Sentences with phrase «increased public focus»

Mounting research on the causes and consequences of dropping out, coupled with more accurate reporting on the extent of the crisis, has led to increased public focus on what's been called the silent epidemic.

In the view of Dr. Johann Overath there are currently two main trends in glass packaging: «On the one hand there is increasing public focus on sustainability.

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As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

Nalanda Capital, a Singapore - based PE - style investment firm that focuses on public markets, has increased its stake in Mumbai - based...

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should focus the public's attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»

By focusing the attention of faculty members now accustomed to routine spending increases, cuts in funding may have the unintended effect of improving the situation of teaching and learning about which a concerned public is justifiably upset.

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) today announced a partnership agreement focusing on increasing recycling in city, regional and state public parks across the country.

Food and Drink - Summer 2010 -(Page 138) > r RESTAURANTS food safety food safety in focus Amid increased public awareness, food safety legislation nears passage.

Public health campaigns that focus on increasing the social acceptability of breast - feeding may prove effective in addressing this cultural barrier.

Cost effective ways to manage demand will come into increasing focus over the next few years as public spending tightens.

By exaggerating the economic benefits of road capacity increase and underestimating its negative effects, omission of induced traffic can result in overallocation of public money on road construction and correspondingly less focus on other ways of dealing with congestion and environmental problems in urban areas.

Fewer mistakes mean less time wasted for campaigns, enforcement focused on real problems, and increased transparency that helps restore public confidence.

Published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Matthews and Flinders focus on the parliamentary scrutiny of public appointments in the UK and reveals how select committees have accrued increasing powers to challenge ministerial appointments and how this has resulted in a series of unintended consequences that raise critical concerns regarding the overall added - value of pre-appointment scrutiny.

«Since 2010 there has been an obsessive focus on structural change and increased autonomy for individual schools and providers, which has compromised the values and ethos of the public education system.

«During a year in which the NHS has been focused on internal organisational change, patients and the public have continued to demonstrate increasing enthusiasm for remote and virtual care, with the NHS Direct National Health Service Trust leading the way in providing useful and valued digital services.»

Independent charters are particularly desperate for facilities funding, while large charters — mostly sited in co-located public school space — are focusing on increasing the amount of public money each charter school student receives.

In addition, there is some evidence that although committee Chairs were not generally a focus of much press attention, in the growing area of 24 hour news TV (as well as in other broadcasting) their visibility to the public may well have increased.

Mr Cameron's focus on the family and the work life balance - including his statement at the weekend that he would rather be a good dad than prime minister - have won him increasing support from the public, and women in particular.

Author and public health activist Dr. Irwin Redlener, and Queens State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, talk to In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the longstanding factors that have led to the dramatic increase in homelessness in New York City.

Andrew Cuomo, who's started slowly increasing his public appearances since Election Day last week, is going up with a «thank you» ad on Thursday focused on his «Clean Up Albany» message.

Lady Williams, known to be wary of increasing the role of the private sector in public services, said she agreed with the need to respond more closely to patient demand, but warned against a move to a privatised American health system in which the focus on the producer interest simply shifted to the «insurance interest».

With increased funding for CUNY and SUNY, a new tax credit for teachers and an $ 800 million increase in universal pre-K programs, the governor is clearly focused on our public school system.»

The Assembly Democrats on Tuesday unveiled its version of the budget, focusing on more money for public housing, increased help for child care and a higher minimum wage than even Cuomo has proposed.

More specifically, it focuses on representation of women in governance within CCPE; enhancing youth awareness of engineering careers; improving the work environment and career path choices for women engineers, including flexible work options and equitable compensation; and increasing public and professional awareness of the contribution of women engineers.

Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic consequences of climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary if the public role in challenging global climate change is going to increase.

«The CMA continues to recommend a broad public health policy approach focused on preventing problematic drug use; ensuring the availability of assessment and treatment services for those who wish to stop using; and harm reduction to increase the safety for those who are using.»

«Efforts to increase organ donor consent rates by all parties should be a major focus of the transplant community and the general public,» Goldberg said.

According to Malo, «public health interventions designed to increase HPV vaccine recommendation for males should focus on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early adopters who may help diffuse HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later adopters to support the recommendations.»

The information will support communities to prepare for anticipated increases in illnesses and will help focus public health action where it is needed most.

The study, which is the first detailed assessment of public and charitable funding to UK researchers focusing on bacteriology and antibiotic research, suggests that present levels of funding for antibiotic research in the UK are inadequate, and will need to be urgently increased if the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance is to be tackled effectively by UK researchers.

Besides increasing the proportion of people in the USA covered by medical insurance once the ACA is fully implemented, the authors show that structural and financing reforms introduced by the Act will help healthcare in the USA to transition from a «sick care system,» largely focused on treatment of illness, to a system that includes disease prevention, health promotion, early detection, and public health as integral components.

The report shows that the ACA's provision to increase the health - care system's focus on population health can change financial, organizational, and clinical linkages between public health and health care.

The study, co-authored by Brian Kiessling, associate instructor and Ph.D. student within the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Department at the IU School of Public Health - Bloomington, focused on how people regard activity trackers, how the trackers affect behavior, and how they can be effectively integrated into programs that help people increase movement in their lives.

It focuses on increasing the proportion of plant based foods relative to animal - based foods, which results in an improved nutritionally balance diet,» said Camille Lassale, Ph.D., lead author and an epidemiologist at Imperial College London's School of Public Health.

Sima Sharara, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, and Souha Kanj, from the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon, briefly describe the devastating effects of the conflict on the Syrian healthcare system and focus on the increasing number of cases of poliomyelitis, measles, and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region, which they say is nothing short of a regional, and arguably global, public health emergency.

To help improve health in future generations, the authors call for a joint focus, including better guidance and support for individuals planning pregnancy, and increased public health measures to reduce obesity and improve nutrition.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

At the partnership, she focused on increasing the private sector's role in public education.

We urge increased focus on public - citizen participation for more democratised actions on climate change.

The legitimacy of test score increases in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardized tests.

«Recent public attention has been focused on the risks young people face as they spend increasing amounts of time in cyberspace.

Considered one of the more underserved groups in education, early childhood education is now the focus of both legislative action and increased public discourse.

Gatlin says she is proud of Romney's education plan, particularly its focus on increasing choice for parents, which would allow for expanded access to highquality public charter schools, and make Title I and IDEA funds portable, so that low income and special needs students can choose which schools to attend and bring the funding with them.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

Many of those involved in this process want to «increase equity» and believe the focus of K - 12 reform efforts should be confined to the «public sector.»

Rather than focusing on the shortcomings of public schooling, a more sensible approach to the problem will be increasing accountability for the process of public education.

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.

Grades: Professional, Parents Action for Healthy Kids is a partnership of over fifty public and private agencies that focuses on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.

Alexandria, Va. (March 6, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Notice on the Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Focused Comment on E-rate Modernization to modernize the E-rate program and increase the quality and speed of Internet connectivity in our nation's schools.