Influential — through authoritative, high
quality policy work, research and communications and through coalitions and partnerships
Not exact matches
He also
worked on implementation of the Medicare drug benefit as a senior advisor to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where he supported
policy work on
quality improvement and the agency's coverage process, particularly as it related to new medical technologies.
For example, that could mean investing in a company that's actively
working to reduce its carbon footprint through its supply chain operations, or a company that is a leader in promoting gender diversity through maternity and paternity
policies, or one that is improving access to high
quality healthcare for poor people globally.
Mintz concludes that the psychological cost to children has steadily grown more apparent, and he makes the familiar array of
policy recommendations: more widely available health care, education reform, subsidized high -
quality child care, family - friendly employment
policies, a living wage, a limited
work week and economic support to the impoverished.
Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets
work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the
quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that
policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.
From its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Western Regional office in Salinas, Calif., United Fresh and its members
work year - round to make a difference for the produce industry by driving
policies that increase consumption of fresh produce, shaping critical legislative and regulatory action, providing scientific and technical leadership in food safety,
quality assurance, nutrition and health, and developing educational programs and business opportunities to assist member companies in growing successful businesses.
The culinary community plays an important role in the sustainable seafood movement, pushing producers for
quality, ocean - friendly products while
working to spread awareness to customers, colleagues and
policy makers.
Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food
policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her
work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its
policy on a low -
quality ground beef product used in schools.
Since returning from California, Chagnon and other members of the Challenge Success team have
worked with teachers to emphasize
quality over quantity in homework assignments and craft
policies to reduce students» workload.
The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air
Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's obje
Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for
work and planning on air
quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's obje
quality issues and the air
quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's obje
quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new
policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national
policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.
A report by
Policy Exchange published last week claimed that public sector workers are better off than their private sector counterparts in terms of hours
worked, retirement age and pension
quality.
If not, how should staffing levels be determined in order to provide high -
quality constituent services, and support legislative and
policy work?
We look forward to
working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high -
quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of
Policy and Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.
Work by the Health Foundation has found that too often funding and workforce
policy are disconnected, undermining the drive to improve the
quality and efficiency of care.
Launching his party's
policy paper on families, he argued that the priorities should be flexibility for
working families, high
quality childcare and care for older people - as well as fairer taxation for all families and more affordable housing.
A Labour government will drive forward the economic and industrial
policy that Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna have been developing to create more high
quality jobs in every region of the country by reforming our banking sector, modernising our infrastructure, and
working with businesses to get the long - term investment we need in growing SMEs and the high productivity, growth industries of the future.
Setting out plans to ensure that all new graduates still out of
work after six months would have access to a «high
quality» internship, training or help to become self - employed, the prime minister said the Conservative
policy on helping young people find
work wasn't a «guarantee» but a «gamble» with their future.
Scientists can identify funding and research priorities, ensure
quality scientific education, remove obstructions to scientific freedom, and
work to educate
policy makers, Posner explained.
This is a matter not only of numbers but about how people experience their
working lives and what bearing
policy has, if any, on the
quality of their experiences.
Many
policy experts believe we could substantially improve the
quality of health care and reduce costs if only we would do more research to determine what
works best in medicine, and for which patients.
The Council on Environmental
Quality and Domestic
Policy Council will lead a White House Interagency
Working Group on Offshore Wind, which will also gather representatives from other federal agencies, according to a statement from the White House.
We are following a
policy of scientific
quality which means betting on young people who have been brilliant during their postdoc stays abroad and who
work on novel research issues?
Drawing on her lifetime of love for fashion and a professional career in social services and
policy work, Jacquie and her good, good friend of 18 years, Franklin Gutierrez, started Moesel Clothing with the goal to provide high
quality and stylish clothing for kids through a model that would help support production and economic opportunity for skilled artisans in Peru.
Others want to let the market
work to promote
quality and resist
policies that amount to second - guessing parents.
Today it is clear that suppliers have
worked hard to provide the level of
quality required by schools; we are seeing a significant shift in expenditure towards CPD to support the perpetual Government
policy changes.
«Reflecting on much of my past research and
policy advisory
work to support the expansion of educational opportunity,» said Reimers, «I realize that I had tried to support the improvement of educational
quality without really asking what the purpose of education should be.
