Sentences with phrase «recent national debate»

The recent national debate on school reform has made us keenly aware of the gross and systematic disparities that exist in educational opportunity across the United States.

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«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» the company said in a statement.

He said he was glad that the presidential candidates at least mentioned the word «cybersecurity» during the debate instead of ignoring the subject, but he expressed dismay over Trump's comments that a recent hack into the Democratic National Committee's servers could have involved «somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.»

«Delta's decision reflects the airline's neutral status in the current national debate over gun control amid recent school shootings,» Delta's statement said.

The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has renewed the debate about high national rates of gun violence and what to do about it.

Thus the most heated debates in recent General Councils of the Assemblies of God have centered on efforts to qualify local sovereignty in favor of district and national councils.

As this story in National Geographic explains, throughout recent decades, researchers have debated the Bible's descriptions of King Solomon and King David's riches and power, as well as the timeline presented in scripture.

In a speech to the National Consumer Congress in Sydney today -LRB-»Em powering consumers in the digital age») ACCC Chairman Ron Sims highlights «price signalling» as an area for debate in the forthcoming root and branch review, claiming «recent statements regarding airline capacity shows why these laws need to be extended to all sectors of the economy».

As regards bedsharing, an expanded version of its function and effects on the infant's biology helps us to understand not only why the bedsharing debate refuses to go away, but why the overwhelming majority of parents in the United States (over 50 % according to the most recent national survey) now sleep in bed for part or all of the night with their babies.

National insurance row But there will be no big spending announcements to vie with the Conservatives» recent proposals on national insurance (NI) and marriage tax breaks, which have so far dominated the electionNational insurance row But there will be no big spending announcements to vie with the Conservatives» recent proposals on national insurance (NI) and marriage tax breaks, which have so far dominated the electionnational insurance (NI) and marriage tax breaks, which have so far dominated the election debate.

Commenting after the debate on Motion 48, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there has been over 40 years of advancements in equality between the sexes, in recent years there has been something of a step back.

Co-author Professor Eelco Rohling, from the Australian National University and formerly of the University of Southampton, adds: «By developing a novel method that realistically approximates future sea level rise, we have been able to add new insight to the debate and show that there is substantial evidence for a significant recent acceleration in the sea level rise on a global and regional level.

President Reagan's campaign on behalf of merit pay, now more than eight weeks old, has thrown the leadership of the National Education Association (nea) off balance and has provoked a debate within the organization over the issue, recent events and interviews with union officials suggest.

G. Reid Lyon, the chief of the division of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that subsidizes reading research, praised teachers during his presentation and urged them to ignore what he called the «ludicrous» debates over research methodologies that have polarized the field in recent years.

Much of the current national debate regarding the recent inflow of unaccompanied minors from Central America has focused on questions of shelter and removal.

The National Rifle Association has dramatically increased its funding to schools in recent years amid a national debate over guns and school violence, an Associated Press analysis of tax reNational Rifle Association has dramatically increased its funding to schools in recent years amid a national debate over guns and school violence, an Associated Press analysis of tax renational debate over guns and school violence, an Associated Press analysis of tax records...

These national museums all face their own challenges and opportunities — among them the unresolved industrial dispute at the National Gallery, and the acidic debate about Tate Britain's recent role andnational museums all face their own challenges and opportunities — among them the unresolved industrial dispute at the National Gallery, and the acidic debate about Tate Britain's recent role andNational Gallery, and the acidic debate about Tate Britain's recent role and record.

- The Art Newspaper Everything Is Illuminated: Your Guide to the Venice Biennale — Art in America Polly Morgan, Sarah Lucas and the rise of the female sculptor — The Guardian «Cronocaos,» by Rem Koolhaas, at the New Museum — NYTimes Recent Art News - Texas Week of 04/24/11 Arthouse: The Dilemma of Authenticity and Visibility — Glasstire Blanton Director resigns — Austin 360 Biennial survives — and keeps thriving — as new exhibits show — Austin 360 Mayoral Candidates Debate Arts, Arts Funding, Arts Re-Districting — Art & Seek Recent Art News - National - International Week of 04/24/11 Andres Serrano's Piss Christ destroyed by Christian protesters — Guardian Confucius Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square — NYTimes Guy Wildenstein, Venerable Art Dealer Is Enmeshed in Lawsuits — NYTimes Soldiers Protecting Art, Art Protecting Soldiers — Studio 360 Slow Down, You Look Too Fast — ARTnews Museums should not fear the art snobs — The Art Newspaper (Video) Shadows Bright As Glass: When Brain Injuries Transform Into Art — NPR British 20th - century art?

Just as we come from across national, cultural, material and conceptual boundaries our student body includes recent graduates, mid-career artists, writers, teachers and thinkers who come to Transart Institute to expand their points of view and invigorate their practice by participating in intensive immersive residencies including workshops and seminars, presentation and critique, peer dialogue and debate and becoming part of an international artistic research community.

If I were a fanatic as detailed by Bertrand Russell (see Anthony Watts» recent post on this topic), and I was obsessed with exposing the «big oil funding» of a hated demonic organization that opposes my views, * and * that organization has a member writing a column in the same national magazine as myself — often directly mocking my published views, * and * that same organization was in the process of inviting me to debate «for entertainment» at their big oil - funded conference, then I might be more than irritated.

For a podcast debate of California's recent ruling on gay marriage and its implications for other states, see our Lawyer2Lawyer program recorded last week, with guests Tara Borelli, staff attorney in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, and Brian S. Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage.

We'll summarize some recent commentary on the subject from the National Post, Canadian Lawyer, and Slaw, and offer some actions you can take to better prepare you for the future, regardless of which side of the debate you favour.

They also debated balancing free online speech protections with national security and danger to society, including discussion of recent smartphone security and privacy issues between law enforcement and privacy advocates.

And glaringly absent from that debate are references to recent, well - respected national standards.

In recent days, the National Post has brought forward two sides of the current debate on Bill C - 560, An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting), set for second reading in the House of Commons today.

Although ART has been around for several decades, recent scientific advances and the growing number of infertility advocates have sparked national debates on issues ranging from calls for tighter controls over the types of ART procedures used to insurance coverage for infertility treatments.