Sentences with phrase «support for an increase»

Executives also show limited support for increased health spending, with 64 % saying it should remain the same.

Trump's support for an increased federal gas tax could influence the gas tax repeal effort in California.

While most Americans, Democratic lawmakers, and President Donald Trump have shown support for increased gun control measures like more thorough background checks, many Republican lawmakers continue to oppose any new gun regulations.

People are living longer and thus must support themselves for an increasing number of years.

While both governments remain committed to finding new markets for Canada's oil and gas, they have voiced strong support for increasing clean energy production and exports in order to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of fluctuating oil prices on Canada's economy.

Taking a step back from the specific question of what the Parkland students achieved, it's clear from the polling data that support for increased gun control remains high and has steadily increased in recent years.

In the commentary in question we commended the USCC for «trenchant statements on protecting the unborn and on the evil of active euthanasia, together with a call for equitable tax support for school choice and support for increased immigration.»

Share the findings from the 2012 Teacher's Report with your readership to gather support for an increase in funding for school breakfast programs, the answer to childhood hunger in school.

This swimdress has a really cute a-line style that is flowy, but the molded cups will give new moms plenty of support for the increased bust size.

Polls show broad support for increasing the state's minimum wage and while Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn't taken a position on Silver's proposal, he's said he agrees in theory raising the wage wouldn't be the «job - killer» that Skelos has warned about.

Organizations represented at the rally included Amida Care, which brought a large team of members and staff to show support for increased funding, Housing Works, Harlem United, VOCAL - NY, Iris House, the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), the Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), ACT UP, ACRIA, Callen Lorde, Bailey House, the Legal Action Center, and many others.

Foley has expressed support for increasing the minimum wage.

Support for increasing the state's minimum wage remains very high (80 percent).

She emphasised the importance of «democratic ownership, user voice, and equity» in her support for an increase in mutuals, which she claimed would fill gaps left by the market and the state.

This is an ICYMI post, because the news of NYC Councilman / state Senate hopeful Eric Ulrich's support for increasing the state's hourly minimum wage broke last night just as most of the LCA was in pre-show mode (in other words, not covering news).

Shortly after meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday, Schumer and Pelosi announced they had reached an agreement with the president that would restore the DACA program in exchange for Democrats» support for increased border security funding.

The mailer also points to border water issues, including Marchione's co-sponsorship of a bill that would require testing of tap water in schools for lead, as well as her supporting for increasing funding for the Environmental Protection Fund by nearly 70 percent, as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Support for increasing the pension age to 66, reducing corporation tax and (slightly surprisingly) scrapping the planned increase in tax on cider all met with lukewarm support.

She said her support for the increase didn't become an issue in her primary race, where candidates were vying to represent one of the most expensive parts of the country: «Nobody attacked me for it — I think almost every single person was supportive of having a pay raise»

«Support for Increased Notification Related to Protection of Private Information about Pistol Permit Ownership from Public Disclosure»

Even in the currently very divided U.S. political climate, public support for increasing our use of renewable energy sources is one thing that most of us do agree on.

Alarmists have drawn some support for increased claims of tropical storminess from a casual claim by Sir John Houghton of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that a warmer world would have more evaporation, with latent heat providing more energy for disturbances.

The Foundation is also committed to raising awareness and generating support for increased research efforts in SMA among the leaders of industry and government.

As noted above, the public as a whole expresses strong support for increasing or at least maintaining current spending levels on public education.

Democrats express strong support for increasing teacher salaries, at 70 % among the uninformed and 45 % among the informed, as compared to 50 % and 27 %, respectively, among Republicans.

National survey finds declining support for increased school spending and teacher salaries; thinks schools do not do as well at attending to the needs of the less - talented as those of the more - talented.

Support for increased spending on public education fell from 51 to 46 percent between 2007 and 2009.

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 informed respondents, in contrast, support for increased spending picked up only modestly after 2009, and the level of support in this group is still only 45 % in 2016, noticeably below the 51 % attained in 2008.

But when first given current average salaries, the support for an increase plummets in California to just 27 %, as compared to 36 % across the country.

School Spending - Support for increased spending on schools drops 8 percentage points (from 46 to 38 percent) when Americans are told what is actually spent in their own district.

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

Support for increased spending on our standard question drops by 20 percentage points, a much bigger drop than what was observed in 2009, when support for increased spending fell only 8 percentage points (from 46 percent to 38 percent).

«Formative Tech» provides timely support for the increasing volume of assessment that has been added to classroom activities with Project Based Learning too.

When told how much the local schools were spending, support for increased spending dropped by 10 percentage points, from 61 percent to a bare majority of 51 percent.

That so many adults have faced, are facing, or will face the challenges of obtaining affordable, reliable childcare is probably one reason that national polls routinely find overwhelming public support for increasing federal and state spending on early childhood programs for low - and moderate - income families.

STANFORD — Education researchers William G. Howell of the University of Chicago and Martin R. West of Brown University have released newly compiled evidence from the 2008 Education Next / PEPG survey which shows that if the public is given accurate information about what is currently being spent on public schools, their support for increased spending and confidence that more spending will improve student learning both decline.

In 2013, the support for increased spending among uninformed respondents was 10 percentage points lower than the previous year at 53 percent, while informed support remained steady at 43 percent.

In their responses, they talked about the challenges — financial and in human - resource needs — they faced in providing effective support for increasing numbers of schools requiring special interventions, as stipulated by government policies.

AFC Blog (Ryan Cantrell): Alabama Students Voice Support for Increased Donations to Tax Credit Scholarship Program

In his proclamation, President Trump pledged his support for increased funding of charter schools and reiterated his support for new educational options.

Four public charter school champions in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking support for an increase in federal funds for the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP).

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

In his proclamation, President Trump pledged his support for increased funding -LSB-...]

Current financial aid is not well targeted and provides little support for increasing postsecondary quality and completion rates.

An important caveat to these findings is that support for increased funding dramatically drops when an individual is informed of real spending.

It turns out support for increased property taxes is correlated with how respondents ranked local public schools.

Moreover, the EdNext pollsters theorize that support for increases in funding rises in election years, when this issue is most hotly debated, and it's therefore unsurprising that it was seen as the biggest problem in public education.

Listing funding as a problem also does not necessarily result in support for increased property taxes.

Not surprisingly, the American public thinks we should be making greater investments in education, with polls showing strong and growing support for increased spending.