Sentences with phrase «recent state efforts»

He describes the nation's main education law as an «impediment to reform,» citing ESEA's outdated testing regimen, accountability measures, and teacher quality determinations, all of which fail to align with the widely adopted Common Core State Standards as well as recent state efforts to overhaul their teacher evaluation systems.

The recent state efforts to trim tests for third through eighth graders wouldn't shrink those fixed costs because they happen every day a test is given, regardless of its length.

Not exact matches

The referendums come amid shifts in American opinions on marijuana in recent years that have energized efforts to legalize cannabis, a drug that remains illegal under federal law even as Colorado and Washington state have been given the go - ahead to experiment with legalization.

She brought political and musical star - power to her most recent rallies in an effort to turn out key demographics in battleground states, including Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

In the most recent assessment, the City has stated that they have redefined project boundaries to minimize impacts on the abandoned Mill Creek channel, but they haven't addressed the more important point — what about the impact of the project on potential efforts to re-animate the channel in the future?

Thinking about the United States» big efforts in recent years to engage in Internet war, perhaps this could be an exploratory pre-dawn battle.»

At least 29 states have made efforts in recent years to expand retirement savings program coverage for private sector workers, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

Among these layers are a variety of tax rules, which encourage religions to reshape themselves so as to be eligible for tax benefits, and the recent legislative efforts, certainly constitutional but perhaps of dubious value to religion, to allow religious groups to share in the rather substantial largesse of the programmatic side of the welfare state.

Theories of modernization, despite the rather serious attacks to which they have been subjected in recent years, have been so prominent in the social sciences, and have played such an important role in our thinking about social change, that any effort to consider the changing relations between states and religious institutions must begin here.

When the play was revived on Broadway in 1995 by Tony Randall's National Actors Theater, Randall — citing recent renewed efforts by the Tennessee state legislature to restrict the teaching of evolution — asserted that the play is «much more timely today than when it was written.»

This emerging conviction opposes all recent efforts to see Christianity as an arm of the State Department, or vice versa.

Positive Wine Industry Survey Results, but PR Efforts Still Needed: Survey results released by Sonoma State's Wine Business Institute last week ran contrary to the impression given by several recent stories about the wine industry clashing with locals about vineyard and winery development

China really is making a big effort to become a footballing force and the recent hysteria got us thinking about what would happen if a Chinese Super League XI took on the cream of the crop of the MLS in the United States?

A recent data collection effort by the State of Oregon includes the planned site of birth, and the death rates are even higher.

The participation of thousands of people in these efforts continues to be crucial to accomplishing our bird conservation objectives, the most recent of which is the publication of the State of the Birds report, documenting every bird which can be seen in Massachusetts.

Unilever Nigeria has donated relief materials to the people affected by the recent flooding in Benue State as as part of its efforts to make sustainable living commonplace.

In recent years the Commission has made greater efforts to tackle the problem of budget fraud, recognising the negative impact it has on the confidence of member states in the EU and the potential it has to undermine the process of enlargement.

The governor has been pushed in recent days to broker a unity effort in the state Senate that would enable Democrats to regain majority control, which they last held from 2008 to 2010.

The recent visit to Beijing by the U.S. secretary of defense, Leon Panetta — which coincided with State Department statements that the U.S. - Japan security treaty would apply to the disputed Senkaku Islands — highlights the growing tension with China over America's military presence in Asia, Chinese efforts to counteract it, and the dangerous misperceptions that can arise if defense strategy gets in the way of diplomacy.

Efforts have increased in recent months to close what good - government advocates contend is a loophole in state election law.

Off topic questions included his speech tomorrow to Britain's Labour Party, Chirlane McCray's attendance at an NYPD CompStat meeting, whether ISIS and the recent U.S. military strikes will cause a ramped - up security / counter-terrorism effort by the City, Governor Cuomo's efforts at supporting a Democratic state senate, Congressional approval of military strikes ordered by President Obama, the City school system's policy on student cell phones and continuing problems at Rikers Island.

Once the state's political leaders got past the congratulatory «atta - boys» and backslapping on their most recent effort to reform Albany, the public was left to dig through the details of the legislative agreement.

Both the state and federal government in recent years have made an effort to ease the student debt burden.

