Sentences with phrase «struggle over public»

Barton is also active in the national struggle over public school curricula, consulting with both Texas and California on educational standards.

Not exact matches

A lot of technology stocks have struggled over the last week — tech stocks on the S&P 500 are down nearly 2 % in April — but, clearly, many analysts think that 2U, which only went public in March, will still be a winner.

Over the last few weeks the world has watched as Deutsche Bank has struggled to convince investors and the public that it is in a sound fiscal position.

As Time noted, Virgin America is consistently rated as a top domestic airline in public opinion polls, but the airline has also historically struggled financially with more than $ 670 million in losses over its first five years in existence.

The social media giant has grappled with the criticism over the issue for much of the past year, and struggled to keep public opinion on its side.

In Poland the struggle over the past has been loud and public.

The problem of the sovereignty of the nation state will be at the heart of this working area and, closely linked to sovereignty will arise two other questions: that of citizenship (over and above nationality) and of property (struggle against the private appropriation of material and immaterial resources by «intellectual property rights»; the redefinition of state property; the development on an inter-national, supra - national and world level of new forms of socialisation, of public ownership, and of mutualisation of the property).

The Nevada Test Site is the focus for religiously based national public action, for instance, and struggles over gay rights and abortion are endemic everywhere.

Over nearly twenty - five years of public advocacy involving sanctity - of - life issues, I have met many people who, like those mentioned above, struggled in the bioethics - sphere.

CNN: Vatican shows rare public anger over leak The Vatican expressed rare public anger Wednesday in blasting the leaking of private papers from the pope's apartment, a scandal that observers say lifts the lid on a secret power struggle going on behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church.

After all, it was through political and legal struggles over many years, and as a result of compromises, that other Western democracies recognized the pluralistic nature of a free society and adopted policies protecting the rights of parents and of educators to maintain and receive public funding for faith - based schools.

Luther's final ten years were marred by infirmities and ill health which exacerbated his anger and led to outbursts of rage in tongue and pen, both in his continuing struggle with the papacy and in his depression over the excesses in public morality.

My accounts are pretty popular and I'm sure there are people that have thought that by looking at them, but I promise behind the happy photos there are lots of insecurities and hang ups, there are big personal issues, struggles with health things, stresses over running a business and becoming a public figure that people can openly pull apart.

However, due to the Hoosiers struggles over the past few years only 25 % of the public opted to bet on the home underdogs.

«I have not made it public but I have been struggling with it and maybe I just need 10 days» rest to fully get over it because it could impact on my season.»

Betting market: The public is all over the Eagles, as you'd expect against a struggling Raiders team.

I've struggled to find reasons to fade the public here, and a lot would have to go right for Cincinnati to go over their season win total.

Instead, he just hurt his wife over and over in such a public way, even as they struggled to keep their marriage together.

But you know after I had kind of gotten over the enlargement of the ancillary tissue nursing in public was a big struggle for me.

Over the past year, Pearce's research at Deakin University, Melbourne has brought the struggles of several former AFL and rugby league stars to the Australian public, and so thrust sports concussion into the limelight Down Under.

He saved what was perhaps his most pointed criticism for the effort to make it easier for the state to assume control over struggling public schools through the appointment of a monitor.

Admittedly procedures themselves are public things, but you also need parks and schools, prisons, armies and land and all the kinds of things people can struggle and fight over.

It is also recruiting left - overs of criminal elements in the region into its fold, who are assured about the veiled cover of BSS to hide and audaciously commit heinous crimes against the people, undetected and un-policed, masked with the garments of secessionists struggles in public appeal.

Appearing on radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the deputy prime minister said he had struggled with his conscience over cuts to public spending.

I spoke this afternoon with former LG Richard Ravitch, who has years of experience as a budget reformer, and he sounded not quite sold on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Tier 6 plan, nor was his thrilled about the demonizing of public sector employees that is taking place as elected officials all over the country struggle with varying degrees of fiscal meltdown.

