Not exact matches
BOSTON, March 28 - A member of a Harvard University oversight board made a rare
public call
for the
school to divest itself from fossil fuel stocks, a move that shows continuing divisions on the
issue as a new president takes over at the institution and its leading $ 37.1 billion endowment.
When the judges ruled that the
school officer's actions were protected under qualified immunity, which shields
public officials from liability
for civil damages, Gorsuch
issued a colorful dissent arguing that the student should have been able to sue the officer
for using excessive force.
Bonds get their «tax - free» status because the money raised by the bond
issue is usually
for a «
public good or service» such as
schools or roads.
That makes support
for elite private
schools an effective wedge
issue that works
for parties like Mr. Kenney's UCP — as long as no one figures out the impact of this level of support on
public schools.
But the NDP Government led by Premier Rachel Notley gives the impression it would be just as happy if the private
school funding
issue would go away, notwithstanding the strong
public support
for defunding elite private
schools and a general lack of
public enthusiasm
for private
schools.
Tell me, if the
school charged the actual market value
for the use of this space and the use of equipment, etc. and if that market value actually reflected the cost to the
public, then the
issue might become clearer to you because these religious people would scream at having to pay full price and the cost of any damages they may inflict upon the
public property they are using illegally.
Their discomfort with cultural
issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion,
school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items
for political debate; they are rather «wedge
issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the
public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).
But it is also important to focus on
issues critical
for Muslims in the
public schools.
In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility
for the
public welfare; introduce media education courses in the
schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community
issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV,
public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.
I believe she is refering to the very Vocal Churches and Christians who have
for 30 years been hollaring and screamin about the
issues of prayer in
public schools abortions and the anti- gay verbage we been hearing
for so long... nearly every day somthing is beign said on these
issues you must be mr. van winkle..
Perhaps more serious in the long run is the tendency of Catholics in some places to oppose needed bond
issues or appropriations
for the
public schools.
Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital
issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard
School of
Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and b
Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision
for the integration of optimal nutrition and
public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and b
public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.
During a
public hearing on the
issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered
for school next year.
We sit where we get the product of the, primarily, the
public school system, and there are
issues with what we get, even
for those who, nominally, are well educated, who have high SAT scores, who've taken AP courses.
The Committee directs the Secretary to
issue minimum national standards to address the ongoing
issue of shaming
school children
for unpaid
school lunch fees, including standards that protect children from
public embarrassment; that require all communications about unpaid
school lunch fees be directed at the parent or guardian, not the child; and that
schools take additional steps to determine if families falling behind in their
school lunch fees are in fact eligible
for free or reduced - price
school meals.
«This is an
issue we're trying to resolve,» said Michael Cook, a spokesman
for the Las Cruces, N.M.,
Public School District, which he said was trying to make certain that any student who can't afford the main meal on the menu «is served some kind of alternative» rather than go hungry.
This news comes at a time when healthy vending is a hot
issue, especially as the USDA recently launched its proposed guidelines
for competitive foods (i.e. foods sold in
school vending machines, a la carte and in student stores), which are currently undergoing
public comment.
We therefore, support the proposal presented in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement, «
School Start Times for Adolescents», to delay school start times in an effort to address this public health
School Start Times
for Adolescents», to delay
school start times in an effort to address this public health
school start times in an effort to address this
public health
issue.
For the past two decades, she has hosted an annual broadcast for healthcare and public health professionals called Breastfeeding Grand Rounds, focusing each year on a different breastfeeding issue with both clinical and public health significance Dr. Applegate holds a BA in biochemistry from Smith College, an MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amher
For the past two decades, she has hosted an annual broadcast
for healthcare and public health professionals called Breastfeeding Grand Rounds, focusing each year on a different breastfeeding issue with both clinical and public health significance Dr. Applegate holds a BA in biochemistry from Smith College, an MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amher
for healthcare and
public health professionals called Breastfeeding Grand Rounds, focusing each year on a different breastfeeding
issue with both clinical and
public health significance Dr. Applegate holds a BA in biochemistry from Smith College, an MD from the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, and an MPH in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Silver has also taken
issue with Cuomo's call
for a new education reform commission, saying the Board of Regents — which the Legislature, not the governor, appoints — is already working to address myriad problems in the
public school system.
Heastie told reporters that his members were willing to accept the tentative deal that settles outstanding
issues, including traditional
public schools vs. charter
school funding — a big sticking point
for the Democratic conference.
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of
issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable
for the
public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of
issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable
for the
public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»
Education reform — loosely defined as support
for charter
school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major
issue in 2016
for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards
for public school teachers.
