Sentences with phrase «also public policy change»

Bringing new or existing models to a broader scale will require not only technological and educational innovation, but also public policy change.

Not exact matches

Kirsch and New Profit also understand that shaping public policy is a key to effecting major changes.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

The lab also helps governments to modernize their policies and public services to keep pace with changes in society.

Nevertheless, as the authors point out, a national food policy would shine a brighter spotlight on these conflicts and would also likely raise public awareness about and support for meaningful improvements to our food system — a much needed first step toward change.

, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.

Automatic voter registration, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.

ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, facing a rare public rebuke from within his conference over his handling of a sexual - harassment case, proposed changes to the chamber's policies on such cases, while also offering an emotional defense of his leadership.

First, fiscal discipline is fundamental to Labour's thinking and policy development, underpinning every proposal we make, every argument we advance — not only because our wider message will not be heard if people see us only as spenders, and not also as reformers — but also because we simply will not be able to deliver the changes we want to make in government if we do not have strong public finances.

The conference will also initiate moves away from rhetoric and false starts toward concrete, cumulative and comprehensive public policy thrusts for change.

Independent evaluation of projects before private - sector involvement was recommended by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in a 2013 report, which also calls for the creation of an oversight entity for public - partnership agreements and other changes to the state's P3 policies.

We also aim to set up a parliamentary website devoted to reform of parliamentary procedure (excluding wider policy issues) to provide a channel so that public grievances or proposals for positive change can be aired.

The governor's proposal also calls for federal support to keep Brooklyn's ailing hospitals open, changing the controversial Common Core school curriculum, ending standardized testing for grades K - 2, begin construction of four new casinos in the fall, allow public funding of political campaigns and reforming the state's ethics policy.

In short, we have arrived at a point where the challenges of sustainable development — including public health, infrastructure, energy and national security — require changes not only to policy but also to basic public management systems.

Doug is an advisor to the heritage and environmental sectors on strategy, change and public engagement; he also is a public sector commentator / writer and policy maker.

It is our intention and hope that the new findings will help broaden understanding — not only among scholars and policy makers — but also in the general public about the profound demographic and cultural changes taking place in their communities.»

The foundation is also working much more aggressively to change public policy concerning key elements of the portfolio approach: transparency in school finance, multiple independent school providers, and performance - based accountability.

The public and policy debate around education has also changed dramatically — particularly around issues of teacher quality and charter schools — due in large part to the work of these individuals.

While we work on the ground to support schools, we also work with partners of all kinds to change public policy and build sustainable public funding to expand learning opportunities across the nation.

Florida lawmakers have rolled several proposed K - 12 policy changes into a single bill that would make it easier for out - of - state charter school operators to work in the Sunshine State, and would also allow parents to enroll their children in public schools outside their attendance zones or districts under certain conditions.

Total honesty is essential not only for recovery, but also for changing societal attitudes and enacting public policies.»

Also in February, the Broadbent Institute in a report by Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, a professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, questioned who would benefit from a change in pPolicy at Simon Fraser University, questioned who would benefit from a change in policypolicy.

From «social to speculative; technical to theoretical,» the participating teams lead intellectual and architectural practices that not only situate the US as a leading center of critical research at the heart of the debate on citizenship, social conscience, and a just society, but also as a place at the intersection of political action, public policy, and changing notions of nationality.

Doing so allowed them to approximate what national public opinion is about climate change while also revealing Americans» different beliefs, attitudes, and what policies they support.

Camblin's vision of Atlanta puts it on the cusp of dynamic change, not only within the overlapping art communities that already animate it, but also in the city's public consciousness of itself as a historical site of divisive socioeconomic and racial policies.

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills

The climate science also sure is subject to severe political pressures from varying lobbyist groups, first and foremost the oil an coal interests which are huge financial powerhouses especially in the US Senate — a body which in reality dictates the whole global «climate policy» or rather the absence of any such — serious climate politicans round the globe in reality have — as we now have seen — no chance at all against the denying forces and their huge media apparatus, as long as the public don't see some very serious consequences of climate change, fx.

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills, like income / wealth inequality, or institutionalized oppression of almost any sort....

Climate scientists are not only speaking to the public about the science of climate change, but also are calling for policies designed to reduce use of fossil fuel, the primary anthropogenic source of greenhouse gas emissions.»

But this low - price message did not cause the policy targets in the CTPs to change, despite evidence that it would not only be cheaper than expected to meet these targets, but it would also be more important to public health to tighten the targets, based on scientific advances.

Given the significance of climate change research in public policy, the study's results also provide important response to critics of global warming.

Effectively communicating the scientific consensus can also help move the issue of climate change forward on the public policy agenda [6][15][20][24 — 25].

His interests also include all aspects of climate, including climate science outreach and the interface between science and public policy (see, for example, his article in Climatic Change on «Medical Metaphors for Climate Issues «-RRB-.

Dr Curry said the sensitivity of climate to increasing concentrations of CO2 was at the heart of the scientific debate on anthropogenic climate change, and also the public debate on the appropriate policy response to increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Schmitt, a Republican who represented New Mexico from 1976 to 1982, is also a former chairman for the Annapolis Center for Science - Based Public Policy, a group opposed to taking action to prevent climate change.

It is important that you use your position and visibility to influence United States government policy and also change the perceptions of the MSM and U.S public in this matter.

Under Harper, meanwhile, Canada's climate policy has gone absolutely nowhere, and the prime minister has also managed to make climate change taboo, ushering in an age of media censorship and «muzzling» climate scientists who attempt to communicate their findings with the public.

also fwiw re: «Climate change is only a political issue»... because it was always a «political» and «public policy» issue and not a science issue.

She is also Adjunct Professor at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; chair of the Global Climate Change and Health Topic Committee of the American Public Health Association's Environment Section; and Co-Convening Lead Author for the Human Health chapter of the 2013 National Climate Assessment.

Protecting public health and food supplies may take precedence over avoiding climate change in most countries, but knowing that these measures also mitigate climate change may help motivate policies to put them into practice.

The study's author, Robert Brulle, refers to these organizations as the climate change counter-movement, and concludes that their outsized influence «has not only played a major role in confounding public understanding of climate science, but also successfully delayed meaningful government policy actions to address the issue.»

A report released by AARP's Public Policy Institute, Impact of Changing the Age Rating Limit for Health Insurance Premiums, also more specifically shows that changing the 3:1 limit on age rating to 5:1 would significantly raise premiums by as much as $ 3200 for olderChanging the Age Rating Limit for Health Insurance Premiums, also more specifically shows that changing the 3:1 limit on age rating to 5:1 would significantly raise premiums by as much as $ 3200 for olderchanging the 3:1 limit on age rating to 5:1 would significantly raise premiums by as much as $ 3200 for older adults.

Forcese and Roach's approach to influencing public policy development also changed the way academics contribute it.

Interest rate also keeps changing depending on the government policies and depositing with a public sector bank is always a wise choice.

I've also written a lot about the danger of those who push the use of Social Emotional Learning Skills as a replacement for, instead of an addition to, the needed public policy changes to impact many of the challenges facing students, families and communities (see The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning and The Best Articles About The Study Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn't Enough).