Sentences with phrase «comprehensive reform work»
Considerable research literature links outcomes to the effectiveness of implementation, for example, Laura Desimone's Making Comprehensive Reform Work.
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In March 2015, The ESOP Association submitted comments on comprehensive tax reform to three of the Senate Committee on Finance's Tax Reform Working Group on Savings & Invesreform to three of the Senate Committee on Finance's Tax Reform Working Group on Savings & InvesReform Working Group on Savings & Investment.
If the product of their work is not taken seriously» as, for instance, an invaluable reference in a synod of bishops dedicated to a program of comprehensive reform» it may be a very, very long time before people of their quality will make a comparable effort to help the bishops with much of anything.
«While I am sorry to see her leave our office, I am heartened that Conchita will be returning to Washington to work on immigration policy at this critical moment when we are so close to passing comprehensive immigration reform,» Rivera said said in a statement.
«The speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues like education, reproductive rights and criminal justice reform, so we have a lot of work to do here in Albany and that is what we will be focusing on,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx.
I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Assembly to swiftly pass a comprehensive package of reforms.
The proposals are largely based on the recommendations of Lord Turner's three - year inquiry into pensions, and were described by work and pensions secretary John Hutton as a «comprehensive, integrated package of reform».
Mr. Walker envisions himself working on comprehensive tax reform, «rationalizing the size of government,» a more focused program of economic development and generally trying to get the state's finances in order.
«Governor Christie is committed to a comprehensive approach, and he will continue to work with legislators of both parties to pass real mental health reforms which truly improve public safety,» Mr. Roberts said in a statement.
«I want to make sure that we have a bill that's actually tracking through the legislation so that we have the time needed to do what we need to do in terms of reforming the Port Authority,» Lanza said, adding, «We're going work with him to make sure that the bill that gets to his desk this time around is even more comprehensive.»
Our groups hope they act on this spirit by working closely with both state legislatures ---- and public stakeholders ---- in a transparent process to introduce and pass comprehensive reforms in the Port Authority's governance this session.
'' The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure; passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades, resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle - class New York taxpayers; approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods; and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.»
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Added Senator Gipson: «I look forward to working with Assemblyman Lalor on this bill, and continuing to push for comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform in New York.
The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.
«The costs of pensions are exploding all across the state, so it's not just a problem for New York City... We will be working on a comprehensive reform package as soon as we get the budget done.»
Formerly served as deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked on election law and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state Legislature.
«Congresswoman Stefanik remains committed to achieving comprehensive tax reform and will be working with her colleagues in the New York delegation to address this issue in a final tax plan,» said Flanagin.
«We look forward to working together to craft a long - term, comprehensive plan to ensure that a reformed 421 - a program can maximize the creation of affordable housing in New York City for years to come.
New Yorkers can demand those seeking to serve in the legislature work to ensure passage of comprehensive campaign finance reform next year.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nevada, said last week he will make passing a comprehensive immigration bill a priority once the Senate completes its work on a Wall Street reform bill.
«The recommendations put forth by the work group are thoughtful and comprehensive,» Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle said in a statement in March when the reforms were released.
► Economist Heather Boushey's new book Finding Time: The Economics of Work - Life Conflict «offer [s] a thorough, systematic, evidence - based case for a comprehensive package of institutional reforms» to address today's workplace expectations, which «have left millions of working Americans perpetually stressed, conflicted, economically insecure, and time - poor,» wrote Janet Gornick of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in New York City in a review (subscription required) in this week's issue of Science.
The plan for science and technology proposed by the Obama campaign, for example, calls for «comprehensive immigration reform that improves our visa programs to attract some of the world's most talented people to America» and supports an increase in the number of foreign scientists and technical people permitted to study, work, and stay in the United States.
Joe also works to achieve comprehensive reform of chemicals policy in California and in the United States, which involves intensive study of the REACH legislation in the European Union, the proposed U.S. Kid's Safe Chemicals Act of 2008 and the California Green Chemistry Initiative.
Their earlier work on this topic includes School Turnarounds: A Review of Cross-Sector Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement (Center on Innovation and Improvement, 2007), and Julie Kowal and Emily Ayscue Hassel, Turnarounds with New Leaders and Staff (Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2005).
