This new research aims to help
policymakers and the public better understand military families» perspectives on school choice policies, the military profession and more.
This 2017 survey of 1,200 active - duty military servicemembers, veterans and their spouses aims to help
policymakers and the public better understand this important population's perspectives on school choice policies, the military profession and more.
This 2017 survey of 1,200 active - duty military servicemembers, veterans and their spouses aims to help
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In this report, authors Paul DiPerna, Lindsey Burke and Anne Ryland share the results of a 2017 survey of 1,200 active - duty military servicemembers, veterans, and their spouses to help
policymakers and the public better understand this important constituency's perspectives on K — 12 education, school choice policies and the military profession as a whole.
Not exact matches
In this environment,
policymakers would do
well to not only be cautious
and forward - looking in managing the level
and structure of
public borrowing, but vigilant about detecting
and defusing potential build - ups of vulnerabilities in the private sector as
well (
and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as
well as on).
In recognizing the catalysts behind the
public's persistence to save
and reluctance to spend, additional analysis by
policymakers should focus on the efficacy of further rate cuts on spending
and investment, as
well as potential «roundabout» benefits of a more normal rates regime to affirm support toward the
public's saving objectives, with the end goal of boosting
public's risk sentiment
and perceptions of future economic stability.
AAPD members interested in
public policy issues in their state as
well as
policymakers and advocates for children's oral health at the state level should feel free to contact the PPA in your state.
«The data will also provide statistics on agriculture for
policymakers to allocate
public resources effectively
and to
better identify, prepare, implement
and evaluate developmental projects aimed at promoting agriculture in rural areas.
Papa Kow Bartels further explains that the statistics on agriculture will enable
policymakers to allocate
public resources effectively
and to
better identify, prepare, implement
and evaluate developmental projects aimed at promoting the sector in the rural areas.
«Although there will still be significant gaps in the available information about the outside activities of lawmakers
and other officials, this database will ensure that going forward the
public, the media,
and policymakers will be
better able to discern whether an officeholder or their business partners are representing clients with state business before state agencies, an important part of the overall picture.»
The new online R&D «dashboard» was designed to enhance the transparency, accessibility,
and usefulness of historical AAAS data to benefit
policymakers and analysts as
well as the
public, Program Director Matt Hourihan said.
The committee reviews the Association's
public policy activities, alerts AAAS to S&T policy issues that its members see coming over the horizon, oversees the annual AAAS Forum on Science
and Technology Policy as
well as the annual AAAS reports on federally supported R&D,
and sponsors other activities such as symposia
and workshops at the AAAS Annual Meeting to help scientists
and engineers communicate more effectively with
policymakers.
Building cities in a way that slows vehicle demand while delivering high accessibility could prove to be a low - cost option for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, as
well as a solution to pressing problems for
policymakers like local air pollution
and poor
public health.
During a 6 - 10 June training program, the 15 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute fellows also engaged in interactive sessions on the science of science communication,
public attitudes about climate change, how Americans consume science news,
best practices in leveraging social media,
and the fundamentals of engaging
policymakers in science - based dialogue.
«We hope that the consensus among plant scientists presented here is heard by
policymakers, the business community,
and, more importantly, the general
public and initiates a new conversation on how
best to implement GM tools to improve crops for sustainable agriculture.
The authors argue that these findings need to inform how future IPCC Assessment Reports are communicated, in order that
policymakers and the
public are
better informed.
«Wetlands are vulnerable to over-exploitation due to their abundance of fish, fuel
and water,» reports the group, which works on the ground in 18 countries to educate the
public and policymakers about the health of local wetlands
and to advocate for
better policies.
Better communication from the
public and policymakers can provide scientists with clearer signals regarding the public's concern and science's role in addressing them,» said Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public P
public and policymakers can provide scientists with clearer signals regarding the
public's concern and science's role in addressing them,» said Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public P
public's concern
and science's role in addressing them,» said Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social
and Decision Sciences
and Engineering
and Public P
Public Policy.
May it serve as a warning not only to
policymakers, but also to researchers, clinicians, peer reviewers, journal editors,
and journalists of the need to consider the harm to scientific credibility
and public health when dealing with studies funded by food companies with vested interests in the results —
and to find
better ways to fund such studies
and to prevent, disclose
and manage potentially conflicted interests,» writes Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., of New York University, in a related commentary.
If
policymakers and citizens don't recognize the role that science now plays in modern everyday life,
and the value of scientific evidence to help us make
better public decisions, research
and innovation will not thrive.
Whether parents,
and policymakers, are ultimately «satisfied» with
public education may hinge on how
well schools are performing relative to local expectations.
[ii] The question facing
policymakers and the
public is not whether eliminating tuition at
public colleges for most families will have a positive effect, but whether it is the
best use of a large new federal investment in higher education.
The wide variation across states in the relative size
and characteristics of the
public and private sectors revealed by this exploratory, descriptive analysis suggests the need to tailor federal
and state policy efforts to
best leverage the private sector in each state to meet
policymakers» goals.
