Sentences with phrase «about raising standards»

«Improving openness and transparency of school statistics will also allow parents to have more informed discussions about raising standards in our schools.

«Free Schools are about raising standards, this is why the freedom to innovate is so important to their success.

Malcolm Drakes, Executive Headteacher at Broadford Primary School, Romford, talks about raising standards and inspiring the next generation of scientists.

«He was talking about raising standards.

Our members are struggling, they're losing staff and we're still talking about raising standards.»

No one seriously believes this is about raising standards.

This is about raising standards.

PRP in teaching is not about raising standards.

«These tests are about raising standards by showing the next steps that children need to take in their learning.

Rather than just talking about raising standards in education, the new council will deliver improvements.»

The festival is about raising standards in writing, the message they deliver and their presentation skills rather than slick video editing.

The first ten minutes of this video is all about raising your standards.

They are about raising standards and enhancing customer experiences.

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Emma Channing, a lawyer who frequently works with blockchain start - ups, recently raised an alarm about the intrigue at the I.S.O. standards group.

«Osborne's appointment as Editor of the Standard raises very serious questions about both his own ability to continue as an MP and the newspaper's impartiality.

Questions have been raised about the licensing standards for Uber drivers in Taiwan and the Chinese mainland mega city of Chongqing.

But it does raise questions about the ethical standards that apply to corporate behaviour.

His first response is that DOL «retained the spirit of the rule — to raise the standards of care for retirement investors — but they also listened to a lot of the concerns that retirement advisors» and the industry had about the preliminary rule, which has been six years in the making.

We talked today about how important that is to raising the standard of living and has been in the past.

The broker raises some interesting points about the issues surrounding a fiduciary standard for brokers — and illustrates a few as well.

When the North American Free Trade Agreement was concluded there was concern about Mexican labour and environmental standards; side agreements were established around these topics, allowing civil society to raise complaints under the terms of the agreement.

The chairman of the committee, Lord Bew, has raised concerns about the small numbers of MPs going to induction courses which are offered on ethical standards.

His address is titled «Raising the Standard in the Brotherhood of Believers,» and he begins by asking, «Why am I preaching about racism?

That is a very important point you raise David about anything that is a preconceived standard that needs to change.

The style of these utterances raises questions about whether they meet the standards of «truly and earnestly» preserved in the invitation to communion.

The case in industrialized countries requires better production management, de-emphasizing appearance standards, more explanatory date marking systems and raising awareness among consumers about better buying, cooking and recycling methods — this can save food wastages at the retail and consumer levels.

Two recent Washington Post reports by Peter Whoriskey have raised doubts about organic standards in the US.

Camille Selleger of the Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA) raised concerns about Nestlé's double standards and abuse of human rights.

But if Sweetgreen's goal was to raise awareness about school nutrition (and not just garner a lot of publicity for its restaurants, which it did in spades), I fail to see what it accomplished by holding American schools up to an unrealistic international standard — whether the standard is unrealistic because it's inaccurate (Greece) or because the country in question invests far more time, money and effort than the United States in feeding its children (France.)

The Orfalea Fund helped to bring about new standards in early childhood education, school food, and disaster readiness by doing in - depth research, taking risks to discover what works, bringing together dedicated partners to execute programs, and helping families, educators, and policy - makers raise their expectations for a healthier, more resilient community.

[25] According to The Daily Telegraph, after initial concerns were raised about links between mortality rates and standards of care in 2005, there were up to 2800 more deaths than expected across 14 NHS trusts highlighted as having unusually high death rates.

The school has also not been able to raise the standard of teaching and learning over a number of years, which has left up to about 80 percent of second and third - year students unable to properly...

The union — which has overall questioned the state's testing under the Common Core standards — for months has raised concerns about the state's move toward computerized exams.

The science and technology committee raised several concerns about the standard of the peer - review process in scientific papers, calling for greater recognition of the work involved, which many in the scientific community consider a burden.

Over recent days we've also heard my shadow cabinet colleagues, Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, talk about how a Labour government will ensure we get the house building we need to strengthen our economy and improve people's quality of life, and about how we raise standards in our schools to ensure our children are equipped to succeed.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was barraged by a fresh round of questions about the investigation into his fund - raising, and reiterated: «(W) e hold ourselves to the highest standard of integrity.

Cuomo said the state learned yesterday that hundreds of faulty bolts were discovered within the reactor at the Indian Point Unit 2 Plant — «the latest in a long series of incidents that raise deep concerns about the management, maintenance and equipment standards» there.

«The Chief Inspector is right to send a clear warning about the Government's obsession with further structural changes as being the way to raise standards for pupils; what matters is creating the conditions in which teachers can focus on teaching and learning, without unnecessary and wasteful distractions.

«This is the latest in a long series of incidents that raise deep concerns about the management, maintenance and equipment standards at this plant,» Cuomo said in a statement.

He called the faulty bolts the «latest in a long series of incidents that raise deep concerns about the management, maintenance and equipment standards at this plant.»

Questions have been raised about why the committee watered down an original recommendation from the independent commissioner, Kathryn Hudson, for Miller to repay # 45,000, giving the impression that MPs still appear to be policing their own ethical standards despite the expenses scandal of 2009.

«That raises a lot of questions about why he would be our best standard bearer, before even discussing his record in office.»

Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of class room instruction.

Previously, abortions beyond this point were only legal to save the mother's life, but the «health» standard has raised concerns about a broader law than the initial statute.

During the Legislature's preliminary debate of the policy, conservative Republicans have raised questions about the practicality and fairness of the standard, which requires partners to affirmatively and continuously consent throughout a sexual act.

Newly re-elected Town Board member James Dinizio raised a questions at Tuesday's work session about standards wineries should be held to and said he'd like a discussion on whether requirements for an appellation, which notes a legally defined viticultural area and has a set of conditions to achieve, could help shape the code.

Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of classroom instruction.

News outlets have raised repeated questions about why the outbreak wasn't identified earlier, why the city didn't have better standards for dealing with it, and why Dr. Bassett didn't enlist help from the Centers for Disease Control.

Researchers lack a standard about when to disclose unanticipated findings to study participants and their doctors, raising ethical — and financial — dilemmas

Not because any individual path, do I rate it say greater than 50 percent, but when you have about a dozen paths, all which at least to mea appear to have better than 20 percent chance independently, that if you get the R&D up, if you do things on the demand side that include great things we've done, like production tax credit, investment tax credit, Renewable Portfolio Standard, many, many tens of billions of money just in the U.S. alone, so we push the demand side, and now with the commitment to raise R&D and 2016 being the first year that actually did get appropriated, then you're very much tilting the odds to have a very positive surprise.