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The lawsuit says Cuomo and the other defendants «have abused their authority in an effort to stifle the NRA's political advocacy and to retaliate against the NRA for the effectiveness of that advocacy.»

Summer is a perfect time to enhance knowledge of special education law and to increase the effectiveness of advocacy.

Due to the effectiveness of our advocacy on the hill, this funding now includes charter schools in their first operational year.

Having to prepare for multiple standby dates or waiting for trial to start because a judge has emergencies to handle adds to clients» legal bills without increasing the effectiveness of my advocacy.

Not exact matches

«Li & Fung claims to be monitoring factory conditions, but they don't publicly release their investigation reports or even the full list of the factories they use, so it's impossible for independent organizations to assess the effectiveness of their monitoring,» said Tim Connor, a former labor rights advocacy coordinator for Oxfam.

According to management, most companies do not measure the effectiveness of employee advocacy programs as a Key Performance Indicator.

For campaigns and advocacy groups, the trend presents both problems and opportunities: problems in that it dilutes the effectiveness of mainstream - site advocacy, opportunities in that it creates targets for niche marketing and issue - based recruiting.

Atlanta, GA About Blog Through a powerful mix of advocacy, solutions for nonprofit effectiveness, and insight building tools, GCN provides nonprofits, board members and donors with the tools they need to strengthen organizations that make a difference on important causes throughout Georgia.

We bring together organizations representing all health and social service disciplines in the commitment to establish new and unprecedented levels of effectiveness in research, education, advocacy and support.

Many of us educators know about the effectiveness of parent advocacy groups in the special education contexts.

That surprise reversal can be attributed to at least four factors: a wave of new research on teacher quality, philanthropic interest in boosting teacher effectiveness, efforts by advocacy groups and policymakers to revamp state laws on evaluation, and political pressure to dismiss poorly performing teachers.

Jennifer has built PCY into an influential policy - development and advocacy organization that has improved the effectiveness of public funding for youth programs in low - income communities across California.

The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best practices, brokering national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant areas of expertise.

Although there is considerable advocacy for improving teacher capacity, the research literature indicating the effectiveness of structured professional development for practicing educators is not robust (Yoon, Duncan, Lee, Scarloss, & Shapley, 2007).

John serves on the boards of FUEL Education, a Boston based non-profit focused on helping families in poverty save for college, and the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington D.C. - based think tank focused on research and advocacy related to teacher quality and teacher effectiveness.

But Kayla McGannon, the director of advocacy for Stand for Children Colorado, said that while backing candidates who supported SB 191 was a «big priority» for the group, it also favored incumbents or challengers who shared the organization's broader views of education policy, not just on teacher effectiveness.

Stakeholders included chiefs, deputies, partner organizations, the CCSSO National and State Collaboration for Educator Effectiveness, and the CCSSO Educator Engagement Panel consisting of educators recognized for their exemplary practice and advocacy for students.

Sam was a wonderful mentor to emerging scholars, and, because of his support and advocacy, many of his former graduate students and postdoctoral fellows went on to have productive and sometimes very prominent careers, making significant contributions to the fields of school effectiveness and improvement and educational change.

Fast - paced, interactive skill - building sessions will help you maximize the effectiveness of your in - person meetings with lawmakers, share simple actions to take throughout the year in support of your advocacy goals, and explain how you can connect with colleagues to expand your influence.

«With Kappa Alpha Theta's support, we know a performance measurement system will bring our advocacy to new levels of effectiveness and help National CASA move the field of child welfare forward for the benefit of children who have experienced unspeakable trauma and tragedy,» said National CASA Association CEO Tara Perry.

Yet experts and advocacy groups agree that more research is needed to gauge the effectiveness of online and blended learning models.

«We're in the midst of a real culture shift in the teaching profession as we move to emphasize teacher effectiveness,» said Sandi Jacobs, vice president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, a nonpartisan advocacy organization.

The Gates Foundation has avoided systematic efforts to achieve equity of resources for schools and the children who attend them; instead, it asserts that teacher effectiveness is the best lever in this regard, and it has focused most of its research and advocacy on promoting public investment in systems that measure and promote teacher effectiveness.

How can the effectiveness of animal charities best be measured, and how do traditional targets of animal advocacy — such as farmed animals — compare with other potential targets such as wild animal suffering?

We would also expect other farm animal advocacy groups to be more similar in effectiveness to our top charities than to animal shelters, since much of the difference in effectiveness is due to the type of programs organizations run, rather than to unique organizational characteristics

We encourage readers to refer to the full report for a fuller explanation of ACE's current views and reasoning about the effectiveness of animal advocacy protests.

We bring together organizations representing all health and social service disciplines in the commitment to establish new and unprecedented levels of effectiveness in research, education, advocacy and support.

This is not a job for United Nations agencies, because they are for advocacy and not to denounce and, if it is necessary, to accuse countries and governments using media and Internet tools, reports, etc. due to the lack of accountability and effectiveness in disaster risk reduction (particularly of schools).

Turning the Tide, Charting a Course to Improve the Effectiveness of Public Advocacy for the Oceans, written by Ocean Champions» Co-Founders David Wilmot, Ph.D., and Jack Sterne, J.D.

This led to the development of consolidated text (inserted into the Paris Agreement by the Philippines) and a division of labor backed by mutual support to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of civil society advocacy on rights and ecosystems.

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The Pennsylvania Innocence Project has a four-fold mission to: (1) secure the exoneration, release from imprisonment, and restoration to society of persons who are innocent and have been wrongly convicted; (2) provide clinical training and experience to students in the fields of law, journalism, criminal justice, and forensic science; (3) collaborate with law enforcement agencies and the courts to address systemic causes of wrongful convictions; and (4) strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania through public education and advocacy.

The Institute's mission is to contribute to the public, the legal profession, and the Supreme Court of Canada by increasing the effectiveness and quality of advocacy before the Court.The principal activity of the Institute is to provide free, non-partisan advocacy advice to a party's lawyer who is scheduled to appear in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada.The Institute is a registered charity and is intended as a public service.

Atlanta, GA About Blog Through a powerful mix of advocacy, solutions for nonprofit effectiveness, and insight building tools, GCN provides nonprofits, board members and donors with the tools they need to strengthen organizations that make a difference on important causes throughout Georgia.

Research, programs, and advocacy undertaken by Promundo and the MenCare Campaign, including the State of the World's Fathers reports, have demonstrated the promise and effectiveness of well - designed policies, laws, trainings, and other approaches to achieve true equality in care work around the world, and in so doing to help all children and societies achieve their fullest potential.

Atlanta, GA About Blog Through a powerful mix of advocacy, solutions for nonprofit effectiveness, and insight building tools, GCN provides nonprofits, board members and donors with the tools they need to strengthen organizations that make a difference on important causes throughout Georgia.

The annual meetings bring REALTORS ® to the forefront on Capitol Hill showing the effectiveness of the REALTOR ® Party and grassroots advocacy.