Sentences with phrase «federal intervention on»

As NCLB slowly dies from a combination of Congressional inattention, regulatory whittling, and the sheer weight of public rejection, it's worth asking why so much of the optimism surrounding the law proved unfounded, and what those who still believe in federal intervention on behalf of disadvantaged students should do next.

In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on state level education policy - making that directs all states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e., standards - based assessment and accountability).

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One analysis by Avalere Health found that effective intervention strategies could decrease federal spending on diabetes treatment by $ 1.3 billion in the first decade.

Medicare spent more than $ 15,700 per beneficiary with diabetes in 2014, but effective intervention strategies could decrease federal spending on diabetes treatment by $ 1.3 billion in the first decade, according to analysis by Avalere Health.

But to many Republicans, he's an unreliable ally who is often at odds with traditional conservative ideology on drug policy (he's for medical marijuana), foreign intervention (he opposes most military actions) and government surveillance (he thinks more checks are needed on federal power).

These include activities considered intervention under the Internal Revenue Code in any political campaign, such as direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties, or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Without the Federal Reserve's intervention, Mr. Paulsen says, the 10 - year Treasury yield would be in the vicinity of 4 percent based on current levels of economic growth, core inflation and wage growth.

-LRB-...) But a new paper by former senior U.S. Federal Reserve economist Joseph Gagnon says currency intervention — when a government forcibly lowers the value of their exchange rate — has an impact on other economies several times larger than originally thought.

While both the McCain and Obama campaigns used every online tool available to them, the federal government is filled with restrictions on Web 2.0 technology, due to privacy regulations, Congressional intervention and IT security concerns.

The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration and the House of Representatives Committee on Special duties on Tuesday commenced inspection of Federal Government's N300m intervention projects in Bakassi Local Government of Cross River.

This includes any activity considered intervention in a political campaign under the Internal Revenue Code, such as direct and indirect contributions to political candidates, parties, or organizations, and independent expenditures or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

«I have noted the request for refund of funds expended on the rehabilitation of the Jos - Bukuru - Mararaba Jema'a Road which is a Federal road project and other interventions.

However government did not implement the understanding reach between the union and Federal Government base on the intervention by the leadership of Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He said, «I want to sincerely appreciate the efforts of Ogbeni Aregbesola on his intervention on federal roads in the state despite the paucity of funds.

He informed his audiences at the various locations where he was received with fanfare that with the cantankerous and combative stance of the the present administration, Ekiti state is losing out on billions of Naira that could have come into the state in form of support from many of the intervention initiatives by the federal government to cushion the effect of the recession and restore the economic health of the nation.

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He said the study should also look at the effects of legalization in Massachusetts — and possibly New Jersey — on New York, as well as any future federal intervention.

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday that the federal government and the six North - east states spent $ 6.4 billion on interventions...

And I'm simply saying that when it comes to issues of federal impact, as the mayor of this city, that I have not seen any zealous advocacy done on the issues of infrastructure, on the issues of lead remediation, on the issues of body cameras for police officers and our violence intervention programs.»

Now that the researchers have extensive data on children's physical activity patterns and lunch choices, the investigators are seeking federal funding to create feasible and sustainable school interventions based on their findings.

Federal intervention gave muscle to the focus on teacher evaluations.

Central to the Obama administration's thinking (and rhetoric) on education reform was the idea that state performance standards were already on a downward slide and that, without federal intervention, they would inexorably continue on a «race to the bottom.»

Despite general agreement on the need for federal intervention to improve the quality and supply of child care, speakers disagreed over the severity of the problem and how to resolve it.

It's also unclear whether federal intervention to raise teacher pay is desirable, would have a positive effect on retention, and would benefit student learning.

After the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a similar Establishment Clause claim on the merits, respondents sought intervention from the Federal Judiciary.

The bill would require states to have «college and career - ready standards» for student performance and would replace a system of proficiency targets that labeled many schools as failing with a focus on federal intervention in underperforming schools.

