Sentences with phrase «policy professor david»

A 2009 study, by Carnegie Mellon public - policy professor David Deming, followed up on the work of Currie, Thomas, and Garces and yielded more encouraging results.

Not exact matches

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University and holds the David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto.

Dr. Dana Goldman, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair and Director, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics USC Dr. Kathy L. Hudson, Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy, National Institutes of Health James Park, Co-founder, Chairman, President, and CEO, Fitbit Sue Siegel, Chief Executive Officer, GE Ventures and healthymagination Moderator: Dr. David B. Agus, Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm HEALTH; Professor of Medicine and Engineering; Director, Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, USC

They have a real message,» said David Hemenway, an economist and a professor of health policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in an interview on Friday.

David G. Adler, professor of political science at Idaho State University and the editor - author of «The Constitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Policy,» considers the Bush memo regarding the act «the continuation of the exercise of the imperial presidency.»

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Then David turns to Professor Simon Szreter — social historian and founder of «History & Policy» — to discuss how academics are trying to find ways of restoring the public's faith in politics, and bridge the gap between the politicians» narrow view of the world and how the voters see it.

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).

David Neumark, a professor of economics at the University of California and a fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, is also on the study team.

Robert Howarth, David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Cornell University, leading researcher on energy policy impact on climate change

«This is states engaging in self - help,» said David Kamin, a professor at New York University School of Law who studies budget and tax policy.

David Courard - Hauri, an associate professor of environmental science and policy at Drake University in Des Moines and a father of two teenage girls, recalls being the designated night - shift diaper - changer in his daughters» early years.

«Space is a $ 280 billion industry, and NASA is worth approximately $ 20 billion, so NASA is small potatoes,» says David Whalen, professor of space policy at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

Senior author A. David Paltiel, MBA, PhD, professor of Public Health (Health Policy) at the Yale School of Public Health, says, «Our aim is to confront donor nations with the clinical and economic consequences of any decision to substantially cut HIV program funding and to help recipient nations respond in the least harmful ways possible to the actions of countries in the developed world.»

David Keith, whose work features prominently in the issue, is Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard SEAS and a professor of public policy at Harvard KennedProfessor of Applied Physics at Harvard SEAS and a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedprofessor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the first study to model public health outcomes if cigarette smoking was replaced by e-cigarettes «supports a policy strategy that encourages replacing cigarette smoking with vaping to yield substantial life year gains,» says the study's lead author David Levy, PhD, professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi.

These findings were presented by David S. Mandell, Sc.D., Associate Professor, Director, Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, today at the Autism Speaks Toddler Treatment Network meeting held in San Sebastian, Spain concurrent with the start of the International Meeting for Autism Research.

«While both bills are improvements — and people may argue about that — it doesn't create a system where we're going to be able to efficiently get the answers about risks of all the chemicals out there,» says David Konisky, an associate professor of public policy at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The research was conducted by Duke psychologists David Rabiner, Madeline Carrig and Kenneth Dodge, the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and director of Duke's Center for Child and Family Policy.

The research offers support for the recommendations of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, all of which have advocated increasing the amount of time that elementary school children spend in gym class, says lead researcher and Cornell professor of policy analysis and management, John Cawley, who conducted the study with Chad Meyerhoefer of Lehigh University (Cornell Ph.D. 2002) and David Frisvold of Emory University.

Our visualization organizes the actors of the network into communities that evolve over time and then depicts the evolving community memberships as a series of flows between the communities,» said David Choi, assistant professor of statistics and information systems at the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.

David Deming, professor of education and economics at HGSE, accompanied by Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community colleges.

Author Bio: David Steiner is executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and professor of education at Johns Hopkins University.

University of California — Berkeley Professor P. David Pearson — noted reading researcher — presented «Theory and Practice in Reading Comprehension: Reflections on a Half Century of Work,» an exploration of his career and the evolution of reading education in the light of policy changes, including the introduction and implementation of Common Core Standards.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

School Testing a Mixed Bag, Study Says Harvard Gazette, 10/30/15» «The lesson is that these policies can work to raise students» test scores and to make kids better off,» [Associate Professor David] Deming said.

David Deming, currently an assistant professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, has been appointed an assistant professor.

As recounted in a new book on NCLB by Drew University political science professor Patrick McGuinn (No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy, 1965 — 2005), GOP pollster David Winston attributes Bush's 2000 victory to his education agenda.

David Figlio is professor of education, social policy and economics at Northwestern University and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Panelists will include: David Deming, professor of education and economics at HGSE; Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director, of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute.

David Steiner is professor and executive director of the Institute for Education Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Education.

by David L. Kirp, Author and Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley

But UC Berkeley professor of public policy David Kirp got it right in his recent New York Times op ed when he said «To succeed, students must become thinkers, not just test - takers.»

David Armor, president of a California consulting firm, National Policy Analysts Inc., told the commission at its monthly meeting that the charges leveled by the desegregation researcher Gary Orfield, a political - science professor at the University of Chicago, are without basis.

-- David Arsen, David N. Plank, and Gary Sykes are professors of educational administration at Michigan State University, where Plank also directs the Education Policy Center.

«There's a political motivation,» says David Bloomfield, professor of educational leadership, law, and policy at Brooklyn College.

These have made the difficulties in Michigan's low - income urban districts like Detroit even worse, according to David Arsen, professor of education policy in the MSU College of Education.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) responds to Arizona State University professor David Dr. Garcia's review for the National Education Policy Center's (NEPC) Think Twice think tank review project of CCSA's report: Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The success of California charter schools in promoting African American Achievement.

David Conley is Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership in the College of Education, University of Oregon.

«Across the United States, school districts have relied on this template to build strong systems that provide a solid education for their students, and the model makes great sense for Puerto Rico as well,» said David Kirp, a public policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

For the first time in history, we have somebody who actually knows a lot about education running — Dr. David Garcia — an associate professor colleague of mine at Arizona State University who also studies educational policy.

As for the research on competitive effects of school choice policies in general — vouchers, tax - credit scholarships, and charters all together — the jury is still out, said David Arsen, a professor of education policy and K - 12 educational administration at Michigan State University.

While Gutierrez does not have the money her two opponents do, it would be a mistake to count her out because «opponents of Common Core, who are not numerous in California, are highly mobilized and motivated,» said Stanford University professor David Plank, who directs the nonpartisan Policy Analysis for California Education research center.

David Armor is professor emeritus of public policy, George Mason University, and author of Maximizing Intelligence, Transaction Publishers, 2003.

With MIT professors Frank Levy and David Autor, he has examined how computer - based technological change has affected skill demands in the United States» economy, and the effectiveness of educational policies in responding to changing skill demands.

Milbrey W. McLaughlin is the David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University, Co ‑ director of the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching (CRC), and Executive Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities.

«I am nervous about an enterprise that's training people to be face - to - face classroom instructors that's entirely online,» said David Figlio, a professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University who has done research comparing student performance in online and in - person lecture classes.

David L. Kirp is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow at the Learning Policy Instpolicy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow at the Learning Policy InstPolicy Institute.

Panelists include Jean Grossman, Senior Fellow, K - 12 Education Policy, MDRC; Stephanie Jones, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Charmaine Mercer, Director of DC Office & Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute; David Osher, Vice President and Institute Fellow, AIR; and Charles Smith, Executive Director, Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality; and to be moderated by Caitlin Emma, Education Reporter, Politico.