Sentences with phrase «compares public understanding»

This report compares public understanding of effective parenting practices with expert views and makes recommendations that advocates can use bring public views into alignment with expert perspectives.

Not exact matches

Ok, i only have one child, so no one to compare him to, but my son is well behaved in public, understands he doesn't always get the toy he wants, says «thank you», and is generally well mannered.
«That the Parliament looks critically at the results of a new poll on support for nuclear weapons in Scotland commissioned by Lord Ashcroft; believes that the result stating that 51 % of Scots want the Trident nuclear deterrent to be replaced is misguidedly being used to suggest that a majority of Scots support keeping nuclear weapons in Scotland; understands that the results of this poll were intended to challenge the findings of a recent poll commissioned by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that showed a decisive 75 % majority of the Scottish public is against both the cost and the reasoning behind the UK Government's intention to keep all of its nuclear weapons stationed in Scotland; understands that, while Lord Ashcroft conducted the poll to supposedly show that «more than half of Scots are in favour of nuclear weapons», the poll showed that only 37 % of Scots believe so in principle, compared with 48 % who do not; questions the integrity of a poll that, it understands, was privately paid for by a wealthy Tory backer; considers that Lord Ashcroft is spinning the results, and believes that he should stop doing so and accept what it considers the fact proven time and again that Scots want rid of nuclear weapons.»
To illustrate how Zika fears were misplaced, and to offer one example for how the public - health community can use data to better understand future epidemics, the study compared other mosquito - borne diseases carried by the same mosquito that carries Zika, such as dengue virus.
People interested in comparing the salaries paid in Rio and Minas or looking to understand the industrial structure of Belo Horizonte and its opportunities, can now very quickly and with relative ease bring these public records from Brazil to their minds.
He has advocated the public release of individual genomes with the view that a growing database in which scientists can compare DNA profiles with health histories and traits will help them understand in greater detail the impact of genetics upon human health.
Understanding your finances and deals can help you identify where savings can be made and makes it easier to compare your current deals with those offered by public sector organisations such as the Crown Commercial Service.
And it also allows policy makers to better understand which aspects of public education are working and which are not, by having a common measure to compare states, districts, and schools to each other.
Annie understands that we must stand strong in support of public education, continue to push for a robust expansion of public Community Schools, and close the current per pupil funding disparities MPS students face compared to their suburban counterparts.
To better understand the sizable impact of these policies, we compared parent contributions in Portland Public Schools with parent contributions to Seattle Public Schools, a district of comparable size and demographics that does not have an equity fund.
There are undoubtedly charter schools that understand the fundamental role of public schools and do make a real effort to provide educational opportunities to the full range of students, but those charter schools are outliers compared to the vast majority of their colleagues.
This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional district and charter schools are serving all their city's children and how their schools compare to those in other cities, the report measures outcomes for all public schools, based on test scores and non-test indicators, in 50 mid - and large - sized cities.
All the consensus messages tested led to significant gains in public understanding of the scientific consensus compared to the control group.
The people will understand the need for the nation not to be complacent, to be brought to a broad understanding of Australia's position compared with other developed countries in relation to tax and the effectiveness of public expenditures.
Given the likely lower cost of targeted pediatric primary care interventions compared with home - based programs, 34 cost - effectiveness analyses will be needed to better understand implications for public health policy.
This report, conducted in partnership with the Parenting Research Centre in Australia, compares expert and public understandings of effective parenting and gives advocates tools to make a more powerful case for programs and policies that support it.
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