Sentences with phrase «policy organization focused»

In November, In the Public Interest, a research and policy organization focused on privatization and contracting, submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the Department of Education requesting all communications between Jason Botel and Julia Keleher between July 1 and mid-November, and all emails sent or received by Botel during that period that mention charter schools or Puerto Rico.

«Food insecurity and the hunger crisis was much more widespread and posed a serious threat to national security and the economy,» says Matt Sharp, senior advocate for the California Food Policy Advocates, a public policy organization focused on antipoverty initiatives.

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The 2016 Global Innovation Index, which is an annual ranking of the innovation capabilities and performance of economies around the world, focuses on national policies, but it's individual leaders who can make a difference by driving innovation within organizations and creating a conducive environment for innovation to thrive.

Stickler organizations focus solely on following a well - defined protocol, emphasizing that their representatives be adept at accurately explaining corporate policy and point of view.

This isn't the first instance that members have influenced MEC to drop a brand, Labistour said, and the organization has rigorous policies for investigating supply chains with a focus on ethical sourcing and the environmental footprint of the brands it carries.

The STEM Education Coalition's Policy Forum is a 501c3 non-profit organization launched by the Coalition in 2015 to focus on developing a deeper understanding of emerging and critical STEM education policy iPolicy Forum is a 501c3 non-profit organization launched by the Coalition in 2015 to focus on developing a deeper understanding of emerging and critical STEM education policy ipolicy issues.

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

As a policy - focused, but non-partisan, organization The Vancouver Board of Trade has worked to positively engage both of the leading candidates for mayor and council, noted Black.

Different organizations will highlight different issues: Some Jewish leaders will be most concerned with anti-Semitism, Vatican relations with Israel, and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict; others will focus on interfaith dialogue on theology and history; others will discuss social and economic policy, and the place of religion in politics and the public square.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

In addition to urging U.S. negotiators to remain focused on opening up the Japanese and Canadian dairy markets, members of both organizations also stressed the importance of addressing the lingering impacts of New Zealand government dairy policies that have intentionally advantaged a single national champion at the expense of other competitors.

The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income AmerPolicy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income Amerpolicy on low and moderate - income Americans.

«The Institute is proud to have nurtured and built the Empire Center to the point where it can stand on its own as an organization focused on policy research and education in New York State,» Mone said.

With a primary focus on New York State, the organization also advocates at the local and national levels for sensible gun laws, policies and practices to protect New York State residents from gun violence.

The Education Trust — New York, an equity - focused statewide education policy and advocacy organization, issued the following statement from Executive Director...

The New Yorkers for Clean Power campaign, a coalition which includes uptown organizations, will focus on advocacy to engage the public, local governments and businesses to push forward renewable energy and clean transportation options and to expand the state's clean energy policies, said Campaign Coordinator Renee Vogelsang.

Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City — a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices — Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation...

Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City — a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices — Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation — policy development — management and government affairs to promote the Crime Commission's agenda of making...

That would require a separate audit of the slaughter process, says Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, an organization focused on consumer affairs.

The audience gave Clinton several standing ovations, and policy leaders, HIV / AIDS advocates, and nongovernmental organizations that focus on the epidemic praised what several called her «bold» vision about applying recent prevention advances.

They hope to establish a self - sustaining organization that will focus on the national policy interests of postdoctoral scientists.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

This past year, while a student in the Education Policy Management Program, Cotignola was also an intern with I'm First, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. that focuses on helping first - generation college students get to and through college.

Manno focuses on three of these nonprofit organizations that have had helped to lift charter school caps, implement «parent trigger» policies, and reform teacher effectiveness provisions.

We'll focus on policy progress and collective action among the leading college access and success organizations, looking for ways to help diverse groups achieve greater impact.

The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that focuses on a variety of policy areas, including education.

