Sentences with phrase «public policy choices»

«There were public policy choices that brought us to this point,» says Cumming.

While these claims may make for good political theater, their effect on recent public policy choices hurts the economy.

As with all of our work here at TeacherPensions.org, this post is illustrating public policy choices and is not intended as personal investment advice.

In its appeal, the NYCLU said not knowing why the grand jury ruled not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Garner was «incompatible with the understanding that democracy works best when public policy choices are undertaken by an informed electorate and their representatives.»

They can exert some influence at home, but the larger public policy choices that impact them are made by adults.

Congress will wrestle with other public policy choices that could reshape the physical landscape of major cities.

Not exact matches

The court's decision will allow more room for innovation, and consumers will have more choices to determine for themselves how they access and experience the internet,» Verizon's general counsel of public policy, law and security, Randal Milch, said after the ruling was handed down.

But then again, so is demographics, water scarcity, technological change, creativity, policy choices, public sentiment, corruption, cultural differences, new forms of energy and a myriad of other factors, all interacting in unpredictable ways.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

This area covers the impact of policies affecting Canadians» health and long - term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact of these choices on the public purse.

«It's the same old argument: not being able to charge commissions limits choice and prevents the small investor from receiving financial advice,» says Dave O'Brien, principal, O'Brien Financial Planning, Richmond, Va. and chair of NAPFA's public policy committee.

Your legacy gift to the Fraser Institute Foundation will help us educate future generations about public policies that support free and open markets, individual choice, and personal responsibility, for the long - lasting prosperity of all Canadians.

Gambling in today's United States — repackaged, sanitized, video - ized, down - marketed and ubiquitous — is not an issue of temperance or free choice but rather one of social class and public economic policy....

Two days after President Bush's 2004 State of the Union address, Schwartz published an op - ed piece in the New York Times, summarizing his book's message in order to cast doubt on the president's celebration of personal choice as public policy.

On a number of specific policies, notably parental choice in education, and, more important, on principles regarding the right ordering of religion and public life, JCS is usually and sometimes harshly opposed to the position of the Catholic Church.

It has always depended upon human choice, that is to say on individual decisions and on public policy.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

This rights - based ethic is being challenged by the growing recognition among feminists that the notion of «choice» may be a myth; that not only social attitudes but public policies that promote so - called «free choice» can be subtly coercive.

Awareness of this phenomenon should heighten our critical scrutiny of right - to - die proposals in the spheres of personal life choice and public policy.

Cancer Council, Choice, Obesity Policy Coalition, Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Sydney and the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia.

Founded in 1908, GMA has a primary focus on product safety, science - based public policies and industry initiatives that seek to empower people with the tools and information they need to make informed choices and lead healthier lives.

I think that Marion Nestle's blog, Food Politics, does a good job of discussing how public policies actually reinforce poor food choices at the moment.

The latest policy statement, «Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk,» published in 2012, reinforces the idea that «Given the documented short - and long - term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding, infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue and not only a lifestyle choice.»

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.

If people truly believe the narrative that «tough choices have to be made» they are ready to accept the kinds of egregious policies we are witnessing with the Welfare Reform Act 2012, and continued privatisations of public services.

The three Cs which have encapsulated the common sense of the age since the early - 1980s — Choice, Customer and Competition — still dominate public debate and shape public policy.

Up to the present, Iain's career has encompassed a wide variety of sub-disciplines in political science, including voting theory, rational choice, political history and public policy, and has included diverse countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

Trump had sought $ 1 billion to encourage public school districts to adopt choice - friendly policies, and another $ 250 million to expand private - school voucher programs.

John Denham, the Skills Secretary, will tell a rally tomorrow: «We have got into a terrible mess by counterposing ideals like individual aspiration, or choice in public services, with the virtues of social solidarity and collective strength... trying to tailor individual policies to different groups of voters is a political dead end.

Tony Dolphin, chief economist at the Institute for Public Policy Research think - tank, agrees that politically speaking, Osborne will keep going because he doesn't believe he has any other choice.

«Undermining public education is not a choice,» Senator Patty Murray said in a speech Wednesday, railing against the education secretary's policies.

• Elected representatives and politicians should recognise a need for continuous dialogue between decision - makers and different sections of the public over detailed policy choices.

«Exxon Mobil will not change until public policy gives it no choice.

GOP mayoral candidate Paul Massey is unveiling an education plan that would champion school choice and bring back some Bloomberg - era policies — including reinstating A-to-F report cards to grade public schools.

«I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice,» she wrote.

Pro-Trident Labour MP John Woodcock told PoliticsHome: «Aside from being another sign that the «open minded» review of defence policy is nothing of the sort, Jeremy's choice to speak at the CND rally just ensures another weekend of public focus on Labour's divisions over a policy that can't change when we should be holding the Government to account and making the case to remain in the European Union.»

«School choice policies may impact segregation and diversity of public schools.»

But increasingly career choices take scientists not just away from academia but away from the bench altogether — into areas like science writing and editing, public relations, science policy, scientific program or grant management, science teaching, patent law, and venture capital.

«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.

«We also need to pursue approaches that make the healthy choice the default,» said Giridhar Mallya, MD, director of policy and planning for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and a co-author of the study.

All of the reports on genome editing call for robust public debate, but the simple fact is that embryo research has proven highly divisive and resistant to consensus, and it is far from clear how to know when there is enough thoughtful deliberation to make policy choices.

Because I had such an incredible experience during PPIA, the Woodrow Wilson School was my top choice for graduate studies in public policy.

For example, your elected officials should be focused on things like equal access to essential public services, fair governmental priorities and policies, city hall policies, school district choices, and public health measures.

On - going trends involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sector.

To explore the influence of school choice on district policy and practice, we scoured media sources for evidence of urban public - school districts» responses to charter competition.

The policy and practice of public education facilities would look far different today if there had been more than one choice of provider when the laws were being written.

But as that system is slowly replaced by one marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, parental choice, and the «portfolio management» mindset, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government's role in public schooling) are needed.

All you need to know about NEA's position on charter schools is actually contained in the original 2001 policy, which states that charters should not exist «simply to provide a «choice» for parents who may be dissatisfied with the education that their children are receiving in mainstream public schools.»

But any comparison of the demographics of students in charter and traditional public schools provides at best an incomplete picture of segregation because segregation resulting from school choice policies would occur primarily across schools, not within schools.

They haven't always agreed — especially on which levels of government should do what, how many forms of school choice warrant public funding, how best to evaluate teachers, and so on — but I'm not talking about consensus on the details of policy and implementation.