Sentences with phrase «increasing policy attention»

In light of these findings, in recent years there has been increasing policy attention to all aspects of the human capital pipeline, including recruitment, selection, and evaluation.

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That's a pretty decent number of companies whose policies support women, and hopefully that number will grow as attention to the index fund, and women's issues in business and elsewhere, increases.

This rapid increase in exports to developing countries in recent years has gained the attention of Israeli policy - makers.

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.»

After the unexpectedly rapid turnaround in monetary policy by the Bank of Canada — with July's increase in Canadian interest rates coming almost a year earlier than had been widely predicted only a few weeks earlier — the attention of market participants turned to Australia, where interest rates remained at record lows.

One thing is clear: policy makers and practitioners seeking to increase the impact of parliamentary strengthening programmes don't need more exhortations to pay attention to context or facilitate local ownership.

In response to mounting concerns about the adequacy of protection of research participants, at a regulatory level, increasing attention is being focused on safety and confidentiality of human subjects participating in research protocols.26 - 28 Beginning with applications submitted for the January 2001 council round, institutional review board (IRB) approval is no longer required prior to NIH peer review; previous NIH policy had been that IRB approval was required at the time of submission.

In view of the increasing activity and attention to the role of science in foreign policy at the highest political levels, we believe the time is right to catalyze greater thought and discussion about issues at the interface of science and diplomacy.

The increased attention also annoyed the Toronto Film Festival, which in 2014 began pushing movies that premiered at Telluride later in its lineup, a policy TIFF has since dropped.

«We see increased national attention to English learners,» says Maria Millard, a policy analyst at Education Commission of the States (ECS).

There are several policies (proposed, underway, or in place) by the Obama administration that broaden the focus on reading and academic development, increasing attention to knowledge building and language growth, from early childhood through adolescence — and those expansive policies may be especially beneficial for EL learners.

The research pointed at Australia's decentralised education system and said increasing the clarity of policies and finding within it needs attention, and added that the country's high education performance can be complemented with further focus on reducing inequities by tackling system - level policies hindering equity in education.

Howell and his team conclude that the process of applying to the competitions by itself, plus the increased media attention given to RttT policies, generated momentum behind policy reform.

The report by the nonprofit Grantmakers for Education, issued last week, also notes a growing interest in collaboration among funders, as well as increased attention to fueling educational innovations and providing dollars to support advocacy and public - policy work.

The policies that were criticized were those that increased attention to academic outcomes at the expense of children's exploration, discovery, and play; methods that focused on large group activities and completion of one - dimensional worksheets and workbooks in place of actual engagement with concrete objects and naturally occurring experiences of the world; and directives that emphasized the use of group - administered, computer - scored, multiple - choice achievement tests in order to determine a child's starting place in school rather than assessments that rely on active child engagement, teacher judgment, and clinical opinion.

With increased policy focus on teacher diversity, equal attention must also be directed towards the lack of diversity within school leadership.

That is raising new questions about the wisdom of decades of public policy that focused on increasing access to higher learning but paid less attention to what happens once students arrive on campus.

She writes in that letter about the test - based evaluation of teachers and principals, a policy that's received increasing national attention from policy makers.

Educators and governments are therefore paying increasing attention to international comparisons as they seek to develop effective policies to improve the performance of their education systems.

Perhaps both the most fundamental and overlooked aspect of public education, attendance rates have attracted increased attention in recent years as educators and policy makers grapple with the many barriers to improving student performance.

Despite never being explicitly mentioned Every Student Succeeds Act, college and career readiness has enjoyed increased attention from state boards of education as a result of the federal government's policy overhaul.

Educators and governments are paying increasing attention to international comparisons as they seek to develop effective policies to improve the performance of their education systems.

Rating based on those risks, and increasing the premium to an acceptable level, would not only require significant attention from an underwriter and significantly more detail about the property and the risk in question, but it would also drive the cost of the policy to an unacceptable level in many cases.

Climate adaptation has experienced a dramatic increase in attention since the last National Climate Assessment and become a major emphasis in biodiversity conservation and natural resource policy and management.

This policy document describes the increasing attention paid to the relationship between climate change and human rights in recent years, reviews the effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights and outlines the application of human rights obligations to climate - related actions.

Or the other possibility, as you say, is that the science is driving the increase in funding and attention and not the policy makers scheming in the background trying to fool the public into going along with their evil master plan (whatever that might be)

Although the world's attention continued to focus on the IPCC's Working Group I, which addressed the physical science, increasing funding and attention went to the other two Working Groups, which addressed the likely impacts of climate change and the policies needed to mitigate the damage, recruiting experts in fields ranging from epidemiology to economics.

As the cost of traditional long - term care insurance (LTCI) has dramatically increased, linked benefit and life insurance policies with riders that allow access to the death benefit while alive have gained a lot of attention as alternative strategies.

Rating based on those risks, and increasing the premium to an acceptable level, would not only require significant attention from an underwriter and significantly more detail about the property and the risk in question, but it would also drive the cost of the policy to an unacceptable level in many cases.

Limiting or outright disallowing the use of credit histories, restricting the use of criminal records, increasing enforcement of anti-discrimination hiring laws, and other regulatory activity means employers need to pay close attention to their screening policies and processes to ensure compliance.

However, when employers follow policies like this they increase the chances that they will attract the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which sees blanket exclusion policies as potentially discriminatory.

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The policy priorities document «Next Steps for Rhode Island Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families «highlights policy areas that require increased attention and resources, as well as current policies that the state should maintain and improve over time.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study1 has attracted considerable scientific and policy attention in recent years, in part because it suggests that potentially preventable childhood experiences, particularly physical and sexual abuse and neglect, may increase a person's risk for serious health problems and higher mortality rates much later in life.

In choosing professionals, developers should consider that the market has evolved rapidly to reflect changing adjudication policies at USCIS, attention from securities regulators, increasing sophistication, underwriting scrutiny of marketing agents, and enhanced competition in the marketplace.