The guidebook also offers an extensive treatment of the sector's
most challenging policy issues, including inequitable funding levels, acquiring suitable facilities, and human - capital obstacles such as inflexible rules on certification and collective bargaining.
Throughout our history we have used the best available tools to help our partners answer
the most challenging policy questions.
Not exact matches
Through nationwide polling and workshops with
policy experts from across the political spectrum, we sought to identify America's
most pressing
challenges and develop
policies that make sense, that our country can afford, and that the American people can support.
Economic growth, rising inflation expectations and a Fed
policy shift will
challenge one of today's
most successful investing strategies: credit risk.
A two - day digital health conference in San Francisco that brings together diverse minds from medicine, technology,
policy, venture, and beyond to tackle healthcare's
most challenging problems.
Hiring a house in order to be in the catchment for DOMINO homebirth, asking for a new health care professional in labour, changing hospitals,
challenging policy — women are becoming more proactive in their approach of navigating the system in order to ensure that they get the
most out of their maternity care and have a healthy positive birth experience.
«Nothing else truly matters: not the NHS, now in its
most severe crisis since its creation; not the real
challenge of the modern economy, the new technological revolutions of AI and Big Data; not the upgrade of our education system to prepare people for this new world; not investment in communities left behind by globalisation; not the rising burden of serious crime; or bulging prison populations; or social care; not even, irony of ironies, a genuine
policy to control immigration.
Sheikh Mohammed is a trendsetter: encouraging the concept of transparency is still a tough
challenge culturally for
most Arab
policy and business leaders.
Savvy owners
challenge their valuations annually, spurred on by tax firms that file grievances for a cut of the refund and a county
policy to just settle
most challenges.
And
most importantly, she can argue conservative positions without sounding like an ideologue, and is ready to develop and champion viable, sensible urban
policies that
challenge liberal orthodoxy.
It is the deceit and secrecy about the origins of the Iraq War that have been
most damaging to Blair's reputation with the connivance of those civil servants, intelligence officials and senior military who were drawn into his magic circle or remained silent rather than
challenge his
policy.
«The Nature Conservancy in New York applauds Governor Cuomo for his continued leadership on combating climate change, the
most pressing environmental
challenge facing our world,» said Jessica Ottney Mahar, the group's
policy director.
The idea that Ed Miliband is a «comfort zone» candidate irks John Denham, the Southampton MP who has focused
most on Labour's southern
challenge and who is leading on future
policy development for Ed Miliband's campaign.
«The report confirms that even the
most significant
challenges schools have faced were surmountable and that the small number of schools continuing to face difficulties should learn from those that have implemented the
policy well.
The BHA's Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «Recent years have seen some of the
most compelling
challenges to the law and
policy on assisted dying in the UK and, if successful, this case could be key in affecting some change in this area.
Speaking before this afternoon's statement on CAP (Common Agriculture
Policy), William Powell AM has urged the Welsh Government to introduce a dedicated scheme to support farms in Wales»
most challenging areas.
He said the government can not claim to have improved the economy of the country within its 6 months in office because
most of its
policy interventions aimed at addressing the economic
challenges are yet to be implemented.
«What will matter
most to Americans of all backgrounds boils down to this: the President is fighting every day to provide economic security for the middle class and to make the economy more fair, while the Republicans want to double down on
policies that led to the
challenges we face,» campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said in an e-mail.
The Liberal Democrats were yesterday
challenged by one of their
most senior party figures to «abandon self - indulgence» in favour of self - discipline and workable
policies.
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was one of the participants at this roundtable, and his contributions to the discussion were very insightful and revealing of the
challenges and opportunities facing Nigeria, the world's
most populous black nation, when considering
policy options in the education space.
He also
challenged government to expedite action on the national climate change
policy to ensure its implementation at the regional and district level, to address issues of climate change in the region, since the region is
most at risk of climate change.
«Some of the
challenges we are dealing with right now point to the fact that, because there hasn't been any clearly written
policy that will guide the Free SHS
policy, like
most other
policies, there is a reason we seem to be going back and forth,» IMANI Africa's President, Franklin Cudjoe previously stated.
De Blasio continues to be scrutinized for his approach to the media, his administration's transparency, and several
policy areas in which he is having the
most challenges, such as homelessness, policing, and education.
«The planetary boundaries framework is not a useful guide for
policy or environmental management in any concrete sense, as it does not capture the
challenges involved in
most of the environmental problems it lists,» argues geographer Linus Blomqvist,
policy associate at the institute's Conservation Program and co-author of the review.
«
Most well owners believe securing water is one of the top political
challenges facing Kansas, and water
policies are more likely to influence their vote in local and state elections than Kansans who don't own wells,» said Ternes.
