Sentences with phrase «current policy debate»

A number of issues arise as a result of the current policy debate around water allocation and the rights of Indigenous peoples to their lands and waters.
The goal is to help inform the current policy debate by making the case for a rapid and significant increase in green infrastructure investment.
These factors have some interesting implications for current policy debate.
Getting a reliable answer to these questions is vital to the current policy debate, but researchers who try to answer them face considerable obstacles.
«This has profound implications for the current policy debate that frames environmental goals and economic goals as at odds with each other.»
Understanding why they were rejected then may help clarify the current policy debate.
We have elaborated upon these principles with respect to current policy debates on the uses of predictive genetic test results in health insurance, and present these ideas below:
We now turn to an analysis of the interactions of principals with teaching staff, which bears directly on a number of current policy debates.
But the magnitude of the relationship they find matters, too, especially in the context of the current policy debates.
The study was released along with previously available national data that, when taken together, have important implications for current policy debates over welfare reform.
These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.
I am saddened that my efforts researching and negotiating the work of public education seem meaningless in the face of current policy debates — and that last year's nationwide struggle over teacher tenure or this week's «debates» over teacher evaluation in New York arrive forcefully, demanding immediate reaction rather than initiative from educators.
Our commitment to engagement in current policy debates is signified by the Symposium we are hosting immediately prior to the launch, which will focus on the value and importance of increased government revenue for action on social determinants of health equity.
With the current policy debates underway in Washington, this is a critical time for REALTORS ® to come together and be heard on the issues that are important to the industry, communities and the clients that REALTORS ® serve.

Not exact matches

«We welcome a debate about whether our current legal immigration policy properly balances family and skills - based migration.
It is interesting to contrast current debates in QC with Bob Rae's policies in Ontario twenty years ago.
Fiscal policy can be talked about, we can debate about it, and we can proclaim its benefits, but I don't see them in the current environment just as I didn't see them in 2009.
The current debate over immigration policy cuts across the conventional political and ideological divides.
As part of his LCA address, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, addressed the recurring issue of national champions, claiming the current debate confuses the distinction between industrial and merger policy.
Overall, judging by the rapturous applause he received, Miliband was in sublime form: dynamic, incisive, intelligent (a man who can quote the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia and apply it to the current foreign policy debate between those who oppose liberal interventionism based on the principle of nation state sovereignty and those who support it based on the natural rights of individuals superseding that sovereignty certainly deserves this accolade) and even at times funny.
But there is also another aspect related to the backlog that is missing in current debate, despite the attempts of current government to blame for the backlog the previous one, the reality is that immigration policy continues to produce irregular residents and in - between cases.
Under the current Labour system, the National Policy Forum receives delegates from constituency party associations and has a debate with the shadow Cabinet and affiliates about policy posiPolicy Forum receives delegates from constituency party associations and has a debate with the shadow Cabinet and affiliates about policy posipolicy positions.
Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public policy.
Trade policy today faces three issues that are often overlooked in current debate around post-Trump transatlantic and post-Brexit global trade policy: development, geopolitics, and the digital economy.
Professor Deighton set the current debate about the future of the EU in its historical and global context: the world is one of international organisations and the EU, born of a post-war crisis and containing many countries struggling to deal with their colonial heritage, should be a united foreign policy actor.
But, one need look no further than the current debate in the UK over the EU referendum to find other parallels with Repeal — e.g., an internal split in the Conservative party over British identity (particularly in a world with increasing trade linkages); the difficulty in ascertaining the winners and losers from a fundamental reorientation of trade policy, amidst inherent uncertainty; the existence of tensions between different sectors and regions, stemming from trade exposure; and so on.
There are serious public policy issues regarding juvenile justice that need meaningful public debate and labor - management discussion, which have been dismissed or ignored under the current administration.»
Perhaps the most peculiar aspect of current political debates centres on education policy.
«There are signs of inertia in the drug policy debate in some parts of the world as policymakers understand that current policies and strategies are failing but do not know what to do instead,» the report stated.
Alluding to the current debate over national health care policy, Clegg's press release said the couple's newborn daughter «nearly died at birth and required multiple operations and long - term medical care.
Taking part in Next Wave's postdoc production policy debate, Massimo Lazzari argued that the current system leaves postdocs overspecialised to compete in a wider job market and that too many postdocs are simply regarded as cheap labour
Still, a systematic vetting of policy options, with recognized experts and the public commenting and debating, will vastly improve on our current policy performance, in which we often fly blind or hand the controls over to narrow interests and viewpoints.
The current discussion and debate on policy concerned with mental illness represents one peak on the tip of the iceberg explored by the 17 contributors to Gene Mapping.
«Current climate change measurements mask trade - offs necessary for policy debates
They provide a sound basis for lifting the heavy fog of the current public policy debate and contribute to the future evolution of the ACA.
NIH and FDA are two of the most crucial agencies, but current policies remove them from line authority, and with good reason, given that engaging in this debate could actually endanger the agencies» other vital missions.
But The Shape of Water is more directly applicable to the current debate raging over the White House's hardline immigration policies and the emergence of the alt - right.
Articles may be from either an academic or a practitioner perspective but should contribute to the current public policy debate.
By building strong collaborations between researchers, community organizations, and policy makers, The Civil Rights Project hopes to raise the level of discourse on targeted issues and to reframe the tone and content of many of the current legal and political debates.
So what do both sets of lists released this week say about the current education policy debate?
Unfortunately, the current debate's focus on individual rights and choices has distracted many politicians and policy makers from a key stakeholder: our nation as a whole.
And substantial percentages remain undecided about charter schools and other reform initiatives, suggesting that the current national debate over school policy has the potential to sway public opinion in one direction or another.
90, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, highlight the shortcomings of current education reform debates, noting that «almost all of the ideas currently on the mainstream table leave the basic structure of American schooling fundamentally unchanged.»
Content: The homepage of the National Federation of State High School Associations offers content on everything from policy changes to current events in the world of high school athletics, marching bands, debate teams, theater departments, coaches and officials.
In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.
If you step back from day to day vitriol that characterizes the current education - policy «debate,» and glimpse the larger picture, two worldviews on education reform emerge.
In the public education debate, HECSE shares critical information policy makers need regarding current preparation challenges, effective preparation and support for highly - qualified personnel, new knowledge about children and youth with disabilities, and effective ways to design appropriate programs, deliver effective content, and monitor student growth.
Teachers need not endorse any particular viewpoint or policy proposal in the current debate over the availability of firearms to help students explore the power of young people to galvanize public opinion and political support behind issues they care about.
In its previous iterations, SB 337 would have established several other policies for public charter schools that have spurred significant debate, including the absence of a requirement for criminal background checks of employees and the elimination of the current under - enforced requirement that charter schools «reasonably reflect the racial and ethnic composition» in the area in which the school is located.
Questioners typically asked about specific education policies being advocated in current conference debates.
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