Sentences with phrase «victories for reformers»

These are huge victories for reformers, and losses for the teachers unions and other advocates of hiding the truth from parents and the public.

In a victory for reformers, campaign finance reform is high on the list, along with other progressive initiatives such as raising the minimum wage and changing New York City's «stop and frisk» policy.

That permanent change to the structure of the county organization would be a victory for reformers and progressives, who complained that the number of those positions were expanded by Lopez in order to fend off challenges from rivals.

Education Week: The Democratic Platform: More of a Victory for Reformers Than It Seems http://bit.ly/2abV0F8

Of course, this isn't a complete victory for reformers.

Not exact matches

Ultimately, startups and tech can take a short victory lap after TC Heartland, but should not see the decision as a license for patent reformers to take a back seat in the legislative process.

Unfortunately for today's swelling ranks of constitutional reformers, this does not mean the Labour mood is finally hardening into a last - ditch resolve to create an elected second chamber before an expected Conservative election victory next year.

In short, some forces of reform are busy marching into the sea and turning notable victories into Pyrrhic ones... [Too many school reformers] dismiss concerns that their reforms do nothing for suburban schools or may adversely affect them.

Alexandria, VA — In a sweeping victory for education reformers in California, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that state laws governing teacher tenure protections are unconstitutional.

For those who say it is too early to use NAEP to judge the Common Core, I would remind them that in 2013, Education Secretary Arne Duncan used NAEP increases to do a victory dance about the states that had already implemented the Core at that time — and I never heard any reformer complain.

While minor changes were made, the final bill was touted as a major victory for the corporate reformers.

Let's start with the obvious: I think Rick Hasen is exactly right to suggest that such a move by the lefties is actually a «relative victory» for campaign finance reformers, given the extent to which» [t] aking the case would have been an opportunity for the majority of Supreme Court justices to make things worse [from the reformers» perspective], such as by suggesting that limits on direct contributions to candidates are unconstitutional.»