Sentences with phrase «policy brief provides»

This policy brief provides examples from innovative policies and practices from various cities.

This policy brief provides a primer on key FIT design elements, lessons from country experience, and support resources to enable more detailed and country - specific FIT policy design.

This policy brief provides more insight.

This policy brief provides a closer look at Pennsylvania's new teacher evaluation system and the efforts of the Pittsburgh Public Schools to implement reforms.

At the request of President - elect Obama's transition team, this NIEER policy brief provides guidance on federal investments in preschool and child care for the sake of America's children.

That policy brief provides clear instructions to any local elected official or local activist who would like to gather and view for themselves possible evidence of 7507 violations in their city or county.

The policy brief provides tools to determine the most effective way to collect, organize, and present these kinds of data.

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.

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Despite that reversal, UPS maintains that its denial of Young's light duty request was lawful at the time and that its policy change is voluntary and not required by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.The Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief supporting UPS, calling attention to companies that offer pregnant employees «more than what federal law compels them to provide.»

Our Migration Matters series led by Dr. Eva Busza, APF Canada's Vice-President Research and Programs, along with researchers Valentine Ostaszewski and Amar Nijhawan, will provide a brief demographic profile of each country, describe immigration policies, analyze challenges, and highlight successes.

In an earlier blog post, we provided a brief survey of recent monetary policy cycles in the U.S., showing that a higher Fed funds rate doesn't necessarily affect the yield on Treasury bonds in the same way.

Laura Abshire, director, sustainability policy, National Restaurant Association; Andrew Harig, senior director, sustainability, tax and trade, Food Marketing Institute; and Meghan Stasz, senior director, sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Association, represented industry groups at the staff briefing and co-presented with executives from their member companies to raise awareness of how companies are already successfully implementing food waste reduction strategies and what challenges remain in the supply chain that Congress can help provide relief.

Summary: This country brief provides an overview of IYCN's activities to strengthen policies and programs to improve the nutrition of mothers and children...

As the world reacts to the conviction of the four men whose gang rape of a young woman in a moving bus in Delhi sparked riots and international condemnation, the policy brief, entitled Islam and Women in the Constitution of Bangladesh, provides a timely insight into the complex interrelation of law, religion and gender politics on the subcontinent.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

Nonetheless, given the remarkable increase in the participation of young people in higher education that has taken place over the last 20 years, the brief analysis presented here reveals little evidence that the much vaunted policy ambition - to provide better access to higher education to those from less privileged backgrounds - has been successful.»

The AAAS President's press breakfast will begin at 7:45 a.m. on 16 February, followed by the first news briefing at 9:00 a.m. Additional information on AAAS Annual Meeting news offerings can be provided in advance to reporters who ensure adherence to the embargo policy.

It includes information submitted by a wide range of UN agencies on human, socio - economic and environmental impacts as part of a drive to provide a more comprehensive, UN-wide policy brief for decision makers on the interplay between weather, climate and water and the UN global goals.

Their study provides an introduction to the concepts, methods, and terminology of ability testing; a brief history of testing in this country; and an examination of the fundamental educational and public policy questions...

This brief summarizes the findings of LPI's 2017 update on the California teacher shortage and includes recommendations for state - level policies that would provide near - term solutions for strengthening the teacher pipeline.

This policy brief extends the analysis by a year, adding information on high school graduation rates for the 2006 cohort and providing a fifth year of follow - up for the 2005 cohort.

Regarding Title I accountability issues, USED's policy guidance is relatively brief but provides flexibility for states and LEAs.

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)

The latest Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes brief answers these questions to provide early childhood specialists in state departments of education and other stakeholders with information to inform policy.

The briefing was based on a study LPI recently conducted with the National Education Policy Center and highlighted community schools — that is, schools that partner with local agencies to provide integrated academic, health, and social services to the community — as a school improvement approach that meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirement for «evidence - based» interventions.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States defines early college high schools, clarifies how they differ from traditional dual enrollment programs, and provides recent research on the positive impact of early college high school participation on academic outcomes for traditionally underserved students.

We recommend schools review their policies annually, and we routinely provide support and advice for member schools, including this Admissions and Enrollment Brief, and through workshops and trainings.

The policy brief urges policymakers to support programs for the parents of English language learners, implement nontraditional programs that offer reciprocal involvement by schools and parents, sponsor targeted teacher professional development, and provide community - based education to inform parents about school values and expectations and help parents become advocates for their children.

The brief provides context and background on the numbers of students with disabilities who are college and career ready; examines issues related to preparation and readiness for postsecondary education and careers; and includes examples of current programs and policies that help students with disabilities to successfully transition to college and career.

«I think our briefing paper provides an instructive blueprint for how a school district could go about making changes in their attendance policy, procedures and practices.

The policy brief, which provides an overview of science education in California, and the toolkit aim to help strengthen the role of STEM learning in the local budget development process.

An iNACOL Issue Brief by Dale Frost and Maria Worthen provides an overview of competency - based education and offers state policy recommendations and resources for policymakers who are ready to enable and support competency - based education.

An advisory committee comprised of private and government data system design, postsecondary education, and privacy and security experts provided strategic guidance and informed the policy recommendations detailed in the brief.

He provided oversight for development of the 2016 National Educational Technology Plan and the related Educational Technology in Teacher Preparation Policy Brief.

In this Ask the CCRS Center brief, we discuss how CBE can support OA / UC students and provide recommendations for how other states can develop and implement CBE policies.

Today we are publishing an updated Policy Brief on GPE's work in countries affected by fragility and conflict, which details GPE's increased support to these countries and provides information on the mechanisms available to ensure that no child loses out on their education.

This brief provides information about K — 12 testing with the goal of helping parents, educators, policymakers, and others make decisions about testing policies in their community and state.

This Ask the CCRS Center brief provides a policy framework to help states align their college and career readiness definitions with relevant policy provisions under ESSA into one cohesive strategy.

The advocates» brief argues that the state needs to reform the allocation of state funds for charter public schools, because current laws and policies threaten charter public schools» ability to provide a high - quality education to students.

This briefing paper provides more information on school sport policies and more recent developments in the provision of PE and sport in schools.

These excerpts are provided courtesy of Mathematica Policy Research and are drawn from the brief by Jane Choi, Scott Richman, and Sarah Dolfin.

The report, «States Leading for Equity: Promising Practices Advancing the Equity Commitments, «provides a brief overview of practices and policies states are currently engaging in to provide a stronger education for students.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States offers model state policy components for early college high schools that provide the necessary supports to ensure program access, quality and transferability of credit.

ASCD's newest Policy Priorities issue brief, «A Lexicon for Educating the Whole Child (and Preparing the Whole Adult),» examines education terms and philosophies — including character education, school climate, social - emotional learning, and 21st century skills — to provide clarity and enable thoughtful conversations on these key issues.

This policy brief outlines key components of providing quality educational opportunites for all students.

What School Leaders Need to Know, a new policy brief just issued by the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), provides important information about the changing legal landscape affecting the preparation of youth with disabilities for work.

He has been involved with the design of a state's pending Next Generation Science Assessment System and the creation of an Accountability Systems and Reporting (ASR) policy brief sponsored by the State Collaboratives on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) that provides recommendations regarding ESSA's provision on the use of interim assessments for summative purposes.

Attendance Works, in collaboration with the Indiana Partnerships Center, also released a policy brief in to provide recommendations to help reduce chronic absence in the state.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) provides a framework for integrating CTE and dual enrollment.

This brief paper provides an overview of successful strategies and policies related to faculty rewards and incentives that promote participation in distance learning.