With cultivated competence and earned authority, they were able to help their colleagues overcome the types of fear and resistance that so often prevent
effective reforms in American high schools.
Consider a hypothetical scenario in which schools instituted truly
effective reform in math and science instruction at the time of the Risk report.
Not exact matches
On the overall, companies
in the S&P 500 pay a 26.2 percent
effective rate, compared with the 35 percent top nominal rate
in place now and the 20 percent where the
reform bill would go.
Italy's borrowing costs have come down
in recent months, helped by the promise of European Central Bank support but the election result confirmed fears that it would not produce a government strong enough to implement
effective reforms.
Goldman executives said on conference call that its
effective tax rate will be 24 percent, higher than some on Wall Street had assumed would be the case
in the wake of the tax
reform bill.
McConnell did say repealing Obamacare is a «pretty high item on our agenda» along with comprehensive tax
reform and achieving border security «
in whatever way is the most
effective.»
We suspect that much of the projected growth benefit from corporate tax
reform comes from enacting expensing of equipment, which reduces the entity - level
effective tax rate to zero on equity - financed investment and makes it negative if financed
in part with debt.
Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction
in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans
in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports
in that began
in the 2000s, and work on marginal
effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax
reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.
If the new set of
reforms are to be truly
effective,
in other words, they must be designed directly to eliminate the balance sheet constraints on the economy.
A 30 - year rewind also is informative: The dispersion of
effective tax rates of Russell 1000 companies peaked
in 1986, just before the Tax
Reform Act came into effect, and was followed by a decade long convergence, our analysis shows.
How
effective was Mr Tsipras» government
in implementing
reforms and restoring fiscal sustainability?
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care
reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred
in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit
effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions
in the delivery of food and other products; volatility
in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions
in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors
in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment
in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes
in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time
in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Policies that spur more efficient corporate restructuring can revive productivity growth by targeting three inter-related sources of labour productivity weakness: the survival of «zombie» firms (low productivity firms that would typically exit
in a competitive market), capital misallocation and stalling technological diffusion... As the zombie firm problem may partly stem from bank forbearance, complementary
reforms to insolvency regimes are essential to ensure that a more aggressive policy to resolve non-performing loans is
effective.
They work with corporations to increase the availability of animal product alternatives and have developed a «restaurant report card» to score the top 100 chain restaurants according to their plant - based options.22
In general, we think that corporate outreach is a relatively effective animal advocacy intervention, though we are less certain of the effects of promoting plant - based options in restaurants than we are of the effects of working with corporations to implement welfare reform
In general, we think that corporate outreach is a relatively
effective animal advocacy intervention, though we are less certain of the effects of promoting plant - based options
in restaurants than we are of the effects of working with corporations to implement welfare reform
in restaurants than we are of the effects of working with corporations to implement welfare
reforms.
Today, most participants
in the debate about welfare
reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of
effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play
in the lives of the underclass.
It is true that he never possessed much notion of
effective social
reform;
in «Bartleby» the urban social order is as fixed and determined as the order of Nature.
We are still waiting for an obvious and
effective reform of the curia, and brotherly collegiality
in the Church is not much more than a fine word.
Indeed, success
in such agitation has become contingent upon
effective reform efforts mounted from within the black community.
An
effective broadcast
reform movement
in the future will need a number of member groups which are affiliated with large, national organizations.
In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and
effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational
reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).
Phillips argues that meaningful economic
reform (such as that which occurred
in the 1830s under Andrew Jackson's leadership,
in the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and
in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal) is the only
effective means of combating such cynicism.
Whatever the specific
reforms — and we would expect a period of experiment to see what forms are most
effective — the major benefit
in the democratization of the economy would be to limit the harshness of the labor market, to give everyone who works a stake
in the enterprise he or she works
in and even
in the economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant
in our present economic life.
«They see him as someone who has kept the church going and has been
effective in getting
reforms from the government.»
That disruption is an
effective tactic for
reform was demonstrated
in the weeks after the 4 Corners program when online grocery delivery service, Aussie Farmers Direct, dumped one of its chicken suppliers although, according to the Weekly Times, it is retaining another chicken supplier implicated
in the labour market scandal.
Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual fall conference at Stanford University where they hear the latest research on best practices
in education and learn from each other how to create
effective school
reform.
Lunch Money is Adamick's effort to dispel «the myth that school food
reform is cost prohibitive» by providing «
effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use
in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking
in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.»
Evidence is emerging that the combination of law
reform and public education is more
effective than either strategy alone
in changing parental attitudes and behaviours.54
Citizens Union says the proposal has enough safeguards built
in to be an
effective reform, while also being the best shot at changing the system
in decades.
Here's a cautionary tale lawmakers will likely forget all about
in 10 years when the next round of redistricting comes up — unless Cuomo's constitutional amendment on redistricting
reform passes and turns out to be
effective.
Understanding these internal political dynamics also raises interesting questions about which Western foreign policy strategies are likely to be most
effective in encouraging economic
reform within China.
What Labour needs is a new social democratic revisionism, that heavily focuses on restructuring the welfare state, to unite communitarian and cosmopolitan voters,
in an era of globalization, high inequalities, increased demands for choice, and an ageing population This requires applying the principles of solidarity, reciprocity and individual empowerment,
in relation to
reforming the welfare state, to make it more
effective at tackling poverty and providing economic security, and to satisfy rising demands for choice.
The tools available today are none other than deep
reforms in the periphery, wealth transfers from the core to reinforce those
reforms, and an overall more
effective plan for European economic governance.
The Empire Center is dedicated to making New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy
reforms grounded
in free - market principles, personal responsibility, and the ideals of
effective and accountable government.
Our mission: Make New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy
reforms grounded
in free - market principles, personal responsibility, and the ideals of
effective and accountable government.
But even without added rates on higher incomes, the top 1 % share has averaged around 35 % since the Tax
Reform Act was fully
effective in 1997 — up from 25 % when Gov. Mario Cuomo left office.
Key
reforms include fostering more
effective charter schools, merit pay for teachers, more aid to parochial schools and the elimination of stultifying laws such as «Last
in first out» for teacher layoffs.
Espaillat responded
in kind, saying Gianaris» «commitment to independent redistricting speaks to his commitment to
reform Albany so as to ensure that New York has a State Government that is fair, transparent,
effective and responsible.»
State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing
In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive
reform of the state's campaign finance laws including
effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public financing.
Evaluating Three Decades of
Reform and Change
in UK Central Government, Christopher Hood and Ruth Dixon attempt to answer a basic question about these processes of constant change and reinvention: did the changes, reshuffles and new approaches do what they promised, and produce a cheaper yet more
effective machine?
Astorino, the Westchester County executive, gave a strong indication of what his speech will contain late last week at an evening meeting of the state Business Council, where he delivered a scathing and apparently
effective critique of Cuomo's economic policies, current New York economic conditions and the failure of the business community to fight for necessary
reforms that left several Cuomo backers clearly uncomfortable, some
in attendance said.
Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or
reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment
Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for
Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here
in the Finger Lakes.
Unlike the Liberal Democrats» broken pledge to oppose hikes
in tuition fees, which has severely dented the standing of the party on the national stage and clobbered Clegg's own personal ratings, the Conservatives had a clear mandate to proceed with
reforming Britain's hospitals, schools and other vital public services to drive up the quality
in a more cost
effective way.
Our mission is to make New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy
reforms grounded
in free - market principles, personal responsibility, and the ideals of
effective and accountable government.
«Throughout he's been an
effective partner
in government, working with me and my colleagues
in the Legislature to enact groundbreaking
reforms to consolidate local government that will mean real property tax relief for New York families.»
He said, «The
Reforms will result
in a cost
effective, more efficient and result oriented Civil Service.
He stressed that
effective implementation of the
reforms in the public sector would reduce cost of governance, eliminate wastages, blocking of wastage among others.
There will be plenty of time for
effective and considered
reform of the second chamber when Labour is back
in government.
«Never before has the CCRB been so active and so successful, giving New Yorkers the confidence that there was an
effective police oversight system
in place, and so what is really needed is for the
reforms that he brought about to continue,» Dadey said.
«
In a competition between
effective reform and power, power won.
And don't forget implementing one of the most comprehensive welfare
reform packages
in the country and, likely, the finest and most cost -
effective health care program for uninsured youngsters
in the entire country.