Burke blames the national trend of lower scores on «increasing federal intervention over the past half - century... the resulting burden of complying with federal programs, rules, and regulations, have created a parasitic relationship with federal education programs and states, and is straining the time and resources of local schools.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

The NCLB law applies strict sanctions if certain educational goals are not met by 2014, like limitations on Title I funding for low - income students and federal intervention in low - performing schools.

The accusation in a recently released federal report on the matter is that, as a result of this limit, a large number of students across the state have been deprived of needed intervention measures.

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Although LEAs are likely to be given a lengthy transition period before serious intervention is contemplated by either the counties or state, new federal education law — the Every Student Succeeds Act — calls on states to have new accountability systems in place for the 2016 - 17 school year.

Related to these interests, Dr. Riley - Tillman has participated in leadership roles on seven federal grants and is a Senior Advisor for the National Center on Intensive Intervention.

With this flexibility, however, the federal government should require states or districts to take action in schools where all students or groups of students are persistently not making progress, with the most rigorous interventions focused on the schools and students that are furthest behind.

The feds based that number on the «percent of students who may not reach grade - level achievement standards within the same time frame as other students, even after receiving the best - designed instructional interventions from highly trained teachers,» the department wrote in the Federal Register.

These advocates believe the lack of caps on the number of students that could take alternative assessments and the absence of federal interventions for schools that don't improve the achievement of students with disabilities mean such students could be subject to lower expectations and support.

The reauthorization of the U.S. Elementary and Secondary Education Act, referred to as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), emphasizes evidence - based interventions while giving states and districts new flexibility on the use of federal funds, including funds that could be used to support social and emotional learning (SEL).

They could include limitations on Title I funding for low - income students and federal intervention in low - performing schools.

He supported lifting regulations on student loan servicers in order to foster a competitive servicing market free of federal intervention.

That is one of the reasons why senior Federal Reserve officials told the Washington Post July 8 that they are considering (but are still a long way from deciding on) new interventions that could reverse the current slowdown in economic recovery.

As a result of the intervention by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, even the bondholders of Bear Stearns stand to receive 100 % repayment of both interest and principal on their bond investments.

James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox in New York about the Federal Reserve's intervention in the credit market crisis and its impact on the value of the U.S. dollar.

These reports should guide federal agencies in supporting research on climate - intervention technologies, while keeping separate any decision - making about their implementation.»

However, in the wake of federal policies aimed to halt the climate progress, such as increased support for baseload coal - fired plants and tariffs on solar panels, non-federal climate leadership will need to increase policy interventions to maintain the momentum.

Currently the public favors the EPA regulations by 67 to 29 percent so there appear to be many possible recipients for better information if we are to succeed in avoiding the future that radical environmentalists want to impose on our country through unjustified Federal intervention in still another vital sector of the economy.

It was an unusual intervention by the Supreme Court, given that a powerful appeals court had just weeks ago turned down a request by dozens of states and their allies in the fossil fuel industries to impose a stay on the new federal regulation.

Calls for a federal intervention already started; in a statement provided to AndroidHeadlines, the Internet Innovation Alliance repeated its support of the idea of an «Internet Bill of Rights» meant to «promote one standard of privacy and one set of rules that apply to all companies in the internet ecosystem,» thus relating the issue to the still - ongoing debate on net neutrality.

Texas Kincare Primer (PDF - 1,587 KB) Texas Legal Services Center, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, & Texas Kincare Taskforce (2013) Provides Texas kinship caregivers with information on caregiver rights and responsibilities, including documents kinship families may need in seeking services, legal resources, State and Federal public benefits for kincare families, power of attorney, and early childhood intervention services.

Provide the tribunal with an exclusive mediation role with no time limitation on Federal Court (the court) intervention.

Infusing Protective Factors for Children in Foster Care Griffin, McEwen, Samuels, Suggs, Redd, & McClelland Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34 (1), 2011 Reviews research on the relationship between risk behaviors and protective factors of traumatized youth, looks at adapting treatment and evidence - based early intervention practices to local child welfare settings, and presents a review of how State and local plans have been influenced by Federal policies.