Hill's primary
work focuses on developing new measures of mathematics teaching
quality, and using these measures to inform current
policies and instructional improvement efforts.
Seven years later,
Quality Counts 2001 reported: «The vast majority of states have been
working diligently on
policies related to standards - based changes.
* Capacity - building workshops: how to implement
Quality Assurance in NFE, and how to enhance the impact of our
policy and advocacy
work towards recognition of NFE.
From a public
policy standpoint, LeVine says their
work is important because it shows — despite what many in education don't want to hear — that even low -
quality schools and attending for only a few years can have a positive impact, especially in developing countries.
«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the
qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education
Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard
work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.
We have alumni who
work in public
policy organizations, serve on local school boards, practice education law, and fight for equity in school finance or, as physicians in low - income communities, provide
quality health care for children.
As National Director for Strategy and
Quality Improvement for Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)-- which has sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall
policy and planning
work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate governance.
Second, TNTP does not view
policy reform efforts as separate from the daily
work of recruiting, training, and hiring high -
quality teachers, but rather as an integral part of it.
Lea was the 2010 - 2011 Teaching Fellow for the National Education Association (NEA) where he
worked on education
policy as it relates to teacher
quality.
In recent
work, he linked economic theory with statistical theory to study how best to measure teacher
quality, an important input to education reform
policies.
Our members are investing in talent pipelines, supporting the growth of high -
quality CMOs,
working on
policy issues, and thinking creatively about how to position their cities to attract the best and brightest into the education sector.
On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described
policies and systems in Denver that help make choice
work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have
quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.
Marla Ucelli - Kashyap is Assistant to the President for Educational Issues at the 1.6 million member American Federation of Teachers, where she leads a team of professionals
working on key areas of
policy, practice and professional development aimed at helping teachers and their unions improve education
quality and their profession.
In his new role, Coons will continue his
work to elevate the education profession by directing the NEA's efforts in several key areas, including: education
policy, teacher
quality, products and resources, education support professionals and research.
In this position, Elyse oversees public
policy and lobbying, and
works to attract high -
quality schools to Mississippi.
For the most part, they look more deeply at literacy than either
policy or measurement researchers by examining specific aspects of literacy instruction (e.g., writing process,
qualities of writing, alignment of assessment with constructivist curriculum frameworks in literacy, specificity of state standards) and by situating much of their
work in classrooms or in direct interactions with teachers.
Howard oversees several of Lumina's key strategies to increase Americans» attainment of high -
quality postsecondary degrees and credentials, including strategic
work in both state and federal
policy and the Foundation's growing national convening function.
«Instead of spreading misinformation and staying wedded to the
policies of the past, these groups should
work to create an education model that provides equal opportunity for high -
quality education options for every child.»
The webinar focuses on the Center's goals for the next two years; how CEELO will be supporting state early childhood goals in upcoming month; highlights signature projects building leadership and organizational capacity, birth to third grade data and
policy, and financing and sustaining high -
quality early learning programs; and, hallmarks state leaders from AZ, IL, KY, and NE discussing with their
work with CEELO.
That
work led to a deeper relationship with the Department of Defense and from 2006 - 2008, Leslye served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family
Policy, having responsibility for policy, advocacy and oversight of quality of life programs for service members and their fam
Policy, having responsibility for
policy, advocacy and oversight of quality of life programs for service members and their fam
policy, advocacy and oversight of
quality of life programs for service members and their families.
Prior to joining the Texas Education Agency, Ms. Gelinas
worked as a
policy associate at the Alliance for Excellent Education, where she provided general leadership in
policy efforts and authored or co-authored multiple briefs and papers relating to federal high school
policy and teacher
quality.
Abby
works across a number of Data
Quality Campaign's
policy priority areas, conducting project specific research, writing, and
policy analysis.
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, AYPF is
working with a number of other national organizations, including the Data
Quality Campaign, to facilitate a series of field trips for state
policy leaders to learn more about high school redesign.
She has successfully directed efforts and forged partnerships to professionalize the field of teaching, raise educator
quality, and
work with legislators to implement
policies that advance research - driven innovations and equity for all students.