Sentences with phrase «rallied against high»

Why have some teachers and parents rallied against high - stakes tests?

Not exact matches

The dollar rallied as much as 2.5 % against South Africa's rand to 13.613, its highest since early February, after President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle following days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency.

If the Dollar broke lower, its likely too that bonds and duration would rally; defensives (staples, utes, reits) and growth (tech / biotech / discret) squeeze against crowded value unwinding (fins, energy, indus); yen and euro would squeeze mightily; gold squeezes while copper pukes in a favorite commodities «pair» unwind; HY could reverse weaker vs IG (currently everybody long CCC vs BB on the high beta trade)... this would be the theoretical path to our next pain - trade or even VaR shock.

Australian Dollar: The Australian dollar has enjoyed an impressive rally over the course of the past 24 hours, hitting a four week high of 0.7900 when valued against its US Counterpart.

EURUSD: The Euro continued its rally against the US dollar during the early part of yesterday's trading session with the EURUSD climbing by nearly 40 pips to a daily high at 1.3127 amid hopes that Spain will submit an official request for international aid soon.

-- 2:51 PM: Amazon shares spiking higher following report that White House does not have any specific plans for action against AMZN --- MARKET RALLIES ON THIS NEWS by more than 1 % (100 point move for the NAZ100 in minutes)-- If it was any other country we would say that this was a ploy to short stock or markets for profit

Indeed, BCH started rallying against BTC as early as 12 PM EST on Monday and BCH ripped higher while BTC moved lower starting at 7 pm EST on Tuesday.

In the early 1520s, Luther's preaching against the power of the Roman Catholic Church served as a rallying cry, helping give these peasant revolts a higher sense of purpose, and providing them with a language of spiritual and political critique.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

Michelle Schimel (D - Port Washington) rallies on March 23, 2015, in support of more funds for schools and against the governor's emphasis on high - stakes testing.

We have already seen the return of high profile and on - going local opposition to road building most recently at the site of the Bexhill Hastings Link Road, the site of a national rally against road building on 13 July.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic joins Townsend Harris High School students, alumni, parents, teachers and others at a rally against acting Principal Rosemarie Jahoda and her candidacy in the C - 30 process to choose the next principal, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

INWOOD — Parents and education advocates rallied in Inwood Wednesday morning against an unpopular new high school.

Thursday night's rally against Governor Cuomo's education policies drew a massive crowd to West Seneca West High School.

Inspired by students from the targeted Florida high school, as many as 500,000 people are expected to rally against gun violence and in favor of stricter gun laws on March 24 in Washington, D.C., with sister marches taking place in cities across the world.

Soon, the newest member of the simulation rallies the group to rebel against Robert's tortures and abuses, leading to a fun, high - stakes confrontation.

Under the banner «Never Again», these courageous young people organised high - profile rallies and protests, and then stood witness in the gallery as their state legislature continued to vote against control of assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

Protesters rally against gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on Feb. 21, the one week anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Protesters Turn Fierce Rhetoric on «Corporate» Reform As they kicked off four days of protests at the U.S. Department of Education, organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 today used inflammatory — and, in one case, racially insulting — rhetoric to rally opposition against high - stakes testing, «corporate» education reform, and the «dismantling of public education.»

Students rally against gun violence at Palm Beach Lakes HIgh School Wednesday afternoon, February 21, 2018.

Parents, students and community members rallied Friday in front of Crenshaw High School against the removal of the school's longtime choir director, who was reassigned while under investigation by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Not only was the Focus featured in the Ford booth at last year's SEMA Show, but this fine - tuned work of art also held it's own against high - performance European sports cars a recent Targa Trophy road rally in San Diego, CA.

Gold could have a big reversal — in the mid-1970s the DJIA rallied significantly against gold before sinking to its long - term bottom — before it continues onto historical highs.

As for investing around Trump, Rosenberg's advice is to run against the crowd, taking profits as the market moves higher on a political rally, and buying if a politically - motivated correction returns value to the market.

On June 8, supporters of the March on Blair Mountain against mountaintop removal coal mining rallied outside the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC, praising EPA for recent actions while skewering, by name, high - level pro-industry elected officials from Appalachia.

The rally was a student - led response to the lack of political action against mass shootings, including the killing of 17 students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month.

That's not a cut against the Douglas kids at all, but merely a note that the press and the public may not regard all high schoolers rallying against gun violence with the same seriousness.

Indeed, BCH started rallying against BTC as early as 12 PM EST on Monday and BCH ripped higher while BTC moved lower starting at 7 pm EST on Tuesday.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are anchoring a rally against gun violence Saturday in Washington, D.C., with hundreds of other marches set for cities across the globe.