An October 2012 evaluation by Mathematica
Policy Research noted that Atlantic's grantees are making progress in the following areas:
The left - leaning Center for Economic and
Policy Research noted the other day that the share of the prime working - age population with jobs is still below where it was in December 2007.
Not exact matches
«The housing market continues to adjust to stricter mortgage rules, recent Bank of Canada rate hikes and some provincial
policy moves,» said BMO Capital Markets» senior economist Robert Kavcic in a
research note Friday.
As Neil Dutta, head of economic
research for Renaissance Macro, wrote in a
note to clients, Friday's report was the lowest reading in sixth months, and the index has been «below the 50 breakeven level for nine of the last ten months and will likely intensify calls for additional
policy accommodation.»
Turner: One of the
research notes that I received this morning made the point that monetary
policy is going to dominate stock trading for the near time.
«The currency war is intensifying: the number of participants is rising, fresh
policy tools are being used to fight, and the scale of influence on the wider foreign exchange market is increasing,» wrote HSBC strategists, led by David Bloom, in a
research note on Tuesday which ranks global currencies» appetites for war.
Torsten Slok, Chief International Economist for Deutsche Bank Securities, writes in a
research note Friday that this could be a problem for Fed
policy makers.
As BuzzFeed
notes, much of Uber's new
policy on accessing passenger data was included in an update to the company's privacy
policy issued a day after reports of an Uber executive's comments about doing
research on journalists.
«Some additional market - disruptive
policy moves regarding U.S. - China trade seem likely,» Goldman's Alec Phillips wrote in the
research note, which played down the odds of success in this week's talks.
Secondly, the World Bank's Trade and Competitiveness group also just published a
policy note entitled, Supporting Growth - Oriented Women Entrepreneurs: A Review of Evidence and Key Challenges, which draws upon and synthesizes existing
research from within and outside the Bank.
Congress or the President creating an Office of Broad - based Employee Share Ownership and Profit Sharing in the White House to coordinate
policies across the government to assure that there is sufficient data,
research, and analysis to encourage responsible
policies and avoid unintended consequences as the many
policy disasters of the past
noted above.
The Bank of Japans monetary
policy is expected to stay extremely accommodative through fiscal 2017, which would also underpin demand, both domestically and abroad,
noted Danske Bank in a
research report.
The Bank of Canada is likely to keep its
policy rates on hold tomorrow,
noted TD Economics in a
research report.
The Bank of Japan's monetary
policy is expected to stay extremely accommodative through fiscal 2017, which would also underpin demand, both domestically and abroad,
noted Danske Bank in a
research report.
Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will
note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new
policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic
research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
U.S. Advocates Human & Property Rights Solely for Those Nations Who Have the Power to Demand Them Dean Baker, of the Center for Economic and
Policy Research, took
note this morning of the Obama Administration's perverse rationale regarding the compensation of the poorer nations bearing the earliest and worst effects of climate change, as spelled...
While the
policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default»
policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and
research.
Policy Exchange
research earlier this year
noted that one - in - six prisoners are receiving drug substitutes.
She
notes that a study by the Institute for Women's
Policy Research finds that an estimated 40 percent of workers living in Albany County lack even a single paid sick day.
Ruth Müller, a postdoctoral
research fellow at the Research Policy Institute at Lund University in Sweden, who focused her Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape influences the working practices of postdocs in the life sciences, notes that while the study acknowledges the diversity of the European system, it uses just one European country — Germany — in its quantitative
research fellow at the
Research Policy Institute at Lund University in Sweden, who focused her Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape influences the working practices of postdocs in the life sciences, notes that while the study acknowledges the diversity of the European system, it uses just one European country — Germany — in its quantitative
Research Policy Institute at Lund University in Sweden, who focused her Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape influences the working practices of postdocs in the life sciences,
notes that while the study acknowledges the diversity of the European system, it uses just one European country — Germany — in its quantitative survey.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, has decided to double down on its implementation of a congressionally mandated
policy aimed at reducing
research misconduct among NSF - funded scientists, despite a new report that
notes problems with the agency's approach.
► Scientists using nonhuman primates in your
research, take
note: «[I] n response to a congressional mandate, [the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-RSB- will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical
policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals,» David Grimm reported on Monday.
Kwik, who entered
policy work directly after a postdoc at the U.S. Army Medical
Research Institute of Infectious Diseases,
notes that the longer you stay in science, the more influence you're likely to wield.
The possibilities raise a radical question about the moral status of human cells,
noted Jan Helge Solbakk, head of
research at the Center for Medical Ethics at the University of Oslo in Norway and chair of the society's ethics and public
policy committee.
But Glasener
notes that Woteki's
policy and
research experience is light on farming.
Even with the growing police state, the Chinese government probably does not want to risk losing even some of these beneficial relationships,»
notes international lawyer Elizabeth Lynch, formerly a
research fellow at New York University's U.S. - Asia Law Institute in New York City, at the China Law &
Policy blog.
In response, the committee's Democrats wrote to Smith on 23 October,
noting that the subpoena «appears to be furthering a fishing expedition» and saying that it oversteps the committee's bounds, as the paper is a
research study and not a
policy decision.
