Sentences with phrase «based policy conversations»

These initiatives have produced some insightful developments: innovation funds within agencies; the creation of the White House Data and Digital Cabinets; United States Digital Services, 18F, and the Presidential Innovation Fellows; evidence - based policy conversations; the use of prizes and challenges; small, critical changes in technology procurement processes; and the attraction and recruitment of new talent to government.

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During a lengthy conversation with Cohen, on which he based part of his article, I suggested that neither the IPPR nor Fabian Society would have published my recent pamphlet for Policy Exchange which outlined a model for engagement with Muslim groups based on normative British values.

While policy - level discussions about the regulations of genome - edited organisms are slowly taking place around the world, according to Dr. Ishii, his study will serve as a basis for the conversation with regulatory agencies in the world as well as the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

The study is part of a critical national conversation led by researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics to find evidence - based interventions that lower health care costs and unnecessary use of health care.

Moreover, in conversations with reporters, Secretary Bell publicly acknowledged — for the first time since February 1981 when he withdrew the proposed Lau rules — that the policy change also applies to about 500 school districts that had negotiated compliance agreements requiring native - language instruction based on the «Lau remedies.»

My hope is that this exercise helps spur conversation about which university - based academics are contributing most substantially to public debates over education and ed policy, and how they do so.

However, these leaders often lack a common taxonomy upon which to base a coherent conversation and policy priorities.

In a conversation that included representatives from KIPP, YES Prep, Cesar Chavez High School for Public Policy, UNO, High Tech High, Basis, National Heritage Academies, Basis, and Democracy Prep, among others, participants talked bluntly about the need to do far better when it comes to developing character, cultivating citizenship, and monitoring their performance in these areas.

iNACOL: Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based educPolicy to Support Competency Education The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based educpolicy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based education.

Holding hundreds of conversations with thousands of teachers and other stakeholders across the country which helped form the basis of the Department's RESPECT project (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching) to transform the teaching profession and inform policy efforts to support great teachers and leaders;

Based on these conversations and what the research was showing, we knew that starting earlier with quality pre-K had to be an essential piece of our policy platform if we were serious about boosting student achievement and helping close the achievement gap.

More and more shelters are looking to open adoptions — a system that does away with hard, fast policies and adoption applications and instead focuses on conversation - based adoptions designed to help anyone walking into your shelter feel respected, and anyone walking out more educated.

Fortunately, there's been sea change in animal sheltering in the last few years, thanks largely to leadership from national organizations like HSUS and the ASPCA in developing resources around conversation - based (or «open») adoption processes and adopter - friendly policies.

Thanks to the hard work of the Toledo Area Humane Society, we collected baseline data where some black - and - white policies were still strongly in place and then again when the shift to conversation - based adoptions had occurred.

Volunteers and staff of Best Friends Animal Society — Los Angeles, which uses a conversation - based adoption policy, celebrate empty shelter kennels at an adoption event.

Part of the reason: Research has shown that a high enough percentage of animals placed by conversation - based adoption policies stay safely and happily with their adopted families (Maddies Fund at 93 percent and ASPCA at 96 percent are two such studies).

VERIZON, Belton, SC May 2014 — Present Customer Service Representative • Increase customer base by 50 % at the new Verizon store on Denbeck Road by eliciting exceptional customer services to interested inquirers • Introduce an order tracking system that increased efficiency of order delivery by a staggering 88 % • Retain a corporate customer by providing him with colossal discounts and deals, in direct competition with his preferred brand • Lead 12 group product demonstrations, increasing onlookers interest in the company's products and eventually converting a large number of them into business providing customers • Greet customers as they arrive at the Verizon outlet and engage them in conversation to determine their technology needs • Lead customers or direct them to appropriate sections according to their areas of interest within the store • Introduce customers to the store and provide them information on products and product lines • Maintain professional interactions with customers, providing them with product demonstrations and advice • Assist customers in choosing products of their choice and provide them with information on each feature and pricing • Walk customers through the purchasing procedure, facilitating buying, documentation and payment procedures • Accurately document and report sales to the manager and provide customers with warrantee and after sales services information • Ascertain that the store is kept clean, organized and functional at all times, in sync with the company's policies

Jane Martin, Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition, wrote an article for The Conversation calling for community - based approaches to changing our «obesogenic» environment.

From evidence based medicine to evidence informed policy — this Conversation article detailed how the stars aligned between research, policy and practice in Queensland's Landscape Resilience Program.