Sentences with phrase «tier issue in»

For the first time in recent memory, K - 12 education is emerging as a top tier issue in the coming presidential race, at least among Republicans.

Over the past year, the Common Core State Standards have risen from a topic of interest mainly to educators and school reformers to a top - tier issue in national politics.

Not exact matches

Ty is checking for structural issues, leaks, shifts in the soil, the wiring, and many other areas related to the determining how solid the foundation is for the house.

The very best health tier, for those in outstanding shape, with no family medical issues, no smoking history in the past 5 years, ideal blood pressure and cholesterol, and no dangerous hobbies.

Jewell has pretty good range against the run and in coverage, but his biggest issues are revealed when he goes one - on - one in a mismatch against a top - tier athlete (he struggled against Saquon Barkley when Iowa visited Penn State).

Never fails that a 350 lb slob is either next to me or in front of me.There also is a real safety issue on the 3rd tier without railings except for the first 4 or 5 rows.

(he addmited, they mistake to go to Wolsgburg was due to his previous team need of financial issues not cos he wanted to be in second tier team).

why are we even discussing this... we are becoming a second tier team and this is the big issue??!!! race for title over before the new year and cant even enter xmas above spurs anymore... clubs become a joke in terms of football we play... need to ask some serious questions

I believe the carry on of some supporters last season and season before are to blame some here were looking for loses just so they can prove a point to me they are not Arsenal at all some have been even worse they embarrassed Arsenal in away grounds what a bunch of red necks I am frustrated at Mr Wenger but I will always respect him he is a legend I would love to see the academy win their tier We don't seem to pick the right players as most of them do nt make it luckily this issue has been addressed Once again I need to emphasize the importance of being united behind the club and very vocal sometimes it so quite I am surprised that players have not fallen asleep and now with the new trend of empty seats I start to believe we are going into a self destruct we need to wake up and shake down the bad dust and stand up to be counted before it becomes to late Wishing Arsenal a Prosperous successful New Year Happy new year folks

Top 4 should be a minimum acceptance w eye on winning league or Cup, the issue is, we are now like Athletico Madrid, w a tier of cash spenders above us in city and chelsea that make top 2 very tough.

We spoke for over an hour about school food (lunch and breakfast) and issues like nutritional content, food and nutrition education, and the issue of universal food («free for all») versus the current three - tier system in school meals.

Nana Addo also said that an NPP government, when in power, would investigate issues surrounding the tier - two pension funds and the DKM scandal.

Still, education remains a top - tier issue, even as the more pitched battles over charter schools, teacher evaluations and classroom standards for testing have been quietly de-emphasized in recent legislative sessions.

Without the added inspectors, no new permits can be issued for expanded natural gas exploration in the Southern Tier, which makes this legislation redundant.

«Since announcing that he was exploring a run... Clyde has traveled the district and spoken to hundreds of voters about the issues facing our community,» said Ty Steinhauser, a spokesman for Mr. Williams, in a statement.

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

In a special issue of The Nation that includes over 20 stories about New York City under Mayor Bloomberg, a picture is painted of a two - tiered urbanism.

The issue has become a political decision — not one based on science or facts,» fumed Scott Kurkoski, attorney for the Southern Tier Joint Landowners Association, which backs fracking in the gas - rich Marcellus Shale region.

To McDonald, that means there has been greater discussion on lower tier issues, such as allowing alcohol in movie theaters.

Cuomo was criticized during an all - night session in mid-March for issuing special messages of necessity to allow the Senate and Assembly to pass bills as soon as deals were struck on topics like a new pension tier for public workers, and redistricting lines.

High - volume hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, emerged as a huge issue in upstate New York, particularly in the Southern Tier where the 19th Congressional District stretches.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — With sexual assault issues continuing to be in headlines, the founder of the #MeToo movement took the time to speak in the Southern Tier.

In the Southern Tier, state police issued a total of 1,504 tickets.

But Cuomo changed course in January, asking the facility location board to consider issuing the final license to a Souhtern Tier - based project.

