Sentences with phrase «as a model for other states by»

On the national level, North Carolina's pre-kindergarten program (which was formerly known as «More at Four») has repeatedly been held up as a model for other states by national evaluators.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

The studies [xi] of the Georgia and Oklahoma universal pre-k programs get the highest grade for external validity because the programs in these two states have been held up by President Obama and others as models to be replicated across the nation.

The studies of the Georgia and Oklahoma universal pre-k programs get the highest grade for external validity because the programs in these two states have been held up by President Obama and others as models to be replicated across the nation.

Regardless of which model is closest to the original vision of charter schools — either community - based, independent charters like Pine Lake Preparatory or the for - profit schools operated by NHA, CSUSA, and other EMOs — the reality is that under current financial constraints like what exist in states such as North Carolina, neither model can be funded without drawing from significant money from non-traditional sources.

When this is done for predicting elections, say, something called «stratification» is used, where observations are qualified by (in this case) spatial extent, time of day, and other auxiliary variables and the response state of atmosphere considered as conditioned on these, and the model evaluated comparably, where it can be.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper thinks the state's legislation will become a model for other states, according to the Denver Post, because it goes further than other states with disclosure laws by requiring all chemicals to be named (or in cases where the oil and gas commission is convinced a specific chemical should be kept a trade secret, then the chemical family needs to be named), as well as the concentrations in which they are used.

The proposal, as it appears in the Report, included an additional resolution urging that «each state's highest court, and those of each territory and tribe, be guided by the ABA Model Regulatory Objectives for the Provision of Legal Services when they assess the court's existing regulatory framework and any other regulations they may choose to develop concerning non-traditional legal service providers.»

Our goal is that these communities «establish community - specific capacity building, infrastructure development and comprehensive integrated early childhood care, health and education services in ways that can be used as models by other communities across the state» (State of New Mexico Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Application For Phase 2 Funding, 2state» (State of New Mexico Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Application For Phase 2 Funding, 2State of New Mexico Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Application For Phase 2 Funding, 2012).

Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.

As a result, many home visiting programs are prioritizing domestic violence prevention in their models.38 Notably, Missouri trains all professionals who are part of the state's MIECHV program to screen for domestic violence and help ensure children are living in safe homes.39 Other states have enhanced their home visiting programs by integrating the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE) into their state home visiting program.

Addressing the importance of the idea was expressed by Judge Roger Alton Pfaff, presiding judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles remarked, «California has become a model for conciliation services as a part of the judicial function for other states to emulate and each year we find jurisdictions creating such services.