Sentences with phrase «policy actors»

To these ends, we educate policy actors about the ongoing effects of monetary policy and the advantages and disadvantages of policy recommendations by the Federal Reserve Regional Presidents and Governors and encourage Republicans to support the Federal Reserve's dual mandate and confirm pro-growth candidates to the Board of Governors.

We need to re-imagine teachers as leaders, learners, and policy actors whose influence goes beyond the walls of any one classroom.

PISA4U is a new global online program for school improvement that is available to teachers and other educational professionals such as administrators, education policy actors, managers, and educational researchers.

As the interviews with national policy actors revealed, Representative Goodling was instrumental in keeping the focus on American students» improved reading achievement: «I think Mr. Goodling especially wants his legacy to be that he really did do something to help improve reading scores.»

Of these 107 participants, 4 were individual policy actors not affiliated with any particular interest group or policymaking body at the national level, and were therefore excluded from the study.

These threats indirectly undermined policy actors» initial willingness to act boldly and decisively in revamping pupil assignments to curb segregation.»

The new momentum created by the combination of these two policy actors spread nationally following the 2010 election and has encompassed states ranging from Idaho to New Jersey.

If we really want educators to be the change agents and 21st century proponents our students desperately need, we need to re-imagine teachers as leaders, learners, and policy actors whose influence goes beyond the walls of any one classroom.

What activities define the role of SEA staff members as policy actors and administrators across the states?

A conversation amongst educational leaders, researchers, and policy actors.

The NEA, as indicated by one policy actor, is «all over... the place!»

The category of «interest groups» is defined for our study as including membership organizations, advocacy organizations not accepting members, businesses, other organizations or institutions, or any association of individuals, policy actors or groups, whether formally organized or not, that tries to influence public policy (Baumgartner & Leech, 1998; Hrebenar, 1997; Kollman, 1998; Sipple et al., 1997; Thomas & Hrebenar, 1991).

The final sample thus consisted of 103 out of 118 (87.3 %) policy actors, with 74 of the participants representing 67 interest groups, another 31 representing 20 government agencies, and 2 representing both interest groups and government agencies.

Boykoff advocates a more participatory and democratic form of media coverage, in which journalists interact with scientists, the public, and policy actors to foster mutual understanding across the various communities.