Sentences with phrase «practice and policy issues»

The theme of the biennial institute, which is modeled on a similar summer gathering in Europe called the European Science Education Research School, was connecting research on science education to classroom practice and policy issues such as the Next - Generation Science Standards.

Not exact matches

COO Sheryl Sandberg explained why in a blog post, noting «These are complicated issues, and while we don't believe any company's enforcement or policies are perfect, we think that sharing best practices can help us all improve, especially smaller companies that may not have the resources to develop their own policies.»

While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.

«The [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] enforces the ADEA and considers the ADEA to prohibit an employer from using neutral employment policies and practices that have a disproportionately negative impact on applicants or employees age 40 or older, if the policies or practices at issue are not based on a reasonable factor other than age,» writes Elliot at VirginiaWorkplaceLaw.com.

In responses to three subsequent consultations, issued in 2012 by the European Securities and Markets Authority («ESMA»), Canadian Securities Administrators («CSA») and the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee of Australia («CAMAC»), Glass Lewis has consistently expressed the view that a market - based solution, in particular a code of best practices developed by proxy advisors, is the appropriate means to address the relevant issues raised in these consultations — namely conflict management, transparency of policies and methodologies and engagement.

The Roundtables generated multiple policy recommendations on issues such as standard setting; monitoring and enforcement, expanding the role of women in trade policy and practice, and linking trade treaties with human rights protection.

Facebook has modified its policies and practices over the years to address some of these issues.

We will be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices.

This paper identifies policy incoherence, selective reform practices, and limitations in local experiments as the three major issues that could potentially impede Beijing's reform agenda.

Connecting such rhetorical practice with contemporary issues in the study of rhetoric and public policy is a de-emphasis of «facts» and an emphasis of custom.

Issues around sexuality and sexual practice are therefore powerful factors in shaping public attitudes and concomitantly the policies of public authorities.

They may frequently engage moral questions in institutional contexts where the theological warrants for a specific ethical issue may not be honored — as when they advise on matters of medical ethics, public policy and ecological practice.

Second, although the issues raised had direct relevance to U.S. foreign policy and the practices of U.S. businesses, their implications were less immediately threatening than were black demands.

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Mr. Kemper practices in the area of labor and employment law where he regularly counsels employers on a variety of workplace issues including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, employee discipline and discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour (including tipping practices), whistleblower, unemployment, restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, separation agreements, workplace policies and employee handbooks.

FI briefing: Our evidence to the Childhood and Families Taskforce In our evidence to the Coalition Government's Children and Families Taskforce, we demonstrate the relevance of active fatherhood to all these policy issues; and explain how and why the reorienting of children / families policy and practice to include a specific focus on involving fathers is essential if the Coalition is to achieve its aims.

Nancy next turned her attention to statewide issues as the co-founder of the New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance (NYSHEPA), a coalition dedicated to improving policies and practices that promote healthy eating and physical activity.

FRAC issues School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low - Income Students to focus benefits of the new federal wellness policy mandate on those most inPolicy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low - Income Students to focus benefits of the new federal wellness policy mandate on those most inpolicy mandate on those most in need.

The FDA issued a policy statement about the use of domperidone in breastfeeding mothers, as the drug passes through to the breast milk; however, many respected medical doctors whose practices focus mainly on lactation indicate that while most drugs pass through to the milk supply, most are safe for both mother and baby, including domperidone.

He chose to give up private practice to work for breastfeeding policy, has been able to bring «breastfeeding» issues to forefront of discussions both at national level and international level.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

This would force all the member states to at least think about the issue, potentially formulate policy, and to exchange best practices.

The European Union links climate to other strategic issues in its renewed Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy and the Planetary Security Initiative is in its third year of forging a «Community of Practice» of think tanks connecting climate and security.

NEA's research team has over 30 years» combined experience of working on and researching fuel poverty, domestic energy issues and the impact of associated policy and practice interventions.

