Sentences with phrase «help engage the public»

«I think television debates will help engage the public, help actually answer some of the questions at the heart of the election, would help bring the election alive in some way.

Effective communications can help engage the public's thinking and engagement with issues as complex as budgets and taxes and early childhood development.

Ultimately, these resources are designed to help engage the public in better understanding potential policy directions, and supporting solutions to pressing problems.

Included in this toolkit are applications materials, based on the research findings, that can help engage the public in understanding children's mental health, thereby improving the public conversation and decision making about this critical issue.

Also included are applications materials, based on the research findings, that can help engage the public in understanding early child development, understanding potential policy directions, and supporting solutions to pressing problems.

Not exact matches

When added to my desire to meet new people and engage in public speaking opportunities, a unique combination was created that has helped me find success.

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

The law firm noted that «engaging the public through a notice - and - comment rulemaking process would help to inform the commission about the relevant considerations in developing the elements of «actual delivery» and the potential unintended consequences in rendering such an articulation.»

My own work in and out of the office — in the pages of First Things and in the many conferences held by the Institute on Religion and Public Life — has helped me both deepen my own Catholic faith and engage more fully in ecumenical dialogue.

It provides in - depth programming that helps grow local food procurement capacity; educates the public about the importance and impact of Good Food; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food policy.

The spring - cleaning tradition invites Mass Audubon members and the general public to spend the morning of the 28th at specific sanctuaries and engage in a little «sweat equity,» designed to help people connect with nature in multiple ways.

For example, the Commission could help facilitate local deliberative bodies or citizen assemblies, support local authorities conduct effective participatory budgeting exercises, and experiment with new means for the public to engage in political decision - making processes in more direct and sustained ways.

Our goal is to use new media to further engage the public in a critical public policy issue and help bring us closer to achieving a new direction in the Iraq war.

David Barclay is the Faith in Public Life Officer at the Contextual Theology Centre, a charity that helps churches to engage with their communities.

Larry Cohen, a former president of the Communications Workers of America, veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign and chair of its successor group, Our Revolution, said he was engaged in a 2013 push to enact public campaign finance in New York and felt Cuomo didn't do enough to help.

But in fact, there could be an easy fix for the problem that could help transform how members of the public engage with their government.

Gotham Gazette is an important part of the ideals of Citizens Union — as a watchdog publication committed to accountability journalism, its work helps to an informed and engaged public is crucial to the work of holding government and elected officials accountable to their promises and actions.

Other committees less frequently engage in this way, but a very interesting example comes from the House of Commons Health Committee, which expressed concerns about limitations on Labour's ban on smoking in public places, and helped to force a vote which toughened these provisions.

National Public Health Week helps educate and engage Americans in the movement to create a healthier America today and for generations to come.»

Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the country toward greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more citizens engage in electoral politics by supporting public funding of elections.

«This is significant and reflects NYU's willingness to engage in the public process and accept change,» said City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who helped negotiate the final plan and said she hoped it would forge a new era of cooperation between the neighborhood and the school.

The AAAS training also helped Ernst start a Twitter account (@ernstkc)(«I used to think it was a forum to just share trivial personal details about your day, but I have been impressed by the level of scientific discourse that goes on in the Twittersphere»), publish an op - ed on public health in the border region, and embrace the wide range of ways scientists can engage with the public.

The Communicating Science Workshop is intended to help scientists and engineers hone their communications skills to enable them to more effectively discuss science and engage with the public.

It also doesn't help that many of us lack formal training on how to engage with the public or communicate our science.

Engaging with the broader public is important to help improve any future decisionmaking about SRM because these decisions involve many different values and risk trade - offs,» she said.

May 2010 - EuroStemCell connects public with stem cell research Ambitious, 4 - year project aims to unite researchers and help European citizens to engage with stem cell research.

Taking into account the «diverse pathways» that influence perceptions could help forestry officials better engage the public in tackling beetle infestations, and not just in Alaska.

The report contained 18 recommendations designed to help ensure that, as synthetic biology advances, the risks and ethical concerns are proactively addressed, the public is continually engaged, and oversight mechanisms are assessed and adjusted as needed to protect public health and the environment.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Council members frequently present the science and its implications to national, state, and community leaders, and engage with the media to help inform the public policy discourse around child and family policy.

