Sentences with phrase «issue of policy points»

ASCD's newest issue of Policy Points (PDF) also reveals that 38 states use at least four rating levels to differentiate teacher performance, and just over a dozen states base 50 percent or more of a teacher's evaluation on student learning data.

To help educators become that trusted voice, ASCD's next issue of Policy Points, to be released in the coming weeks, dispels those aforementioned Common Core myths, addressing widespread questions about federal involvement and local control of schools as well as other misunderstandings related to the standards» relationship to curriculum, their cost to states, student privacy, and more.

ASCD's latest issue of Policy Points (PDF) includes basic information about the Common Core standards to help inform your communication with colleagues, parents, community members, and policymakers.

See this previous issue of Policy Points (PDF) for background information about sequestration and how the budget caps affect education funding.

ASCD's most recent issue of Policy Points (PDF) explores how the $ 8.6 billion cut to SNAP over 10 years could affect the nation's students and make them even more reliant on school meal programs.

The latest issue of Policy Points, Top Four Graduation Rate Takeaways (PDF), highlights what you need to know about the nation's graduation rate.

ASCD's May issue of Policy Points (PDF) provides basic information about the Common Core State Standards to inform educators» discussions with colleagues, parents, community members, and policymakers.

To alleviate some of the confusion, ASCD's October issue of Policy Points (PDF) clarifies what the standards are and are not and tackles these myths head - on.

For more information about poverty's influence on education, see the latest issue of Policy Points (PDF).

Not exact matches

Rasco: Well China is at an inflection point where they have some negative demographic issues going on due to the one child policy of years ago.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

Ross also pointed out that the trade deficit with China — at a record $ 276 billion last year — is a result primarily of economic factors instead of policy issues.

The unravelling of the German talks came as a surprise since the main sticking points - immigration and climate policy - were not seen as FDP signature issues.

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.

There is a point here quite separate from the issue of what monetary policy should be.

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.

The inclusion of these ideas in the CIC report underscores a key point about the importance of Asia for Canada — that Asia's rise matters for all of Canada, and that an Asia strategy should be central to Canadian public policy as a whole, rather than a niche activity for a few line departments that deal with «international» issues.

The point is that churches exceed their competence, undermine their credibility, skew their mission, and risk betraying the trust of their people when they turn themselves into political lobbies, promiscuously pronouncing and advocating on almost every policy issue in public dispute.

He intelligently applies such truisms to various marketing and public policy issues, but they are in service to his larger point: forget the formation of character and persuading people about whether something is true» the way to get things done is to condition behavior.

The NATO essay points again to the fact that, whether the issue under discussion is welfare policy or foreign policy, what we consistently find in the work of Irving Kristol is a consideration of public life and governing from the standpoint of the individual soul» and, by the same token, a consideration of the need to foster the right kinds of virtues in individual souls in order for the most desirable regimes to be successful.

At the very least, as Amy Black points out in «For the Sake of the Children» (a 1995 contribution to the Crossroads Monograph Series on Faith and Public Policy), there are public - justice issues involved.

The fourth fact about the Catholic Church is that there are many points of disagreement on social policy among Catholics; there is no one Catholic line on most public issues.

Of course, any time you praise Michelle Obama's efforts, there are advocates who'll quickly point out all the ways in which the Obama administration fell short on food policy issues.

Case in point: In a policy statement issued in 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its support of breastfeeding with its recommendation for «exclusive breastfeeding for about the first six months of a baby's life, followed by breastfeeding in combination with the introduction of complementary foods until at least 12 months of age, and continuation of breastfeeding for as long as mutually desired by mother and baby.»

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

They point to issues ranging from environmental policy to the deportation of undocumented immigrants as areas that New York can provide an alternative and potential challenge to federal policies.

Not only that, but this issue should be one of the major policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).

He veered away from that topic and returned to the issue of the push to reform the financial industry, saying: «You've got to be sympathetic with some of the legislators,» pointing out that elected officials have to navigate a complex minefield of regulations and politics when trying to craft policy.

He points out the key relationship in ministers» offices is between private secretaries and the SpAds, who deal with party political issues, although these overlap with the purity of policy.

Another issue is some of Cuomo's center - to - center - right policy talk on fiscal issues - although he had progressive points at other turns in his speech at the convention and in his 240 - page policy position book.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

The Fiscal Policy Institute issued a report today on the widening gap between New York's rich and poor, pointing out fun facts like: «Wall Street, with its stratospheric profits and bonuses, sits within 15 miles of the Bronx — the nation's poorest county.»

The Democratic governor used his 12 - minute speech at a Harlem fundraiser for Mayer to call for Democratic unity, pointing the finger at the Senate GOP for standing in the way of progressive policy issues that fell out of state budget negotiations.

«Many of the people who will form the new government have been outside of government policy circles for a long time, and they may have a simplistic point of view on CT [counter-terrorism] issues,» one of the cables, published in the Guardian newspaper, noted.

Among the issues Boak highlighted on environmental policy, she pointed to pushing back against the construction of the Algonquin Pipeline and backing the effort to close the Indian Point Nuclear Plant in Westchester County.

The Conservatives, sensing their policy on this issue is a vote - loser, have been desperately seeking a way to get their point of view across.

I think both Malpass and DioGuardi have done a better job of selling themsevles as supporters of certain issues and policy points.

But Albanese struggled to articulate a vision on a number of issues — including an affordable housing plan, saying at one point he would revisit the policies of Mayor Koch.

I believe he was simply using the death penalty as an illustrative example of a contentious public policy issue with a tenuous link to appropriations... the point being, to what degree does the Governor get to «make new law,» if you will, in budget bills?

From my point of view the main embarrassment has been and continues to be Liberal Democrat support for Osborne's economic policies: others may be concerned about other issues (support for the restructuring of the NHS, or the creation of «free» schools and extension of the academy programme, for example).

«The 3p,» she wrote, «will become another huge issue of resentment and along with so many other policies which directly hit strivers straight in the purse, will cost us another few points in the polls.»

We made a point of trying to get away from the campaign to cover the choice: the 6 and 10 did a series on big issues, from airports to defence spending to social care, that weren't getting much play in the campaign; Newsnight interrogated the future of the NHS; Andrew Neil's series of Daily Politics debates analysed policy, department by department over two weeks; and, online, from Reality Check to constituency profiles, we scrutinised the detail.

A number of policies will be introduced to deal with this, including the introduction of the tax stamp, the use of Point of Sale (POS) devices to track all taxes issued, as well as strict adherence to the use of the Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN).

The governor also dismissed the notion that he could have fought harder for that issue and defended the five - point package he announced on Friday, including an agreement with the Legislature to strip pensions from policy makers and lawmakers convicted of crimes related to their public office.

Trevor Tompson, director of the AP - NORC Center, said the bipartisan agreement on climate change's existence could be reason to hope for policy action: «Public opinion around many energy issues tends to be fluid, with people often defaulting to partisan starting points.

Many of the scientists who signed the letter are well - regarded physicists and have advised federal policy - makers on nuclear weapons issues at various points in their careers.

by promoting reasoned and balanced policy discussions and debate among contending points of view on such issues.

This is always a delicate issue, but there is little point doing policy research if the results are not fed into the debates of the day.

The report is intended as a summary and launching point for policy makers across a range of sectors to further explore those issues that may be relevant to them.

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.