Sentences with phrase «policy level influences»
Further, because AIDS is a worldwide pandemic, cultural and policy level influences [i.e., Bronfenbrenner's (1977) macrosystem] may also be critical in understanding how families can help prevent sexual risk behavior among adolescents.
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Price structures are often influenced by two factors: cost - plus (maintaining prices at a level that exceeds product costs by a certain margin) or opting to follow the market leader's price structure and being completely driven by its policy.
At the international level, accounting policy prescriptions of international organizations (e.g. International Accounting Standards Board, International Monetary Fund and World Bank) influence how countries structure their capital markets and provide services to their citizens.
On several occasions, China's economic activities in Europe have translated into tangible influence on policy decisions taken at the EU level:
Finally, companies» choice of where to do business across the globe is heavily influenced by a witches brew of complex, often contradictory governmental policies at national, regional and local levels.
Our high level of foreign ownership may limit our opportunity to participate in U.S. government travel contracts and the Civilian Reserve Air Fleet program, however, if we are unable to satisfy policies and procedures of the U.S. Department of Defense for the mitigation of foreign ownership, control or influence required of cleared U.S. contractors.
Central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) use monetary policy tactics, including interest rate moves and increasing or decreasing the monetary supply, to try and influence the level of inflation, stimulate the economy and spur employment.
Advocacy: Influence and benefit from policy that informs three levels of government of the needs of gender diversity in leadership.
As policy continues to normalize and reach a more normal rate and financing dynamic that is closer to being consistent with today's levels of economic growth and inflation, these pernicious influences should abate and confidence in corporate investment may return.
Though it is important not to overstate the situation — realistically, the AfD party is unlikely to have a significant influence over policy in Germany in the short term — the level of support for the German right - wing party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on Chancellor Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.
Forward guidance is a tool used by a central bank to exercise its power in monetary policy in order to influence, with their own forecasts, market expectations of future levels of interest rates.
Like that, we try to influence certain policies and programmes, which are conceived at a national level.
Where the Church is identified with these national state institutions, as is largely the case, its influence at the grass roots level reinforces the reign of these obsolete institutions and policies.
A second observation is that it is precisely at the national headquarters levels of the typical western church that the Inertia of church organization and staff exerts Its most debilitating Influence on the capacity of the church to effect change in its own program or in the policies of the economic and political institutions In which It Is enmeshed.
This project identifies and targets the community aspects that influence obesity and active living, specifically focusing on policies, funding, physical assets, programs and services that influence health and fitness levels of youth ages 10 — 14 years.
To influence the development of policy, strategy and investment at all levels of government
Sen. Daniel Squadron is resigning his seat in the state Senate effective Friday to join a national policy group organizing in opposition to the influence of the Koch brothers and other monied interests in politics on the state and local level.
As Rick Muir, whose research at the IPPR think - tank has closely influenced Labour's policy development, puts it: «Instead of these budgets being salami - sliced at the centre, you pool the budget down to the local level and then they can make more rational sense of it.»
This analysis was supported by Munira Murza, lead author of today's Policy Exchange report, who warned: «Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the «right to be different».»
Of course, Moskowitz has already had significant influence on state - level education policy.
Many of those elected leaders continue to influence policy across all levels of government.
This is an important policy area to examine now: «In an era of growing coastal populations and rising sea levels, decisions made after one disaster strongly influence our vulnerability to the next.»
«This correlation tells us this is the same water and that this is what's causing the melting of the glacier, which could influence sea level rise,» said Muenchow, an associate professor of oceanography in UD's School of Marine Science and Policy, which is housed in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).
Although the general approach and results are «positive and useful,» says economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, «we don't learn very much about how levels of community development, government policies, local ecology, prevalent farm systems, and social organization influence the outcomes.»
Dr Cusack said: «This can influence the level of trust parties in the conflict place on the decision - making process and affect their overall responsiveness to policy change.
Multiple national level influences, such as rule of law, environmental governance, land tenure or policy are potentially influencing PADDD and further national level studies are needed to better understand these mechanics.
As UCSF's first vice chancellor for science policy and strategy, Keith Yamamoto leads efforts to anticipate the needs of an increasingly dynamic biomedical research endeavor, and to position UCSF optimally, by working within the university as well as influencing and shaping science policy at the state and national levels and beyond.
Patrons demonstrate their commitment to this principle through their influence at strategic and policy levels.
The main activities implemented in the program by the students, under the coordination of their teacher, are: (1) analysis of the problems of the local Roma community; (2) selection of a problem for in - depth study by the class, a problem that can be solved through local public policies; (3) collecting information about the problem from various sources, including members of the Roma community, public institutions, NGOs, specialists, and analysis of possible solutions; (4) drafting a public policy that could solve the problem; (4) developing an action plan to influence public authorities to adopt the public policy proposed by the students; (5) organizing a showcase at local level in which students present their projects; (6) reflecting on the learning experience.
This project will study how certain key district - and school - level policies and practices influence the ways in which the PBL courses are taken up and implemented.
On a relational level, empowerment is about enhancing people's ability to influence the policies that affect them.
By looking at the individual test scores of each student in Florida, Winters is able to identify gains in performance at the 3rd grade level that were not influenced by the «anti-social promotion» policy.
We also adjusted the data to account for changes in state spending on education and for parents» educational levels, which provides controls for simultaneous changes in state policies or differences in demographics that might confound the analysis of how accountability systems influenced student achievement.
«Our view signals a need for policy reform,» Lesaux said, adding that every level of the system must influence the basic interactions and core relationships in early education.
This strand is designed not only for students who want to work with individual children and families, but also those who want to influence systemic change on the institutional and policy levels.
However, even the concession that the findings probably aren't accurate doesn't stop her from maintaining that the data are still useful «for the purposes of assessing broad policy influences at the state level.»
The organizations» influence over policy and politics appears to be growing, especially at the state and local levels.
Early Childhood Educators: The Zaentz Professional Learning Academy is designed to support the learning and development of early education leaders at all levels and in all settings in the mixed - delivery system — those influencing practice and policy from the schoolhouse to the state house.
Strengthen Analytic Capacity: Place and support data strategists in partner organizations who will influence policy at the local, state, and national levels (Fellowship Program, Institute for Leadership in Analytics) 2.
Strengthen Analytic Capacity: Place and support data strategists in partner organizations who influence policy at the local, state, and national levels (Fellowship Program, Institute for Leadership in Analytics) 2.
Fear of change influences behavior from the policy level down to the classroom.
Nationwide, union influence «may be waning at the state level,» the study found, noting that in the past few years more states have adopted policies not in line with union priorities.
Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296
Changes in the structure of the economy, the level of gross domestic product, technology, government policies, and discrimination can influence personal income.
The main topics covered were: 1) the respondent «s perceptions of the major state - level policy initiatives of importance over the last few years (allowing the respondent to determine the starting year / policy); 2) specific policy initiatives in two arenas: accountability and promoting school leadership; 3) a discussion of the policy initiators and actors, and their stakes and stands on major policy initiatives; and 4) their comments about the way in which groups and individuals work together or separately to exercise influence over educational policy.
But as seen in California, where the AFT's United Teachers Los Angeles has struck a joint affiliation deal with NEA, the AFT's larger locals are realizing that such triangulation gives them stronger influence over education policy at state and local levels.
The Emerging Leaders program recognizes and prepares young, promising educators to influence education programs, policy, and practice on both local and national levels.
The four economic factors highlighted here are insufficient to explain what has happened in these states, as current tax and school finance policies, partisan divides, union influence, and many other state - level features contributed to the strikes that are now happening.
To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.
The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.