Resource issues aside, volunteers must be better protected by equal opportunities policies and practice, and volunteer experience should be given parity with that arising from paid work.»

I think, in the end, how it works in practice as a real world issue is something like this: * Where EU states do agree on overall strategy and policy, such as on the Middle East, the coordination can give them a voice at the top table.

As the UK's leading source of labour market intelligence and insight, the Skills for Business network are an authority on skills issues, helping to shape public policy and practice.

«And in such a lawsuit, a court would be authorized to issue injunctive relief — meaning a court could issue an order prohibiting the policy or practice resulting in the disparate impact.»

The stop - and - frisk policy has been a hotly debated issue at City Hall with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defending the practice as a way to reduce crime and helped drive down New York's crime rate to the lowest among the country's 25 most populous cities, as measured by the FBI.

The issue is whether «current campus policies and practices sufficiently protect postdocs in their employment or economic role.

In a Viewpoint published in the March issue of JAMA, Researcher Jeremiah Brown of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and colleagues, Hal Sox and David Goodman, question whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services» use of financial penalties is the right tack for changing the behavior of hospitals.

The findings highlight the urgent need for policy - makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision - makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices.

The article appears in a special online issue of the APA journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

The review, entitled «Lesbian and Gay Parents and Determination of Child Custody: The Changing Legal Landscape and Implications for Policy and Practice,» was published in the first issue of the American Psychological Association's (APA) new journal, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, which was released in March 2014.

As the Society's Bahcall Fellow, Ashlee hopes to continue the excellent work her predecessors have done to keep members informed and engaged with the policy process at many levels and on the varied issues that impact our ability to effectively practice, educate, and communicate astronomical, planetary, and solar sciences.

While it is too early to identify all of the potential ELSI issues that may emerge in this field, such considerations should be factored into the development of policy recommendations for public health and clinical practice in infectious disease, both domestically and internationally [106].

The Forum acts as a convener to provide continuing opportunities and promote the standards for sharing best practices and debating substantive scientific and policy issues facing the field.

In collaboration with our partners from research, policy, industrial practice and civil society, we develop responses and recommendations for action for pressing environmental issues and support decision - making processes at the local, national and international level.

The HRC focuses on the policies, issues and practices that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

LDS women discuss church doctrine, policy, and practice as well as current events, life issues, children, families, and whatever else comes to mind.

In education the issue is not simply to change the policy, but also to change the practice - a tricky translation, particularly when the policy requires fundamental change in the behavior of both adults and children.

This issue is at the heart of transformational teaching — finding ways to move effective educational practices and initiatives past the tipping point into the realm where teachers, administrators, and policy makers acknowledge their positive impact and agree on the need to integrate them into school systems.

With that in mind, the NESB called for a new «NPS / Charter / Faith - based Working Group» that would formalize district - charter communication routines and create a forum for addressing a host of issues, such as developing a «set of shared values and indicators of success» for the entire city and advocating for «innovations in policy and practice.»

Training enables learners to understand the key issues regarding infection control principles, including knowledge of the types of micro-organism that cause infection, methods of transmission and transmission routes, knowledge of how to maintain a clean environment, infection control national policies and obligations, decontamination methods and waste handling practices.

Each memo, she says, «revisits assumptions that guide current policies and practices, outlines common pitfalls, and presents feasible solutions to pressing issues.»

Intended to give education leaders actionable intelligence on the teacher - recruitment landscape today, the stories examine both larger policy issues and more discrete school human resource practices.

There seems a growing recognition that value - added gains are a fair and important indicator of school performance and they address an issue that has crippled education reform for decades: Poor alignment between teacher training, teaching practices, and public policy.

Graduates of the concentration will be distinguished by their ability to apply developmental research to address issues in education policy and practice.

We must fight for the laws, policies, and practices that address these issues as a critical factor in setting the conditions for our children to learn.

The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices — and the extent to which «disparate impact» should intrude itself into federal civil - rights policies — are hugely important issues, with or without charter schools.