Sentences with phrase «public policy gaps»

Collaborated with other County departments and non-county agencies to coordinate service delivery programs, analyzed public policy gaps and proposes new directions and action plans to produce effective service delivery enhancements.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, Jones launched a public initiative asking commercial insurance companies to write policies to cover what he described as «coverage gaps» in the industry.

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

According to a 2011 Institute for Women's Policy Research report, the gap for full time - workers was 23 %, compared to 11 % in the federal government, where pay is public.

Apparently a lot of people who've incorporated are sensitive about having this gap between personal and small - business tax rates called a «loophole,» but what the heck: It's a loophole, in the sense that it was never designed as a goal of public policy.

The Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the public.

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As the gap between the rich and the rest of the population grows, economic policy increasingly caters to the interests of the elite, while public services for the population at large - above all, public education - are starved of resources.

Then David turns to Professor Simon Szreter — social historian and founder of «History & Policy» — to discuss how academics are trying to find ways of restoring the public's faith in politics, and bridge the gap between the politicians» narrow view of the world and how the voters see it.

And while Powell was subsequently sacked from his post of Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, the political leaders who came after him did not do enough to close the gap between their policies and public opinion.

The latest ComRes / Independent poll confirms that the gap in support between the main parties has narrowed in recent weeks, with the public deeply confused about what passes for David Cameron's economic policy.

What we have not done is pull together an obligation and say narrowing the gap, and making society more fair and equal is a public policy objective right across every public body.

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

Also at 11 a.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney will release a new report examining the gender pay gap and its long - term effects on women, families and the economy, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, 47 - 49 E 65th Street (Between Madison and Park), Manhattan.

Bill Hammond, health policy director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.&policy director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.&Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.»

It will put all public bodies under a new legal duty to consider the gap between social classes when they implement policies and allocate resources.

Publishing the gap and increasing public scrutiny would be the policy of Hannah Kitching, who also vowed to act as a role model

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

It addresses (at least partially) the gap which has opened up between the formal political and policy making system and its publics.

At this critical time of tax reform, widening gaps between the rich and poor and growing public support for higher taxes and redistribution to combat inequality, policymakers should consider joint federal tax and redistributive policies to reduce the burden of mortality among Americans,» said Professor Kim.

Johnson's research interests span the gap between CER and public policy.

Some of the international comparisons in the report will truly shock people who assume that we lead the world in education and youth development,» adds Pathways co-chair Ronald Ferguson, a senior lecturer in education and public policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School, and director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University.

Just in time for the start of the school year, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has returned to an old and familiar claim: Public school teachers are underpaid, and the pay gap is widening.

In Closing America's High - achievement Gap, recently published by the Philanthropy Roundtable, I argue that the «let - them - be» approach is deeply flawed and that public education policy and practice pay far too little attention to helping gifted students reach their full potential.

Day one provided conference participants with insight into why we can and must narrow achievement gaps, and ways in which our home and institutional lifestyles, as well as our schooling and public policies, affect achievement gaps.

Over two provocative days, funders, activists, practitioners, public school officials, policy makers, and media met to discuss research and studies, and to brainstorm ways to overcome the nation's racial and ethnic achievement gap.

In this report, we begin to fill this gap by using nationwide data on the locations of public and private elementary schools to calculate the percent of American families that could potentially gain access to new school options under different national school choice policies.

The forum was moderated by Ronald Ferguson, lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government and head of Harvard's Achievement Gap Initiative.

Joe Williams: The Education Equality Project is a coalition of leaders (from education, civil rights, government, public policy, and business) who believe that what happens inside schools (and in the politics surrounding schooling) plays a tremendous role in shaping the achievement gap that exists in this country between the haves and the have - nots.

This leaves large gaps in our understanding of how well schools are meeting both the broader needs of students and the expectations of policy - makers, parents, and the public.

