Sentences with phrase «aimed at closing»

Policies and programs being implemented both within Australia (States / Territories / Federal) and internationally aimed at closing the gap between Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people... 1

«Programs aimed at closing the gap must be informed by evidence of what works, based on partnerships with strong Indigenous community leadership and rigorously evaluated to ensure effectiveness.»

Facebook has been rolling out a series of changes to its platform that are all aimed at closing up loopholes following the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Long Island Labor & Employment associate Tony Dulgerian provides third - party commentary on new laws in New York and California aimed at closing the pay gap between men and women.

The «Independent» Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) memo obtained by DeSmogBlog was written in 2009, five days before the introduction of bills aimed at closing loopholes around the chemicals used in fracking.

This week, the Sacramento County Board of Education approved a network of charter schools aimed at closing the persistent achievement gap in the area.

Since 2011, the Mayor's Office has partnered with Comcast on a program aimed at closing the homework gap by providing $ 10 - a-month broadband internet and $ 150 computers to low - income families with school - age children.

During the past year, Wisconsin state legislators debated a series of bills aimed at closing low - performing public schools and replacing them with privately run charter schools.

At Brown's urging, the Legislature overhauled state school aid laws to provide more funds to districts with large numbers of poor and / or English - learner students, aimed at closing the academic achievement gap between them and more privileged classmates.

Additional funding was phased in over six years and aimed at closing the achievement gap.

A funding formula truly aimed at closing the student - achievement gap should send a clear and unambiguous message to states that they should implement progressive funding systems — such as weighted - student funding systems that allocate resources on the basis of student need — which provide more money to students with greater needs.

State leaders demonstrate their commitment to equity in their state visions, setting goals aimed at closing achievement gaps, understanding and reporting student achievement and progress as it relates to each subgroup, and using that information to determine how to best target supports to struggling schools and subgroups within schools.

Project Bright IDEA is a curriculum aimed at closing the achievement gap and increasing the number of gifted students from underrepresented populations via changing teachers» dispositions and capacity to wisely use curricula tailored to teaching those students.

From my work founding an innovative public - private partnership aimed at closing the achievement gap to my service on Madison School Board, I've seen firsthand the barriers standing in the way for too many students.

In September 2005, Governor Romney introduced a comprehensive Education Reform bill aimed at closing two gaps: (1) the gap between Massachusetts student performance and our international competition, particularly in math and science; and (2) the achievement gaps within the state, between high - performing and low - performing schools.

The training session, organized by the Governor's Office of Economic Development and the STEM Action Center, presented teachers with 11 technologies aimed at closing achievement gaps and increasing college readiness in mathematics.

She has also been a vital supporter of networks aimed at closing the achievement gap, such as IDEA Public Schools and KIPP San Antonio.

She also confirmed # 2.5 million for 57 schools that will receive funding as part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge Schools Programme, which the government says is aimed at closing the «attainment gap between children from our least and most deprived communities».

In a series aimed at closing the gap between research and practice, Usable Knowledge has partnered with Digital Promise on a project that collects questions from educators across the country and poses them to experts at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Working together, these cabinet members will brainstorm and design new, effective strategies — aimed at closing persistent achievement and opportunity gaps — for meeting all children's needs in their communities.

«This definitely sets a very strong precedent for abortion rights advocates and will lead to courts striking down the sham laws that impose restrictions that go beyond what is needed to ensure patient safety, that are really aimed at closing down clinics and throwing obstacles in the way of women's access to abortion care.»

The Legislature's budget - writing committee is scheduled to renew discussions over a proposal aimed at closing a $ 63.5 million deficit in Wisconsin's roads fund.

But the first - term congresswoman and Trump supporter said she does not believe his order is anti-Muslim, nor aimed at closing America's doors to refugees fleeing persecution.

The bill is aimed at closing the gap of responsibility when a homeowner defaults.

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed Rep. John Katko's bill aimed at closing security loopholes that have been exploited by some employees at U.S. airports.

