Sentences with phrase «center around the policy»

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And though policy discussions often center around tax incentives and streamlining, any entrepreneur will almost certainly disagree.

The Ethics Resource Center is an Arlington, Virginia - based non-profit that provides among other things, updates on federal policy connected to business ethics, surveys on topics such as how the recession is impacting ethics, and links to other resources around the web.

Because of the raising of the standard deduction and other changes like the reduction of the SALT deduction only around 5 % of filers will itemize deductions under the new Republican tax plan, (7 million filers estimated in linked Tax Policy Center report, page 7, in analysis of previous House version).

It was not that long ago (early to mid-September) when the market debate was centered around the strengthening US economy and the pace that we would see the Federal Reserve (Fed) start to shift gears and tighten monetary policy in response to a very strong economy.

Last week's special election in New York's 9th congressional district, which centers on Brooklyn and Queens, revolved largely around Obama's Israel policy.

Created by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Rudd «Roots was designed not only to help parents navigate the complex world of school food but also to link grassroots efforts around the country.

She has centered her candidacy around education policy after working in school systems for 40 years, most recently as superintendent of the suburban LaFayette School District.

The board members resolved after their last meeting to make the issue «front and center» and have been having regular, «around - the - clock» discussions about what the policy should look like, said Kevin O'Toole, the Christie - appointed chairman of the board and a former Republican state lawmaker in New Jersey.

Union members also refused to interview Laura Lavine, a Republican who has centered her campaign around education policy.

Bill Hammond, the health policy analyst for the budget watchdog group The Empire Center, says that under the proposal in Congress, the state would likely lose some federal Medicaid funding, in the best case scenario around $ 2 billion.

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his executive budget for the next fiscal year on Tuesday, centering his presentation around the threat to New York posed by the new federal tax code and possibilities for combatting it and other policies from Washington, D.C..

She currently implements a landmark science cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Diplomacy.

Trevor Tompson, director of the AP - NORC Center, said the bipartisan agreement on climate change's existence could be reason to hope for policy action: «Public opinion around many energy issues tends to be fluid, with people often defaulting to partisan starting points.

According to the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, news coverage of climate change in 50 newspapers around the globe dropped by more than half in late 2009 to 2010.

«This paper demonstrates that our policies around schizophrenia may be penny-wise and pound foolish,» says Dana Goldman, director of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the University of Southern California.

According to a 2008 report from the Center on Education Policy, restructuring itself needs to be restructured because there is no sure - fire way to turn around a chronically low - performing school.

Beginning in January 2015, Hill, along with the Center for Education Policy Research Senior Project Manager Barb Gilbert and Instructional Specialist Daniel McGinn, will observe teaching using Samsung tablets placed in 460 middle school classrooms around the country.

For example, if an employee is interacting with a training module centered around company policies, his / her progress, assessment results, social sharing, and any other data being produced during the eLearning course is «big data».

In addition, the fellows will have access to the unique network of more than 60 school agencies around the country with whom the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard currently works.

(May 6, 2013)-- Today, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), based at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, announced the selection of 20 new partners from around the country who will host the fifth cohort of the SDP Fellowship.

By partnering with education and policy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United Spolicy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United SPolicy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United Spolicy researchers across Harvard and around the United States.

Of recent, conversations about accountability in the education policy sphere have centered around the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

The use of mean scores places the focus on improving the academic achievement of all students within a school and not just those whose performance is around the state proficiency cut score (Center for Education Policy, 2011).

A while back I brought to your attention the great analysis of my current research heroes — those delightful debunkers at the the National Education Policy Center — of the Public Agenda report explaining to self - described «education reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opposition.

The survey is one in a series from the Center for Education Policy that aims to measure attitudes toward the Common Core, the controversial new K - 12 math and reading standards now taught in classrooms around the country.

The Center on the Developing Child's diverse activities align around building an R&D (research and development) platform for science - based innovation, and transforming the policy and practice landscape that supports and even demands change.

