Sentences with phrase «like good public policy»

That sounds like good public policy to me.

The problem with bad public policy is that it often sounds like good public policy.

Licensure screens for teachers sound like good public policy, but they aren't.

Not exact matches

Megan Randall, a researcher at the Urban Institute who studies economic development policy, said companies cared most about a talented work force, which requires good schools and colleges, and amenities like affordable housing, parks and public transit that make a place desirable.

Still, they have important implications for public policy as it pertains to underfunded old - age entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, as well as the tax treatment of retirement plans and savings accounts.

Putting it in the hypothetical, he says,» If there's a good argument against polygamy, it's likely to be a fairly complex public - policy argument having to do with marriage patterns, sexism, economics, and the like.»

In policy documents like the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and this past November's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, the Bush administration» convinced that the attacks of September 11 defined a pivotal moment in world politics» has laid down a sharp challenge to certain well - entrenched ideas about the nature of «realism» in international affairs, even as its policy on the ground has challenged numerous conventions of post-World War II international public life.

Now advocates have a new tool to help achieve just such a lofty goal: It's called the Good Food Purchasing Policy and after its successful passage in 2012 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is procured.

MIKAEL SOLAGE: Greetings, my name is Mikael Solage, I am a new mother I have a 11 month old son, I'm a pumping mom on the go and you know, I like to nurse at home as well but most importantly I am a law maker in New York state and I'm advocating for a family friendly policy which include lactation rooms in airport and in public buildings.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

«This platform will have a policy unit which will draw on the best ideas and practical solutions, building partnerships with other organisations, in the public policy and private spheres, so that those in the frontline of politics have a bigger and better policy agenda to reflect upon; and a networking capability to join like - minded people up.

«Keith was a brilliant problem solver who liked to make good, solid public policy.

«In what universe is it good public policy to have, you know, 4 or 5 or 6 different things that are unrelated tied together in a package so that a legislator can say look, I really didn't want to do that bill, wouldn't have gotten this bill that I liked,» he said.

She's... If you're listening, if you've read some of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal op - eds about high fat, what's going on with this, she's one of the best voices they are looking at, like the public policy side of why are we telling people to eat stuff that makes them fat and even worse, makes them weak and slow before they get fat.

Ultimately, how much humor you extract from American Dreamz will largely be dependent on your familiarity with the subject matter, particularly in «American Idol», with its emphasis on glitz and drama over actual talent, as well as in the American public's perception of Bush as an intentionally uninformed world leader that makes speeches and engages in policy solely on the advice of his puppeteer handlers, represented here by a very Cheney - like Chief of Staff, played brilliantly by Willem Dafoe (xXx 2, The Life Aquatic).

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

When it came to state data systems, charter school laws, and teacher policy, winning states like Ohio, Hawaii, Maryland, and New York finished well back in the pack on rankings compiled by the Data Quality Campaign, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the National Council on Teacher Quality.

We would like to add that we believe that good scholarship can be relevant and consequential not only for public policy, but for raising awareness in general.

But for us nonexpert guinea pigs to massive, multifaceted, complicated public policy undertakings such as Common Core, a good rule of thumb is that if the far left and the far right don't like it, it's probably not such a bad thing.

In the meantime, let us hope up the General Assembly's Committee on Children and Education Committee will hold a public hearing on what could very well be the abusive disciplinary policies of schools like Achievement First, Jumoke Academy and Capital Prep.

John Lawford of the Public Interest Advocacy Group, which also pushes for consumer - friendly telecom policies, said that countries like Finland and South Korea also have good networks but at lower prices than Canada's.

Local groups like Mojo's Hope and national groups such as Alley Cat Allies exposit several reasons why trap - neuter - release is good public policy.

Whipsawing public policy like this is not only shameless, it is highly inefficient as well.

I believe Mr. singer «s conclusion is well founded:» I would like to see the public look upon global warming as just another scientific controversy and oppose any public policies until the major issues are settled, such as the cause.

One example of a lack of the same, i.e., judicial arrogation of divine - like power over mortality — and talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous — is this report from Paul Levy of Public Citizen's Consumer Law & Policy Blog about a favorite topic of mine, too: the reduction of trademark law to the role of handmaiden to Big College Pro Football's money grab over, well, everything:

This includes things like rent of buildings, utility costs, the wage bill, IT infrastructure, etc. as well as paying their sales force commissions (an insurance company will normally use an insurance agent or insurance broker to sell policies to the general public or businesses and these people need paying too).

However, like all the other divorce experts, Braver concludes that joint physical custody (50/50 or shared parenting) is rarely in the best interests of children and that a presumption of shared parenting would be poor public policy.»