Sentences with phrase «out of policy debates»

There was a notable lack of details in this morning's Times story, in which Klein said «some type» of coalition government would take the politics out of policy debates and end the «constant hyperpartisan bickering» in the chamber.

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Recently this debate has played out in the pages of the Wall Street Journal with Neel Kashkari and John Taylor exchanging op - eds on the virtues of rules - based policy.

But the paperwork has been dusted off in recent months as policy - makers debate whether this old deal — despite its imperfections — might be awakened from its quarter - century coma should Trump pull America out of NAFTA.

More recently, Harper has tried to stake out the middle ground in the health care debate, advancing a policy that not only mimics the Liberals» stance, but goes beyond the governing party's plans in terms of expanding the publicly funded system.

By STANDARD SHAEFER (Interview with Michael Hudson, author of Super Imperialism, Pluto Press, 2003) Now that even the LA Times has begun to show a modicum of willingness to discuss US foreign policy in terms of a potential imperialism, it has become clear that those on the right have avoided this debate so far only by sticking to the strictest, most out - dated notion of empire.

And while I didn't think the administration's policy was very smart on that — I'd been on the losing side in the internal debate — this was the administration's policy and I was coming out of the administration.

Because Mr. Colson is prominent in this debate, it is important to point out where I think he is wrong, both in terms of policy and philosophy.

The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy debates the question, «Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?»

The Austrian delegation, in General Assembly debate in December 1963 pointedly complained at the American policy of keeping communications satellites out of the UN purview:

The difficulty of the paradigm, of course, is that it lifts media policy out of a mere bureaucratic administration into a broader dimension of cultural debate: what sort of symbolic environment do we have, what sort of symbolic environment do we want, and what is the role of the media in our collective effort to deal with our human potential for violence?

It consequently got lost in policy jargon, a style of politics which turns the public off and sucks the passion out of any debate.

Not only that, but this issue should be one of the major policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).

Douglas Alexander made some similar - ish points at the General Election of 2010 book launch, from a «debates good and here to stay, but need to avoid squeezing out policy scrutiny».

It is understood that his approach to and understanding of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative policies in the year made him stand out among his peers.

Eventually those patents were sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media for a hefty sum, allowing Samuels to use his windfall to run for office, flirt with running for office, and help shape the debate from the left by speaking out on issues and challenging candidates to adopt policies he advocates for.

The three candidates battled it out in the final general election debate on Wednesday, with plenty of jabs over policy to go around.

The prime minister Gordon Brown has set out his plans for reform, unveiling a list of bills and policies for consultation and debate.

Much of the debate focused on the new national policy statements, which will lay out the government's plans to develop what Mr Healey called «essential infrastructure development».

Possibly riding high on the relief — rather than out - and - out joy — of winning an important symbolic vote this morning when a motion was put to the conference hall on continuing the coalition's economic policies was carried, a debate where the Lib Dem leader himself summed up, he continued to push coalition strength and struggle over capitulating to his party's leftwing.

Three points stand out: the parliamentary process which led to the defeat, the influence of the Iraq War, and the debate this now creates about the direction of British policy.

Much of the early debate about Britain's coming in - out referendum on the European Union has concerned the operation of these rules: the wording of the question on the ballot paper, campaign spending limits and the extent to which David Cameron and his ministers should go into policy - purdah in the final weeks.

E.J. McMahon, research director for Empire Center for Public Policy, said he believes the debate over the millionaires» tax has gained the most attention out of the executive budget.

«The NDC has run out of the arguments, they can not win the policy debate so they are resorting to tribalism, they want to divide this country.

Conservatives MPs have camped out for four days in parliament to force a debate on radical right - wing policies, including a ban on the burka in public, the privatisation of the BBC and bringing back the death penalty.

Bill Weihl, Google's «clean energy czar,» said his company undertook the study out of a combination of self - interest, commitment to cleaner energy, and frustration with a national energy policy debate that seems to ask a lot of wrong questions.

In terms of how probable each of those is, there's a lot of debate, but in terms of actually making policy, you have to look at all possibilities and figure out possible actions you could take to limit the damage from climate change.

