Sentences with phrase «public agenda think»

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.

Not exact matches

Rent control, much maligned and misunderstood, is now back on the public agenda with even centre - right think thank Civitas backing its reintroduction to the UK.

Fred LeBrun thinks Cuomo has an agenda in his battle with the state's public school teachers, but «it is not the betterment of public education in New York.»

«We definitely think this is Governor Cuomo's opportunity to make good on his representations that public financing is a part of his agenda,» Common Cause's Susan Lerner said.

She also told public television's «New York Now» at the time that the governor's 10 - point women's equality agenda was «incredibly progressive» and «incredibly forward thinking.»

Our three core aims are: To make the environment a central political issue; • To integrate the environment into public policy and decision making; • To stimulate new thinking and advance the environmental agenda into new areas.

They enroll their young children in early education and care settings and kindergarten classrooms and think favorably about the U.S. public education system (see «Reform Agenda Gains Strength,» features, Winter 2013).

Other highly visible education schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and University of Washington have forfeited much of their research agenda to other parts of their universities, e.g., econ departments, public policy schools, or university - based think tanks.

A 2003 Public Agenda survey found that barely one in five teachers thought linking teachers» salaries to their effectiveness would help motivate teachers or reward high - performers, while more than 60 percent worried that it would lead to jealousy.

According to the Public Agenda poll, scheduled for released this week, 57 percent of the parents surveyed think their children are already learning enough math and science.

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

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.

Silicon Valley Education Foundation Chief Executive Officer Muhammed Chaudry agrees with Torlakson that California already has adopted an ambitious agenda for reforming its public schools and said he thinks Tuck's candidacy is premature.

For years, elites in big business, foundations, well - endowed think tanks, and corporate media have conducted a well - financed marketing campaign to impress on the nation's public schools an agenda of change that includes charter schools, standardized testing, and «new and improved» standards known as the Common Core.

How Polis thinks attacking Diane Ravitch and public education is part of a progressive agenda is mind - boggling.

Although Americans of all backgrounds believe education is the key to the good life, Public Agenda research suggests that many don't think schools are delivering on the promise for black and Hispanic students.

With this year's gubernatorial election six months away, some might think Governor Malloy would back off his corporate education reform industry agenda in an effort to convince teachers, parents and public school advocates to reconsider their opposition to his candidacy.

But I still think Gleick's role was significantly different if his HuffPo confession was true (as to the strategy memo having been supplied to him anonymously) versus if the confession was itself another layer of deception.If Gleick forged the strategy memo himself, after he phished the legitimate documents, then he's willing to knowingly lie to the public in pursuit of his ideological agenda.

The public is coming to think of scientists as just another political pressure group with a particular agenda that scientists push with all the intellectual honesty of any other pressure group — which is to say very little.

What I take from Paul Nurse's comments is that, apparently, the climate scientists thought they could do «science» AND be heavily involved in radical political agendas that directly benefited their enterprise, and while doing so, NOT expect to get some push back by the tax paying public (who, after all, are paying their salaries while also being the targets of the CAGW activists).

Anyhow, I think Chu was a «political» appointment — picked because he supports the environmentalist agenda without «public» reservation.

My problem with Gleick's actions is not that it was wrong in itself to obtain the documents in the way he did and for them to be made public - I think there was a real public interest in publishing the documents and although the contents were not surprising to those of us who follow the subject closely, the wider public is now likely to be more aware of Heartland's agenda than previously.

«I have zero problem with the Heartland docs being released, with the caveat that if personal information relating to some individuals should have been redacted, as I think that the activities of organisations which attempt to influence public policy should be open to scrutiny in general, and especially where they are pushing misinformation on scientific issues to further a political agenda.

In addition, if reviews were to be made public, do you think that reviewers would not realize that now the act of writing a review is yet another avenue for them to trumpet their own ideas / work / agenda outside of needing to publish a paper?

Our three core aims are: To make the environment a central political issue; • To integrate the environment into public policy and decision making; • To stimulate new thinking and advance the environmental agenda into new areas.