Considering Connecticut's biggest corporate executives are determined to see their policies adopted, no matter how wrong that are, it will be interesting to see if the new Executive Director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform reverses herself and joins the call for charter schools or if she is able to sit down with her organization's members and explain why shifting scarce public resources from district schools to charter schools is not the solution for closing Connecticut's achievement gap.

«In some cases, these charter schools have quite large effects, such that attending one for three years produce test - score gains that are equivalent to the size of the U.S. black - white achievement gap,» said Sarah Cohodes, an assistant professor of education and public policy at Columbia University in a publication from Princeton University and the Brookings Institute.

To fire them up, the session featured National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Chair Caprice Young, Alliance Federal Policy Director Brooks Garber, Congressman Jared Polis, charter school parent Steve Berlin and, delivering a passionate speech to «close that achievement gap,» the Alliance's founding Chair Dr. Howard Fuller.

«Closing the school and library connectivity gap is a major, progressive step in ensuring that America's school - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards Association.

But the gap that continues in America is between the policies that we know are making a difference and the political will to implement them, between the public education system we currently have and the one our students desperately need.

What students want: great teachers every year What teachers want: career advancement while teaching, collaboration, on - the - job development and leadership, sustainably funded pay increases, and the chance to help more students succeed What both need: Policies to make a statewide Opportunity Culture possible Public Impact shows states the essential policies to reach far more students with gap - closing, Read more about Seizing Opportunity at the Top II -Policies to make a statewide Opportunity Culture possible Public Impact shows states the essential policies to reach far more students with gap - closing, Read more about Seizing Opportunity at the Top II -policies to reach far more students with gap - closing, Read more about Seizing Opportunity at the Top II -LSB-...]

For example, the brief describes how data — specifically, data that showed Highline Public Schools was making less progress than neighboring districts on closing equity gaps — ultimately created a sense of urgency that supported efforts by district leaders to change policy, practice and culture within the district.

Third, we find considerable differences in teacher support and teacher influence on instructional policies and practices between charter schools and traditional public schools, which might help explain the higher returns to experience on teacher effectiveness as well as the observed effectiveness gaps between charter schools and traditional public schools serving disadvantaged students.

Right now, charter students in Colorado on average receive only 80 cents on the dollar in funding compared to their traditional public school peers — largely due to unfair gaps in local funding policies.

The National Education Policy Center sponsors the annual project to identify excellent public high schools which actively seek to close differences in opportunities and resources which drive well - known achievement gaps.

Based at the University of Colorado Boulder, the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) sponsors the annual Schools of Opportunity project, which identifies and recognizes excellent public high schools that actively strive to close opportunity gaps — the differences in opportunities and resources that drive the well - known achievement gaps.

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC), based at the University of Colorado Boulder, sponsors the Schools of Opportunity project, which identifies excellent public high schools that actively strive to close opportunity gaps — the differences in opportunities and resources that drive the well - known achievement gaps.

I have focused on closing opportunity and achievement gaps as a teacher, teacher trainer, researcher, policy maker, manager, and executive in local, state, national, and international contexts in both the public and private sectors.

California's public school system — whose per - pupil expenditures were already below the national average — is getting hit with some nasty cuts, thanks in large part to the state's $ 24 billion budget gap, says Brian Edwards, senior policy analyst at EdSource, a nonprofit education and research group in Mountain View, Calif..

If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?

The public policy forums provided an overview of ways health risk - based standards would address gaps in current rules for industrial facilities.

Săvoiu, Gheorghe (2008): Adaptive management of the climate change problem: bridging the gap between research and public policy.

Its mission is to «bridge the gap between academic research and public policy problems, to advance an understanding of the economics of public policy.»

In the interests of remaining on topic, I'll just note (as many others have) that public policy decisions are driven by the information available, that on complex subjects we depend upon expert opinion, and that due to some rather serious efforts by «skeptics» there is a gap between the expert opinion and the public perception of the same.