The convenings bring together the six By All Means Children's Cabinets as
well as
policymakers, educators,
and community leaders to re-envision
public education
and its governance.
Empirical evidence should be the basis for a serious —
and unprecedented — conversation among
policymakers as
well as the general
public about the costs
and benefits of teacher tenure
and the circumstances under which it should be granted
and revoked
For the first time, a dozen major education organizations have pulled together their
best practices
and research to state these elements
and help
policymakers, school leaders
and the
public understand why some schools succeed
and how they do it.
In California, we believe parents, as educated consumers
and advocates for their children, want to know more about how
public schools are performing,
and that
policymakers should ensure the
public has the necessary tools to make
good use of multiple measures.
These efforts have paid short shrift to the simple
and frustrating fact that, while
public policy can make people do things, it can not make people do those things
well... First, state
and federal
policymakers do not run schools; they merely write laws
and regulations telling school districts what principals
and teachers ought to do.
The Collaborative is planning to produce a comprehensive school adequacy study using multiple methodologies that will provide
policymakers with the
best, most complete
and most accurate information on the true costs of educating all Michigan
public school students.
More importantly, the accountability provisions have proven to be useful to reformers, as
well as reform - minded
policymakers, researchers,
and families in advancing the systemic overhaul of American
public education.
In order to help federal
policymakers and national education leaders
better understand how to develop a career pathways system, AYPF staff
and a group of national leaders visited Miami - Dade County
Public Schools, renowned for its commitment to providing students with multiple pathways to success.
Federal
and state
policymakers should support
public education as a means to grow their economies
and help create
well - educated citizens.
Policymakers and the
public must immediately engage in an open
and transparent community decision - making process about the
best ways to use test scores
and to develop accountability systems that fully support a broader, more accurate definition of college, career,
and citizenship readiness that ensures equity
and access for all students.
Over the past decade, educators,
policymakers,
and the
public have begun to forge a consensus that our
public schools must focus on
better preparing all children for the demands of citizenship in the 21st century.
I was reminded this week that our goal at TCSA, to improve student achievement by advocating for
and strengthening a diverse set of high quality charter schools, is shared nationwide by educators
and policymakers who believe that charter schools are the
best public school option for students.
Stakeholders
and policymakers all want what is
best for
public education.
Another round of panic will set in, fingers will point at America's
public schools, yet again,
and we will, yet again (though hopefully not by the grace of more visionary educational
policymakers) look to even higher standards
and better tests to adopt, implement,
and repeat, from the beginning — see # 1 above.
The content of the NAEP reading assessment is determined by a framework developed with the help of researchers,
policymakers,
and the interested
public as
well as experts in reading
and its measurement.
No single assessment or piece of student work can provide the robust information needed to inform teaching, learning,
and supports, as
well as
public accountability
and continuous improvement of education systems through families,
policymakers,
and other stakeholders.
TXCC assisted the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff with coordination of the council's work to inform
policymakers and stakeholders about high - quality development
and implementation of expanded learning opportunities for
public school children, applying knowledge of research
and best practices in this area.
For more than 75 years, NSBA, a federation of 49 state associations
and one territory association, has been working to ensure our
public education system is appropriately supported by federal
policymakers, so
public schools can offer the
best possible environment for students to realize their dreams.
In this recent commentary piece entitled, Smart solutions for Connecticut
public schools, award winning Connecticut
public school teachers Jean Jaykus
and AnneMarie Surfaro - Boehme provide a teaching moment that all
policymakers would do
well to stop
and read.
The study will provide
policymakers with the
best, most complete
and most accurate information on what it truly costs to educate all Michigan
public school students.
The following shows how powerful the charter school lobby is today,
and how
policymakers have put on blindfolds when thinking about what is
best for the greater
good in
public education.
Neither would increase the regulatory burden on voucher - receiving private schools, but they could help ensure that families
better understand their options
and assure
policymakers and the wider
public that tax dollars are wisely spent.
The Collaborative's study, expected in early 2018, is being conducted by the nation's top two school finance research firms,
and will provide
policymakers with the
best, most complete
and most accurate information on the true cost of educating all Michigan
public school students.
The new school adequacy study is being conducted by the nation's top two school finance research firms,
and will provide
policymakers with the
best, most complete
and most accurate information on the true cost of educating all Michigan
public school students.
If whole language advocates were willing to play by the rules of external accountability, to assert that students who experience
good instruction based upon solid principles of progressive pedagogy will perform
well on standardized tests
and other standards of performance, they would stand a
better chance of gaining a sympathetic ear with the
public and with
policymakers.
DOT's APR provides yearly updates on program performance
and achievements to enable
policymakers, Federal managers,
and the
public to assess how
well the Department has made use of its resources.
The inspector general said the department needs to do a
better job in communicating the cost of both IDR plans
and loan forgiveness programs to
policymakers and the
public.