Sentences with phrase «public policy experts»

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2012)-- Housing and the economic recovery will play a large part in deciding the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, according to public policy experts at today's Legislative and Political Forum during the Realtors ® 2012 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers» questions in this monthly column written exclusively for The Chronicle.

For more than a year, public policy experts across Canada have hotly debated the federal government's strict anti-corruption rules, which are aimed at ensuring that Ottawa does business only with ethical suppliers.

Another recent study for the Broadbent Institute by public policy expert Rhys Kesselman said an increase in TFSA contribution room would «shift additional billions from tax revenues into the pockets of the already well - off.»

Funding for icebreakers has «fallen between bureaucratic cracks» in past years, says public policy expert Sherri Goodman, a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a member of the Arctic Task Force at the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 2012, Tom Kavet, an economist and public policy expert with healthcare experience, joined with Beatrice and Jim to serve on the initial Board of Directors and further develop the conceptual framework, budget, funding and program model.

But in a study of Georgia Tech's hugely successful online master of science in computer science (OMSCS) program, educational economists Joshua Goodman and Amanda Pallais and public policy expert Julia Melkers found that digital learning can tap into a new market of students by offering an online degree that is equivalent in all ways to an in - person degree, at a fraction of the cost.

«Our education system was formed in the manufacturing era, it was not designed to teach students how to navigate complex environments and multiple careers,» said report co-author, public policy expert Megan O'Connell in a statement.

«If you want a stable climate, you have to bring emissions to zero,» says David Keith, a physicist and public policy expert at Harvard University.

Editor's note: Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers» questions in this monthly column written exclusively for The Chronicle.

As I described last month, these meetings bring together a variety of stakeholders in our community — people within HISD, public policy experts, urban farmers, parents and more — to discuss HISD's role in improving childhood nutrition and wellness.

We use our connections with MPs, peers, industry leaders and public policy experts to put together speaker panels which attract the people that matter.

But the deal includes a wage subsidy that has public policy experts, legislators and others questioning whether it makes sense for taxpayers to partially fund construction wages in the private sector and why the Cuomo administration has floated such an idea.

Shutting that down might have unforeseen consequences, and shifting a storm's course could spawn punitive action from people in the new path, as a team of engineers, public policy experts and atmospheric scientists wrote in Environmental Science and Technology in April.

They have been joined in bringing Inner Fire to launch by Thomas Kavet, an economist and public policy expert, who has assisted with business, planning, construction and financial matters, Dr. Sandy Reider, a Harvard - trained physician who has practiced in Vermont for the past 42 years and Dr. Nelson Kloster, a Vermont psychiatrist who specializes in addiction and drug - withdrawal treatment.

Public policy experts have long identified classified employees as a potential source of new teachers because many already have some post-secondary training and many also have shown a commitment to serving children.

A nuance from the Chicago study, however, emphasizes the importance of grades in comparison to standardized test scores — a reverse of how most lawmakers and public policy experts have traditionally weighted the two indicators.

The Spencer Foundation, together with the Russell Sage Foundation, has provided support for the organization of a task force of social scientists, education researchers, and public policy experts to study this issue and to propose policies to reduce disparities in the quality of education students receive.

The nuance from the Chicago study, however, was that it emphasized the importance of grades and attendance in comparison to standardized test scores — a reverse of how most lawmakers, public policy experts and parents have traditionally weighted the three indicators.

Hundreds of scientists, economists, and public policy experts are set to meet in Manhattan next month to discuss the other side of the climate change debate that the establishment media prefers to pretend does not exist.

Rebecca Terrell — The New American — April 25, 2015 A team of independent climate scientists and public policy experts is traveling to Rome to enlighten Pope Francis about climate science in advance of the Vatican's April 28 environmental conference.

His work has also appeared in California Planning & Development Report, a statewide newsletter for land - use and public policy experts, and Planning, the magazine of the American Planning Association.

Public policy expert and Salon writer Robert Reich thinks he should.

The article profiles six women who left traditional law practice for jobs as writers, public policy experts and consultants.

Gloria Cordes Larson assumed the presidency of Bentley University after a prestigious career as an attorney, public policy expert, and business leader.

Housing and the economic recovery will play a large part in deciding the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, according to public policy experts at today's Legislative and Political Forum during the Realtors ® 2012 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.