Sentences with phrase «ribbon commission for»

Over the years, Ms. Eisenhower has served as a member of three blue ribbon commissions for the Department of Energy for three different secretaries: The Baker - Cutler Commission on U.S. Funded Non-Proliferation Programs in Russia; The Sununu - Meserve Commission on Nuclear Energy; and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, which released its findings on a comprehensive program for the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in the winter of 2012.

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For example, he could name a blue - ribbon commission to look over the redistricting committee's shoulder, to act as a watchdog and fact gatherer at the public hearings.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups called for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in New York City.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups on Wednesday called for Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in the city.

For years, Americans have heard blue - ribbon commissions and major industrialists bemoan a shortage of scientists caused by an inadequate education system.

At the same time, the U.S. still lacks a long - term solution for nuclear waste due to the cancellation of a disposal facility being built at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, although President Obama has appointed a blue - ribbon commission to make recommendations.

As President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear industry.

That WIPP was «out of sight, out of mind» (except for New Mexico and states with defense transuranic waste), also changed with the national exposure by the Blue Ribbon Commission.

Despite Congress's dismal record with mandating storage and disposal sites and dates in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and for Greater Than Class C and mercury, there are already proposals to try to implement the «prompt consolidated storage» recommended by the Blue Ribbon Commission.

The Department of Energy submitted a construction licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository to the NRC in 2008, but following 2009's presidential elections the Obama administration subsequently decided to abort the project, appointing a high - level Blue Ribbon Commission to come up with alternative strategies.

Raleigh, N.C. — A blue - ribbon commission appointed by Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. is recommending the establishment of a «career - growth» program for teachers, the reduction of class sizes in grades 4 - 6, and a recommitment to learning as schools» top priority.

Darling - Hammond was the founding Executive Director of the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future, the blue - ribbon panel that authored the 1996 report What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future.

Decades of studies, reports, and blue - ribbon commissions have criticized ed schools for low entrance requirements, mediocre standards, an emphasis on theory over practice, and outdated curricula.

King's plans were drafted in response to a blue ribbon Independent Financial Review Panel, commissioned by former Superintendent Ramon Cortines to outline problems and possible solutions for the district, and the first part of Tuesday's meeting was devoted to where the budget is headed and why revenue is expected to decline.

She has been a Commissioner for the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF); served on the TeachNY Advisory Council formed by the Chancellor of SUNY (State University of New York System) and the NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel focused on the Future of Teacher Preparation.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding meeting originally scheduled for March 5 in La Crosse but cancelled due to bad weather has been rescheduled for Monday, March 19.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding has released the details of its public hearing for Monday, April 9 in Fennimore.

She was a member of the NEA's Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching and NCATE's Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding has released the details of its public hearing for Monday, April 23 in Oshkosh.

I will be in Turtle Lake Monday at 1 pm for the next Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding public hearing.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding has scheduled its next public hearing for Monday, March 5, 2018 in La Crosse at North Woods International School.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding has released the details of its public hearing set for Monday, May 21 in Turtle Lake.

The next meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding is tentatively being set for Friday February 2, 2018 in Milwaukee.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding has released the details of its public hearing for Monday, May 7 in Tomahawk.

Dr. Hill - Clarke is President of the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (IACTE); is a Lead Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Leadership Academy; and serves on the Indiana Blue Ribbon Commission on the Recruitment and Retention of Excellent Educators, the Indiana AdvancED Steering Council, the Superintendent's Cabinet for Vigo County Schools, and the Vigo County Education Foundation Board of Directors.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding met for the first time yesterday (Dec. 14), holding an informational public hearing that featured presentations from the staff of the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) as well as the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

Will some blue - ribbon commission publish another call to action, inspiring a new coalition to organize around a fresh agenda for educational improvement?

Wisconsin lawmakers make up over half of the panel assembled for the state's Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding.

According to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning commissioned by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, clinically based teacher preparation should follow 10 design principles: 35

Rep.Tana Senn spoke about her SEL legislation, HB 1518; Rep. Ruth Kagi talked about co-chairing the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission that recommended a new state Department of Children, Youth and Families; and Associate Superintendent Gil Mendoza from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) spoke about how Washington State formulated its plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal education law that gives states more responsibility and accountability.

The MTA Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and Climate Change, which I chaired, issued a report in 2009 recommending a wide range of actions that the MTA take to prepare itself for the future.

Barr Foundation grant for «Green ribbon commission transportation and climate preparedness working groups»

The mayor's Green Ribbon Commission On Climate Protection is looking at whether plug - in hybrids make sense for the city.

Created by MTA Executive Director and CEO Elliot G. Sander, the blue - ribbon commission has representatives from throughout the authority's 12 - county service area and aims to develop a sustainability master plan for the MTA by Earth Day on April 22, 2008.

On Monday, April 24, 2017, the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) welcomed Bud Ris — Co-Chair, Climate Preparedness Working Group, Boston Green Ribbon Commission, and Senior Climate Advisor, Barr Foundation — to present a lecture entitled «Climate Ready... Read more

Community Involvement ♦ Creator / Founder, Young Urban Entrepreneurs for Today 2001 — Present ♦ Coordinator, Leadership Council Committee 2001 — Present ♦ Training Consultant, National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2001 — Present ♦ Coordinator, World AIDS Day 1994 — 1996 ♦ Coordinator, Red Ribbon Week 1994 — 1996