Sentences with phrase «sharply increase support»

Why should learning about a local district ranking sharply increase support for universal vouchers but have the opposite impact on targeted vouchers?

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To give credit where it is due, a group of House Republicans sent a letter to President Obama explaining that the Senate immigration bill the president supports would sharply increase low - skill immigration and put downward pressure on the wages of low - skill Americans and low - skill noncitizen....

To give credit where it is due, a group of House Republicans sent a letter to President Obama explaining that the Senate immigration bill the president supports would sharply increase low - skill immigration and put downward pressure on the wages of low - skill Americans and low - skill noncitizen residents.

The sharply partisan nature of the debate on the House floor this afternoon — only 16 of 146 Republicans supported its passage, along with all 212 Democrats who voted — signaled that the new Republican House leadership won't take kindly to bills that promise large increases in federal spending, no matter how worthy the cause.

In context, the «unequal status of women and girls» within Somali society «sharply increases their vulnerability» to many forms of violations key among them «gender - based violence during humanitarian crisis» as with any individual or family displacement more so due to conflict and drought, existing «community support structures» are disrupted exposing them to «unsafe physical surrounding» (Ibid) thereby increasing their vulnerability to exploitation.

After the U.S. recession took hold in 2008, support for increases in teachers» salaries among both uninformed and informed groups of respondents declined sharply.

Among teachers, support for expenditure increases fell even more sharply — from 71 percent to 53 percent (see Figure 7).

Thompson: The council was one of the few education organizations in Washington to support the No Child Left Behind Act and we believe the federal law deserves credit for focusing the attention of urban schools more sharply on student achievement, and increasing the national focus on educating our neediest children.

Support for increased teacher salaries falls sharply when respondents are first told the average annual salary of teachers in their state.

National Survey also reveals increased support for virtual schooling, support for charter schools rises sharply in minority communities CAMBRIDGE, MA - The fourth annual survey conducted by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) and Education Next on a wide range of education issues released today reveals that the broader public and teachers are markedly divided in their support for merit pay, teacher tenure, and Race to the Top (RttT).

Among teachers, support for expenditure increases fell even more sharply — from 71 percent to 53 percent.»

Building upon the AI - first focus of CES, Apple's HomePod launch, and Google's increased aggression in language support for Google Assistant just announced at Mobile World Congress 2018, competition within the market for smart speakers and related digital assistants has now truly begun escalating sharply.

Members of local fishermen's co-ops and Slow Food Istanbul plan to be there to show their support, and to call for stricter regulations on illegal fishing, which has increased sharply over the past year.

All of Germany's subsidies and support for green energy have sharply increased power prices, with the average German paying 39 cents per kilowatt - hour for electricity.