Sentences with phrase «place some policy development»

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Megan Randall, a researcher at the Urban Institute who studies economic development policy, said companies cared most about a talented work force, which requires good schools and colleges, and amenities like affordable housing, parks and public transit that make a place desirable.

«Wag has prioritized the security of our customers at each stage of the company's development» and has security processes and policies in place, the company said at the time.

Although the final tax reform policy keeps the subsidies in place, some market analysts have grown concerned that these developments — as well as regulatory hurdles for new wind projects — will prohibit or slow the rate of deployment of renewable energy by utilities in the U.S.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested that once Thailand has a permanent government in place, it should drop its populist policies as a...

The idea is, that if the systematic context within which developments take place can be illuminated, it is possible to gain understandings which lead to relevant policy choices that facilitate desirable goals and avoid undesirable ones.

F. Urge all church bodies, as well as UNESCO, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other similar groups, to place more emphasis on funding of training and technical assistance for communications policy in developing nations.

She highlighted that there aren't the right sets of policies in place to facilitate agricultural growth, development and appropriate management of waste and loss in most developing countries.

In addition to encouraging the development and implementation of best practices, this resolution recognizes those schools and athletic programs that have successfully put into place policies promoting student athlete safety.»

This is mainly achieved through transformation of service practice, such that being inclusive of fathers becomes a policy priority; whole team training and development take place; settings, services and practice are reviewed for father - friendliness; targets for male involvement are set; and so on (Fagan and Palm, 2004).

He assured that the his administration will continue to build on the policies put in place by the previous administration to enhance rapid development in the sector, adding that so far, the government has energized the Agriculture Land Holding Authority (ALHA), to make more land readily available for Agricultural development.

«The government will also re-introduce an online consultation tracker, so stakeholders can see where in the policy development cycle each measure is, and when consultation will take place.

I'm also told that Downing Street's original plan was to have junior Ministers taking the lead on policy developments in policy areas for which they are responsible - until senior figures on the»22 pointed out that Ministers, as members of the executive branch of government, are not well placed to represent opinion on the backbenches.

The variation is so extreme due to histories of de jure residential segregation, federal housing policies until the last thirty years or so, and histories of economic development and migration that vary from place to place.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency gave preliminary approval to a new county - wide policy that would place additional restrictions on tax breaks for senior housing projects, especially those that would build market - rate apartments aimed at middle - and upper - class seniors.

Now, these people I mentioned are credited with using their dictatorial powers to put in place strategies and firm systems that ensured, among others, policy consistency and the accelerated development of their countries, before transiting into western style democracies.

Before finalizing the Dankowski deal, the town board should put legislation or a policy in place outlining East Hampton Town's enhanced development rights program, she said.

Ron Deutsch of the Fiscal Policy Institute, a fiscally progressive think tank, pointed to some state economic development spending as a place to consider trimming.

A spokeswoman for the Empire State Development Corp., which helps run Buffalo Billion, said, «We administer a wide range of grant programs, and we have policies and procedures in place to ensure accountability in connection with these programs.»

As a AAAS S&T Policy Fellow in the Health, Education & Human Services program (HEHS) placed in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity, Jean leads the development of a biorisk management policy newsletter that aims to connect policy makers and promote awareness among those working in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity pPolicy Fellow in the Health, Education & Human Services program (HEHS) placed in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity, Jean leads the development of a biorisk management policy newsletter that aims to connect policy makers and promote awareness among those working in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity ppolicy newsletter that aims to connect policy makers and promote awareness among those working in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity ppolicy makers and promote awareness among those working in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity policypolicy.

Laura Ahearn is a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow who was placed in her first year in the Research and Innovation Fellowships at the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Global Development Lab where she was a monitoring and evaluation specialist.

The group created «heartier influenza viruses» to «streamline vaccine production,» which places the research in the GOF category, suggesting that its valuable contribution to vaccine development efforts might not have been allowed under current policies.

During the past year alone, concerns about oversight of high - containment laboratories; vetting of personnel (personnel reliability); the efficacy of security measures in place for the select agent program; medical countermeasure research, development and distribution; bioterrorism and pandemic influenza preparedness; misuse of beneficial biological research and technologies; and microbial forensics have generated several policy evaluations and prompted the development of policy recommendations and legislation.

So scientists, local stakeholders, myriad industries, and policy makers around the world are closely watching the transformative developments taking place in the farthest northern reaches of the globe.

