Sentences with phrase «other public policymakers»

«CDF documents liberate me from the confines of static depictions of models when creating interactive presentations of my hurricane insurance research for legislators and other public policymakers,» said Seth J. Chandler, Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center.

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The Housing Market Recovery tool is part of the New York Fed's continued commitment to provide policymakers, the public and other stakeholders useful information about the region.

Our work is shared with policymakers, other researchers, and the public.

«Although there will still be significant gaps in the available information about the outside activities of lawmakers and other officials, this database will ensure that going forward the public, the media, and policymakers will be better able to discern whether an officeholder or their business partners are representing clients with state business before state agencies, an important part of the overall picture.»

The fellowship trains 15 mid-career scientists each year to lead high - impact science communication and engagement, increase confidence in their skills, develop relationships with policymakers and other audiences, and build capacity for more scientists to engage with public audiences.

The committee reviews the Association's public policy activities, alerts AAAS to S&T policy issues that its members see coming over the horizon, oversees the annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy as well as the annual AAAS reports on federally supported R&D, and sponsors other activities such as symposia and workshops at the AAAS Annual Meeting to help scientists and engineers communicate more effectively with policymakers.

Hunt and other scientists hope their research will catch the attention of the public even more so than industry or policymakers.

«As the AAAS Council stated in 2006: Censorship, intimidation, or other restriction on the freedom of scientists employed or funded by governmental organizations to communicate their unclassified scientific findings and assessments not only to each other but also to policymakers and to the public is inimical to the advance of science and its appropriate application in the policy domain.»

And we need to speak the same language when scientists are talking to the public, or when they're talking to funders and policymakers, or even when they're talking to each other.

Many other issues — from climate change to nuclear power to using «smart» electricity grids — also require accurate, understandable scientific communication so that policymakers and the general public can make informed decisions.

The key difference is this: Dr. Soon's work is a platform for The Heartland Institute and other political entities to lie and confuse the public and policymakers alike about the seriousness of global warming, funded exclusively by dirty energy interests.

We work through partnerships in both the public and private sectors, with individuals, research organizations, academic institutions, funders, policymakers and others around the world to make progress in TB vaccine research.

In collaboration with researchers, governments, industries, non-governmental organizations, policymakers and others, the Project will work to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of synthetic biology, explore public perceptions towards the field, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation.

The findings «highlight the urgency of educating the public, policymakers and health care professionals about high - risk drinking and alcohol use disorder, destigmatizing these conditions, and encouraging those who can not reduce their alcohol consumption on their own — despite substantial harm to themselves and others — to seek treatment,» Grant and her colleagues concluded.

Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis on American precollegiate education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the general public.

In other cases, it has involved turning elements of civil society and the private economy into arms of government policy — by requiring compliance with policy goals that are foreign to many civil - society institutions or consolidating key sectors of the economy and offering protection to large corporations willing to act as public utilities or to advance policymakers» priorities.

Policymakers» focus on other options is one reason public schools are not improving, Mr Rose contended...

Being able to draw in parents, the public, policymakers, and others who are interested in education, we need something to be able to say, «This particular school is high - performing or not a high - performing school,» and then provide additional information that supports that letter grade.

Among other things, he wrote, «It's probably time for education reformers and policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.»

In a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators, policymakers and others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school education.

We continuously study priority issues, inform the public and policymakers and engage citizens, business leaders, families, students, and others in a shared mission to move Kentucky to the top tier of all states for education success.

The result is a provocative proposal for teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, and others to consider as they contemplate the future of public education in the United States.

Finally, it is possible that if researchers and policymakers were to begin an in - depth examination of where child maltreatment (including by other students) and educator misconduct of all kinds occurs more according to school type — public schooling, private schooling, or homeschooling — they might find that a higher rate of harm is associated with institutional schooling.

No single assessment or piece of student work can provide the robust information needed to inform teaching, learning, and supports, as well as public accountability and continuous improvement of education systems through families, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

Today, we focus on informing the public and policymakers, studying priority issues, and engaging business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity from the earliest years through postsecondary education.

