Sentences with phrase «public policy alternatives»

The primary strategies used to carry out the organizational agenda include 1) development of public policy alternatives, creation of coalitions and legislative advocacy, and 2) education of the public and decision - makers through online information outreach, forums, policy papers, and periodic informational alerts.

In her description of the science, the former prime minister draws heavily on a pamphlet called A plain English guide to climate change which was published in December 1997 by the Reason Foundation, another lobby group that the following year received $ 70,000 from Exxon to «assess public policy alternatives on issues with direct bearing on the company's business operations and interests».»

Cascade's mission is to develop and promote public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity.

Cascade's mission is to explore and promote public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity.

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It is also possible that, even if not legally required, public companies may adopt alternative advisory vote policies in the future and adopting this proposal as a permanent policy could impair the ability of the Company to react to such future developments.

The alternative is write down debts to what can be paid, within the framework of a mixed public / private economy whose tax policy and monetary system aim to distribute wealth and income more equitably.

It is a tragic error that those of us who make the «self - help» argument in internal dialogue concerning alternative - development strategies for black Americans are often construed by the political right as making a public argument for a policy of «benign neglect.»

This is not a public - policy alternative but a political strategy designed to mask the left's efforts to soften pro-life concerns and thereby garner votes.

In 1984 the study committee held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

seem to want to mold public policy based on the rantings of fictional characters created by a hypocrite who railed against socialist and collectivist principles and then collected her Medicare and Social Security benefits later in life, can we also consider alternatives?

Modernization theory views such processes of institutional change within American religion as the alleged differentiation of private piety from public policy, the growing differentiation of secular education from its religious roots, and the emergence of professional therapy as a distinct alternative to pastoral counseling as bellwether trends in advanced industrial societies generally and suggests that they may be in some way influenced by broader international patterns.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Many legislators realize that public schools lack the moral resources to offer a healthy alternative (including religious ones), so the odds are good that the political process will lead to policies that continue to make it easier for parents to access alternatives.

It held three public hearings, one focused on the research findings (in New York City), a second on the views of the communications industry (in Los Angeles), and a third on policy proposals and alternatives (in Washington, D.C.).

The Policy subcommittee focuses on the public policies in various parts of the country that create incentives for food donation to those in need or that result in robust infrastructure for landfill alternatives, such as composting facilities.

Identify and advocate for public policies that could incentivize more food donation from the private sector and expand options for landfill alternatives such as composting and anaerobic digestion.

Virginia Hunger Solutions works to increase participation in school breakfast programs throughout the Commonwealth by promoting alternative breakfast delivery models, such as Breakfast in the Classroom, and innovative public policies, such as the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

Above all, they try to convince the public that neoliberal policies represent rational choice and that all possible alternatives are naïve, dangerous, if not crazy.

In response, policies are required to capture more land value for the public good, perhaps through alternative forms of taxation or the creation of public land banks, to help minimise speculative investment in an effort to reduce rising inequality.

He claimed that his priorities were defending civil liberties; devolving the running of public services to parents, pupils and patients; and protecting the environment, [56] and that he wanted to forge a «liberal alternative to the discredited policies of big government».

Among other criminal justice issues raised by Hawkins and the Green Party candidates were: establishment of a statewide Public Defenders Office; legalization of marijuana; Broken Windows policy; justice for Eric Garner; raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18; banning solitary confinement; educational opportunities for prisoners; assistance to help ex-offenders find employment and housing; and alternatives to incarceration.

«We are not at all opposed to having a public policy discussion or debate about creating another alternative but what we don't want to do is simply sit on the sidelines and have that discussion for another year, or two years or three years,» he said.

Earlier this week the Institute for Public Policy Research's commission on national security called on the government to examine alternatives to Trident - while maintaining a «minimum credible» nuclear deterrent.

To be sure, the minority leader recognizes that «going negative» carries risks and may not be a winning strategy if his party fails to offer policy alternatives that appeal to broad segments of the general public.

They are creating public policy on important issues including civil rights, a living wage, affordable housing and alternative voting systems.

Labours alternative policy was to spend vastly more public money.....

«I sit at the intersection of scientific modeling [and] public policy — looking at how those models are applied in ranking alternative policy solutions — and then philosophy, where I look at questions of how good the models are and when they become good enough to drive public - policy decisions,» he says.

