Sentences with phrase «whether social reform»

They assess whether existing programs are effective and whether social reform plans can be improved.

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In the wake of an open letter in January from Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, exhorting businesses everywhere to focus on their social impact rather than simply maximizing profits, they wondered whether Moynihan might feel under more pressure to do so now that tax reforms would be lightening the burden in the future.

Whether citizens accept a diminution of the social compact that provides a cradle - to - grave safety net will undoubtedly affect the pace of reforms.

The only thing that Jesus and the Emperor did not consider was that every government reform policy whether political, economic, social....

To be clear, I continue to question whether the ed reform movement at large is properly viewed as a race - focused «social justice» movement or a broad school improvement initiative benefitting all children, thereby serving social justice ends.

Whether education reform should be situated within a larger social justice context is a fair question, and one we should be asking.

I told this story to a group of two dozen or so of my fellow ed reformers last week at an American Enterprise Institute convening on «race, social justice, and school reform» because I wanted to make two simple (some will say simplistic) points: our expensive and aggressive ed reform efforts still focus far too little on what kids do in school all day; and we don't all have the same ideas about what it means to serve the cause of social justice — or whether it is even appropriate to place social justice issues at the heart of our efforts to improve outcomes for kids.

As various social and political actors consider legal regulatory reforms, it is important to recognize that the expansion of students» legal entitlements has also increased the potential for student dissent in U.S. schools, whether of a political, religious, or ideological character.

Because opt - out is a grassroots phenomenon, communities varied in the extent of their participation, based in part on factors such as: 1) degree of parental involvement in the local schools, 2) whether the local PTA had an organized advocacy committee, 3) parental awareness of school - reform issues, and 4) access to the Internet and social media.

If you see education reform as a social justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily about whether every charter is educating its share of kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.

A different question — a good think - tank question — is how social scientists can determine, in the initial stages of a major reform like the Common Core, whether the «theory of action» is playing out as expected.

Ten urban districts in California — including the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest — collectively called CORE (California Office to Reform Education) districts, have designed a system to make schools answerable for improving students» social and emotional skills by using data from student, parent, and teacher surveys, among other factors, to assess whether students are improving in these areas.

Whether it's attitudes about civil rights, eating meat, or other kinds of social reform, as a younger generation grows up and begins participating in public life, gradual yet seismic shifts in attitudes and policies can occur.

TransitCenter, a New York - based foundation dedicated to transit reform, identifies growth in the number of people who ride transit often and for multiple purposes as an important indicator of whether transit is serving its function of helping a city meet its «triple bottom line» of economic growth, environmental stability, and social equity,» Binns reports.

The Committees» recommendations... will be carefully considered... However, the Government has a clear strategy for improving the native title system and is committed to ensuring that the native title system is flexible and produces broad benefits to Indigenous people... the Government is progressing reforms to improve the rates of claim resolution and to encourage broader settlements that deliver social justice outcomes beyond answering the question of whether native title exists.