Sentences with phrase «weaken public»

While some Republicans have said the fuel standards will weaken public safety and raise the cost of cars, there's been little real movement to kill them.

Often deniers portray themselves as reasoned, cautious, and conservative scientists, while the real scientists working in the field are described with emotionally charged adjectives like «alarmists,» «warmists,» and the like to weaken the public's respect for their work and to fool journalists about who's who.

NSBA urges Congress to reject the implementation of a federal voucher program or other voucher alternatives and to work with us to improve, not weaken our public schools — which educate more than 50 million students.

Taking desperately needed funds away from schools such as Audubon Charter School, Warren Easton, Ben Franklin, Edward Hynes, Lusher, McMain, and McDonogh # 35 Academy, will only serve to weaken public school education overall by forcing middle class parents out of the New Orleans public school system.

Iowa recently passed an Act 10 - inspired law with similar policies affecting public - sector workers and their unions.1 Other states and members of Congress are considering enacting such policies, and with its ruling on Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the U.S. Supreme Court may act to weaken public - sector unions and teachers» ability to collectively bargain.2

No other Education Secretary, especially Democratic, has done more to privatize and weaken public education than Arne Duncan who was also obsessed with standardized testing.

These academies would, in my opinion, lower standards for preparing teachers and would also support a general downward spiral in standards beyond the academies that would weaken public education.

In a time when a large chorus of leaders are choosing to endorse programs and strategies that weaken our public schools [1], we want to organize for a future that supports and transforms our public school system.

The state teachers union agrees, saying it is part of an effort to weaken public schools.

In response, Corbett and Mike Turzai, the Republican majority leader in the State House of Representatives, demanded that the city's legislative delegation vote to weaken public - employee pensions.

Misguided policies that weaken public education by diverting public funds from already - strained public schools or by enriching private companies at the expense of our neediest students, however, will continue to meet NASSP's vigorous opposition.

Critics of the new law view it as an attempt to weaken public sector unions.

Maass believes voucher programs weaken public schools and school districts in ways that go beyond just losing state aid, although that is devastating during a time of unprecedented cuts to public education.

ASCD passes the first of several resolutions opposing private school vouchers, expressing concern that they could lead to racial, economic, and social isolation and weaken public schools.

The PAA position paper, released on July 5, said: «We are concerned that the overall effect of the bill will be to rapidly increase the quantity and not the quality of charter schools, without the necessary safeguards, and to weaken the public school system, which we believe is the very backbone of democracy.»

«The Nevada Association of School Boards continues to oppose efforts to weaken the public education system, which is the foundation of a free and democratic society,» stated Dr. Dotty Merrill, Executive Director, Nevada Association of School Boards.

Howard Fuller, a supporter of Betsy DeVos, has a plan to co-locate and privatize North Division High School that will weaken our public schools and divide our community.

Opponents hammered at the theme that vouchers would divert taxpayers» money from public schools, weaken public education, and leave tens of thousands of children behind.

Although instructors and medical and educational experts decry any moves to further weaken public school PE, there are in fact private programs that, if necessary, can fill at least part of the physical education gap.

On the campaign trail, Ellison spoke against public charter schools and private school vouchers, casting them both as a Bush administration plan to weaken public schools.

That they believed their position was correct despite the blemishes is not the issue, but rather that admission of such blemishes would weaken their public support.

• Short - term savings from cutting the middle class out of state benefits as Nick Clegg suggests on child benefit (Britain needs «savage» cuts, says Clegg, 19 September) would weaken public support for the social safety net on which the poorest depend and ultimately endanger the future of the welfare state itself.

An impending Supreme Court decision could weaken public unions by no longer requiring non-members to pay union dues or fees.

-- Includes language to pre-emptively respond to a looming Supreme Court decision that most observers expect will weaken public employee unions by letting state workers decline to pay dues even if they benefit from the union's efforts.

But New Yorkers should not buy the conservative line that these events are a reason to weaken public sector unions across the board.

