Sentences with phrase «recent policy brief»

A recent policy brief released by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice analyzes factors related to parent involvement among English Language Learners in the United States.

As noted in the recent policy brief published by the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, many of the highest - need elementary schools in the district lack important supports such as a nurse, a psychologist, a counselor or instructional coach, or intervention programs for struggling students.

«The vast majority of charter schools get no better and no worse test - based results than comparable regular public schools,» Matthew Di Carlo, a senior fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute, wrote in a recent policy brief that examined a large body of charter - school research.

In its recent policy brief, Inside and Out: Developing an Advocacy Strategy for NJ's PK3 Agenda, the Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) identifies steps that the state and key educational stakeholders must take to plan for Prekindergarten expansion and to connect that expansion with PreK - 3rd approaches in schools throughout the state.

Not exact matches

In an earlier blog post, we provided a brief survey of recent monetary policy cycles in the U.S., showing that a higher Fed funds rate doesn't necessarily affect the yield on Treasury bonds in the same way.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

This brief, which contains the most recent data available, explains the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Nutrition Division policies regarding eligibility for free school meals for certain homeless, migrant, runaway, and foster students; addresses frequently asked questions about implementing these policies; and offers tools to ensure that these students can access food both inside and outside of school.

Deputy Managing Director, Tempo Pulp & Packaging Limited, Nassos Sidirofagis, a Greece national who runs a manufacturing firm in Nigeria, told newsmen at a recent press briefing on «the CBN policy and impact on the manufacturing sector,» that the policy has begun to yield impressive dividends as local patronage has increased significantly leading to improved production capacity of up to 70 per cent.

A recent DEMOS policy brief showed that 9 out of 10, or 6.4 million, working people in New York don't have paid family leave.

«Stemming the Tide of Plastic Marine Litter: A Global Action Agenda,» the Emmett Center's most recent Pritzker Environmental Law and Policy Brief, documents the devastating effects of plastic marine litter, detailing how plastic forms a large portion of our waste stream and typically does not biodegrade in marine environments.

Committee member Robert Kerns, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University and director of pain management with the Veterans Health Administration, is encouraged by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's recent acknowledgement of those concerns and the importance of striking a balance between legitimate medical needs and law enforcement, he noted at a press briefing on the report.

In a brief mention of the work in a recent piece on the World Bank's new behavioral approaches to global development, The Economist took note of how such small policy tweaks — rooted in observation of how people actually behave, rather than in an expectation that they'll behave rationally — may change the way development policy is implemented and assessed.

«On a day - to - day basis, I help ensure that he is briefed on a spectrum of policy issues, from political developments in various states to recent innovations in the education sector.»

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States defines early college high schools, clarifies how they differ from traditional dual enrollment programs, and provides recent research on the positive impact of early college high school participation on academic outcomes for traditionally underserved students.

The discussion opened with a brief synopsis by Mr. Petrilli discussing the recent movement of policy making power and implementation from the federal to state level, as called for by the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Jennifer Imazeki of San Diego State University analyzes recent performance trends in California's education system in Meeting the Challenge: Performance Trends in California Schools, a new PACE Policy Brief.

Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education This policy brief summarizes the most recent rigorous research for inclusion in the important role preschool education contributes to student academic growth as well as social and emotional outcomes.

This briefing paper provides more information on school sport policies and more recent developments in the provision of PE and sport in schools.

The lead author of one of the studies referenced in Elisabeth Rosenthal's recent article says in a policy brief that ``... switching from gasoline to corn ethanol doubles greenhouse gas emissions for every mile driven.»

This policy brief highlights that national and international focus on forests and forestry has grown rapidly in recent times.

But it is also the case that Australia's most recent brief window of bipartisanship on climate policy in 2009 did not end well.

This policy brief (2018) reports on a recent study, implemented by RUAF Foundation and supported by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) and the CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems Research Program (WLE / IWMI), on the role of the private sector in building more sustainable and resilient city region food systems.

She co-authored a number of policy brief and reports, including the Policies that Work series, and she was a lead author of the most recent Emissions Gap Report, which was published by the UN Environmental Program (UNEP).

Those «Arctic Answers» informed a series of recent in - person policy briefings in Alaska; 1 other states; 2, Washington, DC; 4, 5,6 and abroad.

In his most recent Law Practice Management article, «Steal This Article: It May Be My Last,» Heels is critical of the ABA's policy of closed publishing, through which articles appear online only for a brief window of time and then disappear.

This Briefing focuses on the development of EU State aid policy in 2014 and the recent preliminary ruling handed down by the European Union's Court of Justice (CJ) on whether the London bus lane restricted use policy constitutes State aid.