Sentences with phrase «public agenda report»

The Public Agenda report makes that clear.

Districts that seek to develop a new generation of talented school leaders would do well to use the Public Agenda report as a training manual.

I just read all the way through a May 2012 Public Agenda report called «Community Responses to School Reform in Chicago» and was surprised by at least one of the report's recommendations for more effectively collaborating with the community in school reform: that CPS «consider re-engaging and strengthening the capacity of Local School Council (LSC) members» by «improving the way new members are educated and prepared for their role and responsibilities and by using this structure as a means to reach residents in local neighborhoods.»

A while back I brought to your attention the great analysis of my current research heroes — those delightful debunkers at the the National Education Policy Center — of the Public Agenda report explaining to self - described «education reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opposition.

In fact, two - thirds of the principals polled by Public Agenda report that «leadership programs in graduate schools of education are out of touch» with what principals need to know.

Public Agenda reported in 2006 that only 20 percent of superintendents and 17 percent of principals thought linking rewards or sanctions to student learning would be a «very effective» way to improve teacher quality.

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But the show has also done good, small - bore reporting on President Trump's domestic agenda — the impact on Kentucky drug - treatment programs if Obamacare is repealed, or how public - private partnerships, of the sort championed by Trump to rebuild infrastructure, have failed to work in building highways in Virginia.

While plastic has dominated the public agenda for some time, the food waste crisis continues to percolate, with the latest report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) showing that household food waste actually increased by 4.4 per cent from 2012 to 2015.

The report also said directors of public health in each locality should be a chief officer of the local authority, who has a statutory duty to address the local public health agenda in full.

According to reports, NYIA's agenda is the enactment of the controversial Education Tax Credit which benefits private and parochial schools, potentially at the expense of public schools.

Cuomo borrowed heavily from the panel's recommendations for his education agendas last year and this year, outlining the group's «final action plan» in his State of the State address last week, although he had not yet released the report to the public.

The Clerk and the staff prepare agendas for meetings, prepare reports, send meeting notices, handle inquiries from the public and officials, and prepare the minutes of the Legislature which are its official proceedings.

As Ken Lovett at The Daily News noted today and I've reported on in the past, ads in favor of the governor's $ 142.6 billion agenda are once again flooding the airwaves, but this year it is a traditional return to Cuomo being the public face of the TV spots.

The 11th preview from the Opportunity Agenda came in the form of a 176 - page report from the governor's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice, appointed as part of a Cuomo initiative from his 2014 State of the State address to examine how the state treats 16 and 17 - year - old offenders.

«This input is critical as we prepare a public report for delivery to Congress in June this year that will layout a set of options and road maps for advancing the US - Africa trade and investment agenda» concluded Ambassador Froman.

Given this, and given that we are entering a future of sparse public money, the true litmus test of the Comprehensive Spending Review / Pre-Budget Report (CSR 2007) is of whether it progresses the reform agenda.

The 11th preview from the Opportunity Agenda came in the form of a 176 - page report from the governor's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice, appointed as part of a Cuomo initiative from his 2014 State of the State address.

The subsidies appeared on the Public Authorities Control Board's agenda on Wednesday, but was taken off after roughly three hours of discussion between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's aides and Senate staffers, Politico reported.

«Given the tremendous power of media outlets to set the agenda for public discussion, the ideological and policy perspectives of those who own media outlets have considerable importance for the nature of American democracy and public policy,» the researchers write in their Science report.

The agenda of this group was to discredit government safety regulations and reports on such things as genetically - engineered bovine growth hormone, pesticides, public smoking, and global warming.

Distinctions between synthetic and natural vitamin A have been absent in the extensive media coverage of this study — on the contrary, the newspaper reports contain implied warnings against pregnant women eating liver, dairy products, meat and eggs, but none against eating fabricated foods like margarine and breakfast cereals to which synthetic vitamin A is added — and one is moved to ask if there might be a hidden agenda in bringing these results before the public.

This Education Week special report offers a detailed look at the leadership of governors in shaping their states» education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot measures.

With the exception of Public Agenda's report, «Stand by Me,» I have found little research on teachers» perceptions of alternative compensation.

The report, released Nov. 16 by the New York City - based Public Agenda research group, found that low - income parents and those who are members of racial and ethnic minorities are more interested in an academic focus than are wealthier and white parents.

We've known since the days of the one - room schoolhouse and dunce caps that student behavior issues eat up classroom time (the BBC reported a survey suggesting that it's five weeks out of the school year) and frustrate teachers (a report by Public Agenda [PDF] suggests that one in three teachers want to quit because of them).

