Sentences with phrase «public policy matters for»

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«The successful candidate will have prior experience as GC or deputy GC of a multi-billion dollar public company responsible for all legal matters (including corporate & other regulatory matters, board governance, legal aspects of M&A, legal aspects of commercial contracts, litigation & dispute resolution, privacy, employment contracts, global public policy, etc.).»

But while the systematic patterns of public policy don't always matter in the development of the Internet, Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez discover that conditions for entrepreneurship, such as the ability to raise capital and whether or not the environment is risk - free, do have a consistent effect.

The inclusion of these ideas in the CIC report underscores a key point about the importance of Asia for Canada — that Asia's rise matters for all of Canada, and that an Asia strategy should be central to Canadian public policy as a whole, rather than a niche activity for a few line departments that deal with «international» issues.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

A growing chorus of progressive Catholic activists say the American bishops, above, don't speak for all Catholics on public policy matters.

This is just perfect «Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

They may frequently engage moral questions in institutional contexts where the theological warrants for a specific ethical issue may not be honored — as when they advise on matters of medical ethics, public policy and ecological practice.

Anderson focuses on three questions: «What is marriage, why does marriage matter for public policy, and what are the consequences of redefining marriage?»

Here is part of Anderson's response to why marriage matters for public policy:

Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax - exempt status for religious institutions: «Rather than try to rescue tax - exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of....

It doesn't matter to me and it shouldn't matter for setting public policy.

Additionally, for the first time, it established as a matter of public policy the need to provide a wide range of mental health services to prevent mental illness and to improve the mental health of the American people.

Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax - exempt status for religious institutions: «Rather than try to rescue tax - exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of race or sexuality, we need to take a more radical step.

Clearly they are right that the public has a crucial stake in the scientific enterprise, whose general direction at least should be a matter of national policy, for example in the allotment of federal funds.

It is often supposed that preoccupation with metaphysics makes one's work irrelevant to the real problems of life, to matters of public policy, for example.

The Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide is your set of tools for taking action and improving public policies that impact the lives of infants, toddlers, and their families.

«It's substantively not the most critical health issue, yet it was framed in such a way that the public outcry actually changed food policy in a matter of weeks,» said Sarah Klein, a lawyer at the Center for Science in the Public Intpublic outcry actually changed food policy in a matter of weeks,» said Sarah Klein, a lawyer at the Center for Science in the Public IntPublic Interest.

If I do decide to do it, I've got my policies, I know what I want to stand for, and if you can get that across to the public it doesn't matter who you are; if they agree with you, they will vote for you.»

As a matter of public policy, the law of the land rewards us for taking a personal role in the advancement of society.

Obesity is now firmly a matter for public policy, with the government citing the strain on the NHS to justify a raft of targets for a slimmer nation.

He described how there was no case to be made for reserving seats for Bishops in the House of Lords on the basis that those men are uniquely well placed to provide vital expertise on matters of public policy, because they are not.

It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).

A number of important public policy matters have yet to be addressed, including the future of rent regulations and a tax exemption program for new residential developments.

The ACD advises the NIH Director on policy matters important to the NIH mission of conducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral research, research training, and translating research results for the public.

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.

While Siobhan Gorman («Bipartisan Schoolmates,» Feature, Summer 2002) can be faulted for underestimating the degree to which President Bush's education policy represents major change, she is correct to point out the obvious: Public policy matters only if it is enforced.

Consequently, he argued that philanthropy only mattered when it funded «high - leverage investments» (e.g. when it altered policies or practices governing the long - term use of the public funds that account for 99 % of school spending).

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.

As a matter of public policy, however, the public's willingness to endorse online education very much depends on the justification given for it (see Figure 5).

Today, convoluted Title I formulas coupled with policies in some states that assign students to public schools based on their parents» zip code, do not make Title I a vehicle conducive to achieving its primary purpose of «provid [ing] a good education for every boy and girl — no matter where he lives.»

By simultaneously using litigation to challenge the laws and practices preventing students from obtaining a quality education, while influencing the tide of public opinion through a media and organizing campaign, Students Matter creates both the opportunity and the demand for meaningful and sustainable policy transformation.

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.

Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

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Ben Austin leads policy development for Students Matter, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to sponsoring impact litigation to promote access to quality public education.

Such policies should address how districts can create student assignment policies that foster diverse schools, discuss how to recruit a diverse teaching staff, provide a framework for developing and supporting intra and inter-district programs, and require that districts report to the state on diversity - related matters for both public and charter schools.

OCI seeks to change the education policy conversation from one where labor, public, charter, and independent school sector leaders argue about which type of school is best able to serve children, to one where parents choose the best quality educational options for their child — no matter what form it comes in.

Jepsen lightly approached the question of where Judge Thomas Moukawsher's broad indictment of public K - 12 education was right or wrong as a matter of policy, but the appeal sharply attacks the judge's legal basis for ruling that shortcomings he identified violate students» rights under the state Constitution to a free and adequate education.

«This decision would wrest educational policy from the representative branches of state government, limit public education for some students with special needs, create additional municipal mandates concerning graduation and other standards, and alter the basic terms of educators» employment — and entrust all of those matters to the discretion of a single, unelected judge,» Jepsen said.

In 2010, Policy Matters Ohio published a report on the practices of Imagine Inc., a for profit charter school network with schools in Ohio that was acting as a profit mill for the charter school corporate network by using insider deals, including on real estate its subsidiary owned to drain as much public money out -LSB-...] Read More»

The Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs is the principal advisor to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary and senior staff with respect to legislative affairs, Congressional relations, and policy matters affecting Federal, state and local governments, and public and private interest groups.

I heard she had studied public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School and had taken a job with the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, but only recently I read that she had just been confirmed by the Senate as the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy under Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transportation ppolicy at Harvard's Kennedy School and had taken a job with the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, but only recently I read that she had just been confirmed by the Senate as the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy under Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transportation pPolicy under Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, having done stints with Senators Charles Schumer and Barbara Boxer and become an expert in matters near and dear to Automobile Magazine readers» hearts - roads, highways, and transportation policypolicy.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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?

ps As for whatever the professionals want to use as a word, I have already explained that it doesn't matter anymore when there are public policy consequences to it.

This is journalism for the public policy debate about climate change, not written by a subject matter expert.

I doesn't matter how much temporizers argue that this is the effect of «noble cause» corruption, IT»S STILL CORRUPTION, undertaken deliberately and with malice aforethought, the effects including the diversion of research funds from legitimate purposes as well as support for public policies and private sector malinvestment, which do great material damage to particular parties and to the common weal.

While it's one thing, he says, to employ ecological models to generate hypothesis for further testing, it's another matter entirely to present the results of these modeling exercises as predictions that policy makers and the public then interpret as forecasts.