Sentences with phrase «policy choices between»

Plus, many crops are planted that are not food crops, so society will need to make policy choices between food versus income crops (e.g. coffee, tea) or energy crops.

The implication is that uncertainty in the science isn't a big driver for the policy choice between A and B.

It seems you are echoing this statement in Dr. Curry's post, «The implication is that uncertainty in the science isn't a big driver for the policy choice between A and B.»

Not exact matches

It sounds simplistic, but say you had the choice between a 20 - year term policy that cost $ 200 per year term and a $ 1,000 per year whole policy.

Outlook for 2018: In 2018, Russia's leadership will face a choice between limited economic liberalization and further policy tightening.

When Canadians were offered a choice between a climate change policy that offered the possibility of personal inconvenience and the siren call of the Axis of Climate Change Dimwits, a clear majority of voters chose parties who promised a climate change policy that would cost them nothing.

Policy - makers in many of the advanced countries, already facing a short - term relationship between growth and inflation that has turned much less favourable, could face some very difficult choices in framing their responses to the circumstances they face individually.

«The choice between term life or permanent life insurance is not a case of which policy is better; it's a case of which policy is appropriate for the current period in a person's life,» Lynch said.

Instead, we're confronted with arguments framed as a hard, false choice between sound economic policies and social programs, between fiscal realities and compassionate acts.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

The formulas are by now well known: In an age of sound bites and spin doctors, we are unable to make real choices between policy alternatives.

A society that expects its elections to provide choices between policies and directions, as well as between candidates, must generate those options in other places.

Like many birth choices, policy and practice can vary in each unit and even between individual health care providers.

Following the ballot delivery, Obama for America New York State Director Robert Diamond said, «The election in November represents a clear choice for the American people, between continuing the progress the Obama Administration has begun creating jobs and restoring economic security for hard working Americans or the Republican candidates who continue to fight to protect tax breaks for only the wealthiest corporations and individuals, and propose returning to the same failed policies that created the current economic recession in the first place.

• Elected representatives and politicians should recognise a need for continuous dialogue between decision - makers and different sections of the public over detailed policy choices.

They may have an issue with one aspect or another of Labour government policy, but when push comes to shove they see the potential election more as a choice [between Labour and the Tories], not a referendum [on the government] and want to lend their support.

We are at a crossroads, faced with a fundamental choice between progress and a return to the failed policies of the past.

Possibly related to this, they have rather less say over the running of their party — they do not get a vote on policy, and only have a choice between two at leadership elections.

More and more, government policy is conducted in an environment of uncertainty, the unenviable choice being between procrastination and risk - taking, neither of which appeal very much.

While there has been a clear schism between reform's free market enthusiasts and its social justice wing, there can be little doubt that the movement's center of gravity has shifted sharply to the left, even though political progressives mostly regard the standard reform agenda — choice, charters, testing, anti-union policies — with contempt.

International evidence suggests that adoption of market - based education policies that rely on school choice and competition between schools over enrollment often leads to segregation of children into different schools according to their socio - economic background, race or parents» awareness of educational opportunities.

I take Grissmer's silence as an acceptance of my conclusions that the RAND study shows a weak relationship between spending and student achievement and can not be used to identify good policy choices.

Some of these are the same people who have made once - esoteric educational questions — like school discipline, collegiate Title IX policies governing due process, school choice, teacher evaluation, and determination of testing subgroups — into hero's journeys defined by bitter battles between those fighting «for the kids» (their side) and the forces of malice (the other side).

School choice policies aim to break the link between where children live and where they go to school.

As O'Brien notes, a system of school choice would sever the ties between housing and education, which is a policy that could keep «many people from becoming cash - poor and wealthy — a precarious thing — in the first place.»

Simply examining the association between choice policies and school searches would be misleading, because areas that have more school choice may have more search behavior for any number of reasons, including perhaps that their residents had higher demand for choice options in the first place.

To the extent that better information improves the match between families and schools or leads to pressure on schools to increase measured achievement, this effect can augment the impacts of school - choice policies.

School choice reforms, which comprise a broad category of policies aimed at improving public education through the introduction of market forces that may stimulate customer choice and competition between schools, have grown particularly popular since the 1990s.