No less than 63 percent of superintendents report that raising student achievement is the biggest part of a principal's evaluation, reports Public Agenda.

Just 36 percent of them, according to Public Agenda, believe that their tougher scrutiny of weak teachers is leading to tenure denials and only 30 percent report that student achievement is being factored into their teacher evaluations.

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In December, a New York - based nonprofit research organization called Public Agenda released a report about trustee engagement that concluded that most board members believe their role is to select and support a good institutional leader rather than directly question administrators or initiate reform.

The producers of Family Movie Night reported that according to a recent Public Agenda survey, nearly three - quarters (74 %) of Americans consider bullying harassment a serious problem in their local public schools and more than 45 percent of students admitted to having been bullied, teased or taunted at school, as noted by a Josephson Institute of Ethics sPublic Agenda survey, nearly three - quarters (74 %) of Americans consider bullying harassment a serious problem in their local public schools and more than 45 percent of students admitted to having been bullied, teased or taunted at school, as noted by a Josephson Institute of Ethics spublic schools and more than 45 percent of students admitted to having been bullied, teased or taunted at school, as noted by a Josephson Institute of Ethics survey.

On the heels of that gem, the nonprofit Public Agenda think tank issued a report warning holiday travelers to brace for the stress and aggravation caused by rude and disrespectful behavior.

When legislators are treating educators as non-entities, their professional training as of no import, and you report «Republicans ignored amendments and cut off public testimony to force a vote», one has to wonder what the real agenda is - to punish teachers for political leanings?

Public Agenda's report looks at several barriers to degree completion, including tuition costs, competing work schedules, and family obligations.

Why did CPS withdraw a Board Report it had placed on its public agenda and which remained on that agenda the morning of the November 14, 2007, meeting.

A recent report from Public Agenda indicates that parents are reluctant to take part in school governance; they'd rather chaperone a field trip than sit on a curriculum committee.

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A new report by the nonpartisan research and policy group Public Agenda addresses these questions by examining nine high - achieving, high - poverty public schools acrossPublic Agenda addresses these questions by examining nine high - achieving, high - poverty public schools acrosspublic schools across Ohio.

«But its critics claim that InsideClimate News is essentially a mouthpiece run by a public - relations consultancy that gets its funding almost exclusively from groups with an environmental agenda... The little that is known about InsideClimate News raises questions about conflicts of interest as well as about the publication's ability, and proclivity, to report fairly and without bias.»

It will certainly be interesting to see how all this plays out, in terms of the scientific research agenda, media reporting, private sector investments, and public policy.

The report goes on to list groups such as the American Lung Association and the Union of Concerned Scientists as «agenda - driven far - left elites» obsessed with using «secretive backroom deals and transfers» to hide their agenda from the public.

The report shows that Exxon contributed to a variety of interesting organizations, including the Center for Environmental Education and the Public Agenda Foundation.

«Bush public relations appointees were muzzling scientists at other agencies, or altering scientific information in official agency reports to fit a preconceived ideological agenda,» Otto reports, with reference to a New York Times article detailing the actions of an oil industry lobbyist in the White House environmental office to manipulate goverernment climate research communication.

It's host is a dyed - in - the - wool Liberal cheerleader, WCO aka Wind Concerns Ontario proves why: Here is a blog posting by energy analyst Scott Luft, based on the past week's edition of Ontario public broadcaster TVOntario «s The Agenda, which dealt with the Auditor General's report on how the Ontario government has mismanaged the energy file.

Since these reports were written, the urgent problems of global warming have rapidly risen up the public and political agenda.

The agenda of this group was to discredit government safety regulations and reports on such things as genetically - engineered bovine growth hormone, pesticides, public smoking, and global warming.

Drafted meeting agendas, supplied advance materials and executed follow - up for meetings and team conferences.Managed the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in - person requests for information.Designed electronic file systems and maintained electronic and paper files.Handled all media and public relations inquiries.Maintained the front desk and reception area in a neat and organized fashion.Served as central point of contact for all outside vendors needing to gain access to the building.Wrote reports and correspondence from dictation and handwritten notes.Maintained an up - to - date department organizational chart.Dispersed incoming mail to correct recipients throughout the office.Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence.Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents.Managed the day - to - day calendar for the company's senior director.Received and screened a high volume of internal and external communications, including email and mail.

In this commentary from the final report on the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self - Sufficiency (BIAS) project, Marianne Bertrand talks about the potential for a broader behavioral agenda that would include larger contributions from psychology and could transform public policy in ways that might induce long - term changes in behavior.