Sentences with phrase «economic imperative»

«Ending educational inequity in the Bay is both a moral and economic imperative for all of us.

It should come as no surprise that private charter operators and their employees are driven by economic imperatives to avoid accepting children whose scores are tough to raise, like kids who are English language learners.

However, much like the doubling of assets statistic quoted above, to do so would be ignoring the wider context; one that exposes the unforgiving economic imperatives at work throughout the Liga.

This is more than an ethical consideration, it is a first - level economic imperative, since healthy and well - educated citizens enrich our global environment and our markets.

Though the forest idea introduces elements now associated with «greening the city», and largely determined by ecological imperatives — to counter CO2 emissions, to lower ambient temperatures, to increase surface water retention and avoid flooding — there are equally important social and economic imperatives in the forest strategy too.

«We are caught between economic imperative and political expediency.

Epstein & Pianko: It is a national economic imperative that the United States maintain its (fast - eroding) advantage in innovation, which comes from the talented tenth.

This modern family unit fits the modern economic imperative: it is changeable, personal, and user - friendly.

Teaching is in danger of becoming an unbearable profession if the current fragmentation results in even higher competition and financial / economic imperatives leading the way rather than educational thinking.

In a compelling blend of hard - hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry assessment, Goodell illuminates the stark economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics — what is meant by «big coal» — that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source.

This is a clear case where environmental and economic imperatives coincide and it is one where external political commitment is likely to be desirable in many countries, just as in the trade area.

It has an autonomous European branch, the European Union of Judicial Officers, comprising 25 member countries subject to the same regional legislative and economic imperatives designed by the European Union.

Economic imperatives seemingly prevailed over health policy based on evidence and consultation with key stakeholders, particularly State governments, consumer and doctor groups.

There's an economic imperative at play, of course: thanks to steadily increasing costs of living, and record levels of household debt, many sexagenarians and even septuagenarians simply can't afford to stop working.

A Canadian official speaking at the conference says speeding up the border is an economic imperative.

For Anderson, who quit his day job in early 2015 to run the foundation full time, improving the accessibility of the typical Canadian streetscape is more than a feel - good project — it's an economic imperative.

That much should probably be apparent from a quick Google search or a trip to your local bookstore, but if you need convincing, a host of experts will tell you that, thanks to a cultural fixation on positivity and the economic imperatives of the gigantic self - help industry, Americans are endlessly bombarded with happiness advice these days.

The myth of meritocracy ignores «the informal system of institutional arrangements and economic imperatives that provides great rewards to the children of affluence and privilege but shutters the gates to those who have grown up without such privilege.»

A robust economy is not only an economic imperative; it is a moral and cultural imperative.

Without the economic imperative underlying population control, the abuses have no rational motivation.

Australia's challenge throughout the remainder of the 21st century is reconciling the economic imperative of developing our energy resources to meet the ever - increasing Asian energy market, with the need to maintain our energy security and develop an Australian economy that is shielded from the damaging effects of Dutch disease.

With the UK described as a «shop window on the world of wine», Harpers Editor Andrew Catchpole brings together leading figures at the forefront of NPD, exploring the latest consumer focused developments, the economic imperative of embracing research and change, while asking why wine appears to be lagging behind rival categories of spirits and beers, plus the advances embraced in other global markets

It is a moral and economic imperative to stop young lives being wasted to crime.

It is also an economic imperative.

The less obvious but potentially equally devastating factor is that voters may look to the terms of political debate in countries such as France and conclude that austerity is more of a lifestyle choice than an economic imperative.

They're somewhat immune to the rest of the economic imperatives that the rest of the state has to deal with.

Then there's school reform — which is not just an economic imperative, but also a matter of social justice.

Skunk is a direct result of prohibition, because cannabis follows the economic imperatives of black markets by focusing on the most potent, high yield, high profit version of the product.

That may have been the right course of action in the early 20th century but in our new integrated global economy, time and economic imperatives have passed by the Jones Act.

The president has said he's committed to it and it's an economic imperative for New York City and a law enforcement and anti-terrorism imperative for the country.»

For example, on 26 July — during a publicity - sapping week before the debt deadline — a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security examined «The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform» and heard incisive testimony about the technical and scientific workforce.

Although the defence department's position appears to have been undermined by the economic imperative, some hardline officials are still concerned that technology such as supercomputers could be diverted to clandestine weapons programmes similar to those set up in Iraq or North Korea.

Indeed, «[g] lobal epidemics of obesity and chronic disease amplify both the health and economic imperatives of altering current agricultural and food - industry priorities.

Through the mediation of screenwriter David Benioff (Troy) and director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Stay), Khaled Hosseini's novel transcends the political and economic imperatives, strips away the preconceptions, and focuses on the relationship of two people — a rich boy and a poor boy — who happen to have grown up in Kabul in the 1970s.

The sequel also ditches the economic imperative, which had compelled Mike to become a stripper in the original.

«If we're serious about this goal of «all means all,» that we're going to educate all of our kids — not just some — to a high level, and if we're serious that it's not just a moral imperative but an economic imperative, the question is how do we get the job done?»

«Integrating 21st - century skills into teaching and assessment... is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of improving student learning,» says «Measuring Skills for the 21st Century,» a white paper scheduled for release Nov. 10 by the Washington - based think tank Education...

It's a moral as well as economic imperative.

Beyond the economic imperative to get modern with teaching methods, Lawrence Township superintendent Michael Copper says there was an educational one: Use electronic media to expand teachers» options for personalizing learning.

«It is about an economic imperative for the nation.»