Terrorism is a tactic used by armed men against civilians for political purpose in the anticipation that it will weaken the public's resolve to resist.

I agree with Judith Curry that this pathetic trail of poor decisions weakens public trust in science.

Race to the Bottom Michael McGill Focusing on the push over the past few decades to «save» the nation's schools by applying rigorous business strategies, Michael McGill, M.A.T.» 67, C.A.S.» 70, Ed.D.» 72, a former superintendent, argues that corporate reform has actually weakened public schools, with narrower curriculums and a slashing of «nonessentials» like art and languages.

This weakens the public school structure that is fundamental to many successful education systems elsewhere.

He said since the passage of Act 10, which weakened public sector unions in Wisconsin, he wants WEAC to keep its focus at the local level.

The LAUSD Board of Education weakened Public School Choice in late August.

We have kept at bay charter school legislation that would have weakened public education in PA..

But the denial machine has been aggressively pushing its war on climate science and weakening public support for action, and the Obama administration and environmental groups «took their eye off the ball and have fallen down on the job in terms of really working public opinion on this.»

The statement by Mike McPhaden, President of the AGU, comes down pretty hard on Peter Gleick for having «betrayed the principles of scientific integrity» and thereby «compromised AGU's credibility as a scientific society, weakened the public's trust in scientists, and produced fresh fuel for the unproductive and seemingly endless ideological firestorm surrounding the reality of the Earth's changing climate.»

[90] On the other hand, permitting judges to freely engage in extrajudicial activities introduces the danger of weakening public confidence in the courts.

Moody's downgraded the credit rating of the United Kingdom from Aa1 to Aa2 on September 22, citing weakening public finances and calling into question the Government's fiscal consolidation plans.

Not exact matches

The fourth quarter of 2015 saw a steep slowdown in initial public offerings, following on the news of economic weakening globally, a commodities rout, a perhaps too - strong dollar, and rising interest rates.

In its last assessment, S&P said that Portugal's outlook was stable, «balancing our expectation of further budgetary consolidation and likely receding banking sector risks over the next two years against the risks of a weakening external growth environment and vulnerabilities related to high private - and public - sector debt.»

Fukuyama has expressed concern about the quality of public administration in the United States, citing evidence from the Volcker Commission, which showed that the morale and effectiveness of the federal workforce has been weakening over the past two generations.

Hillary Clinton is calling for a public option, which, if passed, would weaken the power of insurance companies.

Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.

A large secondary transaction would likely weaken the pressure from any existing investors for the company to soon go public so that they can finally profit off their bet.

Deal value suffered from a troublesome combination of weakening economic conditions, stubbornly high asset prices and volatile public - offering markets, which discouraged pre-IPO deals.

Even before the recent U.S. presidential election, Canadian governments were concerned about the weakened ability of the news media to inform the public about their democracy.

Even Ferro — despite public pronouncement — has shown signs of weakening in this resolve over the last week, I'm told.

Such a shift would certainly fit in with China's weakening balance of trade, public statements about gold, and their goal of internationalizing the RMB.

HQCA advisory committee The appointment of former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and retired Judge Allan Wachowich to an advisory panel to the Health Quality Council of Alberta may weaken opposition calls for a full Public Inquiry into the intimidation of health care professionals.

And although fiscal stimulus package «leaked» in the Nikkei Wednesday (JPY20trn, with JPY6trn of «real water») appears to have had a supportive impact upon stocks by weakening the yen, even at its most generous, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year is likely to total only JPY2trn, with additional stimulus spaced out over the coming years, and most of this dedicated to public works (which, many fear, runs the risk of turning into wasteful spending rather than a monetary - plus - fiscal stimulus powerhouse).

Weakening standards of governance and public finances were to blame.

The full release could give the public a better sense of whether the Russian scheme was only trying to sow division or if it was intended to weaken Hillary Clinton's campaign or strengthen Trump's.