Sentences with phrase «designed federal policy»

Well - designed federal policy can cut emissions and strengthen resilience while driving economic growth.

This variation highlights the challenge of designing federal policies that work well in states that vary in terms of district size, charter enrollment, size of the private sector, and existing choice policies such as interdistrict choice, charters, and vouchers.

Not exact matches

The day's trading was driven by uncertainty over how to interpret the Federal Reserve's recent policy statement as well as worries over talks in Beijing designed to avert a full - blown U.S. - China trade war.

Powell recognizes the limits of monetary policy when he notes that «ultimately, the only way to get sustainably higher interest rates is to improve the broader environment for growth, by adopting policies designed to increase productivity and potential output over the long term — policies that are mainly outside the scope of our work at the Federal Reserve.»

With a wave of anti-immigrant, anti-free trade sentiment sweeping through Europe, and uncertainty in the U.S. with regard to its H - 1B visa program, Hussen said the federal government's response is simply business as usual — carrying on with policies already implemented or in progress that are designed to make it easier for Canadian companies to get the skilled people they need to grow.

Meanwhile, President Trump also signed a pledge during his campaign last August to defend the innocence and dignity of America's children by enforcing the existing federal laws and advancing public policies designed to «prevent the sexual exploitation of children online and to make the internet safer for all.»

-- Pat Robertson, after the city of Dover, Pennsylvania voted to boot the current school board, which inst.i.tuted an intelligent design policy that led to a federal trial

Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

Cuomo's counsel, Alphonso David, said the Rensselaer County sheriff's decision to participate in a federal program designed to catch undocumented immigrants in county jails — a first for New York occurring right in the governor's back yard — is «contrary to the public policy and values of our state.»

It was a pitch designed for a federal cabinet secretary or maybe a prominent member of Congress, or some other official whose job concerns federal policy.

Because the 21st century economy is increasingly an information economy, I believe the federal government should pursue policies designed to eliminate the «digital divide» so that every American, every business, and every student has access to broadband.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is, by design, a reactive organization charged with stepping in when local and state resources are inadequate, and its direct policy role is limited.

Public interest in possible health threats posed by EDCs is on the rise, leading to development of federal and state policies designed to regulate or mediate perceived EDC health risk.

These guidelines, developed by the USDA in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services are designed to serve as the «cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and nutrition education activities» (USDA Dietary Guidelines, 2011).

Knowing this, Duncan designed Race to the Top, an ingenious program that gave states the chance to dip into a $ 4.35 billion pot of federal money if they adopted certain accountability and school choice policies.

An alliance between civil rights groups on the left and the business community on the right pushed for aggressive federal involvement to drive policies designed to aid disadvantaged students.

What evidence shows that federal courts would produce better results than the state and local governments that have been designing and experimenting with education policy for years?

The most appropriate role for the federal government may be to provide resources to states through categorical formula funding or a competitive grant program that would allow policy design to fit the local context rather than try to act as a national school board from Washington, DC.

The official document deployed by the federal government is the National Safe Schools Framework, which is designed to help Australian schools develop effective student safety and wellbeing policies including cyberbullying.

Such a policy would help support state and local choice programs without inserting the federal government into decisions about the design and operation of such programs.

«This book was designed to show what new evidence exists about integrated education and its relationship to equality of educational opportunity; what the political prospects are; what we know about new policy alternatives, including using socioeconomic status; and what the federal role could be in encouraging such options,» write Frankenberg and Debray.

It moved away from the notion that federal policy is designed chiefly to prevent bad actors from doing harm, and it set its sights on excellence.

«But all of that is relatively minor,» Rothstein says, «compared to a century and a half of public policy — federal, state, and local policy — that was designed explicitly, purposefully, to create racially segregated metropolitan areas.

Beyond the school environment, federal and state government departments need advice from education experts for designing education policy and reform.

It is not only the regulatory environment that founders must directly challenge, but the entire sweep of policies, practices, and pedagogies, from federal law to local union contracts, from teacher preparation programs to the design of mainstream textbooks, that together define how most public schools today function.

TEA, in collaboration with the Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC), designed and carried out a comprehensive, multi-pronged engagement strategy beginning in January 2016 to collect stakeholder input and feedback to help shape the agency's strategic direction, inform the development of innovative education systems, and create a unified framework across state and federal policy.

The major federal policy initiatives of the last decade and a half, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, were designed mainly to change the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and principals — the members of the school community known to have the greatest and most direct influence on students» academic achievement.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

To support federal and state policymakers in addressing these challenges, the NPSC and the American Psychological Association (APA) will co-host a congressional briefing to highlight state - level initiatives designed to infuse prevention science based policies into their state administrative infrastructures and policies.

The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.

Further, student voice can be engaged by having students teach students and teachers about technology; students maintain and develop educational technology infrastructure in schools; and students design ed tech policies on the building, district, state, and federal levels.

He has helped policymakers and intermediary organizations develop state and federal policies that expand early college schools and other school designs incorporating college coursework into high school.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replacing the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted after gutting a strong federal role in education policy designed to protect these children... [Read more...]

The role is a paid position in which Fellows, in turn, share what they've learned with other teachers in their professional networks, contributing to a larger understanding of federal initiatives and gaining broader input into policy and programs designed to improve education at all levels.

Not only is it a great way to network with other professionals, the sessions are also designed specifically around public policy, state and federal legislation and how it impacts special education providers such as:

The Education Redesign Lab will be positioned — with early research findings, design models, a constituency, and national visibility — to play a significant role in advocating for policy change at the local, state, and federal levels.

According to Rothstein, those causes are «20th century federal, state, and local policies explicitly designed to separate the races.»

The Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Boston University is designed to prepare our students to be PreK - 12 public, independent, and international school and district leaders, and education - related community, state, federal, and institutional leaders and analysts.

By design, under ESSA, the role of the federal government in education is greatly diminished, and states face critical and substantial policy decisions in framing school accountability and the academic standards and testing systems that underpin those structures.

In turn, Fellows share what they've learned with other teachers in their professional networks, contributing to a larger understanding of federal initiatives and encouraging broader input into policy and programs designed to improve education at all levels of government.

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Surface Transportation and Freight Policy Act of 2012, subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall establish standards to ensure that the design of Federal surface transportation projects provides for the safe and adequate accommodation, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation, of all users of the transportation network, including motorized and nonmotorized users.

Our nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve, implements policies designed to keep inflation and interest rates relatively low and stable.

Federal government policy, which has regulated defined benefit plans heavily and mandated plan designs for distributions, has tread more lightly on defined contribution plans because of their historical secondary nature.

Otis College of Art and Design, in accordance with applicable Federal and State law and College policy, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy / childbirth and medical conditions related thereto, disability, medical condition (cancer related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, veteran status, or other characteristics or classifications protected by the law.

The centerpiece of the bill is resolution of a dispute over the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), the once - obscure 1978 federal law designed to promote small power producers in regulated utility markets.

These included a mix of state and federal policies designed to increase the use of renewable energy, as well as reduce carbon dioxide and mercury emissions from coal - fired power plants.

She advised government officials on energy policies and programs, developed a technical assistance program, designed and implemented a federal rural energy grant program and chaired an industry certification program for renewable energy providers.

(vi) work with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities to ensure that the Program is designed to produce information needed to develop policies to mitigate human - induced global change and to reduce the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global change;

Second, state and regional authorities frequently argue that states can serve as valuable «laboratories» for policy design, and thereby provide useful information for the development of Federal policy.