The submission proposes five priorities for reform and includes recommendations for Initial Teacher Education providers to expand culturally appropriate and flexible pathways for Indigenous people, all graduates to complete a «comprehensive sequence» of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies during their education degree, and a national review considering the challenges of preparing teachers to work in remote Indigenous communities.
Our foundation is working with a number of districts, including Hillsborough (Florida), Memphis, and Pittsburgh, to advance comprehensive teacher reforms, and we are engaged with nearly 3,000 teachers in six school districts on a project called «Measures of Effective Teaching.»
True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.
An influential citizens» advocacy group in Kentucky last week strongly urged the governor and state lawmakers to set aside their differences and begin work on a comprehensive school - reform program.
The promise of CSR models — such as Accelerated School Project, Core Knowledge, Direct Instruction, High Schools That Work, School Development Program, Success for All — and the comprehensive reform that they support is that they are research - based and provide the training and other supports needed to encourage a coordinated approach to improvement that addresses curriculum and instruction, professional development, leadership, parental and community involvement, and other components needed for student success.
By helping education decision makers identify and apply what works in the area of comprehensive school reform, the CSRQ Center can help raise student achievement and improve other important student outcomes for millions of America's children.
Making Schools Work examines various approaches that schools are currently undertaking to raise student achievement, including Comprehensive School Reform models, such as the Comer School Development Program and Success For All.
The initial reform work in Boston was around changing the size of the schools from large, comprehensive high schools to small schools or small learning communities.
He is the Co-Director of the Talent Development Middle and High School Project, which is currently working with more than 100 high - poverty secondary schools to develop, implement and evaluate comprehensive whole school reforms.
«Through the work of hundreds of educators, policy makers, parents and other education stakeholders, Wisconsin developed a comprehensive education reform package,» Evers said.
He has been the executive editor of the School Community Journal since 1991 and was a senior research associate at the Laboratory for Student Success at Temple University from 1995 — 2005, leading the Lab's work on comprehensive school reform.
Through our thought leadership, CTQ also works to articulate the promise of systemic change to help all stakeholders embrace the necessity of reforms that are comprehensive and wide - reaching (beyond the confines of an individual school or school district).
If, as a country, we are to realize the potential offered by comprehensive school reform, decision makers will need help in sorting through competing claims made by researchers and providers about what works.
He has ensured that there is a comprehensive understanding of a cohesive education reform agenda across the Senior Officers he leads and continues to champion the work of highly effective school leaders, systems and a «level playing field» for the students served in public education.
The CSRQ Center promises to help raise student achievement and improve other important student outcomes for millions of America's children by helping education decision makers identify and apply «what works» in the area of comprehensive school reform.
On a federal level, the Obama administration worked to initiate an education reform through its Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge tenet, which awarded $ 500 million to states with comprehensive early education plans.
School officials in Delaware, which will receive $ 100 million, have been working on reform projects for more than a decade, and the state already has a comprehensive student - performance data system in place.
What Works is a comprehensive guide to student inclusive school change that offers a variety of international case studies, tools, and resources for promoting «youth - centered» school reform.
New York About Blog Mission is to bring the voice of everyday New Yorkers to the health reform conversation, and to work to achieve affordable, comprehensive, and high - quality health care for all New Yorkers.
Public Campaign Action Fund is a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization that works to advance comprehensive campaign finance reform and hold elected officials accountable.
We all get fired up — and we start to recycle, and we start to bicycle, and we work like crazy to elect politicians who promise to build an economy based on green jobs and to pass comprehensive energy reform.
Chip and his team negotiated and implemented bilateral logging agreements with China and Indonesia, coordinated the Climate and Environment Working Group under the U.S. - Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, led trade - related efforts on forests with Peru, the Asia - Pacific region, and the European Union, and played a leading role in developing the U.S. relationship with Burma on forest policy since that country began its political and economic reform process in 2011.
Should the Task Force decide against comprehensive reform, we implore LSUC to work with articling Principals and Black legal organizations to ensure that Black articling students are meeting the standards of learning, professional competence and professional conduct required for legal practice.
They stand with the majority of Americans who support real comprehensive immigration reform, working to create the momentum that would transform a dysfunctional immigration system into one that works.