«Sometimes, some of these
issues take a lot longer to negotiate and compromise with, and you shouldn't be holding up funding
for our
schools, and funding
for our roads, and funding
for local governments to keep property taxes down, because of some of these major, broader
public policy
issues that should be kept out of the budget.»
I have no objection to private industry being involved in building
schools etc under
public sector management, but, as has been detailed time and time again, the financing
issues are simply a licence
for banks and investment companies to print money.
Cuomo and Senate Republicans have been aligned on a number of key
issues, including keeping a cap on local property tax increases permanent, as well as a tax credit
for donations to
public schools and private
school scholarship programs.
She says she hopes to run a campaign on the
issue of more support
for public schools and infrastructure, and reducing income disparities.
She then briefed on Cuomo - related
issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough
for election reform,
for looting
public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.
Nixon, a 51 - year - old Manhattan mother of three, is a longtime advocate
for fairness in
public school funding and fervent supporter of Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has frequently clashed with Cuomo on a range of
issues.
Nixon, an actress known
for her role in the HBO series «Sex and the City» is a prominent advocate
for public education funding and has often pushed Albany to spend more money on
schools, criticizing Cuomo's stance on funding
issues.
There have not been any angry
public walkouts from the negotiating room to this point, but there have been the usual grumbling about the stickiest
issues, which this week include talks on «Raise the Age,» workers compensation reform and support
for charter
schools.
We wait
for emotion to die down,
for public attention to focus elsewhere, and then we wait
for the next horrible, unspeakable tragedy; children and teachers massacred at
school,» said Felder (D - Borough Park - Midwood), who
issued a statement the day after the shooting.
But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining
issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit
for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships
for poor children in private
schools and fund afterschool activities at
public schools.
Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who chairs the powerful Committee on Finance, suggested the city could lose precious monies
for the NYPD
for its non-cooperation on immigration
issues, while the
public hospital network could suffer if the president repeals the Obama - era Affordable Care Act and the
school system might lose funding under the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education - designate Betsy DeVos.
ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio made a bid Wednesday
for permanent mayoral control of New York City's
public schools, pitting him against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in yet another high - profile
issue that showcased the tensions between the two Democratic power brokers.
She's called out New York's gross income inequality, advocated
for legalizing marijuana, and championed
public schools, a longtime pet
issue.
As WXXI, Rochester's
public radio points out, Republicans helped ease restrictions on curriculum
for Yeshiva religious
schools — a key
issue for Felder — in the recent state budget.
The state's teachers union is already gearing up
for a major fight this budget season on education
issues after Cuomo declared he wanted to end the «
public monopoly» on education through a strengthening of charter
schools.
Key
issues ASUU demands the federal government to address includes: Non Payment of Salaries; Non Payment of Earned Academic Allowances; Non release of operational License of NUPEMCO; Non Implementation of the provisions of the 2014 Pension Reform Act with respect to Retired Professors; Removal of the University Staff
School from government funding; funds
for the revitalization of
Public Universities amongst others.
Bloomberg will likely
issue a plea
for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask
for the repeal of «last in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off
public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to do if they're allowed to stand.
«New York State United Teachers today
issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting
for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and
public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.
The UFT has
issued a memo warning of a potential loss of millions of dollars in federal funds
for more than 1,200 New York City
public schools if Trump's administration adopts a voucher system
for schools.
On
public service
issues, NHS dentists
for service families will be prioritised and
school placements
for children in service families will be strengthened.
A
public hearing on the
issue is scheduled
for 6 p.m. on June 4 at P.S. 158 - The Bayard Taylor
School, 1458 York Ave. at East 78th Street.
The proposal, which would allow high - achieving charter
schools to develop their own teacher certification requirements, was quietly floated in the last hours of the 2017 legislative session and appeared this week on the agenda
for an emergency meeting of the SUNY board of trustees» charter
school committee, convened three days after
public notice was first
issued during a holiday week.
«If you are going to be a Democrat and you believe in bread - and - butter Democratic
issues like funding
public schools, you should do that and not keep — you've got to fund the
schools better and not keep siphoning off money
for vouchers and charters,» Nixon said.
Dedicating a single press conference to the
issue for the first time, Mr. de Blasio laid out in dire terms what would happen if New York City reverted to the old system of education that existed before his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, won mayoral control of
public schools in 2002.
Providing support
for small businesses and
public schools are also
issues at the forefront of the race.
Wisconsin's fall legislative session will get off to a slow start, with Republicans in control of both the Senate and Assembly still searching
for consensus on major
issues such as toughening drunken driving laws and imposing new reporting requirements on
public and choice
schools.