Keep in mind that Cuomo has been expressing support for using taxpayer dollars to fund campaigns for years now — at least since he was running for governor in 2010 — but has not yet expended significant political capital to actually achieve that goal the way he did with similarly controversial issues like same - sex marriage (a supposed non-starter with the Senate Republicans) and Tier 6 (particularly unpopular with Democrats in both houses).

But Cuomo in January called on the siting board to begin a new casino siting process for the «true Southern Tier» with the goal of recommending a project for the region and issuing the final license.

It's not that surprising that Tier Six has become an issue in the Capital Region - area race, where many state workers reside.

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In two - tier areas, the district council collects council tax to pay for its own services and to cover the precept issued by the county council and any relevant parish or community council for the services they provide.

He focused on this issue while appearing earlier today for a campaign event in Binghamton in New York's Southern Tier, which was ground zero in the fracking debate.

«The weather service is trying to simplify their messages so people can understand them better,» said Dave Nicosia, warning coordinator meteorologist in the service's Binghamton office, which issues forecasts for Central New York, the Southern Tier and Catskills.

Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon says unions approached the county about the issue, noting that if a casino is built in Tyre, as opposed to the Southern Tier, then 60 percent of the jobs would come from Onondaga County.

Reacting, the monarch, who described the comment as disappointing, especially coming from such person as TY Danjuma, wondered why he chose such an avenue to talk on such a volatile issue when he knew how to get across to his friend in the villa without heating up the polity.

But excluding Tompkins, Cuomo won the eight - county Southern Tier region in spite of the unfavorable way he was viewed on the single issue that would affect these counties the most.

DEC continues to review a roadmap issued last fall, called a draft generic environmental impact statement, to allow hydrofracking in the gas - rich Marcellus shale formation that extends from south of Buffalo, through the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes into the western Catskills.

Gural, who said last month that the decision to not issue a license in the Southern Tier «screwed» the region, thanked board members as he left the meeting on Tuesday for «giving me another chance.»

They later issued another recommendation for Tioga after politicians and business leaders in the Southern Tier complained they were being shortchanged and Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged the board to reconsider.

ALBANY, NY (03/12/2012)(readMedia)-- As the debate over Tier 6 rages on, the one issue that seems overlooked is the misdeeds on Wall St. that caused billions in pension fund losses.

Meyers says the big issue facing voters in the Mohawk Valley is the same as what's important to voters in the Southern Tier; creating jobs and protecting the jobs that are here.

Cuomo was criticized for issuing such messages during a late - night blitzkrieg of legislation in March that saw the passage of a new pension tier, DNA database legislation and the extremely controversial district lines.

Snow, with the University's College of Liberal Arts, and her graduate students, Michael Gomez and Rafal Skiba, recently submitted a paper on the findings of their research study, «Graspable objects grab attention more than images do» which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a top - tier psychology journal.

He and his colleagues are part of a growing number of top - tier scientists who are applying the same rigorous standards they use on other scientific issues to tackle one of the biggest questions facing humanity: Are we alone in the universe?

Envision Schools and Oakland's Psychological Services Center (PSC) are partnering to provide a tiered set of interventions — embedded in the advisory program — based on a preventative, or wellness, approach to behavioral and mental health issues.

At the end of a presidential campaign in which education received some attention but never emerged as a top - tier issue, analysts were trying to look beyond this week's election to the K - 12 issues awaiting the next president and gauge where they might fit as a new administration prepares to grapple with a global economic crisis.

Also in this issue: six recommendations to fix Detroit's broken school system, three expert opinions on whether high schools should offer two - tiered diplomas, and a piece on the Vergara v. California case that considers whether litigation is the best approach to reforming teacher tenure policies.

Sir Steve Lancashire, chief executive of Reach2, which runs 50 schools, said the tiered approach would mean trusts could «genuinely collaborate» on some of the toughest issues facing them, «such as recruitment and retention, and how to draw talent to cold spots in the country».

We continuously study priority issues, inform the public and policymakers and engage citizens, business leaders, families, students, and others in a shared mission to move Kentucky to the top tier of all states for education success.

With the regular Texas legislative session about one - third complete, the battle lines in public education are coming into sharper focus on the four major issues identified last year by our organization, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER).

The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership.