Sentences with phrase «public problem facing»

We believe education reform is the most pressing public problem facing Mississippians.

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Answer and solution: Term Sheet readers are aware that the private equity industry is increasingly facing an inventory problem — viable targets are too expensive, activist shareholders are forcing companies to do PE - style cost - cutting while they're public, and corporate buyers have so much cash they can afford to pay high premiums.

Considering recent events, along with all the problems Uber has faced over the past few years, I can't help but think back to the iconic «Netflix Culture» slide deck that was made public many years ago.

An exercise in collaborative design, the initiative offers healthcare service providers the opportunity to participate in the development of technology tailor - made to address the particular problems they face while complying with the Broader Public Sector (BPS) procurement guidelines.

But some of the 55 - person firm's clients, like Purdue Pharma, were facing more difficult legal and public relations problems.

Obama shouldn't be on track for a normal reelection, but might be unless Romney can fend off the ruthless capitalist pig ads and such by projecting hismelf as a public - spirited guy who has the savvy it takes to solve the tough problems we face.

I have no problem with the scarf but hiding a woman's face in public (Burka and Niqab) are oppressive.

But consider the history of the AIDS epidemic in this country, and how it was veiled in secrecy and shame for ten years before we faced it as a public - health problem.

For example, one of the great problems facing liberal and conservative churches alike is that their membership has been schooled on the distinction between public and private morality.

The United States faces grave problems because of profligate public spending, however well - intended, by both parties.

Players do get injured, we all know that, but for Arsene Wenger to deny that there is an underlying problem at the club and claim that our list of injuries this season is just a coincidence, as a Daily Mail report reveals, is either ignoring the facts staring you in the face or just an attempt to sidestep the issue in public.

I hope you will address a different kind of cigarette problem that many parents face in public places.

Political and public affairs digital targeters, or really any digital targeting shops that must rely on deterministic data, must face this mounting problem.

When the central public - facing aspect of your most significant policy achievement has problems, your presidency has problems — which is why Obama should send Ted Cruz a thank - you note.

American's have been brainwashed to think public sector unions are a problem... in reality — facing greater income inequality it is time for private sector employees to fully understand the benefits of collective bargaining!

As Assembly Minority Leader, John earned a reputation as someone who understood public policy inside and out, and someone who knew how to find real solutions to the problems facing New York.

With so many races going on, the biggest problem facing candidates for the state house generally is getting noticed at all — national media certainly aren't covering them, and the slow decline of local news outlets doesn't leave much room in traditional public spaces.

The lack of independence of MPs adds to the low estimation in which politicians are held by the general public, as does their lack of genuine influence, as individual MPs, in dealing with problems faced by constituents.»

So it's not surprising that yesterday's ComRes poll for the Mail showed 64 % of the public think the Government doesn't understand the problems faced by ordinary families.

Now approaching his sixth month on the job, the interim superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools, Donald A. Ogilvie, faces a state - mandated overhaul of additional city schools and leadership problems below and above him.

«The problem we face politically is that... the ordinary member of the public is not feeling much better from this,» Clarke declared, passing judgment on the government's economic agenda.

But he warned that it would be difficult to make the case in the face of the widespread — and misguided — public view that immigration was causing major economic problems.

The vetoed bills were introduced at the behest of the State Committee on Open Government, and were intended to address long - standing problems the public faces when agencies refuse to obey FOIL.

Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the problems public school teachers face because they do not receive paid family leave.

The effort on part of employers» and big business is yet another example of the race to the bottom mentality and how to vilify public employees rather than address the real problems that our local communities face.

«Our nation faces threats to civil liberties, healthcare access, and public safety, and it is our responsibility to protect New York City from the harmful policies that exacerbate these problems.»

In addition, a link is provided to the ongoing ACS webinar program that informs the public on how to identify appropriate and practical solutions to human rights problems facing the scientific community.

If the panel had said yes to an emergency declaration, however, it also faced the risk of losing public trust if MERS failed to become a serious global health problem, he notes.

Overall, the capacity of the American public health and health care delivery systems faces many challenges.281 The cost of dealing with current health problems is diverting resources from preventing them in the first place.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

The first problem that interracial relationships are likely to face is stares from the public.

Overcrowding and drugs were also among the top five problems public schools face.

The lack of financial support for public schools topped the list of the most serious problems facing public schools today, edging out school violence and discipline concerns.

This month, voters must decide whether they will help the 76,000 - student district pay the $ 1.4 billion bill to replace aging roofs, faulty wiring, rotted windows, malfunctioning boilers, and a host of other chronic building problems facing the Cleveland public schools.

My concern is about most public schools in Africa and elsewhere that are forgotten and which face a lack of eLearning materials; this will become a problem in the future.

Maryland residents say discipline is the biggest problem facing their public schools, according to a recent media poll.

We can help students feel more engaged and connected to their schools by giving them roles in making the school a positive environment, such as participating in safety patrols, focusing on recycling, keeping public spaces clean, upstanding in the face of harassment and bullying, being on school committees to solve problems related to gangs or drugs and alcohol, and so on.

The paradox facing charter - school advocates is that, in the name of encouraging radically decentralized control of schools, they may unwittingly help to undermine the state's political ability to address the deeper structural and economic problems facing public education.

Since 1969, the poll's first question has been about the biggest problems facing the local public schools.

Charter schools face many of the same problems as public schools, including insufficient funding and a lack of resources for serving needy students, a report released last week concludes.

American public education faces an immense human capital problem that we have not been able to resolve since «A Nation at Risk» sounded the alarm in 1983.

Although TFA is by no means the entire solution to the problems facing public education, or even our teacher shortage, TFA is helping to redefine the educational and economic opportunities available in rural and urban communities.

Conclusion The American public is of two minds: state and local control is preferable to federal control, and yet most of the major problems facing the schools result from state and local decisions.

Brenda Mitchell, head of the New Orleans teachers union, questioned whether the takeover would shed light on the problems facing most New Orleans public schools.

Yet, most major problems facing the schools identified by the public are under the control of states and school districts and so could be solved by them.

«The president doesn't believe that vouchers are a long - term answer to our educational problems and the challenges that face our public school system, where the vast majority of — of students are educated in this country.»

California, like Connecticut has been facing extraordinary budget problems that have resulted in raising taxes, laying off teachers and cutting instructional programs in public schools.

No one — not the state, not the charter school authorizers, schools and advocates, and not the districts — is willing to take responsibility and fix the problems facing Michigan's public school children and their families.

Many elements of success at the private school would not be easy to replicate in a public school: The students, as members of the insular Hasidic community, are mostly sheltered from the distractions, like television and video games, and problems, like single - parent homes, that many low - income students in public schools face.

The Marlboro Township Public Schools are a high - performing suburban district that was facing problems many successful schools have dealt with: how to get their high - achieving students to reach even higher, and how to keep them engaged.