Sentences with phrase «toward policy advocates»

In the past I've attended conferences geared solely toward policy advocates, but what was so... [Continue reading]

In the past I've attended conferences geared solely toward policy advocates, but what was so notable about «Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds» was the wide range of perspectives it offered.

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Tea Party supporters in the United States demonstrate very low levels of trust toward China and, as a result, advocate much tougher economic and military policies.

This will tend to make him, or her, hostile to societies traditionally organized to favor heterosexuality and the family, and persuade him to advocate policies that seek not tolerance but the transformation of popular or traditional attitudes toward homosexuality.

Liberal advocates remain restless over Cuomo's support for tax policies they believe leans too heavily toward the wealthy and corporate interests and are taken aback by his vocal support for charter schools.

We as a unified City Council have a historic opportunity to make a positive difference, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to create and advocate for policies that will continue to push our city toward a progressive future.

This is why ExcelinEd advocates for policies that incentivize and enable educators to create bold, innovative models that move away from our traditional time - and place - bound systems and toward personalized learning.

THE COMPASS AWARD: Advocating for Attainment Ensuring public policy supports Michigan's momentum toward achieving the Big Goal — 60 percent by 2025 — is a critical strategy of the Michigan College Access Network.

MCAN works toward achieving this goal by advocating for policy reforms that lower the barriers to college for students, sponsoring a number of statewide initiatives focused on increasing college access, delivering professional development to train college access professionals to be highly qualified and effective college advisers, and strengthening like - minded and mission - aligned statewide college access and success initiatives.

Although a precise count doesn't exist of how many districts nationwide rely on LIFO, the landscape in recent years has undergone a «significant shift» toward layoff decisions based on teacher performance, said Sarah Heaton, managing director of district policy and practice at the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit that advocates performance - based layoffs.

Animal advocates have blasted the ruling as an example of an impractical, ill - advised breed - specific policy that unfairly targets a type of dog based on appearance and reputation rather than a proven tendency toward bad behavior.

Advocates who are civically engaged to encourage policy and elected officials toward supporting a thriving future.

The Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario, Canadian Union of Public Employees (Ontario), Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Childcare Resource and Research Unit and Advocates for Progressive Child Care Policy are calling on the leaders of Ontario's three main political parties to respond to concerns about the state of early childhood education and child care by committing, if elected, to six key elements toward a strategy that will begin to fix early childhood education and child care in Ontario.