Sentences with phrase «policy and practice around»

Although Article 36 weapons reviews should be a topic of discussion at the international level to strengthen both policy and practice around the world, better weapons reviews will not solve the problems associated with autonomous weapons systems and should not distract the GGE from the core of its work.

Mines Action Canada believes that Article 36 weapons reviews should be a topic of discussion at the international level to strengthen both policy and practice around the world.

To counter this problem, Attendance Works, a fiscally - sponsored project of the Child and Family Policy Center non-profit organization, is working as a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around school attendance.

The concept of growth is at the foundation of the policy and practice around systems of educational accountability.

In response to the need to bring nationwide attention to the problem of chronic school absenteeism, Attendance Works was established as a national and state initiative in 2010 to promote better policy and practice around school attendance.

«Stephanie Jones is a gifted researcher whose work on the effects of poverty and violence on social and emotional development has already influenced policy and practice around bullying prevention and comprehensive school - based interventions,» Dean Kathleen McCartney said.

Christians of all races can learn how longstanding policies and practices around housing, education, and criminal justice disproportionately harm some of their neighbors.

This growth comes from systematic violations of baby milk marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly, according to the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which monitors company policies and practices around the world.

In addition to compiling head - to - head rankings, OECD collects data on educational policies and practices around the world, with topics ranging from how countries educate their poorest students to parental attitudes toward the importance of an education.

In addition, for the first time, this installment of GLSEN's National School Climate Survey also includes insights on bisexual student experiences, school policies that specifically affect transgender students, and anti-bullying student education and asks students about discriminatory policies and practices around extracurricular activities and school events.

District policies and practices around instruction are sufficiently powerful that they can be felt, indirectly, by teachers as stronger and more directed leadership behaviors by principals.

State health systems have also been in the news, with hospital policies and practices around the country under the spotlight.

The United States has a long and troubling history of coercive policies and practices around reproductive health, particularly for low - income women and women of color (see «Guarding Against Coercion While Ensuring Access: A Delicate Balance,» Summer 2014).

Not exact matches

Harvard's Czeisler, perhaps the leading expert on sleep and productivity, points out that while corporations have policies around harmful practices such as smoking and drinking, they tacitly encourage long hours unrelieved by sufficient rest.

On Wednesday, Bill Belichick was asked for his thoughts on the poor offensive line play around the league, and he argued that it's the result of the NFL's practice policy.

Issues around sexuality and sexual practice are therefore powerful factors in shaping public attitudes and concomitantly the policies of public authorities.

Today around the world, the Church is alive and flourishing in places like North Korea, Sudan, Pakistan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Vietnam, Kenya, India, Ethiopia, China and more — despite restrictive and even oppressive violent government policies and practices against Christians.

For more than sixty years the Institute has been committed to researching the best practices for organic farming and sharing findings with farmers and scientists around the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

Kevin Mc Namara is rapporteur for an Australian Health Policy Collaboration working group, and a member of Standards Review Group Subcommittee F developing pharmacy practice standards around screening and risk assessment on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

The new togetherness policy lends credence to the age - old bed - sharing philosophy that is practiced around the world but is heavily criticized in the U.S.. On one hand, co-sleeping promotes nurturing and closeness and can give working parents extra bonding time.

Guidance Materials: The Board of Education has produced a Model Wellness Policy (2012) based on science, research, and existing practices from exemplary states and local school districts around the country.»

The changes in Nestlé policies and practices that have been achieved are attributable to pressure from the boycott and concerted work around the world on monitoring companies against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and working for legislation to enforce these measure.

Multinationals, argues Horgan, are a vast bank of information on the policies of other nations: «The typical Chinese approach to policy making is to look around the world for best practices in policy in a particular field, and then to cherry pick those that seem to apply the most neatly in the Chinese environment.»

«It would not surprise me if the governor were looking for an innovative policy program that had a clear political dividend, they would gear it around the associates degrees,» said Bruce Gyory, a senior policy adviser for Manatt, Phelps & Phillips» government and regulatory policy practice.