The legislation is aimed at closing a loophole that pushes criminals outside Syracuse city limits to sell stolen goods.

In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich (R) is set to unveil what will undoubtedly be a controversial budget next week aimed at closing an $ 8 billion deficit.

Fox urged House Democrats to oppose GOP amendments aimed at closing that loophole, but made no attempt to directly refute Republican arguments about the flood of «back door» money flowing through state political parties to candidates.

This year's budget proposal includes $ 1 billion in new tax and fee increases aimed at closing the deficit, but the structural gaps will remain.

«The people of New York are demanding change and it's time we took action to restore the public trust by closing the LLC loophole and bringing fairness to our campaign finance system,» Cuomo said in the May 24 statement announcing his bill menu aimed at closing the loophole that has allowed tens of millions of dollars into campaign accounts.

The legislation is aimed at closing what is considered to be a top factor in the pay gap between women and men in the workplace.

On the same day, she slow hand clapped Theresa May as the home secretary headed into the lobby to vote against a motion aimed at closing the gender pay gap.

Last week's Liberal Democrat conference saw Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander announce the latest government strategy aimed at closing the tax gap - the difference between the tax that should have been collected by HMRC and what is actually collected.

In addition to making the law permanent, the bill being considered today is also aimed at closing what supporters believe are loopholes in the legislation and smoothing out the process for the assisted outpatient treatment program.

At 1 p.m., Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Sen. David Carlucci and others announce joint legislation aimed at closing the pay gap for women and minorities by prohibiting employers from inquiring about salary history information, LCA Room 130, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

The House yesterday unanimously passed Rep. John Katko's bill aimed at closing security loopholes that have been exploited by some employees at U.S. airports.

Aimed at closing the gender gap in the tech sector, the startup challenge featured 10 finalists pitching their emerging tech ventures before a panel of prominent investors including Nisha Dua, Partner at BBG Ventures, Iana Dimkova, Director on Healthcare Investing Team at GE Ventures, John Ason, Angel Investor, and Erica Duignan Minnihan, Managing Partner, 1000 Angels.

The Soros - backed Central European University in Budapest has said the new law is aimed at closing it down as part of a plan to discourage liberal thought.

We should ultimately aim at closing all our imperialist enclaves, but in order to avoid isolationism and maintain a capacity to assist the United Nations in global peacekeeping operations, we should, for the time being, probably retain some 37 of them, mostly naval and air bases.

However, the comments that may get Hleb into some hot water with the Arsenal fans were those aimed at close friend Cesc Fabregas and apparently criticised his Spanish teammate for being «selfish».

While Georgia's Department of Education takes aim at closing the achievement gap under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regulations, implementing measures to do so has been left to individual schools and districts.

In my 100 k demo account I'm making 6 to 7 % monthly with 1 trade at a time 1 standard size sometimes 2, aiming at closing the same or next day.

IRENA with support from several of the TCP Task Participants aims at closing the gap between nations having access to the necessary datasets, expertise and financial support to evaluate their national renewable energy potential.

Not exact matches

Uber also faces a challenge we talked about earlier: Since they're aiming to disrupt an established industry, a very regulated industry, one with close ties to municipalities, other companies can not only come back at them, they can call in regulations to make it even harder for Uber.

The two countries are set to launch a «Strategic Partnership Council» aimed at fostering closer economic and cultural relations, with billions of dollars worth of potential deals within the partnership.

In that case, aim to check your report at least three months in advance, and ideally, closer to six months out, said Griffin.

The closing days of the Olympics were also overshadowed by a U.S. announcement on Friday that it was imposing its largest package of sanctions aimed at getting North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs.

The federal government's 2013 budget unveiled Thursday contains a select few initiatives aimed at reducing costs at the household level including efforts to close the U.S. - Canada price gap for young families.

Perhaps sensing the troubles of his closest ally, Cuban President Raul Castro in December agreed to talks with the U.S. aimed at normalizing relations, a move expected to fuel growth in the communist - run economy.

The effort aims to «bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier,» Obama said at the time of the announcement in late January.