Sentences with phrase «rising public opposition»

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

If he can persuade the public that he is on their side, and that it's the medical establishment standing in the way of improved healthcare (for whatever reason, misguided or malign), and face down the unions then not only will the strikes falter in the face of rising public opposition but his will be a star in the ascendency.

Not exact matches

Witness: Starbucks closing its stores for bias training; Atlanta - based Delta eliminating discounts for NRA members; North Carolina's business elite rising up in opposition to a law limiting transgender access to public bathrooms.

Their opposition to Coalition measures to reduce the deficit, including the rise in VAT and the freeze in public spending.

Public opposition is on the rise.

But the project is maturing at a time when US public opposition to GM is on the rise.

But, he said: «Public opposition to nuclear power is rising.»

They give a higher evaluation to private schools than to public ones in their local community, but opposition to market - oriented school - reform proposals such as performance pay for teachers and school vouchers seems to be on the rise.

Yet the simple addition of the bracketed phrase «Common Core» induces a drop in the level of public support from 68 % to 53 % and opposition rises from 16 % to 26 %.

Nor did public opinion concerning teachers unions change significantly, despite rising union opposition to many of the Obama administration's education reform initiatives.