The Center on the Developing Child works to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world in partnership with organizations committed to using the science to inform policy and practice and to drive innovation.

Family Engagement University, a program of Metro Nashville Public Schools» Department of Family and Community Partnerships, and Building Bridges, a program of Oasis Center, worked to elevate the need for policies that advance teacher quality through trainings and preparation around diversity, identity, privilege, and equity for all students.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

Amanda's research interests center around accountability in P12 and Higher Education context with specific interest in the idea of P20 policy and practices and the relationship between accountability demands and those that must make sense of them.

Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a nonpartisan research and policy organization, said the Trump administration's rhetoric has only deepened partisan tensions around charter schools.

Together, these five features constitute C - SAIL's policy attributes theory, which guides our Center's thinking around standards - based reform.

On the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, New Leaders» Chief Policy and Evaluation Officer Jackie Gran argues that while turning around schools is not easy, it can be taught.

The product centers around meetings, planning, policies and evaluations which are essential software tools that streamline and simplify the work of any board and the people who work for them.

«There's quite a bit of momentum around these issues of evaluation and issues of how you identify and support teachers who aren't as effective as they need to be,» said Cynthia Brown, Vice President of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress.

So it isn't surprising that Duncan attempted to dance around yesterday's Center on Education Policy report that showed that just 48 percent of schools were found to be academically failing under No Child's accountability provisions.

-- «Lots of the opposition to DeVos centered around school choice — but the U.S. Secretary of Education is not an influential position for school choice policy,» said Nora Gordon, a Georgetown University professor and education expert.

This webinar will share recent CCRS Center products and tools around competency - based education including State Approaches to Competency - Based Education to Support College and Career Readiness for All Students, State Policies to Support Competency - Based Education for Overage, Under - Credited Students, and a forthcoming Facilitator's Guide on Designing Competency - Based Articulation Agreements.

To counter this problem, Attendance Works, a fiscally - sponsored project of the Child and Family Policy Center non-profit organization, is working as a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around school attenPolicy Center non-profit organization, is working as a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around school attenpolicy and practice around school attendance.

The Professor Emeritus and Research Professor has co-authored numerous articles centering around Maine's Proficiency - Based Diploma Systems, Implementing District - Level High School Graduation Policies, Challenges Faced by Maine School Districts in Providing High Quality Public Education, Pathways to College Readiness in Maine, The Impacts of Public Charter Schools on Students and Traditional Public Schools, Maine's Improving Schools, and more.

The Students at the Center Distinguished Fellows are a diverse group of nine leaders in policy, practice, and research from around New England, each selected for their vision, contributions, and impact in the student - centered learning movement in the region.

As school districts around the country consider investments in technology as a way to improve student outcomes, this report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) finds that technology — when implemented properly — can produce significant gains in student achievement and boost engagement, particularly among students most at risk.

Meanwhile policy debates center around who can prepare teachers best — the colleges and universities, the districts themselves, or the educational entrepreneurs who have received enormous amounts of money to replace the current system instead of improving it.

Key components of the Alliance's strategic plan center around engaging policy makers and the corporate community and promoting collaborative efforts.

Our processes, procedures, and policies are all centered around a set of ethical business principles that emphasize honesty, integrity, professionalism, and discretion.

Even if your coverage needs are equal and primarily center around lease compliance, you're often better off with two policies when living together.

Most of the discussion centers around the underlying insurance products used to facilitate the banking — namely the permanent life insurance policies.

Steven Osofsky is the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health and Health Policy at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and directs the Wildlife Health Cornell Center of Excellence — which takes an interdisciplinary approach to the health challenges wild animals face around the world.

These two commitments result in terribly kinked phone cords and not - quite dry wetsuits around Ocean Conservancy's Santa Barbara field office.Greg received a bachelor's degree in political science and public policy from UC Santa Barbara, and served as Community Affairs Director for Environmental Defense Center prior to joining Ocean Conservancy.

Morning dives: 8:45 meeting at the dive center, get ready and go for the boat dives (safety policy: one hour of surface interval) Back at around 12/12: 30