Sentences with phrase «public policy landscape»

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.

The initiative is designed to attract top - level professionals and graduates, from an array of disciplines, who have the drive and potential to shape the future of Canada's public policy landscape.

This session [explored] the public policy landscape for blockchain tech, including the key question of how regulators and operators can balance the fine line between protecting consumers and stifling innovation.»

Not exact matches

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

Established in 1974, the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) provides industry leadership to advocate for public policies, research and education programs, sustainable farming practices and trade positions to improve the viability of winegrape growing as an essential contributor to California's economy, culture, and landscape.

NABCA offers numerous resources and research about regulatory, operational, policy and public health issues to inform public discussions about the alcohol landscape.

The political landscape is wholly transformed by new dynamics of Brexit not only on issue of EU membership, but on immigration / race, welfare, education, policies of austerity, cuts and caps to public services..

«Given that 50 percent of the world's population currently lives in cities, and that percentage is projected to increase to 70 percent by year 2050, there is a pressing need to understand how cities and landscapes are affected by heat waves,» said Lei Zhao, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.

The Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Qatar Leadership Centre hosted a roundtable on February 15 - 16, 2017, in Doha, Qatar, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges facing market participants in the global energy landscape, with a focus on several issues of paramount interest to Qatar and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

«Well - meaning but ill - informed expressions of policy, especially without the benefit of formal public comment from affected stakeholders, confuse rather than aid the legal landscape and make the work of schools and parents in ensuring students receive appropriate education needlessly difficult,» said Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Associate Executive Director and General Counsel, National School Boards Association.

As I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schools.

But commissioners could not reach a policy consensus on two other divisive issues in state public education — Michigan's expansive charter school landscape, and the state's generous schools - of - choice law, under which more than 120,000 students attend a public school outside of district boundaries.

The national policy landscape surrounding academic standards, assessments, accountability, and school improvement is in many respects more chaotic than ever as states transition away from strong federal systems and requirements under NCLB and once again take the lead role in defining and enforcing accountability measures for public schools.

The League's work to shape charter school policy has carried over to the state's public school landscape as well.

Consulting assignments have ranged from helping investment managers design innovative retirement income solution programs for defined contribution plans, writing public policy and market landscape papers, serving as program manager for an industry - led coalition to increase American's savings, speaking engagements at client conferences, researching specific target - date fund market opportunities, and strategic initiative development.

Over the last 50 years Toronto's public art landscape has grown dramatically, embracing new artists, mediums, policies and funding sources.

Whether it is the decision to build an atomic bomb or to enact policies to curb ozone depletion, we are increasingly confronted with science - based public policy decisions that have wide - ranging effects on the social and political landscape.

It suggests three major changes: 1) project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes; 2) this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful «multiple - benefit» approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers; 3) climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public international development finance.

This analytical document refers to a «climate financing gap», which to be filled requires identifying alternative and innovative sources of funds from both the public and private sectors, but also developing the appropriate institutional and policy landscape to redirect existing financial flows towards climate mitigation and adaptation activities that also deliver on sustainable development priorities.