Sentences with phrase «of policy talk»

After the third person inquired into my reason for being there, I began to wonder «Why in the hell am I sitting through hours of policy talk?»

Around the time of the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983, teacher quality and preparation entered the spotlight of policy talk and have since received significant political attention (Lewis & Young, 2013).

Teachers often complain that we are left out of the policy talks.

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If she were to write the Democrats» autopsy for 2016 - and she'll have a hand in it as one of the newly elected co-chairs of the House Democrats» policy and messaging arm - she says her message would be to «not only talk about jobs and the economy, but do something about it.»

Carr says the Liberals are returning to «co-operative federalism» and a hands - on approach: «It's not possible to consider major national projects and a nation building policy if you don't have all levels of governments talking to each other.»

«To be clear: our Syria policy was not a part of these talks, and reports to the contrary are false.»

Perhaps company policies could include 45 - minute lunch breaks, since American researchers found that this length of time spent in substantive conversation — not small talk — fosters a sense of closeness between mere acquaintances.

Ned Price, spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, denied that US policy on Syria was a part of the Iran nuclear talks.

CNBC's Kelly Evans sits down with billionaire investor Paul Singer of Elliott Management to talk about central bank policy, interest rates and gold.

This is because the way that Brexit talks have been planned is actually denying the chances of a successful outcome, DeAnne Julius, founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said in an exclusive interview.

Some of the lawmakers who won't attend will instead host an alternative State of the Union — a meeting «to talk about our opposition to these racist policies that are being put out of the White House and to make sure we put out our own aggressive vision of what our America looks like as we take it back,» according to Jayapal.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty first commissioned his own study, authored by University of Calgary tax - policy expert Jack Mintz, then in March initiated a public consultation process, by which time talk of a government - run supplemental pension plan, whether regional or national, began to fade.

After Trump was elected, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved their Doomsday Clock closer to «midnight,» saying his election brought the world closer to the apocalypse due to Trump's «casual talk about nuclear weapons,» as well as his environmental policies.

The tariff talk out of Washington is not an escalation of a trade war, it is about correcting lopsided policies, said Larry Lindsey, who served a top economic advisor to President George W. Bush.

Written by Philip Auerswald, a professor of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy is due out in April, but you can get a taste of Auerswald's most optimistic take on the entrepreneurship and global economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmakers.

Lots of people are talking about a study put out this morning by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives about how the average Canadian CEO will earn as much by lunchtime today as the average Canadian does in a year.

A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

We've been talking about our open - ended PTO policy for a while, and whenever we do, the same questions arise: Don't employees take advantage of the company by taking too much time off, damaging business results?

While Bush's business - themed policy proposals will likely offer a mixture of traditionally Republican tax cuts and so - called trickle down economics, he's likely to define his views on how to support the middle class, lift up the lowest wage workers, and close the income gap, which would continue on the themes he started talking about earlier this year.

John Hughes, vice president of Albright Stonebridge, and Joe Cardona, journalist and documentary filmmaker, talk about President Trump's Cuba policy ahead of his remarks in Miami.

Arne Sorenson, Marriott CEO, talks about the impact of Trump's policies on his business, how a strong dollar will impact travelers, and the state of the U.S. economy.

Jonathan Tisch, chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and co-owner of the New York Giants, said Monday he's worried President Donald Trump's immigration policies and tough talk about homeland security send a message of exclusivity to the world.

But for all the talk about how Donald Trump is bucking Republican orthodoxy, his actual policy proposals are not only very similar to what the Republicans have been proposing for years, they very much support the interests of those we typically associate with the Republican establishment.

«It's both defensive and offensive,» Devi Keller, director of global policy for the Semiconductor Industry Association, said of the industry's position on the new talks.

Wall Street has reacted sharply to Donald Trump's talk of tougher policies on China, and Chief Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow's assurance that the U.S. is not entering a trade war.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, right, talks to Adolofo, center, Miranda and Emilio Martinez, as Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, D - Ill., listens, before the start of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 14, 2015, on the House Republican's immigration policies.

Cheon Seong - Whun of The Asan Institute for Policy Studies says denuclearization is too vague of a concept in Korean Peninsula talks and the focus should turn to nuclear «dismantlement» for Pyongyang.

The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.

The unravelling of the German talks came as a surprise since the main sticking points - immigration and climate policy - were not seen as FDP signature issues.

Nargolwala, who became chairman of the compensation committee in April, said the bank decided to simplify its compensation policy after talks with investors.

Talks will take place in the «coming weeks» about a transition deal, which Verhofstadt believes will be a «continuation of the existing rules, the existing policies, without [the UK] having a say» because Britain will no longer be a member of the European Parliament, adding that the EU is not against a transition period.

Even if following through on this promise is more difficult than Trump admits because of the First Amendment (as I explained in a recent post), the fact that he even talks about such policies and is cheered by his adoring fans for doing so is disturbing.

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R - Texas, talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017.

«If you aren't talking with your employees about pay, chances are that they're talking to each other and creating their own story of what [the company's] compensation policy is,» said Bach.

While I agree that it's important to enact policies with a goal of achieving the «greatest change,» talking to my daughter about the issues important to her also taught me that we — men, especially — should pull up a chair and hear out what changes are needed prior to taking action.

But the kind of whole life policies I'm talking about differ in two critical ways from the kind most financial advisors know about:

On Wednesday, following two days of talks, the Fed will release updated economic forecasts, a «dot plot» of the projected path of rates, and a policy statement at 2 p.m., all capped off by a press conference by Yellen at 2:30 p.m..

As we crafted policy in this space, we talked to worker advocates, innovative businesses, and legal experts with the goal of raising wages and standards for independent contractors broadly, providing these workers universally needed benefits as well as a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companies.

Our foreign and economic ministers were blindsided by Mr. Trump's signing of executive orders to move ahead with building a wall and adopting anti-immigrant policies on the same day the ministers arrived in Washington, where they faced a very inauspicious atmosphere for talks.

* GOLD: Gold prices rose for a second session on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady as expected at the end of a two - day policy meeting, while investors awaited U.S. - China trade talks.

While the government's policies have remained opaque, officials with the Russian Central Bank have talked about blocking the access of people inside the country to virtual currency websites, and Mr. Putin has pointed out the many potential illegal uses of the technology.

He talks to Greg about austerity in Ireland, how US economic policy has affected Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world as well as how the various political parties in Ireland have mishandled the economic crisis.

So, I would like to start by talking about the Asian and global financial crises and the policy / regulatory responses intended to reduce the risk and damage of future crises.

Results of the survey come as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne continues efforts to ward off «Buy America» talk in the U.S. — such a policy comes into effect in New York as of April 1 — while boosting trade relations south of the border.

This allowed the European Central Bank to start talking about tapering its Quantitative Easing, and inertia in Washington dashed hopes of progrowth fiscal policy.

«Some additional market - disruptive policy moves regarding U.S. - China trade seem likely,» Goldman's Alec Phillips wrote in the research note, which played down the odds of success in this week's talks.

The pattern on trade policy through the first 14 months of the Trump administration has been to pair blustery talk — about pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, for example — with more modest policy actions and negotiations that may avert real economic damage.

The pharmaceutical industry is typically reluctant to talk about U.S. drug prices, generally the highest in the world due to a combination of market fragmentation and free market policies.

A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China's economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two days of talks, though a package of short - term Chinese measures could delay Washington's decision to impose tariffs on about $ 50 billion worth of Chinese exports.

Talk of economic collapse in the popular media could itself cause stocks to sell off, undermine analyst's recommendations, and force politicians to admit their policies aren't working.