They are our «insurance
policy» against unforeseen disasters and, used sustainably, they also offer many of the best solutions to our
most pressing
challenges.»
The AAAS Science & Technology
Policy Fellowships (STPF) is the premier opportunity for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first - hand about public policy while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today's most pressing societal chall
Policy Fellowships (STPF) is the premier opportunity for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first - hand about public
policy while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today's most pressing societal chall
policy while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today's
most pressing societal
challenges.
«The
most obvious
challenge, of course, is the sheer volume of data that could be created and the difficulties in managing, organizing and providing access to that data,» said Jerry Sheehan, assistant director for
policy development at the National Library of Medicine, an arm of the National Institutes of Health.
Through annual giving, members of this group foster community engagement in some of the
most pressing public
policy challenges while interacting with world leaders, national decision - makers and leading researchers.
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public
Policy and the Qatar Leadership Centre hosted a roundtable on February 15 - 16, 2017, in Doha, Qatar, to discuss some of the
most pressing
challenges facing market participants in the global energy landscape, with a focus on several issues of paramount interest to Qatar and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards turned out to be one of the
most politically charged in memory, with multiple winners taking the opportunity to
challenge President Trump's
policies.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said in a BBC interview that «leadership is absolutely critical» in addressing this issue, ad that behavior
policies can succeed «even in the
most challenging areas» if head teachers are willing to get involved.
It turns out that the
most significant
challenges that teachers report facing are systemic — number one being «state or district
policies that get in the way of teaching,» followed by, «constantly changing demands placed on teachers» and «constantly changing demands placed on students.»
In the International Education
Policy (IEP) Program, you will explore some of the
most challenging issues facing teachers and learners worldwide — how to educate students in refugee camps; how to improve girls education in Afghanistan; how to deliver effective HIV / AIDS education in Malawi; how to help young people develop the skills they need in the 21st century — and be constantly
challenged and asked, «What would you do?»
«I got to experience a variety of different
challenges, participate in nearly every higher education
policy debate, and craft new
policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found
most interesting.
Chicago has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the nation's
most thoughtful charter school authorizers, but Mayor Richard M. Daley's high - profile push to expand on that foundation is fraught with
challenges, a report from the Washington - based Progressive
Policy Institute contends.
«His objective and insightful reporting has highlighted the
most serious educational
challenges we face in elementary, secondary, and higher education, and has transformed the
policy debate on these issues.»
«I believe that students learn
most when they can see the relationship between education and issues they care about, and the capacity to solve problems is developed through exercise,» Reimers says, noting that students are invited to select
policy challenges that are relevant to them in an effort to help develop
policy analysis skills.
Question: Besides charter schools, what are the
most important education
policy challenges facing the Trump administration?
It said the
most important controllable factor was the quality of teaching, and described the
policy challenge as «focus first on quality of teachers and teaching».
First, the programs can be broad, aiming to incentivize
policy changes in multiple areas in one fell swoop, or narrowly focused on a specific
challenge facing
most school systems.
It is not only the regulatory environment that founders must directly
challenge, but the entire sweep of
policies, practices, and pedagogies, from federal law to local union contracts, from teacher preparation programs to the design of mainstream textbooks, that together define how
most public schools today function.
Choose from 13 yearlong intensive master's programs exploring the
most challenging and exciting questions in education research,
policy, and practice.
THP forums bring together key
policy makers, academic experts, and business leaders to discuss ways to address our nation's
most pressing economic
challenges.
By partnering with education and
policy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United S
policy leaders to help address their
most pressing
challenges, the Center for Education
Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United S
Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education
policy researchers across Harvard and around the United S
policy researchers across Harvard and around the United States.
Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the George W. Bush Institute is an action - oriented, nonpartisan
policy organization with the mission of cultivating leaders, advancing
policy, and taking action to solve today's
most pressing
challenges.
Most students who drop out of high school say they could have had success with more
challenging coursework and engaging classroom experiences, according to a report from Civic Enterprises, a Washington, D.C., an education
policy organization.
Most importantly, then, test results provide parents and teachers with vital information about student learning, and accountability
policies challenge districts and schools to meet individual student needs with effective teachers, strong curricula, choices for families and students, and break - the - mold interventions for failing schools.
Seniority, tenure, bumping rights, LIFO — all of these
policies make it easier for teachers to choose (and remain in) the schools they want and harder for administrators to assign them — especially the
most senior and likely
most effective among them — to schools where they might do more good in classrooms with more
challenging (but needier) kids.
Since building costs are often the biggest
challenge for schools, and the
most significant roadblock to new charter schools opening despite increasing demand, implementing
policies or programs to lessen those burdens would go a long way.