Sentences with phrase «for federal policymakers»

There are lessons here for federal policymakers (should their attention ever again turn to carbon).

It was a complaint raised even as NCLB was being drafted by Congress, but once signed into law, it took years for federal policymakers to acknowledge the extent of their mistake — and the harm of NCLB's unrealistic expectations for improvement.

To affirm NASSP's belief that federal funding of middle level and high school education is necessary to prepare students for postsecondary success, and to offer recommendations for federal policymakers to help improve schools and student achievement.

Not exact matches

Novo Nordisk also spent $ 3.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2017, its biggest - ever investment in directly influencing U.S. policymakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Federal Reserve will stick to its plan for «steady, gradual» interest - rate increases, a Fed policymaker said.

In her first public comments in two months, Yellen said the economy was improving to the point that policymakers soon could nudge up the benchmark federal funds rate for the first time since December.

Critics of the Labor Department's rule have argued that requiring advisors to serve as fiduciaries to the small and midsize plan market will negatively affect access to 401 (k) plans at a time when policymakers at the federal and state level are crafting and passing legislation intended to broaden access to retirement savings for employees of small employers.

The market - implied path of interest rates for the coming 12 months has lagged that indicated by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policymakers.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

Adapt has worked with state legislators and federal policymakers about adjusting laws and removing burdens for access, and spent $ 470,000 on lobbying in 2016 and 2017, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks political spending.

WASHINGTON — The day after Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, Federal Reserve policymakers hadn't yet grasped the scope of the financial storm blowing overhead.

The uneventful April FOMC expectedly left the door open for a possible rate hike in June without committing the Federal Reserve for policy action, and policymakers also signaled easing concerns over foreign risk factors.

Many observers think US Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers will vote to raise US interest rates for the first time since 2006 at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 16.

Federal Reserve policymakers are putting markets on notice that the central bank's $ 4.5 trillion balance sheet is back on the agenda in an apparent effort to give investors time to prepare for changes rather than to signal any action is imminent.

Specifically, a policymaker such as Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen now attempts to assuage the markets with dovish talk of accommodative interest rates until unemployment hits a new threshold, for example.

The market - implied path of interest rates for the coming 12 months has lagged that indicated by Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policymakers.

Guidance Materials: The state Department of Education's sample policy language, «Examples of Policy Language for Local Wellness Policies» provides guidance to policymakers in selecting policy goals that suit their needs and assists them in meeting the federal requirements.,

New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

Simply increasing government spending on education may no longer be a viable option for federal and state policymakers.

Since 1976, AAAS has published an annual report analyzing research and development in the proposed federal budget in order to make available to the scientific and engineering communities and to policymakers timely and objective information about the Administration's plans for the coming fiscal year.

Since 1976, AAAS has published an annual report analyzing research and development (R&D) in the proposed federal budget in order to make available to the scientific and engineering communities and to policymakers timely and objective information about the Administration's plans for the coming fiscal year.

At this critical time of tax reform, widening gaps between the rich and poor and growing public support for higher taxes and redistribution to combat inequality, policymakers should consider joint federal tax and redistributive policies to reduce the burden of mortality among Americans,» said Professor Kim.

«The AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program serves as a resource on federal science and technology funding trends for policymakers and the broader S&T community,» Hourihan explained.

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

A new federal report strengthens our understanding of global climate change, providing policymakers with scientific evidence to develop responses, said Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, following the release of the Climate Science Special Report on Friday.

These rules for federal employees and contractors have resulted in a «stark reduction» in the number of government scientists and engineers at scientific and technical conferences, AAAS and others wrote in a 21 April letter to policymakers.

«Policymakers at both the state and federal level must act to support medically underserved communities that depend on health centers,» says lead author of the report, Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, a professor of health policy and director of the Center for Health Policy Research at Milken Institute SPH.

INDIANAPOLIS — Given declining revenues from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and the need for new ways of funding road infrastructure, state and federal policymakers are considering or have enacted annual registration fees for plug - in vehicles.

For the first time, local, state, and federal agencies will have to disclose future benefit costs in current budgets, a requirement that could force policymakers to confront the under - the - radar issue of meeting those costs and explain why such obligations have grown so large.

State and federal policymakers are increasingly pushing such tests as a panacea for the nation's educational concerns.

Manny Rivera: It's probably unpopular for me to say this, but my guess is that 100 percent of those communities that voted to opt out of NCLB and not receive federal dollars have significant numbers of Latino and African - American policymakers.

Though this is a complicated issue, it is a classic example of the trade - offs that federal policymakers routinely face and one that a thoughtful education writer with a national platform seemingly could explore for readers.

Preschool has been shown to help prepare children for kindergarten and is an increasing priority among federal, state, and local policymakers.

Though President Bush and other policymakers have often called for their elimination, the labs have staunch supporters in Congress and have remained largely intact through successive federal administrations.

Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools, vouchers, class - size reduction, and many other strategies for school reform.

State and federal policymakers must move decisively to create online programs to expand learning options for all students, including the talented tenth (see «Virtual Schoolteacher,» school life).

Federal policymakers were disappointed that districts often used Title I funds for their own purposes rather than for the betterment of low - income students.

Policymakers should encourage (or push) districts to create similar options for their students by tying Title I and other federal aid programs to initiatives that promote online learning for the most talented students and that also provide physical locations for these students to do their advanced group work.

Such conclusions may look obvious, even banal, but in fact it was unprecedented for the federal education research agency to treat teachers, principals, and parents as key clients, rather than targeting its products at academics and policymakers.

[ii] The question facing policymakers and the public is not whether eliminating tuition at public colleges for most families will have a positive effect, but whether it is the best use of a large new federal investment in higher education.

Though New York was the only state to spend the money it won from the federal Race to the Top competition to build a curriculum, its policymakers seem to have tapped a nerve — and a deep well of demand for Common Core - aligned materials far beyond their borders.

But is it within the competence (not to mention the legal authority) of the federal government to solve those problems, or will their efforts to do so simply make things worse for educators, school leaders, and policymakers in the places that really matter?

Federal policymakers would have to decide between a program that would potentially crowd out existing state funding for private school choice and one that would target money to states without choice, which might seem unfair to states with existing programs.

In order to justify a federal policy to pay teachers more, policymakers would need to prove that higher pay would lead to better teachers and outcomes for students.

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

State and federal policymakers have embraced the idea that prospective college students need better information on earnings outcomes for individual colleges and programs of study.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

A national panel urged federal policymakers last week to «take a more active role» in promoting adolescent reading and writing, and called for nothing short of a «literacy revolution» to keep students in school and ensure they are able to learn the complex material that college and careers will demand of them.

The primary target audience is deliberately broad, including, for example: state - and federal - policymakers; education leaders; early education center directors; practitioners serving in formal or informal leadership roles; funders and non-profit leaders working in the early education sector; faculty and graduate students.

The target audience for this project is deliberately broad, including, for example: state - and federal - policymakers; education leaders (e.g., superintendents, assistant superintendents, etc.); early education center directors; practitioners serving in formal or informal leadership roles (e.g., head teachers, pre-school teachers, department heads); funders and non-profit leaders working in the early education sector; faculty and graduate students.