In this report, we offer a number of recommendations for policymakers, school officials, local community members, parents, and others dealing with demographic transformation and the persisting segregation of public schools: Creating Awareness

Michigan's Children is a statewide, multi-issue, independent, broad - based advocacy group which works with policymakers, communities, other organizations and the public to improve the quality of life for children and their families.

For more than a decade, the debate over public school reform has created friction between teachers unions, administrators, school boards, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders in public education and has fueled disagreements over how to improve the quality of teaching and learning for children.

It is a product of the education reform industry that is set on convincing policymakers and the public that our nation's public education system is broken, that our public school teachers are bad and that the answer is more standardized testing and diverting scarce public funds to charter schools and other privatization efforts.

Our goal is to create a one - stop resource for information for policymakers, thought leaders, practitioners, the media, and others who care deeply about the state of public education and the impact of that system on students, families, and communities.

If whole language advocates were willing to play by the rules of external accountability, to assert that students who experience good instruction based upon solid principles of progressive pedagogy will perform well on standardized tests and other standards of performance, they would stand a better chance of gaining a sympathetic ear with the public and with policymakers.

The combination of decreasing public funding for higher education, spiking tuition rates and the rise of for - profit colleges «should cause policymakers to give people back the ability to have bankruptcy courts treat their student debts like any other debt,» Kelleher said.

Opponents of these programs, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the American Bird Conservancy, and others, have for years misrepresented the science and used scaremongering in their attempt to influence policymakers and the public.

With every assessment the group publishes four technical reports, each thousands of pages long — one on the basic science, and others on climate impacts and how to adapt to them, ways to curb emissions, and a synthesis of all the findings — as well as a 20 - page summary for policymakers that covers the material most relevant to world leaders and the public.

Dutifully, the professor reports his findings to other academics, policymakers, and the public.

His talk presents the interpretation of the science in the context of a policymaker concerned about the public's interests, in contrast to the tendency of scientists to generally not want to say something assertive until we have two - standard deviations of significance (so 20 to 1 odds in our favor, and, even more than that, because we also want two standard deviations of significance that no other explanation is possible, so another 20 to 1 odds in our favor).

Our models can become «seductive simulations,» as sociologist of science Myanna Lahsen put it, [3] with the modelers, other scientists, the public, and policymakers easily forgetting that the models are not reality but must be tested by it.

Geoengineering, in other words, can be viewed by civil society organizations as a strategic opening, as a way to bring home the horrors of climate change to policymakers and the public.

According to Kelly Sims of Ozone Action, «Efforts by Fred Singer and others to cast doubt on the most thorough, sophisticated and internationally - based consensus on climate change is part of a well - coordinated plan to mislead the public and policymakers.»

But, with the help of the Rose article and others like it, the public and policymaker perception will increasingly be, «What's the point, there ain't no stinkin» warming!»

Intended as a climate change preparedness resource for planners, policymakers, and the public, the 600 - page «ClimAID» report, written by scientists from Cornell University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York, says New Yorkers should begin preparing for hotter summers, snowier winters, severe floods, and a range of other effects on the environment, communities, and human health.

Among other contributions, Susan led the creation of a 100 - page Highlights document designed to inform policymakers and the public of the impacts of climate change.

We support educating the public and policymakers in government and industry about the harmful human health effects of global climate change, and about the immediate and long - term health benefits associated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., heat - trapping pollution) and taking other preventive and protective measures that contribute to sustainability.

Much of her work has focused on public policy issues, and she has made numerous presentations to judges, legislators, and other policymakers.

It's students — and churchgoers, concertgoers, and other victims of gun violence — who suffer while policymakers stumble in the dark, beholden to the money the gun industry uses to influence public opinion.

These leaders are tasked with explaining the economic benefits of early learning to policymakers and other business leaders and advocating for public sector investment in quality early learning.

NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol - related problems by: Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol - related issues; Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol - related work; and, Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.