Sentences with phrase «major policy reform»

In J. A. Jenkis, & S. M. Milkis, The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America.

Although the political conditions may not be ripe for major policy reform in special education this year, there is a growing consensus that we can and must design a better system for diagnosing, educating, and verifying the educational progress of special education students.

Public opinion is only ever likely to be on the side of reform in the midst of a scandal, which is pretty much the worst time to be making a major policy reform.

Not exact matches

Two major policy interests under consideration are another go at health care reform or big cuts to entitlements and welfare, Axios reports.

On the legislative and policy front, Bill C - 11 has passed the committee stage and seems likely to race toward royal assent by the summer, last week's unveiling of the telecom policy (including policies on the forthcoming spectrum auction and foreign ownership) puts to rest a major issue associated with the digital economy strategy, the CRTC recently published its final anti-spam regulations with Industry Canada expected to follow with theirs shortly, the open government initiative has been making considerable progress, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan told the House of Commons on Thursday that Bill C - 12 (the PIPEDA reform bill) may finally move forward next week.

As Morgan Stanley's Kai Pan points out, Berkshire has large exposure to Industrials and Financials and thus will be a major beneficiary of the administration's «pro-growth» policies and tax reform, if they pan out.

Australia and New Zealand reformed dairy controls in the 1980s and 1990s, a policy that produced greater production efficiencies and major increases in exports.

This paper identifies policy incoherence, selective reform practices, and limitations in local experiments as the three major issues that could potentially impede Beijing's reform agenda.

We would still need major entitlement reform and related health care reforms (among a whole lot else), but the above policies would give Republicans something real to say about the concerns of many Americans who spent the election just hearing about how the Republicans plan to cut marginal tax rates for high earners.

Electoral reform is viewed as a key policy goal for Liberal Democrat grassroots activists, who many Conservative ministers fear could force the premature collapse of the coalition if they do not succeed in making major policy gains.

Major issues in the 2015 legislative session included the state economy, welfare reform, and energy policy.

The decision to vest power in the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee was a major reform, as centrally held control of such monetary policy was historically vested in the elected body and was traditionally a major feature of Governmental Policy Committee was a major reform, as centrally held control of such monetary policy was historically vested in the elected body and was traditionally a major feature of Governmental policy was historically vested in the elected body and was traditionally a major feature of Governmental power.

Clinton referenced Garner in her first major policy speech which focused on criminal justice reform.

There's a chance that the minimum wage will be dealt with, along with several other major policy issues like government ethics reform, in the legislative session following the budget.

Major trust issues between New Yorkers and the elected representatives controlling their tax dollars continue to hamper our work, and without stricter reforms the integrity of the state's entire policy - making process is at risk.

The poll in question found 76 percent of voters felt the lack of transparency surrounding major policy deals on pension reform, redistricting, expansion of casino gambling and the DNA database was a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.

«However, since being in government and overseeing the start of major reforms to the NHS, this has been reversed as Labour have once again extended their lead over the Conservatives among the public on having the best health policies,» he explained.

Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action, an organization that has advocated many major reforms that Skelos directly opposes, said that Skelos» power can be directly traced back to the policy he delivers and the reforms he opposes.

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

Education Next is a quarterly journal which bases its editorial policy on the premise that the education sector is ripe for major change and reform.

Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.

A high - school English teacher in her ninth year, Keigan and other fellows have been involved in shaping the details of SB 191, the Colorado reform bill that made major changes to teacher - related policies, including evaluations and tenure.

To date, major reforms of teacher policy include changes in performance evaluation, professional development, incentives, and pre-service teacher training.

Simply stated, she believes it should recapture the strengths of the traditional public school system, incorporate a vigorous common curriculum and renounce many of the theories, practices, policies and programs that have constituted America's major education - reform emphases in recent years.

Though a Labour Party victory in the next election would definitely lead to policy tweaks, all the major political parties (of which England has three) generally support the reform thrusts described above, as has pretty much been the case on both sides of the Atlantic since the eighties.