As vice president, Gray not only advises The Mind Trust's president and CEO on issues of strategy and operations and advances the policy work, he also leads the effort to help this Indianapolis - based and - focused organization build a national network of city - based organizations that will work together to support education entrepreneurs as they scale to new markets across the country.

Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice focuses on learning among children, adolescents, and adults and its connections to the organizations, institutions, and policy settings in which it oPolicy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice focuses on learning among children, adolescents, and adults and its connections to the organizations, institutions, and policy settings in which it opolicy settings in which it occurs.

«In my statement of purpose for my HGSE application,» she remembers, «I noted that I applied to HGSE because of the International Education Program's focus on policy and reform, and that I hoped to pursue a career with an organization such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).»

Indeed, the evidence we report strongly suggests that public policy focused on the content and organization of what is taught is a relatively desirable means of preventing illiteracy and its associated ills.

Education Week is an independent national news organization focusing on pre-K-12 education policy.

UCEA is also a part of several national networks of educational administration organizations focused on improving the field, including the National Policy Board for Educational Administration.

CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activities.

Elena Chávez Quezada is a senior program officer at the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, where she manages the economic security portfolio, which funds organizations across San Francisco and Alameda Counties focused on workforce development, asset - building and policy.

She leads the organization's state - driven public policy focused strategy development, which supports collaborative philanthropic responses to Michigan's most critical needs and leads over 300 member organizations toward deeper impact affecting over 300,000 Michigan residents.

She also works with various nationally and federally focused organizations to provide assistance in strategic planning and policy analysis.

Prior to joining Pivot, Arun served as the Executive Director of the Education Trust - West, the leading education policy, research and advocacy organization focused on closing achievement and opportunity gaps for low - income students and students of color in California.

I was excited to see how a bunch of teachers from across the city came together and decided the policy focus for an organization I had only recently joined.

In a previous role, she served as the vice president for standards, assessment, and deeper learning at the Alliance for Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization that focuses on secondary schools.

Tallahassee - Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler has been elected President of the Florida Coalition of School Board Member (FCSBM), a statewide organization of school board members focused on the interests of students, parents, and taxpayers by advancing common sense student - first policies and school finance reform to eliminate wasteful spending and misuse of taxpayer dollars.

Katherine Bassett is the President and CEO of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of teachers as leaders and to supporting teaching practice through three key focus areas: policy, practice, and advocacy.

Facilitate dialogue between organizations focused on afterschool and / or CBE in order to inform both about relevant policy and practice

Marcia Dvorak, Ph.D., is the Director of the Kansas Enrichment Network, an organization that seeks to create a sustainable structure of statewide, regional, and local partnerships, focused on policy, sustainability, and quality expanded learning opportunities.

Business owner, public policy professional and education advocate, Brenda now leads BEST NC, a nonpartisan organization of business leaders focused on excellent education in North Carolina.

As the focus on early reading intensifies, many values become interests, and many private organizations become interest groups as they attempt to insure that their values are represented in the reading policy arena.

With guidance from an experienced advisor, students may elect courses in such areas as policy analysis, diversity and justice, performance - based leadership, and other topics that focus on reforming and transforming schools and school systems into high performing organizations for all students.

As a leader in the field of social - emotional learning, we take part in international conferences focused on education policy and reform and collaborate with research organizations to study the viability and efficacy of our programs in individual countries.

Students with degrees in educational economics and / or policy may work within government agencies and nonprofit organizations that focus on educational reform and advocacy.

Policy leaders, in particular, can (1) support initiatives that expand broadband availability in all of the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers and in state and locally - funded afterschool sites; (2) encourage robust experimentation with digital platforms that allow expanded learning organizations to collaborate, share practices, and connect experiences that kids are having at various expanded learning sites; and (3) support pilot experiments in up to 10 % of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers that focus on integrating evolving technologies.

In a comparative analysis of five traditional funders and five recent entrants, traditional funders» recent grantmaking has focused more on university - based K - 12 projects and organizations doing state and national policy work in areas such as early learning initiatives and teacher preparation.