Sentences with phrase «policy brief»

A new policy brief from a civil rights group is calling on the federal government to do more to counter racial segregation in the nation's growing population of charter schools.

The State Policy Brief Series highlights state policies, regulations, practices, laws, or other tools intended to create the necessary conditions for school and / or district turnaround.

Policy Brief aims to stimulate informed debate about issues that affect children's health and wellbeing.

Their study analyzes the experiences of individual women; an accompanying policy brief looks at hospital rates of medical interventions at the time of childbirth.

This alignment policy brief series is designed to elevate best practices and inform leaders in higher education about emerging collaborations with K — 12.

See more on reducing remediation through transition courses and assessments aligned to college ready benchmarks from our alignment policy brief.

Citing the need for a two - generation approach to overcoming poverty, a new policy brief by the Annie E. Casey Foundation identifies home visiting as a key strategy for addressing the needs of both parents and their children.

Our just released policy brief, «Knocking down barriers: How California superintendents are implementing blended learning,» which I coauthored with Anna Gu and Meg Evans, summarizes our findings of the barriers and workarounds that stemmed from that day.

Created recruitment and applications systems for the NLC Institute (which accepted Sole editor of the NLC Millennial Compact with America nearly 100 policy memos authored by 107 authors advised by 37 advisors (including major partners such as think tanks, elected officials, labor unions, and private corporations) * Conducted monthly policy briefings for NLC's 6,000 + alumni and monthly working group calls for the 144 Compact...

College Success Arizona's newest policy brief provides state leaders, legislators, and policymakers with information essential to understanding how state grant aid increases college participation and drives attainment.

Carbon Market Watch has just released a new policy brief on carbon pricing.

This four - page policy brief outlines reasons after - school opportunities are important and identifies five key areas that strategic policy efforts that can strengthen after - school opportunities including recommendations to ensure after - school opportunities for disadvantaged and older youth.

She co-authored a number of policy brief and reports, including the Policies that Work series, and she was a lead author of the most recent Emissions Gap Report, which was published by the UN Environmental Program (UNEP).

Today we are publishing an updated Policy Brief on GPE's work in countries affected by...

Creating CTE Programs that Benefit Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners In February 2016, the Coalition issued an updated policy brief identifying barriers to CTE instruction for students with disabilities and ELLs and providing recommendations to NYSED and the Board of Regents for creating accessible CTE programs that will benefit these students.

Policy Brief Highlights Critical Need to Increase College Attainment and Expand Higher Education Pathways in Arizona

A new PACE policy brief summarizes the findings from a study investigating the impact of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) on California's lowest performing students.

A discussion of Dr van Rens» policy briefing paper titled The Skills Gap: Is It a Myth?

During a corporate management policy briefing in early February, high - level Nintendo executives were asked about feedback to the recent Nintendo Labo announcement.

New Leaders releases Great Principals at Scale: State & Federal Policy Brief describing what policymakers can do to promote conditions that support effective school leadership.

This article also restates recommendations from the IDRA policy brief entitled, Missing: Texas Youth — Dropout and Attrition Rates in Texas Public High Schools that was released earlier this year.

A recent policy brief released by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice analyzes factors related to parent involvement among English Language Learners in the United States.

I've published a new policy brief with the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, exploring the vexed issue of women's rights on the Indian subcontinent, through the prism of the shifting emphasis of secularism and Islam in the Bangladeshi Constitution, and the impact this has on gender equality and family law.

Quantitative Leap, a summit and policy brief produced by LearningWorks, and a webinar series co-hosted by LearningWorks and The Opportunity Institute, 2015 - 16

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

Three minutes: A one - page policy brief that overviews the issue in slightly more detail.

(See his new policy brief about that very topic.)

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) today released a new policy brief detailing the technical, operational and governance considerations for creating a secure, privacy - protected student - level data network — a streamlined system that would help students, college leaders and policymakers answer basic questions about student outcomes in our higher education system.

This webinar, recorded on April 26, 2018, provides an overview of the early learning opportunities in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) focusing on the lessons from the CEELO - CCSSO policy brief reviewing plans approved by USED, The State of Early Learning in ESSA: Plans and Opportunities for Implementation.

Our latest Policy Brief outlines the implications of this critical time, identifies factors that place children at risk, and recommends a coordinated approach that addresses children's needs in order to optimise their health and wellbeing, now and into the future.

Thomas J. Kane and Peter R. Orszag «Higher Education Spending: The Role of Medicaid and the Business Cycle» Brookings Institution Policy Brief No. 124, September 2003.

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Forums will consist of education policy briefings, teacher collaboration sessions, and interactive professional development.

Voices» policy brief builds upon our Bridging the Gap finding that because many out - of - school factors directly influence academic achievement, schools alone can not address the problem of poverty and inequitable educational outcomes.

For more on what CFRP learned from the program providers, see policy brief, Improving Family Services for Military and Veteran Families.

Policy Brief Prepared for the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the Health Evidence Network of WHO / Europe

A PACE Policy Brief by W. Norton Grubb and David Stern.

The State & Federal Policy Brief describes actions that state and federal policymakers can take to promote the local conditions research has found support effective school leadership across an entire school district.

For those I personally met at the conference, or who learned about my work via my Heartland «Merchants of Smear» Policy Brief which was included in each attendee's bag of literature, welcome to my blog.

Two California community organizations, Black Organizing Project from Oakland and the Labor / Community Strategy Center's Community Rights Campaign from Los Angeles, have released a new policy brief urging that school districts invest LCFF funds in supporting students rather than in increasing current levels of police and security presence on campuses.

William Hague's disposition towards carrying the foreign policy brief into government would of course be the major factor in whether the top job in that area would be open to him, but another factor to consider is that in a Shadow Cabinet desperately lacking in experience of government Trimble's heavyweight status and experience as First Minister of Northern Ireland would bring some much - needed gravitas to the team.

A recent policy brief reported that 20 to 40 percent of elementary and middle school students perform above grade level in reading and 10 to 30 percent do so in math, according to the study.

This CRESST policy brief by Robert Linn discusses current advantages and disadvantages of standards - based accountability.

He provided oversight for development of the 2016 National Educational Technology Plan (U.S. Department of Education, 2017) and the related Educational Technology in Teacher Preparation Policy Brief (2017a)

This UCEA policy brief was created in response to a call from the U.S. Department of Education seeking comments from the field regarding, «areas where state and local agencies could benefit from additional guidance.»