Sentences with phrase «think feds»

It may seem naive but I think the feds should spend their money buying equity in both large scale wind projects and de-centralized roof top solar schemes.

«Most of the Republicans did not think the feds should be toying around with standards for kids... the Senator never gave up on it.»

Though I'm a little down that we're unlikely to see many more states reform educator evaluation systems in the years ahead, I think the feds» exit makes sense.

«Ultimately, I think the feds will have to be part of the solution here whether it's a combination of resources and funding.»

Rasmussen Poll: Americans don't think feds work as hard as private sector employees Washington Post

Somehow I don't think the feds have anything to do with NYS protection rent laws.

«I don't think the feds have anything to do with negotiating this budget,» he said.

If any provinces thought the feds might take ages to figure out how to proceed along those lines, Hyndman had news for them.

Indeed, the Friedman poll found that a sizeable 74 percent of respondents thought the feds were doing a «fair» or «poor» job in K - 12 education, versus only 22 percent saying «good» or «excellent.»

Not exact matches

«I've spent some time thinking about whether or not the feds knew what they were doing when they created these regulations, because it really does spark a lot of business interest in marijuana more generally.»

Lester Maddox thought he could run his Pickrick Restaurant in Atlanta like he wanted, but he found out different when the feds forced him to close his business.

Smith, the feds say, turned to Moses Stern — a crooked Rockland County developer who was, in fact, a cooperating federal witness — as well as another man he thought was a developer but who was actually an undercover federal agent.

Members operated a casino - style gambling club in Yonkers with illegal poker machines that held dice tournaments and took bets on horse races, and on March 7, 2011, Mark «Stymie» Maiuzzo and others torched a car they thought belonged to the bookmaker of a nearby gambling club to decrease business there and intimidate the bookmaker, the feds said.

He also, sometimes gingerly, complains about the New York Times» role, once describing it as «in bed with the feds» and once asserting, presumably referring to the Times, that «newspapers which I think [Bloomberg] has a huge amount of influence over, they've come after me.»

The governor said he supports the concept of a state - level single payer plan, but thinks the issue is «a federal play,» adding: «Our funding system basically relies on Medicaid from the feds.

Hizzoner said two weeks ago he does not think Olatoye lied to the feds, instead suggesting she was «not provided accurate information by someone down the food chain.»

First he promised the undercover agent and the cooperating witness that he would direct $ 500,000 in state transportation funds to a Rockland project he thought was real, but was in fact fabricated by the feds, the complaint alleged.

Here's what I think... In this country, states (not the feds) are where the education action is.

According to the feds, the consortia are building «next - generation» tests that «will offer significant improvements directly responsive to the wishes of teachers and other practitioners: they will offer better assessment of critical thinking, through writing and real - world problem solving, and offer more accurate and rapid scoring.»

I do think that the feds should require that each state identify its bottom 5 % of schools.

«We tried to push that, and it never really got done because I don't think anyone understood how the federal government could create carrots,» says Kress, pointing out that the feds contribute a small portion, about 12 percent, of the public school budget.

«While the feds probably do have the right to require this of states, I do think it's a waste of time if everybody has agreed that there are no sanctions put in place,» Schuler said.

With the feds» OK Wednesday, that approach is dead — to the relief of many educators who thought it was overly simplistic and punitive.

The back and forth with the feds has «improved our thinking and made our application clearer.»

If reading about how Common Core aims to establish the same standards across states in reading and math makes you yawn, consider some of the more controversial subjects in which the feds want to tell your children what to think, say Common Core opponents.

Well, SBAC and PARCC federal grants from the feds expire Sept 2014, and so they would like everyone to think the test development work is complete and 2015 is an operational testing year, when in fact it is really the last full year of test development needed to get interpretable or meaningful scores.

Where do you think the money will come from for their profits — the feds printing money?

Many provinces and the feds had someone with such a title in the middle of the past decade, but most such positions have disappeared (I think) as the taste for electoral reform has faded.

I tend to think the UL is most appropriate in estate planning instances; but again, this is subject to individual consideration of opportunity cost and the feds decisions upcoming in 2011.