Sentences with phrase «reforms in their second term»

Gov. Cuomo is out to teach the teachers union a lesson, vowing Thursday to double down on education reform in his second term.

Secretary Duncan's remarks this past weekend at the Council of Chief State School Officers confirmed that the department will place a growing emphasis on school leadership reforms in their second term and New Leaders is hoping to help move those efforts forward.»

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Second, Richmond and his team push back on the view that this tax change (or tax reform more broadly) will incentivize companies to delever their balance sheets in the short term.

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

Hammond slammed Cuomo for failing to put forth an agenda for the second four - year term he's seeking, noting that in 2010, candidate Cuomo released seven book - length white papers addressing everything from ethics reform to energy policy.

«The governor, who had championed reform when he came in in his first term, has become increasingly the champion of the status quo in the second,» Horner said.

On Tuesday, the second - term lawmaker also slammed lawmakers in both houses for failing to include pension forfeiture bills in ethics reform packages earlier this year.

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

This comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is preparing to deliver his fifth State of the State address (the first of his second four - year term) on Jan. 7 — a speech that is widely expected to touch on the «soup to nuts» criminal justice reform he called for in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision.

In 2008, when he was «drafted», he was chosen as the Chairman of the Reform Party National Committee, being re-elected to a second term recently.

In the past, Governor Andrew Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, has repeatedly expressed support for a convention, suggesting a con con may be the only way to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform while Republicans who oppose a public matching system and donation limits continue to control the state Senate.

BY NATHAN RILEY Drug policy reform will play a bigger role in American politics during President Barack Obama's second term, and it behooves our leaders in Washington, DC, and elsewhere to welcome this shift.

In Washington, Mr. Jeffries, a second - term congressman from Brooklyn, is best known as a collegial, next - generation Democrat with a keen interest in criminal justice reforIn Washington, Mr. Jeffries, a second - term congressman from Brooklyn, is best known as a collegial, next - generation Democrat with a keen interest in criminal justice reforin criminal justice reform.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

2012 marked the second year of Governor Andrew Cuomo's term in office and was much less dramatic than the previous year when he was able to get the legislature to pass a property tax cap, ethics reform and same sex marriage.

Gov. Ned McWherter of Tennessee said last week that he intends to seek a second term in office to oversee «the promise of real education reform» in the state.

Now, here's the second big secret: For all of its promise to bring about education reform early in the term, the Obama administration wants to turn back the clock on accountability...

Second terms are traditionally when governments hit the accelerator — consider the privatisation of British Telecom in the second Thatcher term, or the bold moves on reforming health and education and welfare under Blair in the 2001 - 2005 parliSecond terms are traditionally when governments hit the accelerator — consider the privatisation of British Telecom in the second Thatcher term, or the bold moves on reforming health and education and welfare under Blair in the 2001 - 2005 parlisecond Thatcher term, or the bold moves on reforming health and education and welfare under Blair in the 2001 - 2005 parliament.

It turns out that it took less than 24 hours for Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy to make it clear that Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor's departure IS NOT a sign that Connecticut's anti-teacher, pro-corporate education reform Democratic governor is going to use a second term to do a better job representing the concerns of teachers, students, parents and public school advocates in Connecticut.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

b) «Our job, in a second term, is to support the bold and transformational reforms at the state and local level that so many of you have pursued during the last four years.»

She left the Bush administration before his second term ended and has since researched and written about the goals of «reform» that parents and teachers and societies may disagree with — get rid of or render toothless any unions, punish teachers for any failure of a student or a school, close as many public schools as possible in order to open private, for - profit schools run by foundations whose motives and agendas are not fully visible.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, emboldened by winning a second term without backing from the AFT's Empire State affiliate, will likely team up with Republicans in control of the state senate to push to improve an array of reform measures, including a further revamp of the teacher evaluation systeIn New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, emboldened by winning a second term without backing from the AFT's Empire State affiliate, will likely team up with Republicans in control of the state senate to push to improve an array of reform measures, including a further revamp of the teacher evaluation systein control of the state senate to push to improve an array of reform measures, including a further revamp of the teacher evaluation system.

Even if Malloy wasn't committed to implementing the corporate education reform industry agenda, lying and misleading parents is reason enough for voters to refuse to give him a second term in office.

As a result of her independent voting record, her leadership in school reform efforts, and her pragmatic approach to fiscal problems, Tamar was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term on the Board of Education in 2011.

Tellingly, it's the board's opposition to climate change risk assessments that underscores why long - term shareowners need a second reform opposed by the board: a meaningful voice in the election of directors.

The House of Lords Bill arguably represents the most significant development in terms of House of Lords reform since March 2007, when both Parliamentary houses voted on their preferred option for the composition of a reformed second chamber.

The reelection victory of President Barack Obama over Republican challenger former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney yesterday means initiatives begun in the last four years to address past housing market excesses and help boost the market recovery, including proposed Dodd - Frank banking rules and reform of the secondary mortgage market, could command attention going into the president's second term.