Sentences with phrase «important policy points»

«Attempts to shift the focus or make personal attacks when members bring up important policy points are a disservice to all New Yorkers.»

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But to assume prices will keep rising as a result misses an important point, says Josh Gordon, assistant professor at the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.
But actually, Evans» point of clarification on this issue is soooo important, since it gets at one of the biggest confusions about monetary policy and interest rates today.
An important and useful element of the thinking at the time was the replacement of the earlier «control theory» approach to policy (i.e. the belief that the central point was to find an appropriate spot on the Phillips curve and to stay there), towards a «game theoretic» view, in which the critical issues related to behaviour — the interaction between the monetary authorities and the public.
Let me start by making two important points from our January Monetary Policy Report and March 1st policy rate announcPolicy Report and March 1st policy rate announcpolicy rate announcement.
They point to the banking crisis, policy uncertainty, or excessive regulation as equally or even more important.
Because Mr. Colson is prominent in this debate, it is important to point out where I think he is wrong, both in terms of policy and philosophy.
More important, however, is this point: Attempting to take my charge seriously, I will speak theologically» not just in the standard language of bioethics or public policy.
Insisting that what is important is not the amount of aid but its quality (a point of agreement with Edwards), Lancaster makes a number of sensible proposals for reform which are mainly of interest to specialists, and certainly grist for policy mills inside the Washington beltway.
Since the Council there has been a tendency to regard it as a more important reference point for policy than Fatima.
At this point it is very important that our policy makers and media should clearly state that 6 «Americans» were killed by a bigot or a terrorrist.
The conspiracy theorist living inside my brain says we can expect to see more of this type of «journalism», followed by calls on the school officials to DO SOMETHING because IT IS FOR THE CHILDREN»S SAFETY and IF WE LET THE PARENTS SEND LUNCHES TO SCHOOL THEN CHILDREN WILL DIE!!!!!!!! (note the many, many exclamation points — that means this is a REALLY IMPORTANT POINT Y ’ ALL), followed by local school officials implementing policies to BAN CHILDREN FROM EATING FOOD BROUGHT IN FROM «OUTSIDE» and mandate that they eat, instead, the lunch provided by the school.
They point to changing attitudes and aspirations of fathers today and the important programs and policies that must be put in place to ensure dads - and all parents - have what they need to be successful.
Laws had a rare vantage point at the centre of Coalition government as he attended the Quad, met regularly with Clegg and his policy advisers, served on important Cabinet Committees, frequently brokering deals between the Coalition parties.
And he rebuffed concerns the tax cap for New York City would harm its revenue, saying it was important to promote low - tax policies there, and pointed to the success of limiting levy growth elsewhere in the state.
Throughout the debate, Faso often pointed to Professor Teachout's liberal policy prescriptions and highlighted that she does not know the district or issues that are important to voters, in part, because she only moved here and registered to vote her earlier this year.
Especially at this point, when virtually all European states are carrying out budget cuts, the EU could (and should) provide for an important mechanism to set up a coordinated policy to spur growth.
Heppner pointed out that children and adults with pre-existing conditions can not be refused coverage and young adults just graduating college can stay on their parents» policies until they are 26 — important provisions that could go away if the ACA is repealed.
UDPATE: Gabriel Sayegh, of the Drug Policy Alliance, made the following point, which he said is «nuanced, but important»...
The lecture also pointed to a number of informal summits, ministerial meetings and other events that have taken place in Slovakia during the first half - term of its Presidency where important policy issues were discussed.
«NAPLAN is a point - in - time test of a just a few, albeit important — subjects which can be compared to the same data collected at other times and around Australia, to help work out, among other things and alongside other data, the effects of different education programs and policies, and the places where additional resources could make the greatest impact.
The important point about a finance lease is that it counts as borrowing — and the normal policy of the funding and regulatory agency is that academies should not be granted permission to borrow.
From a policy - maker's point of voew the important issue is not whether private schools out - perform government schools in the education of students who want out (voucher applicants), but whether choice systems as a whole perform better than systems which do not feature choice.
Moreover, the two premises represent a tautology — student test score growth is the most important measure, and we have to choose other teacher evaluation measures based on their correlation with student test score growth because student test score growth is the most important measure... This point, by the way, has already been made about the Gates study, as well as about seniority - based layoffs and about test - based policies in general.
Paige makes some important point about the bigger policy issues that are being dodged when we focus solely on teacher tenure rather than larger systemic problems.
This leads to an important point for school reformers everywhere: It will take more money and more bodies on the ground in order to sustain the decade of gains that have been made on the policy front.
Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important election issue both in the big debates and on the doorstep.
The Secretary's apparent brushing aside of the limitations of value - added modeling illustrates a very important point: If policy makers do not understand the research concerning the technical limitations of this tool, they will support policies that rely on the models to produce valid and reliable numbers for individual educators.
Online credit recovery not a new story at this point, but it's an important one, and the series addresses policy issues, exceptions, and student perspectives.
But it seems important to point out that these bubbles have their origin in worthy policy goals, like increasing home ownership, or sending more kids to college.
At this point it is unclear whether the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents has actually informed all superintendents of this important shift in policy.
For more comparisons of the candidates» education views, see ASCD's inaugural edition of Policy Points, a new policy publication that spotlights timely education policy issues important to educPolicy Points, a new policy publication that spotlights timely education policy issues important to educpolicy publication that spotlights timely education policy issues important to educpolicy issues important to educators.
Some of the important points of his privatization policy of student loan industry include:
Perhaps more important, it will tell you when your MI policy will come to an automatic cancellation point.
The key point is whether, at the time of application, you were told this was an important part of the policy and were asked to disclose any past health issues.
While there is no official bank documentation outlining this policy, it's widely referred to by points and miles collectors and important to understand.
One important point to remember is that the younger you are when you buy a life insurance policy, the cheaper your premium will be.
Some of the basic but very important points I wasn't aware of while taking any insurance policy..
Before you sign any agreement, ask the CFD provider to clarify their policy and procedures on these important points.
Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard economics professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, says that «the important point... is the philosophy of monetary policy that says «you don't pay attention to asset prices when they are rising, only when they are falling.»»
As Michael Levy, president of Pet Food Express, a 56 - store chain in California, pointed out to me after reading the article, it is important that retailers understand that simply having an MAP or MRP policy is no assurance that a manufacturer is doing enough to keep the playing field level for brick - and - mortar retailers in their competition with online pet food outlets.
This is important to know because you can increase your leverage to change programs and policies by pointing to your animal control's public funding source.
While there is no official bank documentation outlining this policy, it's widely referred to by points and miles collectors and important to understand.
An important point to remember about this policy is that the cost is per booking, not per flight.
The company's carbon - neutral policy is a «vitally important» selling point, according to Diane Bunting, a yoga and meditation instructor in Gig Harbor, Wash., who organizes yoga - kayak excursions to Baja California.
It's important to note that each airline frequent flier program and hotel loyalty program has it's own points expiration policy, which will be the subject of a future post.
Your ten point plan for fixing the local schools or investing in roads is important, but if you can't connect those policies to values, you won't connect at all.»
According to news reports (and a news release) from a meeting of solar scientists in New Mexico, three separate lines of analysis point to decent prospects for a sustained downturn in solar activity, with important potential implications for Earth's climate, and for climate policy.
Nailing that down is the important thing that climate science must do at this point, so that we can move on to the policy issue of what to do about it (or not)
There are other important questions about the path forward, related to how to handle reasoned minority views on particular science and policy questions, how to deal speedily with errors and how to break down barriers among the three main «working groups» — on the basic science pointing to warming, the range of impacts and possible responses.
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