Sentences with phrase «new policy experiments»

The variation in union strength identified in recent literature, the new policy experiments occurring in states across the country, and the sheer availability of large administrative datasets that link individual students to teachers in school across the country now allow a new field of highly focused questions that link educational outcomes to rules, regulations and conditions directly attributable to union efforts.

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After witnessing unconventional monetary policies push financial markets to new heights, investors seem to be losing faith in this grand experiment.

The policy experiment is to change the combined CIT rate, see what effect it has on the tax base, apply the (new) federal rate and the (old) provincial rates and compare the result to the base case.

These new trends haven't gone unnoticed, with many of these sectors starting to perform well when the Fed officially ended its bond - buying program last October, marking the end of an extraordinary monetary - policy experiment.

With 16 million people out of work, editors declared Roosevelt's «readiness to experiment with new policies his greatest asset and the nation's greatest ground of hope» (March 1, 1933).

Like in the past, new policy innovations are currently being explored to find new ways to deal with the social pressure resulting from the increasing obsolescence of manual labour, as can be seen in the experimenting with Universal Basic Income in Finland.

It also kept an open mind about experiments in a liberal approach to cannabis in Washington, Colorado and Uruguay, where it says it is «too early to know how they will play out but we will monitor the impacts of these new policies in the years to come».

[45] He wrote on his blog, «I spend my days experimenting with new ways to get progressive policies enacted and progressive politicians elected.»

The American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation's brand - new experiment in applying Digg - like principles to health care reform is interesting because of where the organization fits into the Washington universe.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said the new policy didn't represent a significant shift, since the NIH has continued to assess and fund some gain - of - function experiments even during the moratorium.

The tide is already turning in some parts of the world, with Finland minimising drug use and New York experimenting with such a policy.

As a more ultimate solution, Serrouya and colleagues used a new government policy and treated it as an experiment, to maximize learning.

But NIAID soon stepped back with a 30 October letter explaining that scientists should work with contracting officers to decide whether their experiments fall under the new policy.

Recently, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) conducted a policy experiment to test whether merit pay given to all teachers at an effective school could increase student achievement.

Five - plus years into the experiment with new «college - and career - ready standards» (of which Common Core is the most notable and most controversial example), we know little about teachers» implementation and the ways policy can support that implementation.

Because the public pays little attention in general to policy issues, the experiments and the timing of the survey provided an avenue for assessing how people update their views when presented with new information.

Assessing the effects of this policy experiment involves comparing the effectiveness of New Orleans schools before and after the reforms.

We experiment with new policies, and the content of those new policies remembers the value of our innovative, creative spirit.

Districts from Los Angeles to New York City are experimenting with new policies designed to eliminate zero - tolerance discipliNew York City are experimenting with new policies designed to eliminate zero - tolerance disciplinew policies designed to eliminate zero - tolerance discipline.

Moreover, the current policy environment makes it tough for schools to experiment with new practices.

It is telling that the judge characterizes New Mexico's system as a «policy experiment» and says that it seems to be a «Beta test where teachers bear the burden for its uneven and inconsistent application.

And so the argument goes, crudely speaking: Reformers want to try new things, while traditional educators and unions say trying out untested policies on students would be tantamount to making schoolchildren guinea pigs in an experiment.

«Library lending encourages people to experiment with new authors, topics and genres — which is good for the entire reading and publishing ecosystem,» Carrie Russell, director of the ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy, said.

There are hosts of experiments under way, some, like a Green Mobility Network around Miami, Florida, driven by communities, others by elected officials (e.g., London's congestion pricing and New York City's babysteps toward such a policy).

Policy rarely advances in such giant steps, particularly when one «piece» of that story is creating a whole new currency (carbon) that is only in its infancy in the state and regional experiments.

As these smaller successes are achieved, we not only gain more time to deal with the bigger policy challenges, but also start to rebuild networks of trust and cooperation while experimenting with new solutions and technologies.

The low prices plus Amazon's good return policy means that this is probably a good place to experiment with some new looks without breaking the bank.

While businesses, citizens, and new technology companies are experimenting with this technology and making it more usable and accessible, policy makers have a role to play as well.