Sentences with phrase «reform policies focused»

It then considers alternative school reform policies focused on improvements in teacher quality, identifying how much change is required.

Former DC Chancellor of Schools Michelle Rhee has gained national attention for her tough but controversial reform policies focused on large - scale firing of DC teachers.

Reform policies focus on improving student achievement.

Not exact matches

A resident physician in preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Malik is an authority on drug policy reform focused on public health.

While ultra-loose monetary policies may live on, one potential successor is more focused on North Korea than structural reforms.

It's time we follow Romania's lead and shift our focus to reforming our fiscal policies.

The discussions focused on the implementation of the programme, the medium - term outlook, and policies and structural reforms needed to restore debt sustainability, and a return to high growth and job creation while protecting the poor.

In addition to policies aimed at increasing the age at which workerscan retire and encouraging private pensions (central planks of pension reforms in many other countries), the Nordic countries have for several years been focusing on adjustments to the way their pension systems are funded.

There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released his second video message to New Yorkers in as many days, this time focusing on the second plant of his trio of top post-budget policy items: Ethics reform.

His research focuses on the politics of drug policy reform in Latin America, specifically efforts to legalize cannabis.

He needs to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs and mortgages and public services and, above all, to develop a clear route map to growth, and stop fixating on the agenda of a liberal clique around him and barmy policies such as Lords reform and gay marriage, which people either don't like or don't care about.

Clinton referenced Garner in her first major policy speech which focused on criminal justice reform.

The New York State Assembly and Senate have released budget positions that focus on taxes and spending policies, but very little on ethics reform, even though both former leaders of the legislature face prison sentences over corruption convictions.

And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not focused on the needs of the people of New York City and is changing so many good reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to education,» he said.

He grasped the centre ground by focusing on living standards and cost of living policy discussion and announcements: the Pupil Premium, capping social care costs, state pension reforms, free childcare, cutting income tax, and, his big policy statement: free school meals for all infants.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a native of Puerto Rico who has built a broader profile in part by focusing on immigration reform issues nationwide and in the city, said the policy would target women and children who were fleeing «horrific violence» at home.

Mr Hague's speech did not touch on foreign policy issues but instead focused on the day's theme: reforming politics.

«From universal pre-kindergarten to bringing police and community closer together to fighting income inequality, the de Blasio administration has since Day One focused... on implementing... policy reforms that will... make a real difference in the lives of everyday New Yorkers,» a spokesperson said.

Reclaim New York's website lists four general policy areas on which it focuses: affordability, education, jobs and economy, and government reform.

That was consistent with a «health in all policies» strategy focusing on the targeted reforms, across City departments and agencies.

In 2008 she became a Founding Faculty Co-director of the Berkeley Law Center for Health, Economic and Family Security (CHEFS), a research and policy center focusing on national flexible workplaces and health reform for working families.

A true advocate, Alyssa Wostrel's experience as Executive Director of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium focuses on healthcare reform and the advancement of pluralistic, interdisciplinary integrative healthcare.

Her experience as Executive Director of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC) focused on healthcare reform and the advancement of pluralistic, interdisciplinary integrative healthcare.

Because the education - reform agenda has not focused on this type of policy to date, as Finn notes, there would not be a strong coalition in place to counter the opposition.

Most of the contributors to the volume have found evidence that policies that focus on high - stakes testing corrupt educational reform and undermine achievement, especially for at - risk students.

Manno focuses on three of these nonprofit organizations that have had helped to lift charter school caps, implement «parent trigger» policies, and reform teacher effectiveness provisions.

Author Bio: Tom Loveless is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Loveless» research focuses on education policy and the politics of educational reform.

Deeply suspicious of the reform groups whom he says «exploited» failing schools, critical of ed - school policy experts, and antagonistic toward the independent research shop set up at the University of Chicago, Vallas seems to have been focused on political and managerial rather than educational priorities.

At HGSE, Payzant will focus his time with students and faculty interested in urban school district reform; leadership; and ways to connect research, policy, and practice in urban school districts.

Today she focuses on national policy and educational reform in countries where the U.S. government provides foreign assistance.

Her research focuses on educational policy and politics, and urban school reform, including the development and implementation of education policy and the impact of policy on the educational opportunities for at - risk students.

«In my statement of purpose for my HGSE application,» she remembers, «I noted that I applied to HGSE because of the International Education Program's focus on policy and reform, and that I hoped to pursue a career with an...

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

For these reasons, the PreK - 3rd model has come into focus in education reform and policy circles (Hernandez, 2011; Kauerz & Coffman, 2013; National Governors Association, 2007).

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

«In my statement of purpose for my HGSE application,» she remembers, «I noted that I applied to HGSE because of the International Education Program's focus on policy and reform, and that I hoped to pursue a career with an organization such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).»

Today she focuses on national policy and educational reform...

With further research focused on these key questions, we may come to better understand the implications of discipline policy reforms — how they affect suspension use, and also how they change school climate; interactions among students, peers, and teachers; and the academic performance of all students.

The question is whether he will have the desire or the ability to make education reform on finances and policy a focus and a priority of his administration.»

This concentration shares some themes with CIS, but your work with EPPE will focus on public policy and large - scale reforms.

Our focus on education reform policy and its opponents has obscured our focus on the original target customers — kids and families.

Today, his research focuses on the effects of unprecedented New Orleans school reforms and their implications for national schooling policy.

By gathering a critical mass of leading researchers focused on education reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of screform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of scReform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of schools.

More recent trends in philanthropic investment rely more on a change - oriented and data - driven approach, with increased focus on disrupting traditional institutions and structures and research and advocacy efforts to create policy environments supportive of reform.

Unfortunately, we in the education reform policy community have turned a blind eye to these innovations and more customized solutions, instead focusing on creating more uniform schools, to ensure more predictable outcomes.

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

CEE - Trust's explicit focus on cities is noteworthy; rather than focusing on state or federal policy — or even the district's activities — it seeks to generate and support fundamental reform via an array of metropolitan leaders and a cross-sector approach.

This policy plan for Australia's schools builds on the reforms delivered under Students First and focuses on:

Her goal is to use her school nursing expertise and education in assisting with the national agenda and national policy to shift the juvenile justice process from a punitive reform to one that includes a focus on physical / behavioral health and family engagement.