Sentences with phrase «failed approaches included»

Failed approaches included cutting down infected trees, spraying pesticides, even hooking up trees to car batteries to electrocute the beetles inside.

Not exact matches

He used it in the case of the California grape - pickers «boycott as a last resort, after every other approach, including recourse to the courts, had failed.

At the time, it was part of a civil rights agenda being set by the then Labour opposition, which included such things as the Human Right Act, and a (failed) «Ethical Foreign Policy» and was in stark contrast to the authoritarian approach of the then Conservative Government; Michael Howard's support for ID cards and Ken Clarke using PII Cetificates in the Matrix Churchill case spring to mind.

They outline various approaches to aid correct diagnosis, including the need to remember that many children outgrow asthma symptoms, and that treatment shouldn't simply be stepped up if the child fails to respond, because there's a chance the diagnosis might not be right in the first place.

The San created the code because of past transgressions, including use of insulting language such as the term «Bushmen,» using jargon when communicating with the San, failing to consult study communities about findings before publication, and approaching individuals before asking community leaders for permission.

However, far from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter schools, A — F grading of schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «authorizer shopping,» in which failing schools move to a new authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.

Supporters, including a group of black Louisville pastors and the Bluegrass Institute, a conservative education think tank, say they would be more free to adopt innovative approaches that could help students, especially in urban areas where some schools repeatedly fail to meet goals.

Since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.

Many schools «failed» year after year, and as 2014 approached, the majority of public schools in the nation had been declared failures, including some excellent, highly regarded schools (typically, the group that was not making sufficient progress toward 100 percent proficiency was students with disabilities, and the schools that were likeliest to be labeled as failing enrolled high proportions of poor and minority students).

The approach includes an adjustment for the standard error of growth to ensure students will only fail to meet their growth goal if their growth is statistically different from the growth norm.

The IMA proposal fails to meet the district's expectations in four areas, including in its approach to budgeting, staffing and measuring academic growth.

Assessing What Really Matters in Schools: Creating Hope for the Future, by Ronald J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin, asserts that» «since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.»»

Policymakers, including U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, should stop promoting this failed approach.

The pedestrian - detection system is a follow - up to Volvo's existing collision - avoidance systems, including City Safe, standard on the new S60, which automatically brakes the car if the driver fails to do so when approaching another vehicle from behind.

Her research initially focused on the identification and characterization of juvenile dilated cardiomyopathy in Portuguese water dogs and has led to several ongoing studies, including most recently the evaluation of various candidate genes for use in a therapeutic gene transfer approach to improve cardiac function in failing hearts.

Remedies that often fail include lacing some food with pepper or ammonia, saying «No - no» while tempting the pup, and physically punishing the animal when it approaches the family's food.

This, of course, is roughly the same approach that's proved ineffective failed so spectacularly at addressing so many other complex issues, including drug enforcement, immigration policy, gays in the military, and so forth.

«evaluated individually against whatever metrics are deemed important, and the best models selected» Doesn't this selection of best models mean you fail to see as many of the ways in which the model could be wrong compared to an approach of insisting that all the model types are included?

A popular approach is to first look within the business for employees with the relevant skills and then, failing that, to broaden your search to include people outside of the company.

A new report based upon research by Family Rights Group which reveals that 26 (17 %) of English local authorities, including 30 % of London local authorities are failing to comply with the most basic requirement of statutory guidance issued in 2011, to have a published policy setting out their approach towards promoting and supporting the needs of children living with family and friend carers.

But it fails to address many important issues, including the need for a systematic approach to mental health promotion and the prevention of mental illness, according to Jaelea Skehan, acting director of the Hunter Institute for Mental Health.

26 (17 %) of English local authorities, including 30 % of London local authorities are failing to comply with the most basic requirement of statutory guidance issued in 2011, to have a published policy setting out their approach towards promoting and supporting the needs of children living with family and friends carers.

Recent reviews have failed to demonstrate any effect on reducing repetition of self - harm among adolescents receiving a range of treatment approaches including therapeutic assessments and compliance enhancement in hospitals, youth - nominated support teams, tokens for hospital admission and home and family - focused interventions [19, 20].

2007 [just Google it] This publication sets out the history and experience [including the Family court's failings] This publication is an important record of what led to the decision to pilot a new approach.