Sentences with phrase «political constituency»

Education tax credits build the most powerful political constituency, and that is what ensures that a choice program survives and grows.

There is no significant political constituency supporting this effort to make sure it is adopted and sustained over time.

Drawing in more affluent families also makes test scores look good and provides a more reliable and muscular political constituency.

The freewheeling atmosphere on the right comes as Democrats, historically known as an unruly mix of political constituencies, have become notably disciplined when it comes to their election spending strategy.

That's a modest step toward Denmark - style decentralization of energy, which also has the effect of expanding political constituencies for further action.

Had the commission been able to develop as a real alternative to local authorization, larger numbers of charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support of charter schools, capable of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment.

Not only had the school proved highly effective and popular, but it had also grown large enough to develop its own political constituency, serving students from across Florida's legislative districts.

«It's an isolated situation of a particularly strong political constituency brought into power by the governor.»

I can also better understand that in times of uncertainty It may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

Together, home - school supporters and social conservatives are a well - organized political constituency with a proven track record of grassroots mobilization.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

Miliband's vague social justice message — of a fair deal for working families - was formulated because it needed to stretch itself across such disparate political constituencies.

Basic income support is growing as more people become familiar with the idea, but there is still a lot of work to be done understanding how to translate this support into a robust political constituency.

Bloomberg also slammed the Republicans for what he called an «unfunded mandate for extra Yeshiva school buses,» which he deemed «complete pandering to a particular political constituency.»

Also known as Mr. Cuomo's whip, he organizes and maintains political support for Mr. Cuomo from elected officials and other political constituencies.

Rather, accountability that centers on testing is doomed because it has many political adversaries but no enduring political constituency.

What political constituencies will defend education schools?

But that may be a feature, not a bug, helping charter schools amass a broader political constituency than commonly prevails elsewhere.

Opposition from political constituencies within and around public education, including teacher unions, school administrators, and school boards, has thwarted the spread of K — 12 entrepreneurial activity.

Once a scientific, commercial and political constituency forms, the dangers of climate engineering technologies may be downplayed, ignored or suppressed (15).

Big Solar's growth is apt to continue, thanks to dropping prices, the ability to lock in predictable energy costs, and the local political constituencies that arise from the spread of solar farms, writes David Roberts.

Each approach presents very different conditions for solo charter founders, for the growth of the sector as a whole, and, by extension, for the cultivation of political constituencies that might advocate for chartering now and in the future.

Certainly the fact that Native groups are an important (and increasingly activist) political constituency for the administration played a part in the decision, as did President Obama's signing of Executive Order 13592 (which requires the Department of Education, the Department of Interior and other agencies to collaborate on improving education for Native students).

Of course, because choice creates its own political constituency, the charter schools in new Orleans will not collapse or be strangled immediately.

Their survival, as Fenty's experience suggests, depends on building political constituencies that will support them, and push them to be even more aggressive.

Removing special tax rules and benefits, especially those that have been in place for a long period of time, and have a strong political constituency, will require a major commitment in time, resources, and most importantly political will.

After meeting with Muslim scholars the author has a better understanding that in times of uncertainty it may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

Trudeau and his ministers know the urban middle - and upper - middle - class Canadians that form the core of their political constituency are sensitive about housing.

But absent a change, that's not going to happen because there's no major business or political constituency to force FASB or the SEC to do something that will irritate corporate America.

Proponents of this mediating position in American and Western Christian circles may soon command a majority in the Christian world, if not in the political constituency.

Just days after Coloradans began legally selling weed at state - sanctioned dispensaries, this governor wants to get in on the action, never one to leave potential tax revenue or business owners (or, for that matter, a political constituency) on the table.

We have, as profession, lost the trust and the confidence both of the public and of the political constituency.

McAdams and Lynn Jenkins have written, «Philanthropic dollars are especially valuable because they can be invested in activities that have no political constituency but are high priorities for reform leaders.»

The political constituency for NCLB was always limited.

Trudeau and his ministers know the urban middle - and upper - middle - class Canadians that form the core of their political constituency are sensitive about housing.

The media is often times irresponsible in reporting such cases and politicians are quick to jump on the bandwagon in order to gain the support of a political constituency.

In this regard, contrary to much of the hand - wringing in the press, the deal - making that took place in the House and may still take place in the Senate for shares of free allowances is an example of the useful and important mechanism through which a cap - and - trade system provides the means for a political constituency of support and action to be assembled without reducing the policy's effectiveness or driving up its cost.

Most of the drummed up controversy is about conversation regarding two things: how to to boil down information for public consumption, and how to keep bad science, albeit bad science with a political constituency, out of respectable journals.

All this suggests that a political constituency for change is building and not only on the left: lately, conservative voices have also been raised in support of reform.

Fourth and finally, it should not be forgotten that the much - lamented deal - making that took place in the House committee last week for shares of the allowances for various purposes was a good example of the useful, important, and fundamentally benign mechanism through which a cap - and - trade system provides the means for a political constituency of support and action to be assembled (without reducing the policy's effectiveness or driving up its cost).