Sentences with phrase «national consensus on»

We argue that there is a need for a national consensus on federal actions for obesity prevention.

It reflects an emerging national consensus on the importance of studying teachers» work before giving job security or raises, said Timothy Daly, president of the New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that published a report last year calling attention to weaknesses in teacher evaluation systems.

The lack of national consensus on NASA's most publicly visible human spaceflight goal along with budget uncertainty has undermined the agency's ability to guide program planning and allocate funding.»

Its main message is that the lack of «a national consensus on strategic goals and objectives» has set NASA adrift and is preventing the agency from forging a clear path ahead.

«If the government is genuinely concerned to build a national consensus on counter-terrorism policy, it should drop this ill - conceived proposal and work with us and others to identify better ways of ensuring terrorism suspects are successfully prosecuted,» Mr Dismore added.

«In 1999 when the then President Obasanjo was elected on a national consensus on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there were a lot of expectations from Nigerians, haven come out of a dictatorship from the hands of the military.

The school's continuing students in a drama show called for national consensus on the successful implementation of the free SHS policy.

The national consensus on the need to reduce federal and provincial deficits and to establish a more competitive fiscal framework;

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«There» s an emerging consensus that we can't build a recovery on poverty wage jobs, and these are the fastest growing jobs in the economy,» says Paul Sonn, legal co-director for the National Employment Law Project.

The CD Howe Business Cycle Council (of which I'm a member) is based on a collective consensus, which is also the technique used by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jacobs: We've started to see the conversation around criminal justice change from what it had been forever, but do you think that change needs to happen on the local and state level first before we get to a national consensus?

One of the genuinely unique policy ideas Donald Trump has brought to the national stage is a deep skepticism of the once - bipartisan consensus on free trade.

But if neither one can garner a majority on the first few ballots, Ryan could easily get drafted as a consensus alternative with national campaign experience and a deep well of respect within the party.

Professor Woo, President of the newly established Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, talks about the watershed moment in the country's recent economic history and argues for a bi-partisan consensus around «an inclusive national development» plan as the only way forward.

The headline on the Chicago National Activity Index (CFNAI) a composite measure that closely tracks real U.S. GDP — thus it is a coincident economic indicator — came in at -0.46 (consensus was 0.00) and the prior monthly reading was at -0.25.

Faced with conflicting interpretations based on religious premises, national leaders can readily turn to other arguments on which there is greater consensus.

The research continued, and in May 1982 the National Institute of Mental Health released the findings of a ten - year follow - up to the surgeon general's 1972 study: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

Power in the national state rests on public opinion — or on «consensus» as one head of state prefers to call it.

On the other hand, pluralistic societies are defined as having «one or more relatively distinct subcultures, but their value systems are compatible with the national political consensus» (ibid., p. 16).

While a small group of conservative evangelical leaders — including Samaritan's Purse's Franklin Graham, the National Religious Broadcasters» Jerry Johnson, and the American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow — have spoken out in defense of Trump's plan, the open letter in the Post further cemented the growing consensus among evangelical experts that Trump's executive order on refugees is unnecessary and harmful.

But research continued, and in May of 1982, the National Institute for Mental Health released the findings of a 10 - year follow up on the Surgeon General «s 1972 Study entitled Television and Behavior: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

CSPI supports the recently passed federal law for mandatory disclosure of GMOs, and believes there should be a national standard for non-GMO labeling enforced by the USDA and not a consensus - based standard such as the Non-GMO Project Verified seal seen on many labels.

Consideration for any new national regulation was brought to a close on 19 December 2014, on the basis that no consensus had been reached on the ten options analysed in the Decision RIS.

And, given the severely fractured status of the conservative movement in America, it will be hard for any candidate — Trump or otherwise — to appeal to a national constituency that seems to lack any consensus on what it means to even be «conservative.»

Britain's pragmatic consensus on cutting military spending reflects the weakening of Britain's national spirit, a defence campaigner has claimed.

Washington (CNN)- The chief spokesman for the National Rifle Association is expected to get an invitation any day now to sit down at the Justice Department for talks aimed at reaching a consensus on new gun control legislation.

«I think for once it would be good for politicians to put their party politics in the bin and actually focus on the national interest where there is consensus.

A summary of the RCP's submission to the Future Forum workstream on information: · The development of evidence and consensus - based national standards for electronic records is essential.