Find a debate of mutual interest then get ready to put your intellectual and government policy hat on for a riveting exchange of views... or just walk out shaking your head in the most stereotypically British manner you can muster.

Anyone participating in the education policy debate for five years or more probably staked out their position on the use of value - added (or student achievement growth) in teacher evaluations long ago.

For example, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study of how the Common Core debate is playing out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «political language» in their tPolicy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study of how the Common Core debate is playing out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «political language» in their tpolicy points while opponents use «political language» in their tweets.

It's become a familiar sight for education policy mavens this election season: panel discussions, in Washington and elsewhere, hashing out the presumptive presidential nominees» differences on performance pay for teachers, private school vouchers, and other reliable topics of debate.

I (along with co-authors Greg Forster and Marcus Winters) understood that the particular evidence we were citing would soon enough be out of date, but we hoped that our approach to using rigorous evidence could serve as a model for future policy debates.

For all of this year's debate about the future of testing, accountability, and other policy issues around the No Child Left Behind Act, virtually no one has brought up the question of how best to give out billions of dollars a year under the law.

They articulated a vision, planned curriculum, designed assessment rubrics, debated discipline policies, and even hammered out daily schedules using the sort of networking tools — messaging, file swapping, idea sharing, and blogging — that kids love.

These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.

The site will cover all aspects of education in the United States — from the policy debate that will play out in the presidential election to the day - to - day human stories of school superintendents, teachers, parents and kids on the front lines in our nation's schools.

For better or worse, those people have mostly been left out of the headlines, the reform initiatives, the policy debates, and the performance indicators.

Because the new policy was tucked into the state budget, it came with no stand - alone legislation, meaning it emerged from the General Assembly with a minimum of public scrutiny and debate, critics point out.

Carson, 39, wants to offer students that opportunity in a school, scheduled to open in 2016, where every classroom is filled with teachers who share a common goal and who keep often - bitter debates over education policy out of the building.

Anti-testing sentiments, reflected in these debates, have given rise to the «Opt - out Movement» in which students opt not to take required assessments (see sidebar The Opt - out Movement) and policy debates regarding caps on time in testing, including a call from the Obama administration to cap testing to no more than 2 percent of instructional time.26

The study is a report on China's sometimes - contentious debates and discussions of the issue, an account that hopes to convey something of their extent, complexity, and flavor while China works out its Arctic policy and prepares for its future position in and regarding the Arctic.

As debates over national and global climate and energy policy continue to drag out, there's been an intensifying exploration of climate miscommunication among those seeking concrete actions that will make a noticeable difference in the atmosphere someday.

Other countries might counter these of course, but the information needs to be out there and debated, as presently we are being forcibly enrolled in a giant social enterprise into which we currently have no input because, as you say, all three major political parties in the UK are all on board with the IPCC policy.

Clarify Consequences: May I encourage challenging all those in the climate / energy debate to clearly lay out the consequences of each and every policy option with sufficient detail for societal consequences to be quantified — both human and economic.

The way I see it, as the co-founding journalist of Climate Change National Forum, both the scientific and values conversations need to be fleshed out before the debate on the policy implications on all this stuff can begin.

In turn, far from being out of bounds, the unresolved question of climate change's economic and social effects should be central to a reasoned policy debate.

In the midst of the «mad crowd» in New York City attending the People's Climate March, sober people are trying to figure out ways to broaden the policy debate on climate change and do a better job of characterizing the uncertainty of climate change (both the science itself and the media portrayal of the science).

«In the midst of the «mad crowd» in New York City attending the People's Climate March, sober people are trying to figure out ways to broaden the policy debate....»

We would like now to explain in greater detail why taking the ethical reasons for support of climate change policies off the table in the debate about climate change is tantamount to a soccer team unilaterally taking the goalie out of the net.

And finally I'm hoping to possibly have an impact on the policy dialogue in terms of throwing new ideas out and trying to open up the debate on both the science and the policy options.

While Washington debates about whether to get serious on our climate and energy policies, Beijing this week released China's five - year energy development plan, laying out an ambitious «all of the above» strategy that where lacking in specifics more than makes up for in vision (the plan, in Chinese; and Google translated).