Sentences with phrase «policy guidance from»

Policymakers need to consider a broader array of possible solutions to the problem of disciplinary equity and take policy guidance from studies that can assess causal impact.

It then discusses questions that have arisen with respect to these policies in schools and LEAs implementing CEP as well as policy guidance from USED intended to address those issues.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The asymmetry of prospective rate moves in different parts of the curve with short rates at the zero lower bound, explicit forward guidance about future policy decisions and massive asset purchase programs may result in a higher likelihood of one - sided markets, which may in turn impair liquidity, or at least lead one to conclude from liquidity indicators that markets have become more illiquid.

The company's earnings guidance for FY18 does not include any potential impact from the previously announced pending sale of KMG America Corporation (KMG), whose subsidiary, Kanawha Insurance Company (KIC), includes Humana's closed block of non ‐ strategic long ‐ term care insurance policies, to Continental General Insurance Company (CGIC), a Texas ‐ based insurance company wholly ‐ owned by HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company (NYSE: HCHC).

Yellen has sought to move the Fed away from its so - called «forward guidance» approach, a communication tool that was used to provide reassurance that monetary policy would remain accommodative.

The Fed has long been turning away from QE and putting greater emphasis on forward guidance; in other words, trying to affect consumer and businesses behaviour by making promises about the future course of monetary policy.

Our team of insurance professionals provides free guidance every step of the way, from helping you choose your first policy to adding critical coverage as your business grows.

«Specifically, fixed income investors should respect the technicals for now, emphasize the front end of curves on the basis of the policy pivot (from [quantitative easing] to forward guidance), and consider TIPS as a source of endogenous portfolio hedging,» El - Erian writes.

The central bank made a concerted effort starting late last year to divorce its «forward guidance» on interest rates, what it tells markets about the expected future path of policy, from specific calendar dates.

It is unusual for two Governors to so publicly deviate not only from the Chair's policy guidance but also from the policymaking framework.

Pursuant to the President's Executive Order and Executive Branch policy, and in keeping with the Attorney General's religious liberty guidance, HHS proposes this rule to enhance the awareness and enforcement of Federal health care conscience and associated antidiscrimination laws, to further conscience and religious freedom, and to protect the rights of individuals and entities to abstain from certain activities related to health care services without discrimination or retaliation

Food donation has been a longstanding policy in all Child Nutrition Programs, as clarified in recent guidance from the Food and Nutrition Service.

At its spring meeting on April 25 - 27 in Tucson, AZ, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will discuss substances petitioned for addition to or deletion from the National List, substances due to sunset from the National List in 2020 and guidance on organic policies.

Guidance Materials: A February 2005 memo to School Food Services Directors / Managers from the state Department of Education provides guidance and suggestions for creating local wellness policies, including links to resources, background information, rationales, and policy process guidance.

Districts that participate in the NSLP are required, among other things, to have food safety programs and participate in health inspections by state or local health departments at least twice annually.4 School food safety plans must comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance and hazard analysis and critical control point principles and apply those to any location where school nutrition program food is stored, prepared, or served.5 However, regardless of a school's NSLP participation, districts typically have policies and procedures to prevent allergens from contaminating other food.6

Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146

This note draws from key policy guidance and provides direction where guidance is limited for this context.

Indeed, some readers may find it curious that a professional organization with the reach and influence of the American Academy of Pediatrics should give so little formal policy guidance on the subject of flavored milk at the same time it is accepting money from the dairy industry and participating so closely in the industry's promotion of that same product.

To make sure that we represent the science accurately, we have a board of seven expert advisers from a variety of fields (including economics, medicine and policy) who review all of our publications, provide us with guidance, and occasionally collaborate on joint research projects.

Related Tory policies would see a doubling of the time period in which minister can not lobby government from one to two years, and a re-writing of the ministerial code so that any ex-minister who ignores guidance issued by the advisory committee on business appointments will lose some or all of their ministerial pension.

The 15 measures are derived from and reflect guidance and recommendations from the NICE guidelines and NICE Quality Standards for Diabetes in England and Wales, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Management of Diabetes Guideline, the diabetes component of the Service Framework for Cardiovascular Health and Wellbeing in Northern Ireland, as well as Diabetes UK's own policy and care recommendations.

