I conclude that educational progress is real, but stalled, and that we may need new and
sustained policy efforts to resume the gains we saw in the 1990s and 2000s.
Not exact matches
In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and
sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration
policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal
policy.
On the other hand, while
sustained high oil prices could provide climate change mitigation
efforts a mild boost, the study concludes that such market developments would be no substitute for concerted global
policy to limit climate change to below 2 °C above preindustrial levels.
Last year, an evaluation of a decadelong $ 250 million program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the skills of some 70,000 science and math teachers in 31 states concluded that such
efforts could make a difference — if they were done well, with high - quality materials, supported by
policies, and
sustained over many years.
«We can only achieve ambitious reform in education
policy through
sustained effort, commitment and collaboration — teachers and principals must be a part of this — and this forum showed dedication to achieving that,» Ms Rodgers said.
Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for
sustaining these ongoing improvement
efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market
policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).
In May of 2006, the American Youth
Policy Forum (AYPF) led a field trip to Philadelphia, Pa., in an
effort to expose Washington, DC policymakers to the unique, comprehensive out - of - school time (OST) programming system that Philadelphia has created and successfully
sustained.
May 13, 2014 15 funding resources for
sustained efforts in social - emotional learning for districts have been identifited by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools and the Center on Educatiuon
Policy.
When you look at real economics (as opposed to fantasy visions that deep cuts are possible just with a few mouse clicks) and real geopolitics you have a problem that is structured to fail — it requires near - term
policy efforts that are costly with uncertain future benefits, it depends on
sustained action when the reality is that governments waver as issues come and go, and it requires international collective action.
By refusing to join global
efforts to cut emissions and initiate
policies that will begin the process of large and
sustained emission reductions, the Howard Government is storing up trouble for the future.
In a statement, Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of global
policy, said, «Today's news confirms our announcement last year that foreign actors conducted a coordinated and
sustained effort to attack our democracy.
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Alejandro Becerra, author and independent consultant from Silver Spring, Md., received the
Policy award for his
efforts over three decades to advocate
policies to increase and
sustain minority ownership.