Sentences with phrase «federal policy makers»

To collaborate with federal policy makers and legislators to ensure that this topic remains at the forefront of the national education agenda.

First, state and federal policy makers do not run schools; they merely write laws and regulations telling school districts what principals and teachers ought to do.

At a time when federal policy makers are rightfully asking local educators and elected officials to take more ownership for how schools operate, community schools are becoming more important than ever.

A plan popular among some state and federal policy makers uses student standardized test results as a significant component in evaluating teachers, in some places comprising up to 50 % of the evaluation.

The testing requirements, largely unprecedented within the K - 12 learning community, are intended to give federal policy makers better insight into what strategies should be pursued with larger funding commitments in the future.

«Today's ruling from the California labor regulators demonstrates why federal policy makers need to re-examine the 20th - century definitions and employment classification we're attempting to apply to a 21st - century work force,» said Senator Mark R. Warner, a Democrat from Virginia.

She was here to meet with federal policy makers about reform efforts for the USDA's school lunch program.

As state and federal policy makers consider private - school choice programs, they should heed research on both participant and competitive effects.

NSBA is committed to making sure federal policy makers don't push education to the bottom of the public policy agenda or overstep their role.

On the other hand, added Schuster — citing a thesis being circulated at the time by Chester Finn, then a faculty member at Vanderbilt — it might be possible for education advocates to rally around a new agenda, one powerful enough to attract widespread support and perhaps even bring federal policy makers back into the fold.

Bank of Montreal economics published a Special Report last week on the Canadian housing market which seems to provide ample evidence that markets really are in the process of achieving the much sought after «soft landing» after federal policy makers took steps to cool the market last summer.

The lessons from these reports can help other local governments and federal policy makers develop best practices, lessons, and tools to reduce future wildfire risk.

For the programs the committee identifies as having strong potential to reduce child poverty, the committee will provide analysis in a format that will allow federal policy makers to identify and assess potential combinations of policy investments that can best meet their policy objectives.

November 14, 2016 Committee for Children, recognizing the critical role federal policy makers play in the safety, well - being, and educational success of children in America, joins with members of the Children's Budget Coalition to ask Congress to pass full appropriations bills before their winter break, halt spending cuts to programs supporting children, and use their budgeting authority to equitably distribute federal dollars to our most vulnerable citizens.

NSBA is working with federal policy makers, legal scholars, opinion leaders, members of the education community, business leaders, and the media to shape public education so students graduating this year and in the future, are ready for college, career, and life.

Despite its obvious importance, federal policy makers and regulators still have not affirmed or promulgated a view of the «Best Interest» standard as drawn from the Advisers Act and common law.

«All in all we hope the study garners the attention of state and federal policy makers to highlight that the prescription opioid epidemic is having a tangible impact on both mothers and infants,» Patrick said.

That's why it is critical for state and federal policy makers and education leaders to examine ESA policies and put accountability measures in place to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and transparently, and that every child has access to a quality education.

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

State and federal policy makers are increasingly focusing on the quality of leadership preparation and practice in K - 12 education, and they are creating policies that have significant implications for colleges and schools of education where these leaders are being prepared.

Given ESSA does not attend to these underlying issues, state and federal policy makers and educational leaders must find ways to incentivize the development of policies and programs that break down the concentration of poverty and allow students more equitable access to high quality educational opportunities through a combination of place - based investments in our urban communities and through mobility programs that allow students to move across district boundaries.

As auto makers, federal policy makers and environmentalists get ready to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy, Tonkin raps an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to improve fuel - economy and carbon - dioxide - emissions reductions equivalent by as much as 62 mpg (3.9 L / 100 km).

WASHINGTON — Expect an auto industry with sharper teeth when manufacturers sit down with federal policy makers and environmentalists to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy increases in the coming months.

With the United States on the cusp of finalizing the Clean Power Plan, state and federal policy makers should take a closer look at what actions they can take over time to rein in emissions from all sectors while generating health, economic and quality - of - life benefits.