Sentences with phrase «public impact looked»

An analysis performed by Public Impact looked at how replacing low - performing charter schools while replicating high - performing ones could and should work.

Not exact matches

According to Holly deGraaf, Interim General Manager and Director, Retail Operations and Public Relations at Ten Thousand Villages Canada, «The highest [impact is made] when what [bloggers] share and write doesn't look like --[or better yet, isn't]-- a paid endorsement.

«We're increasingly looking for a way to make an impact, to become an organization that has a public voice, and to take principled action.»

«We look at the iconic tech companies out there and most of them had even more impact after they went public.»

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

In taking a retrospective look at the second millennium, it is therefore both inevitable and entirely proper to explore the continuing impact of the Reformation, particularly concerning religion and public life.

«So many Western New Yorkers have been impacted by these diseases, and now I am looking forward to getting to work with my colleagues to develop policies and identify resources to educate the public and improve outcomes for families affected by these illnesses.»

«When you look at all the public health impacts and environmental conditions that were systematically ignored there is only one conclusion, that there were other motivations and incentives at play,» said Pramilla Malick of Protect Orange County, a local organization that has been opposing the project for several years.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr., said, «Aside from the obvious potential public safety issues involved with the closing of prisons, we also need to look at the economic impact that the closing of these prisons would have on our region.»

Last week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency had expressed concerns about the environmental impact of the tanker cars and pledged to look into «all legal and regulatory options to ensure the environment and the public are protected.»

But Unshackle also takes a look at what sort of impact the move could have on labor unions should public financing be approved.

«New York City Firefighters put their lives on the line every day, and we look to elected leaders that will stand up for important issues that impact public safety.

To better understand segregation's impact on student performance, FPG scientists looked at nearly 4000 first graders in public schools nationwide.

He also looked at the impact of behavioral changes that individuals would willingly adopt in the event of an epidemic — such as avoiding public spaces, limiting leisure activities and working at home — in connection with varying levels of intervention.

As a Ph.D. student looking at the impact of solvent exposure on the neurodevelopment of offspring, Christine Till has been pushed into the roles of a communicator, public advocate, and even counselor.

Now, a Penn State researcher is looking at how student assignment policies may be impacting the diversity of public schools.

Stephanie Anzman - Frasca, Ph.D., of ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Boston, and co-authors used data from 446 public elementary schools in a large, urban school district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievement.

I would think that biology and public health would be needed in a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to climate change, especially when looking at GW effects and impacts.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

The studies were conducted as a partnership with the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas and look at the impact of the vouchers on student achievement and non-cognitive skills, on racial segregation, and on students attending nearby public schools (competitive effects).

The analysis, which looked only at charter schools because of the prevalence of incentive programs in the independent public schools, found no impact on students» performance in mathematics.

The public also can get involved by going to DonorsChoose, looking for «Double Your Impact» projects that have the Skype logo, and making a donation.

In her article, she looks at research on the impact of the Kalamazoo Promise experiment, in which students attending public schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan can access funds from private donors to pay for all or most of the tuition at any of Michigan's public universities or community colleges.

Scholars have attempted to discern the effects of competition between the public and private sectors within the United States and in other countries, but no study, to our knowledge, has attempted to measure systematically the causal impact of competition by looking at variation across countries.

A new study looks at the impact of co-location, the practice of allowing a charter school to open in the same building as a district public school.

Figure 2 looks at the impact of LSP transfers on public schools in the 34 districts that are under federal desegregation orders.

In today's Education Next, Public Impact Co-Directors Bryan C. Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel take a look at the seductiveness of the concept of reducing class sizes — and why policymakers should resist temptation.

As an example, a 2016 study by Anna Egalite of North Carolina State University looked at the impact of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Louisiana public schools.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee (at right), led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

-- Charter School Parent / Public School Alumni As legislators are looking at House Bills that will impact education in Georgia, there are many advocacy campaigns that are using negative language and messaging against traditional public schools in the name of school cPublic School Alumni As legislators are looking at House Bills that will impact education in Georgia, there are many advocacy campaigns that are using negative language and messaging against traditional public schools in the name of school cpublic schools in the name of school choice.

