Sentences with phrase «better public policy changes»

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«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

He warns that by adding them to the well - publicized list of «fundamental rights and freedoms» which was accepted as public world law in the Universal Declaration of 1948 and its subsequent Conventions, we risk diluting the «true» rights and place them at the mercy of changing policy decisions.

We can work to change them and to prevent them from being changed in the wrong ways, even with policy makers and judges who do not share our religious commitments but do share our concern for the public good.

«I look forward to working with my fellow members and Council President Kraig Naasz to further enhance the Council's public policy leadership in a rapidly changing marketplace, as well as advancing our commitment to moderation and responsibility,» says Clerkin.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Community Action to Change School Food Policy: An Organizing Kit (Massachusetts Public Health Association)(courtesy of Better School Food)

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

In particular we believe oral evidence sessions before Finance Bill public bill committee, bringing in both expert witnesses and representatives from groups affected by particular changes, could lead to better - informed policy - making.

Public and media opinion, fuelled by recent data leaks, may not have caught up with this fundamental change but that is not a good reason for policy decisions to be made disregarding it.

«We will be pursuing policies which can change things for the better for people right across the UK, such as in health, where we will oppose any attempts to further privatise England's NHS, ensuring more public funding for healthcare north and south of the border,» she writes.

Their reasons for supporting the change differ, of course: Activists see the new policy as a way to better scrutinize animal research; researchers see it as a way of educating the public.

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

Changes in mitigation models, he said, are the result of better understanding about how technologies penetrate markets and are spurred by public policy, not political pressure.

Although patients can not control air quality, Liu said, the findings provide evidence for policy makers and public health leaders to develop better models for monitoring and predicting climate changes so that patients can better protect themselves.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

Just as Trump's flunkies exert political pressure to halt access to healthcare (or immigration or policies to address climate change), so NJEA exerts political pressure — as well as its deep pockets — to stave off the continued enrollment of children, mostly poor and of color, in high - quality alternative public schools.

Raise Your Hand Texas — trains public school leaders to lead transformational change at the campus level and advocates for public policies that make public schools better for all Texas students.

Along with the shift in goals, the public policy rhetoric changed from an emphasis on how charters could best serve as laboratory partners to public schools, to whether charters as a group are «better» or «worse» than traditional public schools.

«The public policy rhetoric changed from an emphasis on how charters could best serve as laboratory partners to public schools to whether charters as a group are «better» or «worse,»» the book argues.

OCI seeks to change the education policy conversation from one where labor, public, charter, and independent school sector leaders argue about which type of school is best able to serve children, to one where parents choose the best quality educational options for their child — no matter what form it comes in.

Hope Street Group believes it can significantly change the process of developing both federal and state education policy, for the better, by focusing on the policies that govern public education and how educators inform and interact with them.

In the future, GO Public Schools Oakland will continue working to ensure OUSD adopts fiscally responsible policies and best practices, develops one strategic financial plan, and engages school leaders to partner in systems changes to benefit students.

«If you are trying to give people advice for improving their score, pointing them toward those two components — things that are relatively easy to change — is a very good start,» said Tatiana Homonoff, an assistant professor of Economics and Public Policy at New York University, who did a two - year study on credit scores and published a paper on it in April of 2018.

In the best - case scenario, undercover investigations can lead to immediate changes through corporate or legal policy change and consumers reducing their consumption of animal products, as well as contribute to long - term outcomes by growing the animal advocacy movement and increasing public concern for farm animal issues.

A program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in partnership with the National Park Service, the Institute fosters new ideas, shares best practices, encourages leadership, and supports and implements public policy changes that will benefit people and the planet.

Together, we support programs fostering new ideas, sharing best practices, encouraging leadership, and supporting public policy changes that will benefit people and the planet.

It seems self evident that the only changes in policy that have ever occurred in the area of «human and environmental well being» have been driven by public opinion / grassroots organizing.