Teachers in Albemarle County Public Schools have modified their environments to allow for a variety of learning styles and classroom configurations, helping students be more engaged and ready to learn.

We can help students feel more engaged and connected to their schools by giving them roles in making the school a positive environment, such as participating in safety patrols, focusing on recycling, keeping public spaces clean, upstanding in the face of harassment and bullying, being on school committees to solve problems related to gangs or drugs and alcohol, and so on.

At Albemarle County Public Schools, teacher - driven instructional coaching supports teachers in their professional development, helps them to engage their students in authentic learning, and spreads innovative practices district - wide.

New research from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Lynch School of Education at Boston College, and Medford Public Schools indicates that teens» perceptions of the job market — whether or not they believe that jobs are scarce, or that their education will help them obtain a job — can significantly affect their decision to remain engaged in school.

And even though European states» leaders struggle to manage and act responsibly towards the crisis, people from all around the world have shown compassion by asking the European leaders to take action and by offering their help to those who need it most.In the celebration day of volunteering, IWB and CRW come together to ask you to join us in raising public awareness on the current European refugee crisis and in mobilising and engaging governments and communities to take collective action against human suffering.

«Educators across the country have struggled to identify a rich, engaging, and rigorous curriculum that will help them support students in meeting dramatically higher expectations,» said John E. Deasy, former superintendent of Los Angeles public schools.

In a time when education funding and support is so hotly debated, the book helps build the capacity for the wider public to engage in one of the most popular data sets used when developing policy.

Their schools are small, they have one public school system for the entire country, they do not engage in competition or standardized tests, teachers make individual student success the priority and have the resources and freedom to do so, every school has the similar resources no matter its location, and all parents receive money from the state to help support each child... to name a few strategies explored.

We need your help engaging teachers, parents, and board members in defining the truth about public charter schools.

This continuous improvement process was used to help AUSL identify the need for and implement a common curricular resource across our network of 31 neighborhood public schools, called Engage AUSL.

PowerMyLearning's partnerships with under - served public schools foster growth in teachers as instructional leaders, helping them better understand and implement technology in their classrooms, while also providing a clear role for parents to meaningfully engage in their children's learning through their multilingual (English / Spanish) family engagement programming.

Click on the links to learn more about each strategy or contact us to discuss how we can help you get engaged in our public schools.

At a time of change for public education, please help keep EdSource's voice strong as we develop new ways to engage policymakers and the public.

We have a public education system because we acknowledge the benefits of a society where everyone has at least a level of education that helps them contribute to society as a whole and because a minimal level of education is necessary to help all members of society actively and thoughtfully engage in our Democracy.

The Mind Trust regularly engages Indianapolis leaders, stakeholders and parents in «community conversations,» which explore various topics in education and innovative ideas and programs that can help improve public education in Indianapolis and beyond.

The Case for School - Based Integration of Services: Changing the Ways Students, Families and Communities Engage with Their Schools Public / Private Ventures, 2009 A good education is key to helping young people grow into healthy, productive adults, but for disadvantaged, low - income youth and their families, poor health often interferes with low - income educations.

Ohio: Megan Kinsey, Principal, Ridge Middle School, Mentor Public Schools, OH Catalyst, a state - of - art observational classroom that Megan Kinsey helped co-found, contributes to her commitment as a lifelong learner because it allows her to engage in action research around new technologies and instructional strategies that can assist her in finding the best way to support the educators and learners in her building.

This helps ensure that the students who are functioning at or above grade level are not the only ones engaged in dynamic and high - interest instruction while the students who require additional remediation are sequestered at the back of the room, poking buttons on a computer, a common criticism of self - paced invention strategies in public schools.

She is also engaged in Public Relations and social media as a pet product and pet travel expert.She has helped numerous pet industry clients obtain coverage in various forms of media.

The Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) will help relieve federally designated veterinary shortage situations by supporting private veterinary practices engaged in public health activities and veterinarians who are participating in or have successfully completed a Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) contract or similar state program.