Forster looked at 28 empirical studies that examined choice's fiscal impact on public schools.

Public Impact and the Clayton Christensen Institute have been taking a close look at eight schools / school networks serving disadvantaged populations Read more about School Staffing Innovations -LSB-...]

www.mpac.org Muslim Public Affairs Council: Looks to improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims; encourages engagement through meetings with politicians, celebrities and other decision - Public Affairs Council: Looks to improve public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims; encourages engagement through meetings with politicians, celebrities and other decision - public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims; encourages engagement through meetings with politicians, celebrities and other decision - makers

At Public Impact, we've been working with the Clayton Christensen Institute to take a close look at eight schools / school networks around the country using innovative staffing models to personalize learning — district, charter, and private schools.

In 2008, James Wyckoff, a professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia, was one of several researchers who looked at components of teacher preparation programs in New York City to determine which seemed to impact student achievement the most.

Using a model conducted by the Denver Public school system (DPS), researchers looked at trends impacting students who fall into the «opportunity quartile,» or the group of students who scored lowest on state achievement scores.

Advocates for public schools are looking for help from the Legislature to blunt the impact of a ruling earlier this month jeopardizing a number of parcel tax measures supporting districts statewide.

Since poverty, language barriers and the need for special education services are the demographics that have the greatest impact on standardized test scores, perhaps these charts and the CTMirror article will remind the media and public officials that next time Jumoke claims that schools like theirs are such a success, and schools like Milner are such failures, they will look deeper into the different populations schools serve.

I look forward to working with Leading Educators to broaden its reach and impact — one public school district at a time.»

In Expanding District Capacity to Turn Around Failing Schools: An Evaluation of the Cameron Middle School Charter Conversion, Public Impact's Daniela Doyle looks at Metropolitan Nashville's first attempt at gradually converting a chronically low - performing district school to one operated by a charter management organization.

In two reports Public Impact has worked on, we look at charter schools» effects, from a close - up of one school in Nashville to an entire district in New Orleans.

I look forward to leveraging my business background to make an impact within the charter public school community.

As part of a deep look at how schools rethink how they are organized to address each student's needs, Public Impact and the Clayton Christensen Institute today released the second set of profiles of schools and teachers using innovative staffing with blended learning.

A Friedman Foundation (now Ed Choice) survey of the empirical evidence on school choice looked specifically at the impact choice programs had on public schools.

Building on that strong foundation, our second Open Government Plan looked at the public engagement impact of, and public value generated by, enhancing DOT's openness.

APPA participates in various coalitions that are looking at issues that will impact the broader pet industry including the legal status of animals and the public's perception of the industry.

«While annual spending for the pet industry is reported each year, this is the first time that anyone has looked at the widespread impact of the pet industry as a whole on the U.S. economy,» said Dr. Terry L. Clower, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government and Director of its Center on Regional Analysis, who headed the study.

We are always looking for new volunteers who want to help care for our homeless pets, educate the public, organize fundraisers, spread our message, or help us to increase the impact that our donations can have in fulfilling our mission.

Supported by a catalogue essay in which the curator Catherine Lampert discusses their habits and methods and introduces previously unseen writing by the artists, the exhibition will look at the way their conversations impacted on the development of their work, demonstrating that despite their wide - ranging styles they are each linked by a desire to catch what Bacon describes as «the mystery of appearance within the mystery of making», and in doing so broke new ground in contemporary painting The exhibition includes major works by each artist, several borrowed from public collections, among them Francis Bacon's Pope I 1951 from Aberdeen Art Gallery, David Hockney's Man in a Museum 1962 from the British Council and others like Frank Auerbach's Primrose Hill, Winter Sunshine 1962 - 64 and Euan Uglow's Nude, Lady C 1959 - 60 which have not been seen in public for many years.

The probability calculation Almuth proposes is tailor made for influencing the public towards «greater» action, while a calculation that looked at say the impact of Kyoto in 2020 on the wind speed of a second Katrina, compared that to the variability introduced by natural cycles and emphasised that this was based on models, while there had been no conclusive trend in tropical cyclone wind speeds so far, would be made with a different kind of advocacy in mind (Pielke et al's paper is very clearly going in this direction).