Sentences with phrase «developing policies focused»

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Collins pointed in part to the candidate's post-primary failure to «focus on jobs and the economy, tone down his rhetoric, develop more thoughtful policies and, yes, apologize for ill - tempered rants.»

The administration has other councils focused on other policy areas, such as developing a competitive income tax code and streamlining burdensome regulation.UTC strongly supports the goals of each of these advisory committees as a way of ensuring and enhancing America's growth in the decades to come.

«Employers can help employees improve sleep by developing sound policies and offering programs focused on improving sleep habits,» Turgiss writes me.

World Travel Holdings asks its virtual employees each year to complete surveys or participate in focus groups to help develop processes and policies.

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I had hoped that we would see a «new» Donald Trump as a general - election candidate — one who would focus on jobs and the economy, tone down his rhetoric, develop more thoughtful policies and, yes, apologize for ill - tempered rants.

My main area of research focuses on developing public policies that are effective in reducing the harms that result from excessive alcohol use.

For several years, Peter developed expertise in several areas of policy; but, his primary focus remained on making or improving the law, and usually with legislation designed to protect children and families.

There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

In the UK, the tendency has been for Labour to shift from movement politics to consumer politics - a focus group of eight people sipping wine in Kettering having more weight than policies developed within the party and decided by conference.

However, the Civil Aviation Authority warned the Government that without a credible, long - term Aviation Policy Framework which focuses on consumers, rather than airlines or airports, and allows capacity to develop sustainably, «it is likely that prices will rise, route choice will drop and the UK economy will suffer».

He needs to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs and mortgages and public services and, above all, to develop a clear route map to growth, and stop fixating on the agenda of a liberal clique around him and barmy policies such as Lords reform and gay marriage, which people either don't like or don't care about.

He believes the Prime Minister's focus on the economy has left a dangerous void on other domestic policy issues, and he predicts that Labour will lose the general election expected next year unless it develops a wide - ranging, forward - looking agenda.

«The caravan industry alone is worth # 6 billion to the UK economy and employs around 130,000 people and we want the next Government to focus on developing and implementing a range of policies which will help the industry grow further.

Much of the debate focused on the new national policy statements, which will lay out the government's plans to develop what Mr Healey called «essential infrastructure development».

To help with the ambition of the Social Liberal Forum to develop radical, distinctive and progressive policies and manifesto for the next election, we are seeking to establish regional Social Liberal Forums where we can focus on ensuring everybody within the party gets their say.

The 45 - year - old mother of three develops policy for the Shadow Chancellor, focusing on jobs and value for money for the taxpayer.

The driving focus of the shadow defence team is to develop a defence policy fit for modern times, responsive to a dramatically changing world which enables us to maintain a position of global influence.

The Fund will be the first time government's social policy intervention to focus on developing residents of Zongo communities.

Josef Decosas of the Canadian International Development Agency believes that policy makers must focus on overall health in developing countries, rather than malaria, or AIDS, or TB, or any other single disease.

One large study of America's ocean waters, published in May by the Pew Oceans Commission, noted that U.S. policies have for decades focused on developing ocean resources rather than emphasizing conservation.

Economist Esther Duflo combines «innovative field experiments with rigorous empirical analysis» to identify «linkages and causal relationships between policy, poverty, behavior, and socioeconomic status» in the developing world, focusing on the well - being of women and children.

This half - day, nuts - and - bolts afternoon seminar focused on the legal, regulatory and policy implications of developing drugs, biologicals and diagnostics for the rapidly emerging field known as personalized medicine.

The focus of my research is applied, developing both simple compartmental models and more complex individual - based models, to explore the impact of interventions and to help guide policy.

His current work as an AAAS S&T Policy fellow at the National Institute of Justice has focused on strategic planning and developing effective science communitcation strategies.

Conclusion When developing a health and safety policy, try to focus on encouraging a school ethos that positively promotes safety and health.

Promoting H&S When developing a policy, try to focus on encouraging a school ethos that positively promotes safety and health.

If you focus only on district - level work, high - level leaders won't develop a vivid vision of how family engagement policies actually affect families and students.

Rose and Dede, who were part of a 15 - person team focused on developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education, shared how to make a government report, formulate policy, and how you get it on the national agenda.

In the coming years, Muralidharan expects his research to focus on systematically evaluating the effectiveness of various policy options to improve education in developing countries through rigorous randomized evaluations.

Many become very involved in developing new schools, school - based enrichment programs, education policy programs, and foundation - center efforts that focus on strengthening education for children.

UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics — based in Paris — helps governments, local authorities and decision - makers in business and industry to develop and implement policies and practices focusing on sustainable development.

Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.

Fernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.

My focus was on assessment across the whole school and developing a policy that allowed us to take into account the different learning needs of the students.

It focuses on promoting and developing policy ideas for public services.

Hill's primary work focuses on developing new measures of mathematics teaching quality, and using these measures to inform current policies and instructional improvement efforts.

We need national policy that makes it easier for schools, and others who work directly with young people, to focus on building these supportive networks, tapping into existing resource, and helping young people develop the vital employability skills they will need, including confidence, communication, resilience and motivation.

The project, which he calls, The Chastened Dream, will look at how publicly - oriented professional schools, including those focused on education, public health, public policy, and urban planning and design, develop knowledge that they hope will be useful for ameliorating poverty, curing disease, improving education, and increasing the quality of life for us all.

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

After joining the Harvard faculty in 1998, Reimers sought to create a program that focused on the development of leadership and policy analysis skills to improve the quality of education in developing nations.

Thoughtful and effective policies for developing a professional workforce will have to include a mix of incentives for pre-K teachers that may be different from those designed for teachers in K — 12; provide training that is focused on classroom practices and the specific challenges of teaching young children; and improve the alignment of early childhood education with K — 12.

Chike Aguh's work as a teacher led him to the Ed School where he has developed an intense focus on education policy and management that has caught the attention of his classmates and faculty.

Furthermore, Arkansas has developed a statewide strategic plan focused on computer science education, and became the first state to meet all nine of Code.org Policy Ideas and all 10 priorities listed in the BNY State of the States Report.

Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

Prior to joining Education Northwest in 2011, he spent three years with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, where he managed their nationally focused policy and capacity - building initiatives and worked closely with policymakers, district leaders and researchers developing and using early warning and college readiness indicators.

Much of American education policy focuses on the need for students to develop deeper content knowledge and an ability to apply their knowledge and skills to tasks and situations inside and outside of school.

Colorado ASCD focuses on helping teachers develop leadership capacity in the decision - making / policy area through the activities of its Advocacy and Influence Committee.

Commentary by Nelson Smith in Education Next (Hanover, MD, July 17, 2012) A very timely and informative article published in Education Week and written by Nelson Smith, a consultant on education policy and former E.D. of the DC Public Charter School Board and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, reinforces CSDC's mission and focus on financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

During his tenure, he made the MTA the voice of the profession and established the teachers union as a partner in developing and implementing state and federal policy such as teacher - evaluation frameworks, new curriculum standards, district and school accountability measures, while strengthening labor - management collaboration focused on improving student achievement.