People need to tune in and pay attention to the change that is being attempted in Albany to turn the failed practices and policies around so that their interests, not the special interests are acted upon during the next 60 days.

While these numbers explain why attention is focused on a reduction in maternal deaths, attention is also needed to defining and measuring the extent of problems around childbirth, such as mistreatment, to better inform constructive changes in policies and practices.

To make sure the gametes work normally, for instance, researchers will need to grow embryos and then destroy them, a morally contentious practice with prohibitions and policies differing around the world.

Wouter Haak, Vice-President of Research Data Management Solutions at Elsevier, said: «The findings presented in this report help us — as well as research leaders, university and government policy makers — better understand where pain points lie when it comes to the sentiment around and the reality of data sharing practices among researchers.

In an article recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), investigators on The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice's Open Recordings Project explain the often - confusing laws around recordings clinical visits.

Susan C. Miller, professor (research) of health services, policy and practice in the Brown University School of Public Health and lead author of the study in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, worked with colleagues to survey nursing directors at more than 1,900 nursing homes around the country between July 2009 and June 2010 to assess their knowledge of palliative care and their facility's implementation of key palliative care practices.

If a school can be structured around military policies and practices, why can't one be created around pacifist themes, too?

The goal of the EL Summit was to elevate the conversation around equity for English learners by bringing together diverse stakeholders practice and policy — from universities, public schools, charter networks, community organizations, and nonprofits.

The question is whether we should be orienting our pedagogical practices primarily around these differences, as I think most personalized - learning supporters would urge, or instead take note of the many ways in which students are cognitively similar, and make these shared characteristics the focus of our education policies and practices.

Our doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

HGSE doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

Based around a website www.less-en.org, LessEn showcases best practice through events, campaigns and a current knowledge bank of case studies, policy summaries, energy efficiency products and building efficiency news.

The kindness and humanity that Greg showed his colleagues in the workplace have deeply informed Education Week's journalism, which combines independent, incisive coverage with a belief in the critical importance of a civil discourse around highly contested issues of pre-K-12 policy and practice.

Schools around the country use students» opinions to shape their policies and practices.

It draws from the research base in educational leadership preparation to propose a series of recommendations to improve current state policy and school leadership preparation program (SLPP) practices around the recruitment and selection of aspirant principal candidates.

The report, North Carolina Charter Schools: Excellence and Equity through Collaboration, looks at policies and outcomes around the state's charter application and approval process and the oversight and measurement of charter school performance, and includes recommendations to improve charter authorizing practices and increase accountability.

Throughout his career, Diamond has consistently worked to build collaborative relationships across educational levels and to reduce the divide between research, policy, and practice around issues of educational inequality.

To flip this around, what limited your ability to implement accountability practices and policies in your work, either as a teacher, charter - school operator, or Education Secretary?

The authors draw on the latest research on assessment and education policy to provide a clear account of how the test works and to investigate PISA's influence on educational goals and practice in schools around the world.

The Center on the Developing Child's diverse activities align around building an R&D (research and development) platform for science - based innovation, and transforming the policy and practice landscape that supports and even demands change.

The Center on the Developing Child works to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world in partnership with organizations committed to using the science to inform policy and practice and to drive innovation.

In that spirit I invite district and school leaders to examine closely the extent to which you have a clear and compelling picture of instructional leadership; the extent to which there is internal clarity around that vision; and the extent to which the district has operationalized that vision in its policies, district practices and allocation of resources.

Amanda's research interests center around accountability in P12 and Higher Education context with specific interest in the idea of P20 policy and practices and the relationship between accountability demands and those that must make sense of them.

By explicitly incorporating language around assessment audits, training for teachers and school leaders that develops sound assessment practices, hiring of personnel with assessment certifications, and parental engagement through assessment literacy into state ESSA applications, states can enhance student learning by leveraging funds to develop assessment policies and systems that reflect balanced and quality practices.

This issue of Policy Priorities explores the decidedly gray area of evolving policies, regulations, and practices around student data security and privacy.

This report dives deep into the research, policies, and practices around coaching in early childhood today, and uncovers successes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.