Sentences with phrase «national policy initiatives»

Recent national policy initiatives, such as implementation of Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and school leadership evaluation, have raised new questions about the future of public education.

Over the next few months, 11 faculty members will study four key national policy initiatives — including programs that provide universal coverage of preschool, early literacy instruction, and school initiated improvement — and facilitate interdisciplinary integration of different curriculum subjects using technology.

This is, she believes, the case with what is probably the most important and far - reaching national policy initiative ever taken, and one that she herself had high hopes for: the No Child Left Behind law, enacted in the administration of President George W. Bush, which essentially forced school systems across the country to teach to standardized tests in grades three through eight.

He served as the organization's President until 2012, when it merged with the Pew Charitable Trusts to launch a new national policy initiative.

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This study addresses the Atlantic Gateway initiative, and how it relates to Canada's global trading position as a national policy priority.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump celebrated the National Day of Prayer by announcing a White House initiative that he said would underpin policies recognizing the «vital role» of religion in the country.

Regardless of the approach taken, I agree with Blackman and Stark in that the ability of a state to capture federal tax dollars via creative state tax credit initiatives is almost certainly bad tax policy when viewed from the national perspective.

Consistent with our Mission and Values, and our long - standing policies and principles, Starbucks opposes any legislation or other similar policy initiatives at the municipal, state or national level that would have a discriminatory impact.

Through several public policy initiatives, NACO represents Angel asset class issues of national significance, assumes a leadership role in areas requiring national coordination and support, and promotes the Angel asset class to the general public in Canada and abroad.

For the record: the movement for Black lives (inclusive of all the various national & local orgs & grassroots movements) was accused of not having clear policy initiatives.

Adams's warning has gone unheeded, and McKinley's appeal to a long - standing national belief that America enjoys a special or «exceptionalist» destiny in the history of nations continues to lurk around the edges of many current foreign policy initiatives.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

At the launch of the initiative, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum creating the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to conduct a review of every single program and policy relating to child nutrition and physical activity and develop a national action plan to maximize federal resources and set concrete benchmarks toward the First Lady's national goal.

The current labeling and the use of nutrition and health claims are deceptive, make misleading comparisons to breastmilk and directly compete with breastfeeding, undermining national and regional breastfeeding policies and initiatives.

He said he wanted to see more spending on policy initiatives which promote «networks of human loyalty», including Mr Cameron's «national citizen service».

On the trip with Cuomo were: New York National Guard Director of Domestic Operations Col. Robert Mitchell, National Guard Logistics Officer Maj. Jim Green, state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Kevin Wisely, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo Counsel Alphonso David and Kamilah Smith, Cuomo's policy adviser for statewide initiatives.

At the main opposition National Democratic Congress» first National Conference of Ex-MMDCEs, Mr Mahama said: «It's like the government is just, as I said, «Governance - As - You - Go», ad hoc decisions, all the initiatives like free SHS, no policy guideline, and, as of...

The office recently launched a diversity initiative with Sens. Cory Booker and Brian Schatz, asking all of the Senate to use the «Rooney Rule,» a National Football League policy that requires the league's teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs.

The pledge card, which mirrors New Labour's initiative in 1997, will promise free party membership for trade unionists, the building of 1m new homes over the course of a parliament, an increase in the minimum wage funded by a cut in employers» national insurance, a cost - of - living test for every policy item and a cabinet minister to «take action for the consumer against rip - off companies».

The President of the National House of Chiefs also commended government for other initiatives such as the industrialization policy and the fight against corruption and environmental degradation.

This morning Mr Osborne dramatically attempted to seize the policy initiative on debate day with a plan to part - reverse a rise in National Insurance, planned by the government for April 2011.

The national identification scheme and the national digital address system are part of the special policy initiatives by the government to formalize the economy, broaden the tax base, in order to rake in more revenue to make up for the abolishment of several «nuisance» taxes.

«The economy has started responding to these policy initiatives of the government as evidenced in the improvement and stability of the naira exchange rate; increase in the country's foreign reserves and the recent announcement by the National Bureau of Statistics NBS that the country has officially come out of recession.

Annette Fredette, 4FRI planning team leader at the Forest Service's Flagstaff office, said forcing discussion among different interests throughout the National Environmental Policy Act process is «both the challenge and the value» of the initiative.

The KC initiative arose in response to a request from senior policy - makers and national program leaders from several developing countries.

This interagency effort was established in 1989 by presidential initiative to help inform national science policy.

«So to attribute this [gain] to any particular policy initiative, whether it's a federal policy, a state policy or a policy of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is very perilous,» he says.

Holdren walked through the policies and initiatives former President Barack Obama set into motion with his 2009 inaugural pledge to «restore science to its rightful place,» and laid out what is needed to preserve the capacity of science to advance «economic prosperity, public health, environmental sustainability and national security, among other laudable aims.»

The RAND Gun Policy in America initiative is intended to provide new nonpartisan information to national and local discussions about gun pPolicy in America initiative is intended to provide new nonpartisan information to national and local discussions about gun policypolicy.

Both initiatives are struggling with issues about data sharing and differences between national policies in ownership and property rights.

The first national organization committed exclusively to championing economic empowerment, financial education, asset development and financial stability for all persons with disabilities, NDI affects change through public education, policy development, training, technical assistance and innovative initiatives.

It is part of a national plant genome research initiative established by the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Dr. Bovenkamp oversees all of BrightFocus Foundation's research programs, serves as the scientific liaison for the organization in local, national, and international forums, and identifies and develops new research initiatives, partnerships, and funding policies consistent with the mission of BrightFocus.

Rita Colwell is Distinguished University Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland and served as Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1998 to 2004, where her policy approach enabled the NSF to establish support for major initiatives in many areas, including nanotechnology, biocomplexity, and information technology.

See https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/15/nanotechnology-inspired-grand-challenge-future-computing The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) states that, after considering over 100 responses to its June 17, 2015, request for information, it «is excited to announce the following grand challenge that addresses three Administration priorities — the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), and the BRAIN initiative.»

Her strengths are in developing and launching national inspiring, exciting, engaging integrative health educational programs rooted in policy initiatives and campaigns.

For ways students and teachers can help, check out two free online resources: The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning Schools, an initiative of the Healthy Schools Campaign's Green Clean Schools and the Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit, an initiative of the National Collaborative Work Group on Green Cleaning and Chemical Policy Reform in Schools.

«Food insecurity and the hunger crisis was much more widespread and posed a serious threat to national security and the economy,» says Matt Sharp, senior advocate for the California Food Policy Advocates, a public policy organization focused on antipoverty initiaPolicy Advocates, a public policy organization focused on antipoverty initiapolicy organization focused on antipoverty initiatives.

, a national initiative advancing state policies that create a high - quality learning environments, profiles 12 states that have introduced elements of such legislation so far.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

The Washington Post reported last week that he will be tapped by the Office of National Drug Control Policy to head the Administration's «weed and seed» initiative.

And substantial percentages remain undecided about charter schools and other reform initiatives, suggesting that the current national debate over school policy has the potential to sway public opinion in one direction or another.

What is often missing from the national discussion about early learning is how, exactly, we are to enhance the capacity of the adults whose everyday work is to put initiatives and policies into action,» Jones said.

Thanks to these various initiatives and to the educational policies which had a great success, the National Literacy Survey carried out in 1994, indicated that 75.6 % of adults were literate, with 81.3 % of female and 69.4 % of male.

In response to the need to bring nationwide attention to the problem of chronic school absenteeism, Attendance Works was established as a national and state initiative in 2010 to promote better policy and practice around school attendance.

Policies and initiatives at the national, regional and local levels support schools and teacher preparation programs in the effective implementation of technology for achieving curriculum and learning technology (ICT) standards.

In fact, the Common Core isn't a national policy, though the federal Race to the Top initiative did provide encouragement and funding to states that adopted the standards.

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Finally, these trends will be provided to policy makers in a «State of the Nation» report about the real, but often hidden, costs and benefits of initiatives such as the introduction of a national curriculum and changes to national testing and accountability requirements.

Policies and initiatives at the national, regional and local levels to support schools and teacher preparation programs in the effective implementation of technology for achieving curriculum and learning technology standards