Therefore, we are disappointed that he has taken in over $ 200,000 in public matching funds (plus, $ 1.3 million in private funds) in a contest where his opponents, a disgruntled former aide Camella D. Price, has struggled to raise a meager $ 6,000 and Avery Selfridge has raised no money.

Centro, which provides public bus service in Central New York, would have lost about $ 12 million in aid over the six years, forcing steep cuts to an already struggling system.

«We are still working hard to change the broader medical profession's and general public's perception of ECT, which has struggled to shake off the tarnished image given to it by popular movies such as the 1975 film «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest»,» Professor Loo said.

Now a decadelong struggle over the fate of thousands of acres of public land on the Roan has come to a head, and just in time for the hotly contested race for Colorado's open U.S. Senate seat.

«Asparagus is a very helpful food if you struggle with shyness, self - consciousness, concern over what others think of you, fear of breaking out of your shell and exposing yourself, or dread of venturing out in public.

What follows is the struggle between Roxie and Velma to avoid the death penalty by gaining attention over one another and becoming as beloved as possible by the public.

Eugene W. Hickok is right to say that the struggle to reform public schools is «a battle over ideas.»

Public school boards struggle over whether instruction should be didactic or discovery - based, and schools of both stripes compose the private school market.

Over the past several years Florida has attempted substantial reforms of its struggling public school system, the fourth - largest in the country and one that consistently ranks close to the bottom on academic indicators, including high - school graduation rates and scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

A struggling Nashville, Tenn., middle school will become the state's first public school to be turned into a charter school, with a yet - to - be-named company possibly taking it over a grade at a time.

The nation's public schools can dramatically raise academic achievement among struggling students over the next two decades with a coordinated strategy that puts greater emphasis on accountability, urban schools, and early - childhood education, argues a report released here last week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's low public rating on improving the city's schools comes as his administration is struggling with the Chicago Teachers Union over a new contract.

Ben Chavis, who took over American Indian Public Charter in 2001, when it was struggling academically and in danger of losing its charter, said there was no mystery to his schools» success.

I am saddened that my efforts researching and negotiating the work of public education seem meaningless in the face of current policy debates — and that last year's nationwide struggle over teacher tenure or this week's «debates» over teacher evaluation in New York arrive forcefully, demanding immediate reaction rather than initiative from educators.

Chicago Public Schools officials will phase out three South Side high schools over three years rather than shut them down this summer, an abrupt change to a long - standing plan to address schools that have struggled with enrollment and academics in one...

Rep. Rob Bryan is working behind the scenes on legislation pushed by national right - wing forces that could turn over struggling public schools to for - profit charter school operators who would have the freedom to fire all the teachers.

The bills would create a number of penalties for schools that receive low ratings from the Department of Public Instruction and could even end public funding for struggling schools, giving private companies a chance to take over managPublic Instruction and could even end public funding for struggling schools, giving private companies a chance to take over managpublic funding for struggling schools, giving private companies a chance to take over management.

Despite aggressive efforts to help struggling students, scores on the tests public school children sweat over every spring continue their stagnant trend.

EdPower took over a struggling Arlington High School last summer from Indianapolis Public Schools.

The lawsuit — which was filed in 2011 and became the longest legal battle over school finance in state history — was brought against the state after the Legislature cut $ 5.4 billion in public education funding from the state budget while schools were already struggling to implement new academic standards.

Before turning over four struggling schools to the state, Indianapolis Public Schools campaigned to keep as many students as possible in the district.

The result was a citywide teachers» strike in 2012 that shuttered classes and inconvenienced parents for over a week, even as Chicago public schools continue to struggle.

Charter school advocates worried that the change would halt the momentum of Public School Choice, a program where district schools and charter organizations compete to take over new and struggling campuses.

In California, Fuller said virtual charters like those run by K12 Inc. began with a «virtuous» premise — offering additional paths to graduation for students who, for various reasons, struggle in brick - and - mortar schools — but public perception of the programs soured due to bickering over public funds and performance.

But over the coming years, America needs to find 5,000 high — energy, hero principals to take over these struggling schools — and they will need a quarter of a million great teachers who are willing to do the toughest work in public education.