Sentences with phrase «what policy interventions»

What policy interventions can meet the needs of Black teachers in having successful and supported teaching experiences?

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This paper explores the concept of What Works Centres, independent and non-partisan organizations structured to create, collect and curate evidence on public policy challenges and the success — and failure — of government and community - based interventions.

Crown Corporations (today at least) are the residual tail of what was once a fairly active intervention by the Canadian state in various sectors of the economy, allegedly for special policy reasons.

From hospital policies, to hiring a Doula, to financial support, to medical interventions and what is necessary, to birthing at home.

What was unique was that he went against Gordon Brown's policy of intervention, and wanted to copy Osborne's austerity, leaving us with a policy which was half way between.

He said: «We have to make sure that what we are doing is, in a sense, recreating the policies we saw in the Clinton - Blair era where we saw a pro-business liberal economic approach but combined with very strong policies and interventions by government in order to create opportunities for individuals and to redistribute income and wealth more fairly.»

«By understanding how women answer the question of who or what is to blame for their current financial situation, we can begin to develop more effective interventions and policies,» says Mickelson.

Typically, policies and protocols for prehospital interventions are established at a regional or statewide trauma system level, which allows first responders such as EMTs and paramedics to determine what, if any, medical procedures should be performed prior to and during transport to the hospital, says Haut.

What should we make of the fact that, under our last Republican president we saw a great deal of federal intervention in education policy and now, under a Democratic administration, we have a law that returns much of education policymaking to the states?

Anti-bullying Policy for any Early Years Department Includes: * Definition of what bullying is * Intervention * Bullying Sanctions * Code of Conduct for Early Years * Cause for Concern Form * Meeting with Parents Form

Anti-bullying Policy for any Early Years Department Includes: * Definition of what bullying is * Intervention * Bullying Sanctions * Code of Conduc...

In our experience, what can come as a shock to the system for some employers is the quality assurance policies and processes required to deliver high quality apprenticeships which far outweigh the quality assurance requirements for short, sharp training interventions for in - house activity.

As more and more districts of all sizes started collecting data to evaluate what programs and interventions were working for their students and which weren't, it became clear to the team at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) that this information was helpful only if educators had a way to interpret it — and in a timely way.

In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on state level education policy - making that directs all states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e., standards - based assessment and accountability).

What is particularly attractive about universal pre-K as an educational policy is that it is perhaps the most cost - effective intervention that is relevant for all students, not just targeted groups of students.

And in education, history shows that there are risks associated with an aggressive push for new policies and interventions that reach beyond what is known to be effective.

Ruth Neild of the American Youth Policy Forum recently provided advice on what types of interventions educators should be looking for when they strive to meet the ESSA evidence standards.

The future will require more active intervention in the challenges of public education, discernment about what constitutes good policy, grassroots involvement in the political process, and, above all, unity.

What does not work might be a surprise: harsh, zero - tolerance policies, added security equipment and patrolmen — in the absence of the other interventions like changing the school climate and getting kids to practice positive interventions — do little or nothing, and sometimes actually increase rates of bullying.

What will make or break today's accountability systems is whether policymakers dig down into the data or make the mistake of NCLB by drawing quick conclusions about interventions or sanctions, says Ben DeGrow, director of education policy for Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Ppolicy for Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public PolicyPolicy.

The education secretary told the Conservative Party Conference that the policy would aim to give children «the best start in life, no matter what their background», and would focus initially on intervention in Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough, and West Somerset, before expanding to four more areas in the «coming months».

One interesting point relevant to policy about bets focused on global average temperature (GAT)-- it appears from this discussion that there is unanimous agreement among those who disagree on what future GAT will be that there is no need to discount for policy interventions.

So, questions will be around what interventions and policies are justified by what the current science already says — not just what it doesn't yet specifically know — about risks and implications of climate change.

But it asks the wrong question which is what do we understand about risk vs. uncertainty and what do we understand / not understand about policy that is to support massive policy intervention.

What I am referring to is that costly Clean Air Act regulation of CO2 will play into the hands of right - wing opponents of climate action, creating a poster - child of excessive regulatory intervention that will bring about a backlash against sensible climate policies.

Energy statistics are the foundation for developing sound national energy policies as they reveal where interventions are required and what opportunities are available.

What I had intended is that lay persons may be just as well - suited as lawyers to manage the business of a firm and leave the lawyers to practice law whether they should be owners / partners is an entirely different issue which may also in the end be decided by government intervention / policy.

Expand training of employees in federally regulated workplaces to include developing a respectful workplace and a collegial environment; using different harassment prevention strategies, such as bystander intervention; understanding the workplace policy on harassment and knowing what behaviours are not acceptable; knowing how to raise complaints of sexual harassment and the subsequent reporting process; the responsibilities of management and the employer; and recognizing inequalities in the workplace, particularly related to gender.

The logical next step is to identify efficacious and cost - effective health services interventions that can tackle the all - important «so - what» question that is posed by doctors and policy makers in developing countries when confronted with startling prevalence statistics.

Lynn A. Karoly and others, Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know about the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, 1998); Steve Aos and others, Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth (Olympia, Wash.: Washington State Institute for Public Policy, 2004).

CONCLUSIONS: Interventions developed to minimize violence in the ED must focus on modifiable risk factors and address what is in the department's control including staff education in recognizing escalating anxious or aggressive behavior, policy development and implementation, and environmental changes.

A policy is more likely to be effective if it directly addresses bullying behaviour, raises awareness of what constitutes bullying in the school community, up - skills staff with effective evidence - based interventions, builds consistent staff and school responses that reflect school values, respects cultural diversity and reflects the social and emotional learning curriculum.

However, I am concerned that there is a limited understanding of what consultation should look like and until this issue is resolved, we will continue to see policies such as the Intervention imposed on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a solution to our problems.

This topic aims to provide a better understanding of aggressive behaviour in young children, its normal course of development, when parents or caregivers should be concerned, and what policies, programs and interventions can be implemented to reduce its long - term incidence.

What's required is intervention at a higher level: sociopolitical action and policy reform to change the odds for families of children with ID.