Not exact matches
Topics included:
early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed
evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's
public schools; an
early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
Just got a «breaking news» alert from The Politico that Barack Obama has accused the Clinton campaign of engaging in «the old «Swift boat» politics,» using as
evidence a Bob Novak piece from
earlier today that claimed that Clinton was holding scandalous material on the Illinois senator, refusing to use it in
public, but spreading rumors about it behind the scenes.
Allies of Mr Burnham, the
early front - runner, welcomed the poll findings as
evidence that his message is «cutting through» to the
public.
«While recognising all your efforts on this matter there seems little
public evidence that the Americans are serious about an
early end to this conflict and therefore, by association, neither are we,» he added.
These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the
early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising
public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by
evidence.
Speaking ahead of the launch, Kypros Kypri, Professor of
Public Health at University of Newcastle, Australia said: «There is strong
evidence to show that
earlier closing times can make a significant difference to the strain alcohol places on emergency services.
Although it is still
early days to consider the
evidence of the Wright reforms making a difference to
public perceptions of the Commons and Parliament, the
evidence so far is compelling and here present the full
evidence given to Parliament.
This walking meeting pilot study provides
early evidence that white - collar workers find it feasible and acceptable to convert a traditional seated meeting into a walking meeting,» said the study's principal investigator, Alberto J. Caban - Martinez, D.O., Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of
public health sciences.
«While many state - funded preschool programs in the U.S. do not begin until age three or later, this study provides some of the first large - scale
evidence that
public early education for children as young as age one can be critical for children's language skills,» said Dearing.
Suzi Gage is honored with the 2016 AAAS
Early Career Award for
Public Engagement with Science for her generous public engagement activities that center on evidence - based approaches with the potential to build long - term critical thinking skills in her audi
Public Engagement with Science for her generous
public engagement activities that center on evidence - based approaches with the potential to build long - term critical thinking skills in her audi
public engagement activities that center on
evidence - based approaches with the potential to build long - term critical thinking skills in her audiences.
Out - of - hospital cardiac arrest is a major
public health issue accounting for approximately 200000 deaths per year in the United States.1 Despite more than 2 decades of
evidence demonstrating significant benefits from
early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, wide variation in CPR training, bystander and first - responder intervention, and survival after out - of - hospital cardiac arrest remains.2 - 5
Public Health England confirms the importance of supporting children in the
Early Years: «There is very strong
evidence that investment in promoting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of parents and children notably in the pre-school years and throughout the school aged years, can avoid health and social problems later in life.»
In Garcia v. Board of Education of Albuquerque
Public Schools (2008), Gorsuch upheld an
earlier ruling that a student plaintiff was not entitled to compensatory educational services despite the district's failure to provide an individualized education program (IEP) after the student left school and
evidenced no willingness to return.
Our objective is to change the nature of the
public debate from whether we should be investing in
early childhood education to howwe can maximize the return on that investment through
evidence - based teaching.
Public policy discussions and decisionmaking on the
early education and care of young children have come to rely heavily on appeals to
evidence.
AppleTree
Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional sk
Early Learning
Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines
evidence - based curriculum,
early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional sk
early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.
When
public schools integrate these elements — as in a pilot project run by Harvard economist Roland Fryer in Houston,
early evidence suggests those schools are seeing the same gains as high - performing charters.
By 2020, literacy grantees will provide
evidence - based interventions and support services to a minimum of 2,500 K - 3
public school students, stronger systems will be in place to support schools to strategically partner with effective and appropriate interventions, and
early literacy will be reflected in community priorities and investments, with the shared goal of increasing third grade reading proficiency to 85 %.
The
public needs to understand the difficulties and limitations of
early assessments and the need for multiple sources of
evidence.
A new review of the
evidence on
early language development, commissioned by the EEF in partnership with
Public Health England and published today, has...
Another recent report (January 2014) that helps summarize the research is from the Washington State Institute for
Public Policy:
Early Childhood Education for Low - Income Students: A Review of the
Evidence and Benefit - Cost Analysis.
A Samsung Electronics - made tablet bearing the model number SM - T395 was certified by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
earlier this month, as
evidenced by a newly published set of certification documents which appeared in the agency's
public database.
Earlier this year, the National Association of State
Public Health Veterinarians issued new recommendations in the 2016 Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention advising reducing quarantine periods to four months due to
evidence animals in isolation for an extended period of six months can become stressed and depressed, even with regular human socialization.