Scientists frequently lament the scarcity of effective scientific communicators — those who can explain complex concepts to the public, present scientifically sound alternatives to policy - makers, and make cogent arguments for the value of science to society.

«School choice is enhanced when voucher schools or other alternatives supported on the public dime report more rather than less information,» said Cowen, associate professor of education policy and teacher education.

Analyze moral problems in public health practice, research, and health policy and identify and communicate morally compelling lines of argument for alternative ethical principles or foundational ethical theories at stake.

As part of his dissertation he synthesized these results with other studies associated with mercury cycling, public health threats and policy alternatives to bring attention to the threats and need for an improved public policy dealing with mercury pollution.

Dr. Ornish was appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and by President Obama to the White House Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.

citizens formation make us more and more able to value and to use our great assets of joy, art, movement, ancestral sustainable values, attitudes and skills to increase our capacity to develop creative alternatives to unsustainable public policies.

In CECIP's perspective, Brazil needs to foster Global Citizenship Education — with whatever denomination it takes -, since its methodologies and strategies for active learning, racism / sexism deconstruction, democracy reinforcement and glocal citizens formation make us more and more able to value and to use our great assets of joy, art, movement, ancestral sustainable values, attitudes and skills to increase our capacity to develop creative alternatives to unsustainable public policies.

The RAND Corporation and the University of Washington's Institute for Public Policy and Management have jointly established a new center that will explore alternatives to the current system of education governance, particularly in urban areas.

Adequacy advocates seldom open the door to alternative public - policy solutions, such as income maintenance, housing subsidies, or health and nutrition improvement, for addressing the education problems of the disadvantaged.

If the new information surprises respondents by indicating the district is doing less well than previously thought, the public, upon learning the truth of the matter, is likely to 1) lower its evaluation of local schools; 2) become more supportive of educational alternatives for families; 3) alter thinking about current policies affecting teacher compensation and retention; and 4) reassess its thinking about school and student accountability policies.

Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.

But, the public's alternative to the present policies is also lacking according to the American public's...

For many parents, educators, and policy - makers in the United States, charter schools - innovative public schools that are free from much bureaucratic oversight but must «compete» for students in order to retain their charters - have held out enormous promise as a public alternative to failing traditional schools.

Sun, October 23 — Teach - In 11:00 am — 2:00 pm 417 N. Lexington Street, Durant Students, parents, elected and public officials, and child - servicing agencies in Holmes County will learn about the experiences of Black girls and their increasing rate of incarceration, dropout, and alternative school placement because of zero - tolerance policies that disproportionately push them out of school.

Just as Trump's flunkies exert political pressure to halt access to healthcare (or immigration or policies to address climate change), so NJEA exerts political pressure — as well as its deep pockets — to stave off the continued enrollment of children, mostly poor and of color, in high - quality alternative public schools.

The profound lack of knowledge about public education, as reflected in comments about public schools being «flush with cash» and badly underserving the nation's children, coupled with policy proposals based on these «alternative facts», pose a threat to a high - quality education for more than 50 million students.

But, the public's alternative to the present policies is also lacking according to the American public's own views.

She has worked as Program Officer with Washington STEM, and prior to that spent over seven year in online and blended learning in both the non-profit and public sectors, focused on professional development of teachers and the modification of state policy pertaining to alternative and online learning with the Digital Learning Commons and Office of Superintendent of Public Instrupublic sectors, focused on professional development of teachers and the modification of state policy pertaining to alternative and online learning with the Digital Learning Commons and Office of Superintendent of Public InstruPublic Instruction.

To explore an alternative, the Lumina Foundation for Educationsupported the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE) to work withthe National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) in utilizing NSC's extensive student dataholdings to create state - level degree completion rates on a national basis.

While charters remain a small slice of the public school system, they nonetheless occupy a far larger position in the public policy landscape and continue in many states to attract controversy because of their role as alternatives and competitors to traditional schools.

That means PBIS policies are in place at the regular public schools and even at the alternative school in the Rankin County School District, and students are taught what to expect, behavior-wise, at every education facility in that district.

The NAEA is a volunteer organization dedicated to information sharing and professional development, best practice, public policy, and advocacy for alternative learning and teaching.

The organizers rallied outside Pittsburgh Public School Headquarters in support of community schools as an alternative to the status quo of «poor education policies that destabilize our communities,» said parent Pamela Harbin.