He concludes that «reform unionism» is unlikely to lead to any major policy changes and that improving schools requires curbing the power of unions.

Patrick Wolf is a professor of education policy and holds an endowed chair in school choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, with financial ties to the Walton Foundation, a major player in school choice advocacy.

The many calls for «evidence based» decisionmaking notwithstanding, most of our major policy and reform initiatives have either been launched without any prior research on their efficacy, and without provisions for assessing their intended and unintended effects, or have ignored or misused whatever relevant research evidence was available when...

For example, they dismiss the legitimacy of billionaire - backed reforms because «the only reason the superrich have these massive billions, and hence a major voice in policy, is because of unfair tax laws that allow them to keep the vast wealth their employees have created.»

That, Klein aides argue, will show that major reforms in lower grades, like the citywide curriculum and the 3rd - and 5th - grade retention policies, will have combined with reforms to middle schools and high schools to produce their desired effects.

Mr. Merriman's op - eds, commentary and guest blogs have been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, Gotham Schools and Eduwonk and he is a frequent guest on major TV and radio outlets on public education reform and policy.

All four candidates said they supported Gov. Jerry Brown's major education policy that reformed how the state funds education, called the Local Control Funding Formula, which gives more money to districts with high numbers of English learners, low - income students, and students in the foster care system.

Our policy reform efforts coupled with strategic litigation support led to a major systemic overhaul.

Bush is a major figure in the conservative education reform movement, and now heads the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a think - tank seeking to overhaul the country's educational systems through policies like ending teacher tenure, expanding the use of charter schools and school vouchers, and the increased use of virtual education.

We have a major challenge ahead of us to reverse these policy mistakes and I hope that this can be a «wake up» call for the need to rebuild the leadership consensus that once made Texas the national leader in education reform.

Forging some of the most unique coalitions in the country, including the Big 6 (composed of superintendents, school boards, principals, business and civic leaders and advocates) that worked together to shape policy, pass major reform legislation and defend progress.

In 1989, when the Chicago School Reform Act gave rise to local school councils and other major policy changes, Linda Lenz, then an education writer for the Chicago Sun - Times, saw the need for a publication that would focus on public education with the kind of detail and depth that her newspaper and others could not.

For the second year in a row, Republican lawmakers are seeking major reforms to state education policies, including tenure reform, teacher evaluation and alternative licensure.

ConnCAN emerges as the leader of broad coalition for reform, securing major policy wins for kids

He has served in numerous research and policy roles and has been involved in major school reform activities.

Think first about how the dominant policy paradigms in America — tax cuts for the rich, deregulation and budget cuts to social services — exacerbate inequality and poverty, but also benefit the major corporations that fund the «reform» movement.

Education policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are in tension.

In his briefing presentation, Jonathan Kaplan, senior policy analyst at the California Budget Project, which for decades has advocated on behalf of policies that benefit low - income Californians, described the reform plan as a «major step forward.»

Some said it may even by dropped completely, along with other major reform policies unveiled in the recent white paper.

The Common Core was the first major education policy reform to come to life in the social media age.

Although this article deals with minimum competency tests, which were in policy fashion at the time, about seven policy iterations ago, the contents of the article still have much relevance given where we are today — investing in «new and improved» Common Core tests and still riding on unsinkable beliefs that this is the way to reform the schools that have been in despair and (still) in need of major repair since 20 + years ago.

The new merit pay language mirrors the evaluation policy: both seem to align the union with education reform efforts more than ever before, but come with major caveats.

The District, which initiated major school reforms in 2007, has served as a test case for often controversial policies — such as expanding school choice, eliminating teacher tenure and tying evaluations to test scores — which have since been adopted by a growing number of states.

Ravitch covers quite a bit of terrain: the recent history of school reform, the major players in the reform movement, the claims used to criticize American public education, the «fixes» championed by reformers and Ravitch's suggestions for a more sane and productive education policy.

A topic of major contention between liberals and conservatives education policy debates today revolves around the idea of teacher tenure and whether it is helping or hindering education reform.