That's why I'm with the other contributors above who seem to share my astonishment at Roger Pielke Jr.'s apparently extreme belief «that the policy utility of trying to change public opinion through the media [is] of questionable value,» that «the version of democracy [in which] the public guide wise public policy — is not well supported by theory or evidence,» and that he'd «go so far as to say that it is a complete myth.»

[ANDY REVKIN disagrees: Sorry, policy (a better word would be leadership, perhaps) still drives most game - changing innovation and large - scale investment, particularly in the arena of the «public good» (New York City's reservoir and aquifer system, the climate system, the grid).

This goes to what I describe in Chapter 4 as the policy - dependent nature of wider public perceptions as well as our own ideological biases as a community of people actively working to create social change on the issue.

It's been obvious to some of us for a long time that bicycle infrastructure policy needs to change in order to give bicycle ridership a big boost, and public health would of course improve from that, as well.

This edition focuses on urban areas and the environment, exploring how cities and climate change are affecting the way we live and how good public policies can improve prospects for future generations.

Ignoring a well - documented history of natural climate change, ignoring the ill - advised 20th century policy of fire suppression, and ignoring the increased percentage (~ 80 to 90 %) of fires ignited by humans, Climate Central tried to persuade the public that California fires, (as well as all recent fires) are «part of a dire global warming - fueled trend toward larger, more frequent and intense wildfires.»

A well - informed public that has a good understanding of the marine environment can exert the necessary pressure to bring about policy changes and a better coordination between its conservation and its diverse economic or other uses.

It suggests three major changes: 1) project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes; 2) this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful «multiple - benefit» approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers; 3) climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public international development finance.

And a carbon budget may not be the best public policy tool for addressing climate change.

Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is urging state lawmakers to adopt a carbon policy that will prepare state lands, forests, waters and local communities to better deal with climate change.

I don't think the public is all that confused or that better understanding and communication of the science would change much in the way of policies that the public would support.

This guidance document provides recommendations to policymakers in five areas: policy development; government and resources; curriculum development; capacity building of teachers and education planners; and public awareness, communication and stakeholder involvement, based on the case studies, as well as brief profiles of climate change and education in 16 countries» sustainable development policy processes.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

We already have most, if not all, of the necessary technology and economic policy options, but we lack sufficient public and political will to implement them — as well as helpful climate change adaptation policies — fast enough.

The Accelerator will help to: advocate for changes in public and private - sector policy to support and empower women to engage in all levels of energy services delivery; connect women working in energy services delivery with others who can help build their capacity, mentor them, or serve as role models; and connect businesses with best practices in organizational policy and female representation across both management and workforce to each other, and to those who seek to improve performance.

• then it may well provide the best basis for public policy (in cases where the scientific evidence is relevant, e.g. climate change, health)

I commit to working actively with other businesses, as well as investors and policy makers, to bring about the businessworthy changes needed, and to use my leadership voice to advocate the public policy required to make this a reality.

They have invested millions of dollars in well - honed disinformation campaigns to convince the public and policy makers that human - caused climate change is either a hoax, or not nearly the threat that the scientific community has established it to be.

The research of the group produces relevant information on socially significant weather phenomena and their impacts as well as on changing climate for the policy - makers and the general public.

The workshop focused the discussion on climate communication with diverse U.S. constituencies, and the challenge of building awareness among the disengaged and the unconvinced that climate change is occurring due to human causes, poses significant risks to our well - being, and can be addressed through changes in energy technologies, public policies, and the actions of individuals.

There is good evidence that the UK government's ambition to be a world leader on climate change policy is concomitant with contempt for the public.

Talking of which, we are flattered that Bob Ward — Policy and Communications Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, erstwhile Director of Public Policy at risk insurance giants RMS and before that, Senior Manager for Policy Communication at the Royal Society — has dropped by to give his thoughts on our observation that, if you're going to go around accusing the opposition of corruption, you'd better be whiter than white yourself.

This case forced NASA and the U.S. Office of Governmental Ethics to change its policy on release of public documents as well as how NASA and others implement their ethics responsibilities.