Sentences with phrase «ambitious public efforts»

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Argentina's Ministry of Science has launched an ambitious effort to place scientists throughout that nation's public policy arena to ensure scientific knowledge informs government decision - making and becomes a proving ground for similar programs across the globe.

An ambitious 4 - year project launched in March 2010 unites more than 90 European stem cell and regenerative medicine research laboratories in a coordinated effort to engage with the public about their science.

The 100th anniversary of the extinction on September, 1, 2014 was commemorated by public television broadcasts of the documentary and an ambitious multi-media outreach effort called Project Passenger Pigeon (P3), mobilizing over 300 museums and institutions to raise awareness about species survival challenges on land and in the sea today.

Better than the performances themselves, though, is their broader purpose: all proceeds from Miscast help to fund MCC in its continual efforts to produce some of New York's most ambitious and original works of theater, as well as support its MCC Youth Company and in - school partnerships that serve public schools across New York City.

Yet even with this ambitious effort — which far exceeds the outreach in the vast majority of cities — only about 140 parents sought transfers, says Lew Frederick, director of information at the Portland Public Schools.

«A stunning account of efforts by wealthy outsiders and ambitious politicians to fix Newark's failing public schools.

The feature documentary film chronicles an ambitious effort to «green'the public school diet serving 83,000 students in Baltimore.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said Wednesday that the first year of an ambitious effort to triple the number of low - income college graduates coming out of the city's public schools has been successful but there's still a lot of work to do.

It's easy to feel cynical and even angry while reading «The Prize,» a stunning account of efforts by wealthy outsiders and ambitious politicians to fix Newark's failing public schools.

That ambitious plan is key to her broader aim of establishing Success as what the network describes as a «catalyst and national model for education reform efforts,» and a legitimate citywide competitor to the incumbent public school system.

These significant philanthropic contributions have leveraged public funding — including funds from the San Francisco International Airport wetlands mitigation agreement — to make this ambitious, multi-year restoration effort possible.

A joint project of the National Park Service (NPS) and its non-profit partner, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Parks Conservancy), the $ 3.5 million renovation marks the most ambitious and far - reaching program and improvement effort on Alcatraz since the Island opened to the public more than thirty years ago.

In his 1993 essay, Meyer identified pedagogy as an area that artists were engaging with in the 1990s, and one sees it again today in efforts like the Public School, a free learning initiative operating in many cities, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation and its ambitious free art school, BHQFU, along with others that have started in recent years around the world.

It is a «significantly more ambitious effort than previous assessments» in terms of scope and the extent to which the public was engaged, according to the National Resource Council's review of a draft copy of the report.

Companies that set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction efforts today will gain a competitive advantage in the years to come, for a few reasons: Gains in efficiency lead to cost savings; credible targets bolster a company's reputation; ambitious goals spur innovation and transformational change, which can unlock opportunities for growth; and science - based targets will help companies stay ahead of shifting public policies.

Fortunately, many PACER documents are also online and available for free at public.resource.org, an ambitious effort to collect public records and provide the public with free access to them (revolutionary!).

The first set of companies to use the Trust Indicators worked together to iron out the technical and visual aspects of this ambitious effort to provide consistent transparency to the public.

Our association's legislative agenda will be no less ambitious than it was in 1997, nor can our efforts be less in the area of public policy advocacy.