Sentences with phrase «improved policy benefits»

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«That is not only unfair, but it's a policy mistake in that those [low - income] kids would be the ones who would benefit the most,» Marr said, adding that a large body of research has found that extra income for poor families improves their kids» health, education, and career outcomes.

The Plant Based Food Association's mission is to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

We are proud to be founding members of the Plant Based Foods Association, a trade organization formed with the following mission: to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

Implications for Public Health Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child health.

«The committee felt that the potential benefits to NOMS [National Offender Management Service] from this research proposal were limited and that the project did not sufficiently link to NOMS priorities and our focus upon identifying ways of improving the effectiveness of operational policy / delivery and maximising the use of our available resources.

Since 1998 LITRG has been working to improve the policy and processes of the tax, tax credits and associated welfare systems for the benefit of those on low incomes.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

Professor Osinbajo said though things may appear difficult at the moment, but will not be long before Nigerians start deriving the full benefits of the current policies of government which are designed to reposition the country and improve on the prevailing economic situation.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

However, federal policies can reach larger populations and fund programs that benefit populations at risk for obesity, and thus play an essential role in improving public health.

After 3 years of debate, five of the largest Canadian universities (the University of British Columbia, the University of Ottawa, McGill University, Queen's University, and the University of Toronto) have each produced a set of guidelines and policies to establish official status and offer improved services and benefits for postdocs.

Raise the starting postdoc stipend from $ 39,000 to $ 42,000 as soon as next year, and examine whether NIH needs a policy to improve postdoc benefits.

Doing so will allow science to play a more prominent role in the decision - making process in Congress and may result in increased funding for scientific research, improved regulations, and the implementation of other policies that benefit plant biology.

JEPP Online provides timely information about developments of the journal and is committed to improve the accessibility and visibility of scholarship published in JEPP, allowing academics and policy - makers alike to benefit from first - class research focusing on the dynamics of public policy in Europe.

In the few instances when researchers have focused on the issue of teacher tenure specifically, they have generally sought to document the costs and benefits of tenure, make normative arguments about whether tenure should or should not be abolished, or propose specific ways in which tenure policies could be improved.

Dismissing studies that found that it had benefited students, de Blasio characterized Bloomberg's closure policy as «an excuse not to address ways to help struggling schools improve and meet our expectations that all students graduate ready for college or a career.»

«Any policies or interventions that help improve the family environment of the most troubled students may have larger benefits than we have previously anticipated.»

However, now that the benefits have been initially established, it is worth investigating the costs to see if this policy change can be a key to improving schooling in current and future generations.

Information is provided on programs aimed at improving trust and self - control among students from disadvantaged backgrounds, the benefit of student involvement in school policy - making, and student collaboration in problem solving.

Together the board and leadership will work diligently to provide valuable resources to our members, secure federal policies that ensure public education continues to improve to meet students» needs today and into the future, create a better understanding of the importance and benefits of the role of school boards and local governance, and generate greater appreciation for our local public schools.»

This enables employees to make more informed decisions, retain and improve their knowledge and skills, and practically apply knowledge, processes, policies and company - specific information for the benefit of the organisation and the individual.

Raise Your Hand Texas identifies and pilots promising ideas to improve public education, and supports the conditions and public policies needed to scale proven approaches to benefit all Texas students.

Also, development of a strategy to communicate, disseminate, and revisit evaluation of the effectiveness of in - service teacher training and mentoring models would significantly benefit the field and result in an increasingly comprehensive approach to preparing social studies teachers to use technology effectively in the classroom, while also providing a model for influencing policy and continually improving practice.

In a new report on school leadership, the Learning Policy Institute highlights research showing that investments in training school leaders can yield substantial benefits in student achievement, as more skilled principals help improve instructional quality and reduce teacher turnover.

The Promise of High - Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - quality CTE.

Through the Parent Ambassador Program, parents of current Los Angeles Unified School District students will have the opportunity to use their leadership skills in support of improving local educational policies and practices that benefit all students.

ASCD's 2018 Legislative Agenda outlines the organization's policy goals and vision for the year and includes a set of recommendations to support educators, improve our schools, and benefit students.

Read Policy Priorities for more insights about why proper training of incoming teachers provides a logical first step in helping students reap the benefits of the new standards; how the standards could affect teacher evaluations; the federal government's plans to improve the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs; and how some states, such as New Jersey, have effectively engaged all stakeholders in moving teacher preparation programs and the standards forward.

