Sentences with phrase «among policymakers and the public»

That has stirred up great expectations among policymakers and the public.

Reports of a steady stream of scientific findings on global climate change, in particular reports on observed and projected consequences of global warming, have increased the level of concern among policymakers and the public.

In the mid-1980s, three developments long in the making — a dramatic increase in out - of - wedlock childbearing, the high cost of providing welfare to young poor women who become mothers, and the difficulties faced by their children — became a focus of concern among policymakers and the public alike.

Together we can help to increase understanding and support for high - quality early childhood education among policymakers and the public through a wide range of education, advocacy, and public awareness activities, including our annual Week of the Young Child celebration and the Children's Champions Web - based Action Center.

Not exact matches

So much discussion among politicians and policymakers centers on public education, gender equality, and poverty alleviation.

At this critical time of tax reform, widening gaps between the rich and poor and growing public support for higher taxes and redistribution to combat inequality, policymakers should consider joint federal tax and redistributive policies to reduce the burden of mortality among Americans,» said Professor Kim.

«We hope that the consensus among plant scientists presented here is heard by policymakers, the business community, and, more importantly, the general public and initiates a new conversation on how best to implement GM tools to improve crops for sustainable agriculture.

He also wants CNRS to promote scientific literacy among the general public and French policymakers and «lobby for a greater role of France» in European decisions on large research infrastructure and funding calls.

Women are significantly underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and attempts to understand why have only resulted in disagreement among researchers, the lay public, and policymakers.

When communication happens regularly among scientists, policymakers, industry and the public, the public's sense of safety increases, and disasters may even be prevented by timely policy interventions, he said.

«This was intended to be an exploratory study,» Allareddy said, «one that we hope will help alert the public, researchers, and policymakers of the need to fully define and address this important, emerging public health problem among children in the United States.»

IAP is particularly interested in assisting young and small academies achieve these goals and, through the communication links and networks created by IAP activities, all academies will be able to raise both their public profile among citizens and their influence among policymakers.

Empirical evidence should be the basis for a serious — and unprecedented — conversation among policymakers as well as the general public about the costs and benefits of teacher tenure and the circumstances under which it should be granted and revoked

Among other things, he wrote, «It's probably time for education reformers and policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.»

Indiana enjoyed almost 24 years of steady, collaborative effort to improve public education under Republicans H. Dean Evans and Suellen Reed, but Bennett's election four years ago marked an end to the partnership among policymakers, educators, parents and the business community.

Rumors and myths about the CCSS have run rampant, causing confusion among educators, policymakers, and the public.

It does so in three ways: providing timely, useful information to policymakers; advancing awareness among the larger public on complex education issues; and highlighting effective models and strategies intended to improve student outcomes.

In a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators, policymakers and others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school education.

This case has helped raise awareness among policymakers and the general public about Arizona's broken, antiquated system of funding public schools.

At the same time, there was growing interest in teacher quality among policymakers, philanthropists and education reformers looking for ways to improve on a public education system that was reportedly failing to produce students who could compete globally.

Viewpoints of charters are equally varied among policymakers and education leaders, while the American public mostly supports charters but is simultaneously confused about how they operate.

Tennessee has made a decade long effort to raise ours standards in public education, with mixed results and contentious debate among stakeholders and policymakers.

It is intended to identify statistically dependable population differences to help inform dialogue among policymakers, educators, and the public.

The School Finance Research Project Public Education Committee is creating a groundswell of support among Michigan policymakers, parents, and business and community leaders for a new school funding system that meets the wide - ranging needs of all students.

Business leaders expressed concern that insufficient reading skills among the workforce were reducing America's international competitiveness; the public and policymakers lamented California's plunging reading scores on the NAEP; and scholars pointed to the dire personal, social, and economic consequences of reading failure.

Is this just elbowing among scientists who are playing at the top of their games or a march - step method in approaching science that should concern the public and policymakers?

Make the process more transparent: To counter skeptics and increase confidence among policymakers and people in general, some scientists suggest making the IPCC meetings open to the public and publishing drafts of the report online so people can track the progression of the research.

How do perceptions of the risks and benefits of nuclear energy differ, if at all, among the general public, experts, policymakers, industry, and environmental activists?

Instead, the company helped generate doubt among the public and policymakers as to whether human activities were causing global warming.

The notion of autonomous individuals responsible for their personal choices is widely held among US policymakers, the media and the general public and is of course quite compatible with the assumptions of economics and psychology.

Among other contributions, Susan led the creation of a 100 - page Highlights document designed to inform policymakers and the public of the impacts of climate change.

In the 18 months since the Dialogue Event — a justice system stakeholder forum held at the Faculty of Law University of Windsor, bringing together members of the public (SRLs) and judges, lawyers and policymakers — I have spent a great deal of time talking with, exchanging ideas among, and generally tracking developments in a revitalized «Access to Justice Sector» emerging across Canada.

There's not a strong understanding among both the public and policymakers that working with young children is highly skilled work.

The authors don't really say, except to suggest, as Gaudiano did in a New York Times op - ed in September 2013, that therapists» indifference to evidence - based treatments creates an «image problem» for them among primary care physicians, insurers, policymakers, therapists themselves, and even the general public, which doesn't realize how much research stands behind the «good» (i.e., evidence - based) therapies.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund has planned a rigorous research study to document the positive impact on child development of home visiting programs and to garner support among policymakers for increased public investments.

How do you expand understandings of mental health and prevention approaches among policymakers and members of the public in Germany?