Sentences with phrase «political heft»

While districts under control of mayors such as New York City and Chicago can count on the considerable political heft of municipal chief executives (and in the case of the Big Apple, the wallet of Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to beat back traditionalists in Albany and Springfield, districts with traditional school board governance structures often have few tools at their disposal against NEA and AFT locals with waning - but - still - more considerable political influence in statehouse corridors.

Quebec and Ontario, which together hold the most political heft in the negotiations, walked into talks looking for a targeted approach.

They are not the first to criticize the proposed lines along racial grounds, but the caucus» criticism lends political heft as state officials negotiate the final boundaries for state legislative districts.

Rural superintendents often form a potent political block, so aligning these distinct groups provides political heft for reform.

Thanks to state laws that force districts to bargain with National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers affiliates, and the considerable political heft that the two unions bring to bear in the form of lobbying and $ TK million in campaign donations to state legislators, reform - minded districts are often outmanned and outgunned at the state level.

August: Osage County and Philomena weren't expected to show up [here], but Fruitvale Station and Lee Daniels» The Butler seem like natural fits for the producers to acknowledge, what with one being a breakout film with real world political heft, and the other a surprise box office smash that took A LOT of producer wrangling to get financed and made.

These «soccer moms and dads,» who typically opt for more academically rigorous schools, lend political heft to the broader charter movement in that city.

On the other side, there's political heft for supporters facing a tough vote.

Chief executive from 1993 to 2002, and chairman from 2002 till early last year, Piëch, now 78, infused VW with an ambition and drive that made the most of its political heft, presiding over a culture that was, if not above the law, then not above stretching it, by many accounts.

In an election year in which Catholics will constitute one of the nation's biggest swing voting blocs - and in which the bishops are likely to continue slapping the White House - the political heft of a new generation of progressive Catholic groups and the White House's Catholic outreach efforts are about to face a huge political test.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday in Rochester said he used his political heft in the budget talks to include a provision that would allow ride hailing apps to operate outside of New York City.

While Douglas Alexander nominally has the lead on campaign decisions, the political heft of the shadow chancellor means that it's difficult for Alexander to blithely over-rule Balls.

Yet the public's aversion to conflict, combined with the political heft of teacher unions, can make school boards unduly deferential to union demands.

But it was actually produced by Parent Revolution, the California - based advocacy group that has been using its considerable resources and political heft to promote the legislation nationwide, Parent Revolution confirmed Friday.

Due to the political heft of NEA, we still live in a country that treats teachers as widgets — and all do an equally good job.

That's the formula that Governor Brown could have changed — should have changed — and where his intellect and political heft should have been applied on behalf of California's school children.

By the 1960s the political heft behind geometric abstraction had lessened and it leaned more to the conceptual and performative.

Still, it's clear that a combination of pressures to cut the deficit, concerns about food prices and clearer information about the dubious merits of most existing methods of producing ethanol has overcome the political heft of farm states.