But Fowler doubts that Projekt DEAL's approach will catch on: He
notes that major U.S.
research funders, such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, have official
policies that allow work to remain behind a paywall for a year after publication.
At Physical Geography, for example, Davies
notes that journal owner Taylor & Francis now has a
policy that calls for disclosing «financial, commercial, legal or professional» relationships «that could influence an author's
research.
MSM faculty and alumni are
noted for excellence in teaching,
research and public
policy, as well as exceptional patient care.
«Education
Policy Research: Framework and Practice,» Education
Policy Analysis Workshop Instructional
Notes, Harvard Institute for International Development, (1998)
Major areas cited in the
research are declining enrollment, higher shares of special education students and drops in state funding — which, the study
notes,
policy makers control.
Few literacy researchers have conducted
research aimed directly at either state or national English language arts and, as we have
noted previously,
policy researchers interested in standards often analyze them in terms of larger reforms efforts, without specific regard for subject area.
It should be
noted, though, that we as a nation have been relying upon similar high - stakes educational
policies since the late 1970s (i.e., for now over 35 years); however, we have literally no
research evidence that these high - stakes accountability
policies have yielded any of their intended effects, as still perpetually conceptualized (see, for example, Nevada's recent legislative ruling here) and as still advanced via large - and small - scale educational
policies (e.g., we are still A Nation At Risk in terms of our global competitiveness).
While the document was drafted by folks coming from the aforementioned state of Oklahoma, who are also affiliated with the Learning
Policy Institute, it is important to
note that the document was also vetted by some «heavy hitters» in this line of
research including, but not limited to, David C. Berliner (Arizona State University), Peter W. Cookson Jr. (American Institutes for Research (AIR)-RRB-, Linda Darling - Hammond (Stanford University), and William A. Firestone (Rutgers Univ
research including, but not limited to, David C. Berliner (Arizona State University), Peter W. Cookson Jr. (American Institutes for
Research (AIR)-RRB-, Linda Darling - Hammond (Stanford University), and William A. Firestone (Rutgers Univ
Research (AIR)-RRB-, Linda Darling - Hammond (Stanford University), and William A. Firestone (Rutgers University).
The David L. Clark National Graduate Student
Research Seminar in Educational Administration &
Policy, sponsored by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Divisions A and L of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and SAGE Publications, brings emerging educational administration and policy scholars and noted researchers together for two days of presentations, generative discussion, and professional g
Policy, sponsored by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Divisions A and L of the American Educational
Research Association (AERA), and SAGE Publications, brings emerging educational administration and
policy scholars and noted researchers together for two days of presentations, generative discussion, and professional g
policy scholars and
noted researchers together for two days of presentations, generative discussion, and professional growth.
Dr. Laura Goe, Dr. Courtney Bell, and Ms. Olivia Little
note in Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the
research literature as well as in
policy documents, standards and reports» (2008).
Participants
noted that the comments from the staff and students showed a positive response to new
policy initiatives and structural changes in the redesigned schools and
research - based structural changes (small classes, focused curriculum, etc.) that supported improved student achievement and staff professionalism.
Writing in the New York Daily News, WILL
Research Director Will Flanders and
Research Fellow, Natalie Goodnow,
note our review of Obama - era school discipline
policies: The Obama Administration -LSB-...]
Editor's
Note: Author Jeff Kosovich, at the University of Virginia, works with mentor Chris Hulleman, Carnegie Fellow and a
research associate professor in the department of educational leadership,
policy, and foundations at the University of Virginia, to create practical and useful interventions to increase students» productive persistence.
As Thomas J. Kane, director of the Center for Education
Policy Research at Harvard University,
noted this spring, such a reaction would «be equivalent to saying «O.K., because there are some players that cheated in Major League Baseball, we should stop keeping score, because that only encourages people to take steroids.»»
The Education Trust - Midwest, a non-partisan education
policy and
research organization,
notes that although there was some improvement overall, the M - STEP results still show evidence of economic and racial achievement gaps.
However, the authors also
note that many current
policies and practices are inconsistent with the knowledge and best practices identified in the
research.
Before I dive into the
research and
policy, I want to step back and
note that we are not considering dry academic questions.
The
research, published in October in the Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management, provides a cautionary
note to policymakers hoping to swiftly move students to...
«At first blush, the FHA's certification changes appear to meaningfully clarify lender liability which should be viewed as a positive development for mortgage credit availability but not a seismic shift as enforcement anxiety remains,» wrote Isaac Boltansky and Amy DeBone,
policy analysts at Compass Point
Research and Trading, in a
note to clients.
Please
note that
policies can change at any time, and you should do your own
research to confirm this information.
Economists and other
policy analysts have
noted that
policies intended to foster climate - friendly technology
research and development (R&D) will also be necessary, but likewise will not be sufficient on their own.
After laying out the various ways in which human behavioral patterns complicate the climate challenge, I
note how the same
research reveals wide consensus on smart energy
policies.
Note that the geophysical union is offering up experts expressly in climate science, not
policy, which is outside the
research focus of its members for the most part.