hundreds of thousands of UK nationals work in other EU countries.»

Local Progress provides its membership with policy and governance best practices, space to build solidarity, and the opportunity to partner across cities as part of a national progressive movement.

The membership of each of Labour's policy commissions is drawn from our National Policy Forum, the Shadow Cabinet and our National Executive Committee, and reflects all parts of our movement, including grassroots Labour Party members, representatives of affiliates such as trade unions, and elected politicians.

(REM) list for the 2019 European elections has been subject to significant speculation, with Alain Juppé himself evoking the possibility of leading a «grand central movement», [2] apparently in part to express his irritation with the probable victory of Laurent Wauquiez — who he accused of being open to the ideas of the National Front (FN) and the extreme right — in the leadership election of The Republicans (LR), [24] with other speculated list leaders including Édouard Philippe, François Bayrou, Nicolas Hulot, Nathalie Kosciusko - Morizet, [1] Sylvie Goulard, Daniel Cohn - Bendit, [25] and Michel Barnier also mentioned.

This study is part one of a three - part project by Brulle to examine the climate movement in the U.S. at the national level.

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is our hope that you will join the thousands of young women who are part of the Bright Pink movement and be bright with your breast and ovarian health.

Developing the range of service providers necessary to expand the charter movement will require investment on the part of firms, philanthropists, and governments at the local, state, and national level.

Since 2006, Hidalgo has been part of the Early College High School Initiative, a national movement that minimizes obstacles for those traditionally underrepresented in higher education, like low - income students.

The Community Guidebook is part of the Grad Nation campaign, a large and growing movement of dedicated individuals, organizations, and communities working together to raise the national high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020 and return the U.S. to first in the world in college completion.

According to the Harvard Crimson, «The effort is part of a larger national movement started by United Students Against Sweatshops that criticizes Teach For America, a nation - wide program that recruits college graduates to teach in low - income communities for at least two years, for undermining the quality of public education.»

In Louisiana, teacher preparation programs are now judged partly on the test scores their graduates» students earn — part of a growing national movement to assess education schools based on their results.

Public school activists charged that the three were part of a reform movement trying to privatize public education and started a recall effort that attracted national attention, including money from outside the state from partisans on both sides.

As part of the ceremony, students sang the Black National Anthem, «Lift Every Voice and Sing,» read poems and gave speeches about what the month, and the movement, mean to them.

Claiming that he was «hand - picked» by Arne Duncan to be part of the corporate education reform industry, «Dr.» Terrence Carter has become a national example of what is wrong with the education reform movement.

Effects of 1963 rewrite of history are still felt (See also Quality of Mercy, Part 2) Animal Welfare Institute founder Christine Stevens (1918 - 2002), introduced as Mrs. Roger Stevens, and National Humane Education Society founder Anna Briggs (1910 - 1911), introduced as Catherine Briggs, were probably the last people alive who were noted as humane movement leaders by William -LSB-...]

The organization is part of the national and local movement to end animal abandonment and promotes animal welfare.

«As we celebrate 99 years of the incredible work of the National Park Service in communities across the country, we invite people everywhere to be a part of the Find Your Park movement and discover their own unique connections to parks and their programs,» said Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation.

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The aerial survey is part of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mission to learn more about the movement of whales and to devise ways to keep them away from the container ships, fishing vessels, barges and sailboats that have been colliding with them at a rate of six a year in California.

Without fences inhibiting the free movement of game between the reserves, Timbavati becomes part of a vast unspoilt natural wilderness area that lies within the Greater Kruger National Park.

«The exhibitions, and the events that will accompany them as part of Pacific Standard Time will demonstrate the pivotal role played by Southern California in national and international artistic movements since the middle of the 20th century,» said Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Foundation.

Damon Darlin in the New York Times says he thinks in the midst of this cold and snowy East Coast winter it is time to question the viability of the locavore movement and those «so - called locavores who think they are part of a national trend.»

«By observing wolves» movements, which parts of the [Sarıkamış] national park they use and the frequency of their visits to settled areas, human - wolf conflicts in the area can be reduced.»

Fox's reaction is part of an urgent and intense rally by national and statewide activists fighting Cuomo's approach, and it has raised New York's profile as the centerpiece of a national anti-fracking movement.

This study is part one of a three - part project by Brulle to examine the climate movement in the U.S. at the national level.

It is unconscionable that journalists and leading figures from the tripartite alliance could ignore the fundamental human rights of foreign nationals and hawk fictitious stories that the vicious attacks and looting were part of an anti-Mahumapelo protest movement.

Another service provided to the Billionaire's Club is the manufacturing of an artificial grassroots movement where it is not the citizen's interest that drives the movement; rather, it is part of a well - funded national strategy... (link — PDF)

WAIPL is part of a national Interfaith Power & Light movement that is 40 states strong and growing.

There could also be an agreement as part of the UK's negotiations around leaving the EU that sees trade agreements put in place that also protect the freedom of movement EU nationals currently enjoy, allowing them to work in the UK after Brexit with little change.

This status would enable those «who feel and wish to be part of the European project but are nationals of a former Member State... the rights of freedom of movement and to reside on its territory as well as being represented in the Parliament through a vote in the European elections».