Her research explores the relationship between education, policy, and equality of opportunity through three policy strands: 1) the racial politics of public education, 2) the politics of school choice, marketization, and privatization, and, 3) the role of elite and community - based advocacy in shaping public education policies and research evidence utilization.

Framing this year's election of Indiana's top school official as a choice between maintaining the status quo or «rapid changes» to the state's education policy, The Times of Northwest Indiana says it chooses continuing change.

In this movement, some researchers saw democracy in action as power devolved from the state to local schools, sometimes culminating in outside stakeholder involvement.147 Many contentions about site - based management, community control of schools, community schools, and school choice were based on democratic and communitarian theory.148 Some researchers and policy makers influenced by economic theory have begun to view the relationship between schools and communities differently.

Scholarship about the relationship between policy leadership and complex social change presents three main images.241 A technical policy perspective is found in most policy analysis texts; it is generally associated with rational choice models.242 Policy leaders should, according to this perspective, focus on rational choices to be made once a policy issue is on the apolicy leadership and complex social change presents three main images.241 A technical policy perspective is found in most policy analysis texts; it is generally associated with rational choice models.242 Policy leaders should, according to this perspective, focus on rational choices to be made once a policy issue is on the apolicy perspective is found in most policy analysis texts; it is generally associated with rational choice models.242 Policy leaders should, according to this perspective, focus on rational choices to be made once a policy issue is on the apolicy analysis texts; it is generally associated with rational choice models.242 Policy leaders should, according to this perspective, focus on rational choices to be made once a policy issue is on the aPolicy leaders should, according to this perspective, focus on rational choices to be made once a policy issue is on the apolicy issue is on the agenda.

School choice policies break the traditional link between family neighbourhoods and the public school to which children are assigned.

Choices and Trade - offs: Key Questions for State Policymakers when Selecting High School Assessments, designed to elevate the trade - offs between using state - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the differences between strong policies for public charter schools and other forms of public school choice and President Trump and DeVos» plan to use vouchers to decimate the United States» public education system.

And while the laws and policies vary between the states, supporters of school choice share one common belief.

Second, we examine policy debates and key actors working in the education field, specifically the rise of student and teacher accountability, school choice, and the increasing polarization between Education Reformers and supporters of traditional public schools.

If we don't have a policy against reviewing self - published books (many reviewers — if not most — have such a policy, simply to avoid having to deal with unprofessional authors), we might have a choice between two self - published books that sound good.

You don't just have the choice between an HO - BT (an older policy form with slightly less coverage in certain areas) and the HO - 4.

It sounds simplistic, but say you had the choice between a 20 - year term policy that cost $ 200 per year term and a $ 1,000 per year whole policy.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/case/transamerica-life-illegally-hikes-cost-insurance-charges Consumers who bought life insurance protection from Transamerica Insurance Company decades ago are now facing a choice between paying enormous increases in their monthly premiums or losing their policies...

The HO - A amended policy is one of the more popular choices statewide because it offers a good compromise between the limited coverage of the HO - A policy and the rather expensive (though comprehensive) coverage of the HO - B.

Rather, the real choice is between regulatory chaos and legislation that fixes the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act so that pro-Kyoto litigation groups can not use those statutes for a purpose that Congress never intended — to dictate climate and energy policy for the nPolicy Act so that pro-Kyoto litigation groups can not use those statutes for a purpose that Congress never intended — to dictate climate and energy policy for the npolicy for the nation.

The piece centers on Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to China in July, and thus appropriately casts China's policy choices on greenhouse gases and its deep dependence on coal in the broader context of the never - ending «you first» dance between these two greenhouse - gas giants.

«We're more explicit this time around about the intersection between our energy choices and our climate challenges and the fact that we have such ambitious climate goals that are really driving a lot of our energy policy,» Klee said.

As to the content of policy, it is not the case that the choice now lies between two extremes, of no action and the immediate adoption of much stronger measures to curb emissions.

This paper examines the choice between — and design of — CO2 cap - and - trade and tax policies through a political - economy lens.

Yet while prices often determine energy choices between oil and other fuels, energy efficiency fundamentally relies on government policy for its success.

There is a stark choice between policies of failure and despair — and the positive policies we offer for humanity and the environment.