The Retro Report piece finds no
evidence in more recent science of anything approaching a
public health concern, and ample
evidence that the
early burst of scary proclamations and press coverage had a lasting effect on
public perceptions.
Since The Last Mountain's release, new research has documented higher rates of poverty, illness and
early death in communities near mountaintop removal mining sites while
evidence continues to pour in about the toll that coal emissions take on
public health.
An
early example of
public sector «payment - for - performance for REDD was
evidenced in the state of Acre, Brazil, which secured a $ 40 million agreement with German development bank KfW for 8 MtCO2e in emissions reductions.
It is too
early to know what action should flow from the
evidence, but it is anticipated that this may include an array of reforms affecting formal court procedures, frontline legal service entry and information points, changes in legal and judicial culture, alternative models of legal practice, multi-sector perspectives on investment in access to justice, and effective
public involvement in the change process.
Although it is hard to be certain without more publicly available information, FISC judges likely treat their opinions as non-precedential, as is standard practice for federal district courts.19 The relatively few
public FISC opinions do cite
earlier FISC opinions and principles of law, 20 but we have seen no clear
evidence to suggest that the judges feel formally bound by those
earlier opinions in any manner that would set them apart from other Article III district courts.
There have been calls for new
public health models of interventions to enhance
early child development within existing healthcare systems.74 As shown in our review, however, the current
evidence base for interventions delivered to all families is lacking.
On April 13, 2017 Dr. Cynthia Osborne, Director of the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at the LBJ School of
Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, provided expert testimony (video below) at a Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. on the growing
evidence of the importance of fathers in
early childhood intervention home visiting programs.
The 1st Annual 2016 Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the
Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs hosted by the Child and Family Research Partnership at The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of
Public Affairs and the Texas DFPS Prevention and
Early Intervention Division was held on February 3, 2016.
Growing
evidence about the importance of
early education is also helping to improve
public perceptions.
Selected activities included the formation of Local Advisory Committees to inform the work; ongoing comparison of current practice to new science and best practice; identifying and addressing gaps in the system of care; education of providers, patients, and
public about new information around prematurity and risks of
early births; implementation of
evidence - based practices; strengthening systems of care; and measuring progress.
For instance, data from evaluations of the CPC model revealed that children who attend preschool for a full day vs. those who attend for a half day experience greater gains in learning and development.72 This
evidence has informed hours of operation for CPCs, as well as for
public pre-K in Chicago Public Schools, as they begin to expand their early childhood ser
public pre-K in Chicago
Public Schools, as they begin to expand their early childhood ser
Public Schools, as they begin to expand their
early childhood services.
On February 3, 2016, the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at The University of Texas at Austins LBJ School of
Public Affairs and the Texas DFPS Prevention and
Early Intervention division hosted the Texas Fatherhood Summit: Building the
Evidence Base for Fatherhood Programs in Austin, Texas.
These efforts ultimately led to the creation of the Home Visiting Services Account (HVSA) in 2010 in legislation, a
public - private partnership between the Washington State Department of
Early Learning (DEL) and Thrive Washington (Thrive), a statewide nonprofit organization that matches
public dollars with private funding to invest in a portfolio of
evidence - based and promising practices for home visiting programs.
This toolkit is a collection of framing research, recommendations, and sample communications designed to help leading voices in the child development and care sector communicate about
early childhood development in a way that builds
public understanding and increases support for
evidence - based programs and policies designed to improve child and social outcomes in Australia.
We can move forward with confidence, provided our
public and private investments in
early childhood development are guided by solid
evidence, not uninformed advocacy.
The ECN sought to achieve the following goals: (1) establish a comprehensive, sustainable SOC with a reliable infrastructure for young children ages 0 - 5 and their families; (2) reduce stigma and increase community awareness about
early childhood mental health needs and the importance of responding to their needs
early and effectively; (3) improve outcomes for young children 0 - 5 who have significant behavioral or relational symptoms related to trauma, parent / child interaction difficulties or impaired social emotional development; (4) provide statewide training and local coaching for providers, families, and community members regarding
evidence - based practices for effectively treating
early childhood mental health and social emotional needs; and (5) develop a seamless
early childhood SOC using a
public health model for replication in other areas of the state.
Based on Australian research undertaken in partnership with FrameWorks Institute, the toolkit demonstrates how to apply
evidence - based framing strategies to communicate effectively with the
public about
early childhood development.