Sentences with phrase «shifting public support»

By shifting public support away from the fossil fuel industry, we can break the hold that they have on our economy and our governments, while making way for a just transition.

Results from our 2009 national poll tell us that a solid research finding has the capacity to shift public support for charter schools from 39 to 53 percent, a substantial increase (see «The Persuadable Public,» features).

A collective commitment to shift public support (finance and policy) away from fossil fuels towards climate resilience and universal and fair access to sustainable energy.

Not exact matches

This week, with the on - field action (and the media's attention) shifting to games in Kansas City, the sport has a great chance to provide even more public support to an important cause — one with which its history is inextricably intertwined.

There is wide bipartisan public support for shifting future immigration flows in the direction of skills and English proficiency.

To the extent that Democrats soft - pedal their support of abortion to working - class voters, Democratic party affiliation may not shift public sentiment on abortion as much as Beauchamp suggests.

After reviewing the apparent collapse of the freethinking movement after 1900, Schmidt turns to the post-war shift in Supreme Court jurisprudence: the rejection of blasphemy laws, limits on the school - supported study of religion, and the overturning of theistic requirements for public office or jury service.

Also notice how Penn State opened with some public support (tracked by the white line) but as more news about the scandal leaked out, the support has shifted to Nebraska.

I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!

Like Pasc, we have previously argued that opening up public service markets requires a seismic shift in government commissioning skills and have called for greater central support to co-ordinate departmental activity and share emerging knowledge about how public service markets operate.

The public clearly agree with Miliband (even though the wording of that ComRes poll was flawed, there is lots of other polling showing the same thing), but I'm not aware of any polling yet proving that this has shifted opinion of Cameron as a leader, or altered party support.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the shifting goal from replacing to simply repealing Obamacare, New York legislators fighting back, President Trump defending his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer, and Governor Cuomo's plunging support in light of the «summer of hell» for public transit in New York City.

The popularity of imposing bans on smoking in public places was further revealed in the results of a 2011 Gallop poll, which showed that 59 % of respondents supported bans, a marked shift from 2008, when only 40 % had favored such laws.

Support shifts upward when the public is asked about vouchers in a less pejorative manner.

◦ Trend: Public support for school vouchers targeted toward low - income families has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2012 — a major shift in public opPublic support for school vouchers targeted toward low - income families has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2012 — a major shift in public oppublic opinion.

This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low income children as a matter of equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life

When respondents are told the correct figure, support for spending on public schools shifts sharply downward.

Then, as conceptions of youth rights began to shift, and as institutions that provided support for the expansion of these rights emerged, students and parents, with the support of public - interest lawyers, began to question and challenge school disciplinary practices in court.

Even with the rather loaded «at public expense» phrasing, PDK reported that support shifted upward from 34 percent to 44 percent between 2011 and 2012.

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

Public assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skeptPublic assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skeptpublic support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skeptpublic skepticism.

The just released PDK survey of U. S. adults reveals an upward shift in public support for vouchers of 10 percentage points over the past four years, with 8 of those percentage points gained since 2015

In 2013 when Newark Public Schools began to roll out blended learning in some of its K - 8 schools, the school leadership of both Quitman and Chancellor elementary schools knew that for it to succeed, they needed to support their teachers and help them shift their teaching practice.

Bernard Koontz of Highline Public Schools asked, «What leadership moves can best support needed shifts in belief systems to fully value the potential of bilingualism, and understand it as a right for students?»

«If the public becomes more informed about charter schools, it's possible that support may shift from the right to the left of the political spectrum,» Howell and West point out.

Meanwhile, by 2006, Williams had shifted her efforts to supporting her city's public school system.

Between 2008 and 2016, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) made a dramatic shift in the way teachers were evaluated and supported.

In what would appear to be a strategic shift, the organization leading an effort to open more charter schools in LA Unified now intends to expand its mission to support traditional public schools that serve low - income children.

Most parents with children in public schools do not support recent changes in education policy, from closing low - performing schools to shifting public dollars to charter schools to private school vouchers, according to a new poll to be released Monday by the American Federation of Teachers.

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

Our President - Elect seems to disregard the value of public education as he supports a nominee for Secretary of Education who advocates for plans of «school choice» that will shift undetermined tax - payer dollars out of public education.

Comparative results from the first Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) show that education systems can best support teachers by shifting public and governmental concern away from the mere control over the resources and content of education toward a focus on outcomes, by moving from hit - and - miss policies to targeted interventions, and by moving from a bureaucratic approach to education to devolving responsibilities and effective school leadership that supports teachers through targeted professional development, appraisal, and feedback.

Replicating Quality: Policy Recommendations to Support the Replication and Growth of High - Performing Charter Schools and Networks, a new report by Public Impact for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) and the Charter School Growth Fund, argues that these changes could pave the way for a dramatic shift in K — 12 quality, creating excellent opportunities for a million more students over the next decade.

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.

Aspire operates almost entirely within the constraints of public funding, and the long - term plan is to fund the mentoring program by shifting funds currently earmarked for teacher recruitment and support.

Support our work in bringing equity, student success, critical thinking, joyful school culture, and a shift to learner - driven practice to Oakland public schools, and beyond.

With these efforts, we aim to expand our reach, shift toward systemic engagement, and increase awareness and understanding of California's new funding formula to support equity in public education.

In part, the perception of increasing funder participation in policy discussions is due to the very public personas of founders of major foundations like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.7 And the advocacy efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation have increased dramatically with a shift from local funding efforts to more direct support for national - level policy advocacy on issues such as the Common Core State Standards.8

Some of these criticisms have been highlighted in political backlash against the Common Core State Standards, for example.11 Additionally, some critics argue that investments that significantly alter public institutions can create sustainability issues if funders» priorities shift and private support is withdrawn.

The vital CCEJF v. Rell Connecticut school funding lawsuit is the mechanism state officials could be using to increase state support for our public schools and thereby shift some more of the burden off local property taxpayers.

But a shift in mission from the group — Great Public Schools Now, supported by the Broad Foundation and...

In fact, despite the degree of public attention that's come to the EMV adoption issue as merchants have been confronted by the deadline for liability shift that just this month passed here in the U.S., there is still no, actual firm, you - must - support — EMV — by — this - date PCI rule in place for merchants.

and the subsequent shifts to gain public support for certain products and services.

While the press mocked the notion of a home for down - and - out dogs as «ridiculous sentimentalism,» the support of literary greats like Charles Dickens helped shift public opinion towards Tealby's work in a positive light.

ridiculous sentimentalism,» the support of literary greats like Charles Dickens helped shift public opinion towards Tealby's work in a positive light.

The majority of Backers who responded via the KS forums and support emails were generally the same, asking us to keep it exclusive for a time, and then release it to the public so that anyone (including Backers who'd shifted consoles) could purchase it again.

«He is kind of like a lens, through him you can see the shift from private to public and state support for the arts.»

Public support for accepting the costs attending an accelerated shift away from the fuels of convenience, particularly coal, remains weak, at best.

Given the inability of Congress, after seven years of struggling, to pass «comprehensive» climate legislation, it's good to see a shift to the approach pushed by, among others, Stephen H. Schneider, the veteran climate science and policy expert at Stanford University who long stressed the need for a sequence of steps to build public support before the heavier lifting comes.

Over the years we have been making our arguments heard and fighting to oppose large scale bioenergy projects and policies, a burgeoning body of peer reviewed scientific literature has been published supporting and substantiating the concerns we raised, and public opinion has evolved and shifted.