Sentences with phrase «how useful the policy»

This leads to people only considering the premium amount without taking into account how useful the policy will actually be towards covering medical expenses in times of real need.

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The stock market is not a useful measure of how successful an administration's economic policies are.

... Realism may prove useful to insure that U.S. commitments do not exceed its finite power, but I fail to ascertain from Mr. Bacevich's description how it provides any clue as to what the goal of U.S. policy should be.

This is a very useful work of reference, especially at a time when parental leave is high on the policy agenda, and provides fascinating insights into how a wide range of countries are tackling these, and related, issues.

-RSB- All information is useful for monitoring reports that we use to show policy makers how companies break UK regulations and the international minimum standards they should also follow.

These may in fact prove useful lessons for the future, but the larger message of this episode is to remind us how bad science and politicisation of drug policy reporting has been a key factor in maintaining the failed policies of prohibition.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

Although the general approach and results are «positive and useful,» says economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, «we don't learn very much about how levels of community development, government policies, local ecology, prevalent farm systems, and social organization influence the outcomes.»

«Given the novelty, we would expect that the study will be useful in demonstrating just how much of an impact changes in food production can make and increase the utility of such options in climate - change policy,» Harwatt said.

«The disparity between human and animal predation rates is a useful way of illustrating how ecologically out - of - whack many exploitation rates and management policies are.»

Further research that can credibly and specifically examine how school and teacher responses have contributed to the achievement effects documented here would be a useful next step in identifying effective policies and practices that can reliably improve student outcomes.

The project, which he calls, The Chastened Dream, will look at how publicly - oriented professional schools, including those focused on education, public health, public policy, and urban planning and design, develop knowledge that they hope will be useful for ameliorating poverty, curing disease, improving education, and increasing the quality of life for us all.

So as a useful historical exercise, here's a list of key policy issues with how Fordham circa 2011 proposed tackling it, compared with how today's ECAA does it.

The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice studies how educational leaders — including school district supervisors and principals — use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those leaders.

We hope to be talking a lot more with policymakers, whether it's at the federal level or at the state level like Lindsey had mentioned, to see what possibilities there might be for any new kinds of programs or policies and really to educate those key stakeholders in terms of learning more about the different types, what education savings accounts do and how they can be useful for families.

As an organization, we'll be looking into how state and federal policy can better prepare teachers to address SEL in the classroom, include SEL in successful turnaround intervention strategies under ESSA, and how we can influence education policymakers to leverage industry standards into useful legislation.

The Center's mission is research, evaluation, policy analysis and dissemination in order to produce new and useful knowledge about how families, schools, and communities influence student motivation, learning, and development.

Mary E. Dilworth will lead a discussion that probes beneath the surface to recognize and explain how the current generation of teachers and those of color, in particular, have a distinctly different mindset than their baby boomer and generation X predecessors; what habits of mind and experiences contribute to their understanding of quality teaching and student learning; what constitutes good and useful preparation and practice; and what processes and policies accommodate cultural responsiveness and allow for all students to meet their full potential.

Policies and Procedures E606: An Overview of the ADA, IDEA and Section 504: Update 2001 E576: An Overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105 - 17): Update 1999 E600: Creating Useful Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs)(2000) E598: Designing Individualized Education Program (IEP) Transition Plans (2000) E560: IDEA's Definition of Disabilities (1998) E611: Involving Parents in the IEP Process (2001) E578: New IDEA Requirements: Factors to Consider in Developing an IEP (1999) E575: Rights and Responsibilities of Parents of Children with Disabilities (1999) E629: The Least Restrictive Environment Mandate: How Has It Been Defined by the Courts?

i was struck by how many of those new writers came from or were converts to the world of self - publishing and it reminded me once again how powerful and useful Amazon's policy of accommodating self - publishers and small publishers has been in their development of a digital publishing platform (see my thoughts on this earlier in the week over on Medium).

When Purcell read that, he writes: I was struck by how many of those new writers came from or were converts to the world of self - publishing and it reminded me once again how powerful and useful Amazon's policy of accommodating self - publishers and small publishers has been in their development of a digital publishing platform.

No matter where you're from or how you came to live in Austin, insurance quotes are extremely useful both when purchasing a new policy and when assessing an existing one.

And how might they be improved in order to provide a means for scientists and governments to collaborate successfully to assess information and provide useful insights to policy makers, while maintaining the confidence of the global public?

Any useful summary of knowledge on the causes and consequences of climate change and possible responses would have to include a hard look at the substantial (and sobering) body of work on what shapes human behavior: how people absorb or ignore scientific information — including the climate panel's own reports — and what roadblocks in human behavior await the menu of possible policy options for limiting climate - related risks.

This is an extremely useful result, giving us a clear statement of how our policy goals should be framed.

What exactly is «red teaming», and how can this be implemented in a way that is useful for climate science and for policy makers?

For those of you wondering how to make a useful submission in 3000 words or less to an investigative and policy - oriented audience such as the Science and Technology Committee, Bishop Hill's post of November 20, 2009 entitled Climate Cuttings 33, including his updates, is less than 1800 words (http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2009/11/20/climate-cuttings-33.html).

SciDev.net: This policy brief, published by the Overseas Development Institute, explores how different types of knowledge feed into policymaking processes — based on case - studies in three South - East Asian countries — and suggests that classifying knowledge can be a useful way of promoting evidence - based decisions.

And that, at the end of the day, is the real crux of the debate here: How do you set goals that are useful strategically for getting governments to coordinate their national policies?

I'm not sure how a very general principle evoked by the UN could «tie the hands of policy makers by setting standards that preclude useful tools for success».

The important point is not how my emotional stability is affected, but on whether the analysis is correct and that it is useful for policy decisions.

It can be a very useful exercise to systematically go about ranking policy options, both to identify what those options are, and how they might compare.

Researchers hope that by improving how they simulate climate variables such as cloud coverage and sea surface temperatures, they will further reduce the uncertainties in regional forecasts, making them even more useful for policy - makers.

«Given the novelty, we would expect that the study will be useful in demonstrating just how much of an impact changes in food production can make and increase the utility of such options in climate - change policy,» Harwatt says.

This thinking about how global temperature will evolve with emissions rather than composition has provided an interesting perspective for the research community, and also because it may be a useful metric for policy - makers.

By relentlessly politicizing the science, and playing fast and loose with how they portray the evidence of climate science, they make themselves useful to like - minded politicians and their corporate contributors who are uncomfortable with the policy implications posed by the possibility of catastrophic global warming.

These aren't the only reasons you might want to purchase a life insurance policy for someone else, but they do help demonstrate just how useful it can be as part of a financial safety net.

Kindly read this article, can be useful to you: How Smoking impacts your Life Insurance Policy?

The websites are also usually useful for other information, such as articles and tips on buying a policy, how to deal with different agents, and what to do if you get into an accident.

It would make a lot of sense to actually talk to some of the present and past clients from a particular insurance company and get some useful information or feedback regarding the company and how they process the insurance claims, if you can cancel the policy within a certain time period, and if you will get a refund from them etc..

You can also find other useful information online, such as how to save on your current car policy.