«The legal guidance and model policies my office released today give local governments the tools they need to protect immigrant communities from any over-reach by federal agencies.

His leadership and guidance led to the establishment of a world center that serves as a home for scholars and fellows, from both the humanities and the sciences, to pursue interests in education and research on ethical and policy issues in the life and social sciences, in medicine and in the professions.

MANCHESTER, U.K. — Researchers from all corners of Europe have flocked to the biennial EuroScience Open Forum this week, where experts are showcasing scientific developments in a broad range of fields and discussing science policy issues — plus offering career guidance.

«Unexpectedly, in elementary school - age participants we found that overall eating frequency and snacks positively contributed to diet quality,» wrote Evans and colleagues from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, where Evans did the research under the guidance of senior author Aviva Must, professor and chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine..

Some cancellations stem from policy guidance that the U.S. government issued to agencies this spring to clamp down on travel by government scientists to Russia.

The regional government seeks input, guidance, and recommendations on policies in a variety of areas, from personalized medicine to cybersecurity.

See the video observation toolkit from the Center for Education Policy Research for resources and guidance.

With the debate continuing and policy - makers abstaining from offering guidance, the future of ed - tech is mutable, but research in the UK indicates that investment continues to rise.

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

By providing the step - by - step analysis regarding how a policy might be deemed discriminatory, the guidance hinders administrators and advocates alike from jumping to conclusions that intentional discrimination is at play based on data disparities alone.

Unmoored from conservative principles, they can decide to use the federal government's substantial power — its bully pulpit, budget, regulatory power, guidance documents — to force policies they like.

Section II explains the uses of data on students from low - income families in the allocation of Title I funds to states, LEAs, and individual schools within LEAs; the implications of CEP implementation for Title I allocation policies; and the options provided under USED policy guidance to support CEP implementation.

Further, while USED's policy guidance does not explicitly provide for this, it is likely that states and LEAs could use data from different sources for different Title I accountability purposes.

In conclusion, Rothstein asserts that the preliminary report «is not very useful in guiding policy, but the guidance it does provide points in the opposite direction from that indicated by its poorly - supported conclusions» (my emphasis).

Increasing the number of children with disabilities who are fully included in early learning programs is a long - standing goal in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), has been promoted by professional associations and in a recent joint policy statement from the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and is supported by nonregulatory guidance on early learning and ESSA.

E4E teachers met with officials from the Department of Education and testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to share their perspectives on how discipline policies must be less exclusionary and express support for guidance that helps districts achieve this.

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.»

Although this is explicitly permitted in ESSA statute (just as it was in NCLB), history suggests that without guidance from the US Department of Education, this policy can be overlooked or misinterpreted by states, and charter autonomy and accountability can suffer.

A new study from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity's (SCALE) looks to «provide guidance to educators, assessment developers, and policymakers on how to increase student engagement in performance - based assessments.»

Much will change in practice and policy as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaces the law, regulations, and guidance established through NCLB; but two elements of the new legislation stand out: the shift away from federal mandates toward greater state and local authority, and the emphasis on evidence - based school improvement practices.

With support from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, we have drafted and continue to produce white papers and guidance documents addressing key policy and practical concerns that impact the success of students with disabilities in charter schools.

First, we've taken a support position on the Call for Action to Prevent Gun Violence in the United States of America by the Interdisciplinary Group on Preventing School and Community Violence, a group convening experts from all over the country to offer policy guidance and recommendations that we so urgently need.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE SUMMIT SPARKS TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will hear from supporters and opponents of Obama - era guidance aimed at curbing racial disparities in school discipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolent offenses.

Warren Simmons, a senior fellow at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, said test scores can't offer policy makers much guidance in the absence of qualitative assessments — of the curriculum, of teacher training, of the support a school is receiving from the district and state.

The new policy also ignores guidance from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, which states that schools «should ensure that all staff who come into contact with [pupils] with attachment difficulties receive appropriate training on attachment difficulties».

A new report, Effective Teacher Professional Development, from the Learning Policy Institute (June 2017) by Linda Darling - Hammond, Maria E. Hyler, Madelyn Gardner, and Danny Espinoza provides great guidance for leadership teams engaged in planning professional learning.

This guidance will help schools develop policies and processes for data management, from collecting and handling the data through to the ability to respond quickly and appropriately to data breaches.