Sentences with phrase «states on project based»

As a BIE Senior National Faculty Member, Sara provided professional development for teachers and school leaders across the United States on project based learning (PBL).

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Wangara - based contractor Ertech has won an $ 8.3 million contract for work on the state government's Exmouth Boat Harbour upgrade project.

The state authority may evaluate your project based on the creation of new jobs, retention of existing jobs, the expansion of the real estate tax base or other criteria.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's mid-tier builders are sharpening their focus on specialised areas to ensure they fend off growing interest in local construction projects from eastern states - based companies.

The project is detailed in the contract as a seven step process — with Kogan's company, GSR, generating an initial seed sample (though it does not specify how large this is here) using «online panels»; analyzing this seed training data using its own «psychometric inventories» to try to determine personality categories; the next step is Kogan's personality quiz app being deployed on Facebook to gather the full dataset from respondents and also to scrape a subset of data from their Facebook friends (here it notes: «upon consent of the respondent, the GS Technology scrapes and retains the respondent's Facebook profile and a quantity of data on that respondent's Facebook friends»); step 4 involves the psychometric data from the seed sample, plus the Facebook profile data and friend data all being run through proprietary modeling algorithms — which the contract specifies are based on using Facebook likes to predict personality scores, with the stated aim of predicting the «psychological, dispositional and / or attitudinal facets of each Facebook record»; this then generates a series of scores per Facebook profile; step 6 is to match these psychometrically scored profiles with voter record data held by SCL — with the goal of matching (and thus scoring) at least 2M voter records for targeting voters across the 11 states; the final step is for matched records to be returned to SCL, which would then be in a position to craft messages to voters based on their modeled psychometric scores.

In the United Kingdom, headline inflation is close to 3 percent on an annual basis, higher than the central bank's projected target of 2 to 2.5 percent; and in the United States, consumer inflation remained above the central bank's 2 - percent target until May of this year before slipping modestly.

It is believed that it will be the unit of the company based in Japan that will be working on this project, not the units in Asia - Pacific and the United States.

And since forming the 1st United States based Blockchain Investment Fund he has worked on multiple ICO projects as an advisor, continuing this work today.

Hoge and Wenger's study is part of the larger Pulpit and Pew research project on the state of pastoral ministry, based at Duke Divinity School and funded by the Lilly Endowment.

So desperate was the state of the American Jewish community that the federations could no longer operate on the basis of business as usual, relying on the generosity of «a few generous men or the patrons of particular projects whose concerns do not transcend their project.»

The figure of 482,000 also parallels more closely the projected national membership total based on state membership figures.

While these bases make it easier for the United d States to project its power, they may also increase prospects for renewed terrorist attacks on Americans.

Based on these projections we can project that Clemson, Ohio State, Stanford and Alabama are the favorites to win their conference, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll make the four - team playoff.

Challenge Success has since worked with almost 800,000 students, faculty, administrators and parents throughout the United States and across the world on efforts like changing bell schedules, reforming homework policies, shifting to alternative assessments and encouraging project - based learning with the goal of creating «healthier and more productive pathways to success.»

Grants will only be available in select states and the award amounts will be based on building enrollment, project type, potential impact, and a school's ability to mobilize parents and students around school wellness initiatives.

But he says there are no state dollars involved in the construction and that the project relies on Malaysian - based Genting New York to provide the necessary cash infusion.

The Kwara State government has designed a model to guarantee payment to contractors handling various projects across the State on quarterly basis and prevent project abandonment through non-payment.

He worked between October 2009 and September 2013 as a senior research fellow with Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, a European Research Council project based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and spent five months in 2003 on a Fulbright Research Grant at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina studying the history and standards of political journalism in the United States.

The multi-year tables in New York State's just - released Enacted Budget Financial Plan for fiscal 2015 make continued use of Governor Andrew Cuomo's new fiscal conjuring device: a lump - sum, below - the - line reduction in future projected spending, based on the assumption that the governor will «propose, and negotiate with the Legislature to enact budgets that hold State Operating Funds spending growth to 2 percent.»

The latest version of the fiscal 2018 Capital Projects bill (A. 3004D) would further fatten the State and Municipal Facilities Program (SMFP), bringing its total available funding to $ 1.64 billion, based on $ 1.925 billion in total appropriations over the last five fiscal years.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

The Project Sunlight database provides information on meetings between government representatives and outside individuals relating to state procurement, rate - making, regulatory matters, agency - based judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, and the adoption or repeal of rules and regulations, according to a Cuomo press release.

Robert Megna, the state's former budget director, joined ESD recently also on a temporary basis from his job at Stony Brook University to help with ESD's efforts to oversee SUNY Poly projects.

Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own budgets.

Companies hired for public works projects in the state are required to pay their workers what's known as a prevailing wage, which is a minimum rate set by the state based on factors like region.

The complaint alleges that in 2014 COR Development went through an Albany - based lobbyist to help them avoid a state - mandated labor agreement that would have them pay more to construction workers on a state - funded project in Syracuse.

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday inaugurated nine community - based projects initiated by local government councils in the state.

The governor has proposed a $ 1.5 billion dollar fund that the various regions of the state would seek money from on a competitive basis for various projects.

In a letter to Cuomo released on Tuesday, Dwyer points to Cuomo late last week calling on the state's gaming facility location board to re-open the casino siting process in order to award a fourth casino license to a Southern Tier - based project.

State gaming regulators on Monday announced the request for applications process had formally started for a Southern Tier - based casino project.

The state governor had argued that Osinbajo's visit was based on the invitation of the state government and wondered why the APC leadership would discourage the Acting President from inaugurating other projects in the state.

The project, being built on a former U.S. Coast Guard base, hit a snag in December when the state Senate put a hold on $ 16.5 million in subsidies proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Politico New York reported.

As the state's environmental watchdog, the DEC will be responsible for approving or denying this project based on a variety of factors, including whether New York can meet its climate goals with the ongoing development of a fossil fuel infrastructure.

While the PED project test contains job thresholds comparable to other state development programs, we are concerned that it does not include criteria based on capital investment or job retention.

Syracuse City Hall has put together a series of projects that it hopes could be the basis for a Syracuse Billion agenda, based loosely on the state funded Buffalo Billion.

Yet proponents say the programs allow the state to quickly get projects off the ground — from building a road to kick - starting the Capital Region's nanotech empire — and permit lawmakers to address issues on a rolling basis through the year.

That's just a sample of the hundreds of projects funded by one of Cuomo's signature economic development initiatives, a system of 10 regional councils that develop plans based on regional strengths and compete for state funding — more than $ 4 billion so far.

A Queens - based contractor that worked on a number of New York City projects, including 111 W. 57th St. on Billionaires» Row, was charged with stealing more than $ 1.7 million in wages from its workers and $ 7.8 million from the state by manipulating the workers - compensation system, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who announced the charges at a Wednesday press conference.

So, while thousands of new jobs are part of the project, our investment is based on the project in its entirety, including the investment, new jobs and overall economic impact in both Western NY and New York State.»

The project's original subsidy package claimed the building site was a brownfield because one corner of the property used to house a gas station with underground fuel tanks, On that basis, Uniland and Delaware North sought state tax credits that would have seen the state pay 100 percent of the project's property taxes for 10 years.

According to calculations made by The Fix, Republicans will control the redistricting process in 17 states that are projected to have 196 congressional seats after reapportionment (the decennial process in which seats are added or lost based on population shifts).

(CNN)- Democrats narrowly clung to their Senate majority Tuesday, staving off Republican wins in several key states, CNN projected, based on its analysis of exit poll data.

«As part of his drive to improve the revenue base of the state and create more job opportunities for the youths, Governor Ayade graciously established the factory in the area with a view to reducing crime rate in the state and engages the people on meaningful project.

Howe is a registered lobbyist of a major Buffalo Billion developer, Syracuse - based COR Development, and Percoco is being investigated for making between $ 70,000 and $ 125,000 from two development companies, Clough, Harbour & Associates of Albany and COR Development, both of whom received state contracts on upstate economic development projects.

The increase in projected levies — both the county averages and the district - by - district figures — was calculated by Newsday, based on numbers provided to the state by 123 of the Island's 124 school districts.

One of the reasons it received so much funding in the second round is that the state named the region a «top performer,» based on its progress with the earlier projects.

The shift of economic development projects from under SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to Empire State Development, which can be audited by the comptroller's office, is a key step, and ESD, a public authority, has modified its own contracting protocols based on recommendations by state - contracted consultants from Guidepost SolutState Development, which can be audited by the comptroller's office, is a key step, and ESD, a public authority, has modified its own contracting protocols based on recommendations by state - contracted consultants from Guidepost Solutstate - contracted consultants from Guidepost Solutions.

The state's proposed project at the land - locked DeWitt site is based on a flawed market study and shuts the door on the potential to create hundreds of jobs at a larger site, Simpson said.

Support for state - level standards; if national standard based on Bingaman energy bill, weaker than projected business - as - usual

In a project funded by electronics giant Samsung, a team of Penn State materials scientists and electrical engineers has designed a mechanical energy transducer based on flexible organic ionic diodes that points toward a new direction in scalable energy harvesting of unused mechanical energy in the environment, including wind, ocean waves and human motion.