Sentences with phrase «policy wonk»

Not sure which book to buy the educator or education policy wonk in your life?

But Eden, a longtime education policy wonk who spent time working for Rick Hess at the American Enterprise Institute before landing at Manhattan Institute (and who still co-writes pieces with Hess on occasion), can't justify why he ran with this shoddy work.

That history poses a potential dilemma for policy wonks concerned about U.S. research funding.

Even as policy wonks speculated on where the U.S. emission cuts would come from, Republicans were harmonizing around a dire message — that China is an untrustworthy partner and is outmaneuvering Obama.

And he has a soft spot for the advice of career policy wonks like those who inhabit the IMF and think tanks such as the C.D. Howe Institute, where Morneau was the chairman before entering politics.

It will require alchemists, not policy wonks or providers, to transform cuts of this magnitude into gold.»

We've recently witnessed a spate of new books authored by policy wonks which aim to re-examine the mission of the university in the United States and whether we need to «unbundle» how we educate students.

Too bad policy wonks don't understand that.

The second halfâ $» a treatise on global economicsâ $» is best left to policy wonks with insomnia.

I think it is safe to say that Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, the founders of KIPP, have had more influence on the school reform debate than any academic or policy wonk over the past 15 years.

Unfortunately, academics and public policy wonks have to go and spoil some good old - fashioned political skullduggery with their silly ideas about «ending» the cycle of petty and self - serving politics, backroom deals and rat - finkery that has traditionally dominated the redistricting process.

But, perhaps frustratingly for economic - development officials and other policy wonks, it's unclear how New York, with its rapidly shrinking manufacturing base and sky - high taxes, beat the odds.

One controversial feature is what policy wonks call «conditionality»: making eligibility conditional on some prescribed activity (usually) related to work.

Significantly, one type of engagement does not exclude the other, even policy wonks feel joy, and enthusiasm can be a gateway to deeper and more long - lasting commitment.

If you want to do policy, do policy; besides, career policy wonks can be quite influential, they're just more likely to be working behind the scenes.

It's a consensus that Obama shares, but one that many other Democratic economic policy wonks share, too — Obama would have no problem finding new recruits to carry out that vision.

With Hillary Clinton's tax proposals to encourage longer - term investing, the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season.

While political and foreign policy wonks will understand that Trump isn't necessarily going to end the deal by sending the issue to Congress, broadly speaking it will be read by the American public and the international community as him trying to deliver on his promise to scrap or improve the pact.

Maybe their enthusiasm will led them to register to vote, to join a political party, to read political biographies, to become policy wonks, local councillors, maybe even Cabinet ministers.

The former policy wonk advised Tony Blair and served as an education minister.

Tuesday's vote was a triumph for Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and self - described policy wonk who put aside his vision for a more comprehensive, cutting - edge — and controversial — approach to overhauling corporate taxes earlier this year.

Whenever I hear education policy wonks arguing about the topic of student suspensions, I'm reminded of the Rorschach tests I learned -LSB-...]

Or, in policy wonk speak, «how a service is configured affects outcomes.»

A well - known policy wonk and party loyalist, Mr. Hancock will be tasked with smoothing over those hard feelings.

This is hardly a new idea among policy wonks and computer buffs, but it is not actively pursued by teachers or their organizations.

It was was of those «only in California» type things about a new law with good intentions, but eye rolling implementation that only policy wonks could dream up.

Once upon a time (OK, it was 2007), we D.C. policy wonks were gearing up for a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education act (a.k.a. No Child Left Behind), and all the buzz was about the new federal requirements that would be added.

There are no easy fixes for Canada's labour problems, with think - tanks and policy wonks suggesting everything from a reduction in EI to a Youth Employment Guarantee.

I often dip into EIA data, so I could sympathize with American energy analysts and policy wonks bemoaning the situation.

Still, on the fundamental question of carbon pricing, it's worth noting that the government isn't just scrapping with opposition politicians and environmental policy wonks — they're also standing against the corner - office perspective of at least one of the very biggest players in the global energy business.

A term coined by Michele Wucker, an American policy wonk, it refers to a «highly probable, high impact yet neglected threat: kin to both elephant in the room and the improbable and unforeseeable black swan.»

New immigrants, university graduates, geeky policy wonks and crazily ambitious entrepreneurs.

To many observers, he appears to be the same old Gingrich «a pompous policy wonk who will eventually implode, either before or after he becomes the Republican nominee.

Those ubiquitous network news stories about the «common people» whose lives are destroyed by out - of - touch policy wonks inside the Beltway do not meet any reasonable criteria for the appropriate political use of emotion and narrative particularity.

Despite the scenario differences, Pete and I agree that we need a candidate that's an articulate policy wonk.

Unlike baseball managers, writes Robert Patterson in the Washington Examiner, Republican leaders — «the same old roster of political consultants, think - tank policy wonks and losing - candidate types» — don't get fired for failure.

Tough's teachings have especially struck a chord with business leaders and labor policy wonks who have taken his ideas and woven them into their vision of our future workforce.

The measure, which was crafted by respected policy wonks in the GOP conference like Sen. Kemp Hannon and James Seward, had to be taken off the floor back in June.

These people were not swivel - eyed policy wonks, political anoraks, or for that matter, Blairite control - freaks.

Indeed, his political canonisation stemmed from Awo, the ultimate policy wonk; as much as from Awo, the symbiotic politician: he led, but was also led, by his people.

In private, Lib Dem policy wonks would look a bit bemused and sort of accept that, yes, perhaps, maybe the party's policy of abolishing the CTF wasn't right, but the party had to stick with it to «make the figures add up» and that, «after the election», there would be a rethink.

He understood the three national presidential debates had to be as much about entertainment as policy wonk discussion, and that to sit meekly while his opponent declaimed her policies did not win viewers.