Buried in Clinton's wonkier policy plans, there is another proposal that should also get teachers excited: improving employee benefits.

Malen and colleagues (1989) list six purported benefits of site - based management: (1) stakeholders, particularly parents and teachers, will be able to influence school policy decisions; (2) employee morale and motivation will be boosted; (3) school - wide planning processes will be strengthened; (4) instruction will improve; (5) effective schools» characteristics will develop; and (6) students» academic achievement will improve.

Blending and Braiding Early Childhood Program Funding Streams Toolkit The toolkit is designed to provide state advocates and policymakers with strategies, tools, resources and options to make policy choices that facilitate the blending and braiding of funding streams to improve access to and length of children's participation in full - workday, full - year, high - quality early learning programs that benefit vulnerable young children and working families.

To make this strategy more appealing simply securing a death benefit, a cash value life insurance policy can be used to improves the overall performance and strategy.

Matthews Asia Dividend benefited from what it called a «Goldilocks scenario» in Asian equities thanks to improving inflationary conditions and «moderate monetary policy from Asia's central banks,» the fund's managers wrote in a semiannual commentary to shareholders.

The recent maturity of two large policies, one with no extension and one with a reduced death benefit on extension, has significantly improved the balance of the portfolio: policies with no expiry date now account for 44 % of the portfolio compared with 41.7 % a year ago.

«For existing RPS policies, the lower - bound estimates for human health benefits associated with improved air quality come in at least $ 48bn, plus $ 37bn in benefits from reduced damage to the climate.»

The state's Public Utilities Commission is expected to review the net metering rules in 2018, and it is almost certain that the utilities will continue to push for policies that will increase costs and reduce benefits for solar providers, while improving the bottom line for dirty and climate change inducing fossil fuel facilities.

This environmental productivity effect suggests that characterizing environmental protection as purely a tax on producers and consumers, to be weighed against the consumption benefits associated with improved environmental quality, may ignore potentially important effects of such policies on human capital.

For example, several studies have found that communities of color and poor communities experience disproportionately high exposures to air pollution.305, 328,329,306,307 Climate change mitigation policies that improve local air quality thus have the potential to strongly benefit health in these communities.

The report is also intended to improve the understanding of the potential benefits and challenges for developing countries to design FITs as well as the factors influencing their success, more in depth from the policy and legal foci, whilst also analysing the funding and capacity implications.

Just as policies that improve domestic economic efficiency need not benefit all firms, it is perfectly plausible that international policies that look sensible from a global economic standpoint will not be beneficial to all countries.

Public policies that recognize and reflect the wider economic, social and environmental benefits of renewable energies, including their potential to cut air pollution and improve public health, will be key for meeting the highest renewables deployment scenarios.

The four key differences are: 1) unlike the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA), the CAA [Clean Air Act] allows for the crediting of direct emission reductions and indirect fuel economy benefits from improved air conditioners, allowing for greater compliance flexibility and lower costs; 2) EPCA allows Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categories.50

As part of the Recovery Act, this Administration invested $ 4.5 billion in electricity delivery and energy reliability modernization, with total public - private investment amounting to over $ 10 billion To ensure that all Americans benefit from these smart grid investments, the Administration released a policy framework and a series of new initiatives in June 2011 that will empower consumers with tools to better manage their electricity and cut costs, improve the reliability of the electric grid, and help utilities recover from natural disasters faster.

Furthermore, with the construction industry responsible for more than 15 percent of global GDP, improving buildings is also sound economic policy: It can benefit livelihoods, create new jobs in clean technologies, and increase local infrastructure investment.

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

Hassett and colleagues suggested that such a carbon tax «shift» could improve the overall output of the economy even without considering climate benefits and thus represented a «no regrets» policy for conservatives who aren't convinced of the danger of global warming.

Policies to reduce carbon emissions come with a number of benefits, including opportunities to safeguard food, energy and water supplies and to improve air quality and public health, it says.

Seriously injured claimants will never get fair treatment unless / until the quality of insurer assessments (IMEs) denying them policy benefits (including treatment benefits) finally improves.

These saved premiums could be used to offset some of the cost of buying a CI policy or applied towards improving other insurance benefits.

Especially if you are young, you could apply for a term life insurance policy now, then begin to work on lowering your cholesterol numbers and then apply for a more expensive (but longer benefit period) permanent policy once you improve your health condition.