Sentences with phrase «important policy decisions»

Common Cause argued that this creates the possibility of these groups exercising undue influence on important policy decisions.

Most of the young employees quietly observed the debates where important policy decisions were being made.

They repeatedly argued that the uncertainty inherent in computer models makes them useless for important policy decisions.

The new information will ultimately feed into important policy decisions.

Your meetings will have a lasting impact on legislators as they make important policy decisions facing California's education system.

Our analysis underscores how unlimited campaign contributions - as limited liability companies effectively have no limits - warp our elections and result in important policy decisions being driven by the demands of wealthy special interests.

The incredible natural calamities occurring around the world have understandably taken away public attention from important policy decisions, such as the Trump Administration's move to end federal policy protecting the children of undocumented immigrants.

«The governor's unhealthy obsession with flexing his muscles over Mayor de Blasio has taken an ugly turn by unilaterally forcing important policy decisions,» said Astorino, referring to Cuomo's plan to cut state aid to the city.

Two of its most notable products that influenced important policy decisions taken at UNCCD COP 13 are the Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality and a technical report titled, Sustainable Land Management Contribution to Successful Land - Based Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.

Important policy decisions rest on the relationship between teacher salaries and the quality of teachers, but the evidence about the strength of any such relationship is thin.

It is especially important for state and district leaders who make important policy decisions that affect students and families to base those decisions on the right data, collected and interpreted with a clear understanding of ethical and valid assessment practices.

Regarding your two stories about Chicago's ending of social promotion («Retaining Retention» and «Teachers and Students Speak,» Features, Winter 2005), it should be noted that one of the most important policy decisions that Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley made when he took control of the public schools in 1995 was to end social promotions.

Since I'm so good at prognostication: I predict that state test scores, in New York and elsewhere, will continue to be used as a basis for important policy decisions, despite the fact that test scores tell us just a little bit about the things we care about.

Rank - and - file - led decision - making and democratic votes on important policy decisions, a union that organizes and mobilizes to insure that our interests are protected.

Orland Park's missing money for rebates comes from at least two important policy decisions made during the Great Recession, village staff said in an interview.

Each March, for as long as anyone can remember, the governor, the speaker of the Assembly and the majority leader of the Senate hold frequent, clandestine meetings to hammer out important policy decisions and

Consequently, it is an elite level study of an elite level attitude which is being assessed as it is at the top of the Labour Party where the important policy decisions are made.

Since before the last election cycle, there have been increasing calls for improving women's representation across city government and to add women's voices to important policy decisions.

We hope our new report will help inform other progressives — both leaders making important policy decisions and the public at large — with a better understanding of who supports public charter schools and why.

According to Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia, important policy decisions can be informed by recent advances in climate science that quantify the relationships between increases in carbon dioxide and global warming, related climate changes, and resulting impacts, such as changes in streamflow, wildfires, crop productivity, extreme hot summers, and sea level rise.

Alberta's new NDP government made some important policy decisions soon after its election in spring 2015 and introduced several Bills in the fall, leading to the following ABlawg posts: