Sentences with phrase «role of the federal government»

I think the question here is not so much about caring for the poor as it is about the appropriate role of the federal government in caring for the poor.

Lawmakers have been trying to rewrite the law for five years, but they have been unable to come to consensus on the appropriate role of the federal government in local education.

I think there is a real debate about the proper role of federal government in education.»

Seems to me that an administration that cares about choice, about achievement, about state and local control of education, and about restoring the proper role of the federal government with regard to civil rights now has ample reason — maybe even urgent reason — to make known its views and take corrective action.

I support a limited role of the federal government in education to facilitate the education of students who are significantly more expensive to educate, such as disabled students, English language learners, and students from very disadvantaged backgrounds.

Most importantly, it would remove Stephen Harper and the Conservatives from office and stop them from destroying the Canadian Wheat Board, stop them from further weakening and dismantling the CBC, stop them from wrecking further federal programs, especially healthcare, and stop them from weakening the overall role of the federal government.

In general, those who follow an originalist philosophy of legal interpretation tend to view the legal role of the federal government in a more limited manner than those who do not.

«The strategic role of the federal government is of course to create an enabling environment for commerce beginning with the provision of infrastructure.

«It's about the appropriate and effective role of the federal government in getting from here to there.»»

One of the many bills that Kennedy would push through the Senate, Goals 2000 — the predecessor to NCLB which established academic standards — was pivotal in creating a larger role of the federal government in education.

One of the most important roles of the federal government vis - à - vis U.S. public education is ensuring civil rights and educational equity, particularly when state and local governments have fallen short of meeting their responsibilities.

The more activist role of the federal government and the infinite variety of the individual perspectives of state boards of education (i.e. Massachusetts vs. Mississippi) have combined to jeopardize the traditional role of school boards.

With these massive cuts to the Department of Education, Trump and DeVos are again ignoring the long - standing role of the federal government in supporting great public schools for all students.

The bill «unfortunately continues to propagate the large and ever - growing role of the federal government in our education system — the same federal government that sold us failed top - down standards like Common Core,» Cruz, who didn't vote, said in a statement Wednesday.

Lawmakers, teachers, district administrators, parents, and other stakeholders — all with strong and differing opinions — have wrestled for decades with questions about the appropriate role of the federal government compared with that of states and school districts in the operation of schools and the measurement of their success.

This is not based on incompetence, but on a fundamental disdain for the historic role of the federal government in ensuring access and equity to public education for all children.

As Paul Peterson described in his classic book, The Price of Federalism, this is the only appropriate role of the federal government in education.

Those on the right say that the initiative is nothing more than a federal move towards a national curriculum that oversteps the proper role of the federal government in public education, which has traditionally been directed at the state and local levels.

The primary objective of the Harper government has always been to diminish the role of the federal government in economic policy.

Quite the opposite; in fact, it should be taken more seriously than the reports of the C.D. Howe and Fraser Institutes because it represents alternative to the Harper Government on the role of the federal government in the economy, something that is clearly lacking right now.

Indeed, as part of the 2015 election, all political parties should be asked how they view the role of the federal government in the economy; what size of government (i.e. debt ratio) are they looking for; and how would they achieve it?

Unfortunately the Fraser Institute interprets federal budget history from its desire to reduce significantly the size and role of the federal government.

and the nature and role of the federal government.

• Recognizing that several provinces already have moved ahead with carbon - pricing initiatives, the role of the federal government should be to ensure reasonably consistent treatment across the country.

The role of the federal government should be to regulate aggregate demand to maintain full use of resources (more or less).

The role of the federal government is critical.

Alternatively, do you maintain, and perhaps even expand the role of the federal government through a combination of higher revenues and spending restraint?

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

This question misunderstands the reasons the Department of Education exists, it's core mission, and the role of the federal government in education generally.

As The Washington Post recently reported, «the Trump administration is reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials

In Mark Levin's book, The Liberty Amendments, he advocates having the state legislatures call a Convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution as a means of re-establishing what he says is the Framers» notion of what is a proper role of the federal government.

While the founders disagreed regarding the role of the federal government, none sought to build a pure democracy.

Smith, trained as a lawyer, has fought acrimonious battles with scientists over peer review, climate change, and the role of the federal government in supporting basic research since becoming chairman in January 2013.

Dissidents see Common Core as a threat to federalism, improperly amplifying the role of the federal government in K - 12 education.

«It's not the role of the federal government to dictate how schools should use the Internet,» Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said in a speech.

In the pilot episode, Jay Greene, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Joe Williams, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform, discuss the role of the federal government in education.

«We talked in broader terms of education funding and the need for attracting teachers and what to do about inner city schools, as well as the proper role of federal government.

Role of Federal Government?

Our disagreements reflect our fundamentally different beliefs about the role of the federal government itself, particularly with respect to advancing the interests of the poor and minorities.

In this clip from the pilot episode, Jay Greene, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Joe Williams, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform, discuss charter schools and the role of the federal government in education.

For six years, the Obama administration, breaking with generations of practice, gave every indication that it saw few limits to the role of the federal government in primary and secondary schooling.

Over the past 50 years, the role of the federal government in K - 12 public education has been to ensure equal educational access and to provide resources for those students who need additional supports.

In the early 1960s, the role of the federal government in education began its steady, if unspectacular, rise in size and importance.

What do you see as the role of the federal government in K - 12 education?