Sentences with phrase «widespread boycotts of»

The state's rapid switch to Common Core - based assessments led to widespread boycotts of the annual tests given to third - through eighth - graders.

Maybe with a widespread boycott of Champions League stadia something can be accomplished.

«It is expected that a widespread boycott of new cases could affect courts and police stations across the country.

The Police Federation has sent emails to solicitors expressing concern that a widespread boycott of new cases could affect courts and police stations across the country.

It's a reversal of a controversial policy that helped lead to a widespread boycott of the third through eighth grade tests associated with the former Common Core program.

Korn said a widespread boycott of the standardized tests last spring, where 20 percent of parents opted their children out of the tests, has also fueled changes.

Not exact matches

The 1997 Conference of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responded to the Cracking the Code report referred to above by adopting a motion noting the «widespread abuses» and suggesting that the RCM Council «reconsider its hypocritical position of boycotting Nestlé whilst continuing to accept sponsorship from other infant feeding manufacturers.»

Rivera announced Thursday that he will forgo the June 11 parade's «National Freedom Hero» award in the face of a widespread boycott.

Before he announced the six - speech tour, there was widespread talk about legislators boycotting the «State of the State» speech when it was still scheduled for Albany, according to the New York Daily News.

Widespread publicity of the opt - out movement last spring, when about 20 % of New York students in grades three through eight boycotted the federally mandated tests, made more families aware of the option.

Former terror leader Oscar López Rivera will not be honored at this year's Puerto Rican Day parade, after the ex-FALN chieftain decided to turn down the award in the face of a widespread parade boycott.

Finally, after speaking with many local school superintendents and reviewing the correspondence that they sent out to teachers and parents last spring, it is clear that Malloy's Department of Education also tried to scare local officials into believing that any widespread opt - out or boycott of the Common Core SBAC test would jeopardize funding for the local school district.