The cannon makes a good starting point for investigating the circumstances in which the attempted French invasion took place, the foreign policy of Henry VIII and the development of the English navy, as well as how the finds from the Mary Rose enrich our knowledge of life in Tudor England.

Coincidentally, that places the United States in 32nd place among the 65 nations of the world that participated in PISA, the math test administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), my colleagues and I report today in a research paper available at Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance.

There are several policies (proposed, underway, or in place) by the Obama administration that broaden the focus on reading and academic development, increasing attention to knowledge building and language growth, from early childhood through adolescence — and those expansive policies may be especially beneficial for EL learners.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

Given the greater focus being placed on LTLT competencies in national policy frameworks, curriculum, teachers and of course, at the international level, it seems this may be an area for further development across all ten countries.

New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman took exception to a radio ad about economic - development policy — placed by Mr. Trump — that mentioned the state's school funding situation.

The study, authored by veteran analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett, surveyed over 700 education professors across the land to determine how they view their own roles and what they think of myriad K - 12 policy developments that have taken place over the last decade.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At - Risk (CRESPAR) Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP) National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) National Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) National Research and Development Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC / GT) Research Reports from the National Research and Development Centers

Linn (1998) has suggested that policy - makers have placed enormous emphasis on assessment reform because it is relatively inexpensive and easy to mandate, can be implemented rapidly, and is easily reported by the press, when compared to the type professional development and restructuring / reculturing of schools required to affect deep, second - order educational change (Fullan & Miles, 1992).

With the goal of promoting sound policy development to advance student postsecondary success, this Pathways to College Network convening sought to map the array of college completion goals and initiatives and place student learning — particularly in regard to underserved students — at the center of the conversation.

Similarly, government and national policy makers are in a position to support effective professional development by providing opportunities for schools to share best practice nationally and to place value on innovation and development of practice.

High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

The curriculum reflects the College of Education and Human Development's mission to understand and enhance the various contexts in which learning takes place through research, new program implementation, and policy work.

Authors Pedro Noguera, Linda Darling - Hammond, and Diane Friedlaender describe the obstacles that prevent schools from delivering high - quality instruction; examine educational models, structures, and practices that facilitate deeper learning; and take a systemic perspective to consider how policy, practice, and research can be aligned to support the development of pedagogy for deeper learning in schools serving students who have been placed at risk of failure.

In part 1 of this series, I talked about the importance of having a school - approved collection development policy in place you need it.

The UK game development sector can help to play a part in achieving this goal, provided that we have the right fiscal policies in place.

But the scientific understanding we have developed as summarized by the IPCC and affirmed by virtually every relevant scientific body in the US and abroad, together with completely common place social and ethical values about conservation, infrastructure development and food and water management (that apply in all kinds of other policy arenas as well) does call for a response of some kind.

Many developing countries have come to understand the importance of cleaner energy sources for the long - term sustainability of their development and have put policies in place to encourage energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Unfortunately, oil development and the Trump administration's energy policies greatly threaten the places, wildlife and people that make this region so ecologically and culturally important.

We help to ensure that New York will be a great place to live for generations to come by advocating for a thoughtful, sustainable approach to urban planning, development and energy policy.

It aims to: explain major policy measures including general environmental strategy towards a green growth and skills development strategy; discuss the green structural change and its impact on the labour market and outline the plans that Korea has put in place for skills response; present case studies that show actual examples of skills response to green economy in various sectors; and discuss the current approach and suggest policy recommendations.

Isn't it a lot more feasible to put a policy in place now that discourages development of those sources rather than try to put the genie back in the bottle at a future date?

In facing the development of these market - based policies in far - away places like California, forest communities of the Brazilian Amazon recently held a gathering in the rubber tapper stronghold of Xapuri.

To fully understand the alignment of MDBs» activities, it will be necessary for them to have the right systems in place to account for and disclose the climate impacts of their indirect support through financial intermediaries, as well as upstream advisory work that supports policies, institutions, and private - sector development.

The criteria include: using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible; implementing no - burn policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut the risk of fires spreading into forest areas; sparing forests with high conservation value from development; taking measures to reduce air pollution; and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent — a byproduct — from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

The four - page fact sheet released by her campaign offered only vague promises that her climate policy planks will ensure «that fossil fuel production taking place today is safe and responsible, that taxpayers get a fair deal for development on public lands, and that areas that are too sensitive for energy production are taken off the table.»

As is rational social and development policy in which environmental goals have their place.