The panel is expected to discuss topics ranging from the impact of climate change on New Yorkers» health, the increase in extreme weather such as heightened flood risk, and recent efforts by the state to respond.

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The People's Forum - Ghana in the recent past has done some works to protect the sanctity of our State institutions such as The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Statistical Service of Ghana (SSG) from the effect of the works of political speculators who sought to cast doubts on the efforts of our hard working professionals, only for the purpose of gaining political advantage.

The decision to leave the administration was not brought on by recent investigations into city agencies or the mayor's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Opponents, including the trucking industry, have condemned the idea, saying it detracts from the state's recent efforts to be more business friendly.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican - American to serve on the Hill, has lambasted President Donald Trump for his efforts to expel foreign nationals from the United States — but the formerly undocumented lawmaker defended his native country's recent moves to strip thousands of individuals of Haitian descent of their citizenship, policies Amnesty International warned have «created a human rights crisis.»

While last year the Farm Bureau secured nearly $ 1 million earmarked by Senator Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) for deer fencing to protect local crops, Mr. Gergela said this year his organization has $ 200,000 it will contribute to expanding wildlife sharpshooting efforts on the East End through the United States Department of Agriculture — a service Southold Town has utilized in recent years.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

The broad - based move follows recent efforts to increase wages in particular industries — last year, Cuomo leveraged a state wage board to boost hourly pay for fast - food workers, and used executive action to do the same for an estimated 10,000 state workers.

The chief marketing officer for Connecticut's health insurance exchange says over 6,600 leads have been generated as of last week due to recent outreach efforts, including informational sessions across the state.

This is just as she also threatened to take legal action against the governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomhole for his recent efforts to link her name to the alleged $ 2.1 billion arms issue.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

The court rejected the state's most recent effort to address the inequity, saying the Legislature's formula «creates intolerable, and simply unfair, wealth - based disparities among the districts.»

It is my hope that our state representatives put their full weight behind their recent announcements of support for various efforts to rescue the kids of East Ramapo.

The police department will launch a program that it says will help it better pinpoint where in the city to target crime prevention efforts, which Mayor Stephanie Miner spoke about it in her recent state of the city address.

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala has called on the Federal Government to call Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to order over the Governor's recent efforts to tarnish her reputation by linking her...

ALBANY — The two long - serving members of the state Board of Regents ousted by lawmakers on Tuesday were brave soldiers for the Common Core standards and other recent education reform efforts, board chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

Meanwhile, as part of efforts of the Nigerian Army to rid Benue State of criminal elements, on Friday 27 April 2018, combined troops of 707 Special Forces Brigade, Nigeria Police and the Department of State Security Services in Makurdi arrested a key Boko Haram suspect known as Aminu Yaminu nicknamed Tashaku who is believed to have masterminded most of the recent attacks in Benue State.

Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl says that his most recent effort at getting on the Republican primary ballot was squashed by New York State Republican Chairman Ed Cox and Manhattan Republican Chairwoman Adele Malpass.

Assemblyman Marc Molinaro (R,I,C - Red Hook) is supporting recent efforts in the New York State Senate to repeal the MTA payroll tax.

Mr. LaValle and other state representatives have focused their efforts in recent years on restoring school aid lost by a budget adjustment formula known as the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Mandate Relief Council as recent examples of failed efforts to address areas in state government that remain in obvious need

Sofranko, and others on the Olive Town Board — as well as throughout the region where Internet isn't always as good as one needs these days to do business from home — have been paying attention to the Broadband For All efforts talked about by the state and federal government in recent years.

Empire State Development Executive Vice President of Innovation and Broadband Jeffrey Nordhaus offered an update on recent efforts last Monday at an event sponsored by The Town of Johnsburg Community Development Corporation in North Creek.

Cuomo attacked two New York Republican House members, John Faso and Chris Collins, for their recent efforts at enacting federal legislation that will shift billions of dollars in Medicaid costs to New York State.

In recent years, efforts to curb state spending have been blunted by advertising campaigns by unions, notably 1199 / S.

Buhrmaster was referring to the fact that the 46th Senate District was created in the state's recent redistricting — a 63rd seat that was widely seen as an effort by Republicans to keep their upstate - anchored majority as a check on the Assembly, which is dominated by downstate Democrats.