Sentences with phrase «to influence the debate»

So, why has this all - important finding not influenced the debate over the Common Core agenda?

On new regulations, we work hand in hand with the regulatory and public affairs teams to ensure we are ahead of the curve and can influence the debate on new regulations.

So do left and right really influence the debate, or are they now powerless to?

Our work has played an important role in the development of the voluntary carbon market and our project principles have widely influenced the debate about what counts as a valid carbon offset.

Count me among those who thought that credible research, once conducted, would be acknowledged and reported in the media, and would thus influence the debate.

Given the strong passions and interests, I have long argued that this was a topic where research was unlikely to really influence the debate.

«We think the findings from this study can influence the debate in states that are thinking about expanding the scope of their laws by covering more children, especially those considering expanding their age eligibility to cover older children and those transitioning into adulthood,» Barry says.

For this reason fundamentalists have influenced debate well beyond their own circles about the character and fate of religion in the modern world.

Their goal is to help influence the debate now taking place in New Jersey over efforts by Republican Gov. Chris Christie to change the way teachers are evaluated and to overhaul the tenure system.

The degree to which Trump will be able to influence these debates after the healthcare debacle remains to be seen.

Even outside Westminster, he can try to influence the debate from Brussels, just as other European parliamentary groups can be expected to be involved in the referendum campaign.

It's by making the case for reason, liberalism and internationalism that we can best influence the debate when the repercussions of our current foolishness become impossible for even the Brexiters to ignore.

Here, I attempt to break down the education agenda according to various groups attempting to influence the debate at the General Assembly this session.

He didn't shrink from singling out states he thinks have the worst records; already his remarks have influenced debate as legislatures in Tennessee and Maine grappled with the issue.

«No Idle Gesture» also features a robust collection of Guerrilla Girls protest posters, which influenced debates over sexism in the art world during the 1980s and 1990s.

The image later influenced a debate over a new living - wage law in the Los Angeles city council.

Josh Fox, the filmmaker whose «Gasland» documentary powerfully influenced debates about gas extraction from shale deposits, has started a conversation with me related to his new short video, «The Sky is Pink,» and my post supporting New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's signaled plans for the state's gas resource.

The service was expanded last year to allow Robinson & Cole to analyze draft proposals, improving REALTORS ®» ability to influence the debate before a proposal gets too far down the road toward passage.

«I try to discuss concepts that may influence the debate on fiduciary standards and how financial planners should be regulated.

There has been no shortage of public support for unfreezing Ohio's clean energy standards, but behind the scenes, fossil fuel and utility interests have been using money to influence the debate in Columbus.

The conservative press isn't the whole (or even the dominant portion) of the conservative media, but I think that, in the medium - term, they will influence the debate over what qualities a conservative presidential candidate should have.

«They can influence the debate but the question is whether they can influence the decision - making.»

Each attempted to influence the debate, and at various times eachseemed to be, briefly, in control of the narrative.

By throwing out three of the four provisions, the court likely created new areas of customer pain in law enforcement, in the lives of immigrants looking to gain a legal foothold in the United States, and for just about anyone else who wants to influence the debate.

But starting next year the fund will reveal its voting intentions before shareholder meetings, not only to be more transparent but also to influence the debate and the subsequent voting.

Attitudes toward abortion, the article acknowledges, will continue to influence the debate over the uses to which dead fetuses might be put, but the suggestion is that this is unfortunate.

Despite all the talk about an online gap between Right and Left, conservative activists ARE using technology to influence the debate and social media to bring attention to their issues.

He uses a military analogy to explain how the Legion tries to influence the debate.

Though the SNP MPs are cool on their affection for Westminster, they each see it as a vehicle through which they can influence debate and policy.

Bush has warned that August will be a bloody month for U.S. forces in Iraq as militants try to influence the debate over the war in Washington, where Democrats in Congress want troops pulled out within months.

Last year I tried in an article at Next Left, later revised for the New Statesman, to map the main new ideological currents in British politics, in particular those influencing debate amongst self - defined «progressives».

Despite spending heavily to influence the debate, ride - hailing companies Uber and Lyft failed to expand their business into Upstate New York, but lawmakers involved in the discussion over the bill say the debate is coming back next year and could be different.

The irony of Corbyn's ascension (to the point where an increasing number ask whether he could win), one source said, is that «He doesn't want to be leader, he was very open about just wanting to influence the debate.

Some Labour MPs stress that Corbyn only ever wanted to influence the debate.

«The conference is the opportunity to influence that debate.»

The finding may help explain why amphibian populations are rapidly disappearing, experts say, and could influence debate over atrazine use in the United States.

But the new results, which include extra data showing a lack of side effects, could influence the debate in the 15 states, all in central and eastern part of the US, where legislation is still on the table.

Wary of the possibility that the «excellence movement» will direct a disproportionate amount of attention and resources to high - achieving students at the expense of the disadvantaged, the researchers and advocates agreed to seek ways to influence the debate — and to broaden their own research agendas to include issues of school quality and productivity.

In addition to advising prominent politicians like Senator John McCain, Moe is a board member of the Center for Education Reform, a pro-privatization think tank that issues policy papers and ads to influence the debate.

The brief's authors said they hoped its publication would influence the debate.

NAESP's new assistant executive director of policy & advocacy, Danny Carlson, gives three quick updates on what principals need to know about what's happening on Capitol Hill, how it impacts principals, and how they can use their voice to influence the debate.

They raise money, issue reports, and generally attempt, constructively or not, to influence debate on one or more issues.

The World Energy Council has been working to advance global integration, improve market access and overcome trade barriers for energy goods and services for many years, and has been successfully informing and influencing the debate both on a global and regional level.

Of course, we would like these thoughts to influence the discussion, but we are just a blog, and opportunities for us bloggers to influence the debate are few and far between.

We know this is highly unlikely and we anticipate novel findings in the coming years that will influence the debate.

I'm not here to influence the debate but to learn.