Osinbajo, had in an interview on Tuesday said, «If you recall when I was Acting President, I signed the 2017 budget and, at that time, I made the announcement with the full consensus of the National Assembly that, from 2018, we are going to have a budget that is going to apply in January and end in December the normal financial year.

The study focused on 26 common, low - value services from various sources, including the Choosing Wisely campaign, national guidelines, peer - reviewed literature and professional consensus.

«It must be close to unique to have so much information and so little consensus on what the questions should be,» echoes Joseph Orenstein, an experimenter at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The research may be confusing to a layperson, yet some consensus has been reached: Last November a panel sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) determined that there was at least «some concern» about BPA's effect on the fetal and infant brain.

As at previous population conferences in 1974 and 1984, national delegates will spend the best part of ten days trying to reach consensus on a programme of action to improve access to contraception for women in developing countries and Eastern Europe.

An example would be that the restriction on coal production at 3.9 billion metric tons in the period 2011 to 2015 was set after the China National Coal Association, which comprises state coal producers such as Shenhua Group, Datong Coal Mine Group and Yanzhou Mining Group, reached consensus.

The conclusions in this statement reflect the scientific consensus represented by, for example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the joint National Academies» statement.

By contrast, a proliferation of pilot schemes, such as the Shanghai Free Trade Zone trumpeted as a laboratory for sweeping financial market reforms, could signal a lack of political consensus to roll out the changes on a national scale.

This group served as the national coordinator of the standards - development process as well as an impartial organization to approve national consensus standards and halt user confusion on acceptability.

While such longitudinal studies are important, it's important to remember that the field is still young, with no consensus on the best tools to look for early signs of damage, said Michael Hutchison, a neuroscientist who directs a concussion program at the University of Toronto and consults for the National Hockey League Players» Association.

National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach pNational Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach pnational priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach pnational consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach pnational goals through education and outreach programs.

... There is a clear need to reach consensus on how to carry out LCAs on biofuels, driven by national and international legislation which include GHG emission reduction goals.

However, there is consensus among three key federally funded agencies (What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center for Reading Research), as well as several peer - reviewed journal articles that review research on education products, that Accelerated Reader has met high standards of scientific rigor with positive effects and no contrary evidence.

Wrapping these ideologically charged reforms into an expert national «consensus,» though, forces those who have concerns about these strategies to look askance at the SEL agenda — when it might instead make clear that there's room in the SEL coalition for those with diverse views on school discipline and instructional practice.

The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available.»

Citing the research, and the exciting work being done by school library practitioners in realizing the vision of the new school library learning commons, the expert panel recommended that «the Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) commission a pan-Canadian assessment engaging the full range of stakeholders, to bring forward a clear and prescriptive set of directives to frame a national policy consensus on the most appropriate model for school libraries / learning commons to maximize their contribution to the K - 12 experience and its learning outcomes.»

The expert panel made a call for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) to frame a national policy consensus on the most appropriate model for school library / learning commons, and for provincial ministries of education to provide sustainable funding for such a model.

Achieving those results, however, will require the support of higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state level.

Washington, DC — The National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD) and our partners are disappointed by Secretary of the Department of Education (DOE) Betsy DeVos» decision to eliminate funding for the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities (ODEO) grant program — denying parents and students an opportunity to reach a community consensus on the best methods of socioeconomic integration in isolated, struggling schools.

Members of the National Forum have struggled with the many nuances of ability grouping and have come to consensus on a statement of policy.

The cognitive principles of learning are based on reports from (a) the National Academy of Sciences, 1 (b) a practice guide for teachers by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education on Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, 2 (c) and a joint initiative between the Association of Psychological Sciences and the American Psychological Association on Lifelong Learning at Work and at Home.3 The recommendations here reflect the wisdom of these reports, which are based on scientific evidence, rather than being consensus opinions of experts.

The nonprofit National Center for Science Education said most science teachers understand the scientific consensus on climate change, according to a national study conducted in 2014 - 2015 by the center and Pennsylvania State University reseNational Center for Science Education said most science teachers understand the scientific consensus on climate change, according to a national study conducted in 2014 - 2015 by the center and Pennsylvania State University resenational study conducted in 2014 - 2015 by the center and Pennsylvania State University researchers.