Sentences with phrase «policy efforts often»

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In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

Their informative chapters on social insurance, tax policy, education, efforts to improve jobs and wages for less - skilled workers, and in - kind and cash assistance make clear why current policies are often regressive.

But his efforts to focus on policy have often been undercut by his habit of stepping on his own message, including in the three - minute TV ad that aired Thursday in which Paladino mentioned Cuomo's «legendary prowess.»

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

The list shows dozens of environmental policies that the Trump administration has targeted, often in an effort to ease burdens on the fossil Online Robert's Rules of Order, the recognized guide to running meetings and conferences effectively and fairly.

As Americans continue to debate about a compulsively tweeting president, strict immigration policies and efforts to manipulate an often easily distracted media, «City of Ghosts» provides a grim reminder of what journalism should look like, and why its stakes are literally life and death.

A consensus for change is developing, but as Bridget Terry Long points out in a new policy proposal commissioned by the Hamilton Project, reform efforts often sidestep substantial questions about how to improve academic preparation and — importantly — help students avoid remedial placement altogether...

Wang, a former Fulbright Fellow and now a second - year doctoral student at HGSE, saw firsthand as an 11th - grade English teacher that the needs of rural, low - income communities often aren't represented in state policy, but are overlooked in favor of efforts that target urban areas because there's little awareness of the rural problems and few advocates are calling for change.

But state systems of education consist of interconnected policies and work streams, and if related elements don't move forward in tandem, the efforts often fail to have impact.

Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress's nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration's efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

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.

Among the policies needed in New York, Dr. Orfield said, were citywide efforts to educate parents about magnet schools, transportation options to help children get to schools outside their often - segregated neighborhoods and accountability for diversity.

Similar efforts are underway in states and districts from Maine to Mississippi, New Mexico to Wyoming, often led by networks of NBCTs that recruit and support candidates for certification and advocate on behalf of effective education policy that benefits students.

The best policy is likely to push these decisions about teacher compensation downward below the district level to the school level, as the teachers» present management will likely be better positioned to judge the value and relevance of teachers» (often commendable) efforts to improve their subject knowledge than is the personnel office of a huge, wasteful district like LAUSD, while making these decisions at the state level is even less likely to prove efficient.

Then, we curiously wonder why they often struggle navigating advocacy efforts or policy conversations.

Too often education policy and reform efforts become stalled as policymakers struggle to decide what to address first: the happenings inside the classroom or outside the classroom that impact student learning.

The authors present examples of science - policy disconnects in highly visible and often - controversial post-fire recovery efforts, and provide recommendations for reducing them.

If the attitude of this paper had prevailed in the WB (and I know from my government advisory experience that good advice often does not prevail over self - serving and / or ideological / political approaches), then the efforts of the IPCC might have been better directed to the underlying science, improved data and policy - relevant information.

It finds in all cases that efforts to reduce vulnerability to losses, often called climate adaptation, have far greater potential effectiveness to reduce damage related to tropical cyclones than efforts to modulate the behaviour of storms through greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies, typically called climate mitigation and achieved through energy policies.

Led by the 72 - year - old climate scientist, the initiative focuses on bringing policy - relevant science to the public, building on dogged — and often controversial — efforts along those lines by its director.

Taking the time to shop for a policy that is adequately priced and comes from a trusted insurer is often well worth the effort.

Most travelers spend a lot of time and effort planning the perfect vacations, but they often overlook the importance of getting a good travel insurance policy.

When dealing with a basic liability issue following a car accident, the claimant often has to wait for months or even longer to receive any kind of payment from the liable driver's auto policy - and sometimes only after spending time in court or jumping through assorted other hoops in an effort to actually get what they have coming.

Because so many of the origins and consequences of childhood toxic stress lie beyond the boundaries of the clinical setting, pediatric providers are often called on to work collaboratively with parents, social workers, teachers, coaches, civic leaders, policy makers, and other invested stakeholders to influence services that fall outside the traditional realm of clinical practice.72 In many cases, these efforts extend even further afield, moving into the realm of ecologically based, public health initiatives that address the precipitants of toxic stress at the community, state, and national levels.

Marketing and recruiting often are the first things companies try to affect with regard to their diversity efforts, often overlooking their vendor procurement policies and diversification of their vendor partners.