Not exact matches
Calling North Carolina's school turnaround work «among the most
ambitious in the nation,» Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members
of the State Board
of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects
resulting from the state's federally - funded
efforts to boost the performance
of some
of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and 2015.
In contrast, the approach under waivers, dubbed turnaround, was much more focused — applying only to the 5 percent
of schools identified as «priority» schools and based on key principles outlined by the Department (see sidebar Turnaround Principles).62 Fewer schools were part
of the
effort, but in turn, the
effort was much more intensive and required significant changes in school operations, culture, leadership, and practice.63 The hope was that a more disruptive and
ambitious strategy will yield dramatic
results: after three years, these schools would no longer be in the bottom 5 percent, and another group
of schools could be identified to undergo turnaround.
A statement from Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot from the financial report reads,» The
results of these
efforts will be seen as early as this Christmas with one
of the industry's most
ambitious games line - ups which will include Assassin's Creed 2, James Cameron's Avatar, Spliter Cell Conviction, Rabbids Go Home and Red Steel 2.»
There are some very
ambitious video games in the last decade and every game where developer puts time and
effort into the game and it
results in an awesome piece
of art.
His diverse interests and methods have led him to undertake a varied range
of projects, which at times have included long - term collaborative
efforts with other artists, musicians, and writers
resulting in
ambitious traveling shows and exhibition catalogues.
By the mid-1990s Arnett's
efforts resulted in an
ambitious project to survey the visual tradition
of the African American South: an exhibition and two - volume book, titled Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art
of the South, which was ultimately presented at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and remains the most in - depth scholarly examination
of its kind.
Last week, after nearly 4 years
of work, the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) released computer code and initial
results from an
ambitious effort to simulate the Earth system.