Sentences with phrase «important national discussion»

Ms Blackwood said the review to achieve educational excellence in Australian schools is an opportunity to open an important national discussion on the purposes of education.

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«There is nothing «unusual» about the National Security Advisor memorializing an important discussion for the record,» Ruemmler said in a statement.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

«Sustainable food systems and environmental protection may be important, but these issues don't belong in discussions of healthy eating,» wrote Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., in an op - ed in The Des Moines Register today.

With its discussion of the Liberty Bell and an important reading of the Declaration of Independence, it's a piece that feels better suited for National Treasure's DVD.

The teacher notes provide discussion topics and activities, while the handouts offer pupils an illustrated introduction to the important work of national parks.

A strong body of research shows that «non-cognitive» skills are important to children's success in school and in life, but current national discussion of the domain is beset by dilemmas about how best to measure and promote skills in this area.

The launch occurred during NAESP's annual National Leaders Conference (NLC), which hosted nearly 200 principals and state association advocates who engaged in important discussions to influence congressional action on implementing the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), the FY 2017 federal budget, student data privacy, and higher education policy.

The National Association of State Boards of Education, the Hunt Institute and the National Council of State Legislatures held a webinar titled, «Ensuring Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement under ESSA,» where state regulators could listen in to a panel discussion on best practices for engaging important stakeholders throughout the development of state accountability plans.

In addition, the important role of principals and how to support them in this work are part of ongoing national discussions.

We plan to build in lots of time to share your observations and impressions in discussions with national leaders, invited experts, and colleagues, all with a focus on supporting state leaders in their important role of improving the quality of teaching.

It is National School Choice Week, and this ever - growing event - of - events will feature discussions throughout the country tackling test scores, competition, empowering the poor, efficient use of taxpayer dollars, monopoly breaking, and numerous other, very important topics.

Of course quality was the first selection criterion to bring these 36 artists from different countries together, but for curator Janice Whittle there was another important reason to select the artists she liked to present: she wanted to give the floor to artists who have not had many chances over the years to show their work because of the limited infrastructure of the island: Barbados — as most of the Caribbean countries — does not have a museum for modern or contemporary art; a National Gallery has been a subject for discussion for countless years, but it never got of the ground; the Queen's Park Gallery — a governmentally managed institution — was closed for years and commercial galleries came and went.

As protests and discussions about race relations and police brutality continue to play out on a national scale, photography has played an important role in the social justice movement.

The new paper identifies an important gap in the SRM discussion, says Dr Ben Kravitz, a climate scientist focusing on climate feedbacks and geoengineering at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington, who was not involved.

The leading national forum open to all for the impartial discussion of public issues important to the membership, community and nation.

Besides educating professional on coding and important coding changes and updates, these institutions provide a great national forum for continuing education in all areas of the healthcare industry, as well as news, discussion forums, and a wealth of other information.

This is why discussion about a new National Indigenous Representative Body is so important.

In my previous report I set out findings from a national survey of traditional owners conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: the National Survey on Land, Sea and Economic Development.18 A number of the findings are important in this discussion of the native titlenational survey of traditional owners conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: the National Survey on Land, Sea and Economic Development.18 A number of the findings are important in this discussion of the native titleNational Survey on Land, Sea and Economic Development.18 A number of the findings are important in this discussion of the native title system:

An important question in any discussion of OREA's future is what sets it apart — why is OREA needed at all when there are local boards across the province as well as the national organization?

The National Association of Realtors ® (NAR) has been monitoring the important discussion on the potential implications that rising student debt may have on consumer access to mortgage credit, and more broadly, home ownership.

The HomeServices executive leadership and CEOs of our operating companies drive these important discussions as leaders within the National Association of Realtors, The Realty Alliance, Leading RE and at the regional and local levels of the MLS organizations.