Sentences with phrase «at least some improvement year»

The money spent demands that we see trophies in return or at least some improvement year - on - year, but we're simply not getting that...

Not exact matches

And with the federal carbon pricing requirement coming into effect next year, Ontario's commitment to cap and trade takes necessary action to cut carbon pollution — leaving room for improvements as needed, and at the least possible cost.

Mr Boon told shareholders in a letter that the transaction was expected to deliver at least $ 130 million a year to pre-tax earnings from synergies and business improvements and that integration costs to achieve the synergies would be about $ 141 million pre-tax, though $ 67 million had already been spent in the 2017 financial year.

Neither is probably sustainable, but it's at least reasonable to suggest those two pitches could enjoy a healthy improvement over their career values this year because of the difference in usage.

2017 was a bad year for the team having shown signs of improvement in 2016, but the chassis at least looked good.

MIddle of the road type starter and like you said from three years ago so there's reason to believe in at least some improvement.

Shad Forsythe, our new physio, even told some German newspapers that (and I quote) «It would take me at least one uninterrupted full year with the squad to get it right and see possible improvements»... To that he added «Preparation methods used at Arsenal are prehistorical and out dated for the physical and demand of the current game»... Journalists even asked him if he would not get in trouble by saying that?

For substance and ability as a football player, give him a C - plus, which at least shows improvement over the previous two years.

It is the same year after year with all 3 points and we can forget any chances of a championship with Wenger in charge, because he has had the problems for at least 10 years, and the small signs of improvement this year have now disappeared.

We can't wait to see how Hue Jackson manages to turn this into a 4 - 12 season (which would at least be an improvement over last year).

If you look at the stats we improve every year by at least 2 points, it's not great and it's slow but it's improvement none the less.

Some of the comments made by our great manager this month have been really laughable BUT i expected nothing different as he will not sign anyone of note AS USUAL!!!!! The Yaya Sanogo signing looks even more ridiculous in the gran scheme of things BUT that's wenger for you, i also hope he has a conscience and understands that we need to win something this year and if not the league title then we must at least finish second NOT 3rd OR 4th to show some improvement anythingt other than that and he should not renew his contract.

At least that's the way it's viewed by Wallace Brown, a commissioner of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, and that's why he has campaigned the last few years for improvements in the Downers Grove preserve.

The «left wing» refuses to acknowledge legitimate flaws in the regs and accuses the right of politicizing our children's future and always fighting against anything the Obama administration puts forward, and the «right wing» isn't recognizing any of the improvements that were made as a result of the regs and blaming the government for over regulating and not giving the administration an ounce of credit for at least taking on an overhaul of a system that hadn't seen significant reform in 20 years.

Effectively by the year 2017, Osun had achieved a percentage improvement of at least 46 % in WAEC results when you compare the results of the years before the advent of the Aregbesola administration,» he added

«At least the end of the year is December so you can hold me to that... Yes, I will resign,» he told Ghanaians on an Accra - based Joy FM on February 3, but the situation has since worsened with occasional improvement.

Christie has called 2014 «a critical year» in which Atlantic City gaming must at least begin to show improvement.

Crime in Long Island's Nassau County fell to its lowest level in at least 50 years, according to statistics released yesterday, a decline that police attributed to improvements in data analysis and technology.

Also at 11 a.m., a new report from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be released showing that community schools need at least five years or more to create lasting school improvement and reduce barriers to achievement in a measurable way, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 233 Broadway, Suite 720, Manhattan.

Crime in Long Island's Nassau County fell to its lowest level in at least 50 years, according to statistics released Thursday, a decline that police attributed to improvements in data analysis and technology.

The de Blasio administration's decision to withhold bond financing from a Queens real estate development will delay heating improvements at an adjacent public housing complex for at least three years, a City Council report said Tuesday.

Averaged over a four - year follow - up period, operatively treated patients at least 80 years of age, had significantly greater improvement in all primary and secondary outcome measures compared with patients at least 80 years of age who received nonsurgical treatment.

Study participants with indigestion who received 16 weeks of a therapy aimed at helping them identify and correct dysfunctional interpersonal patterns, called core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) psychotherapy, saw improvements in all their gastrointestinal symptoms — and their mental health — which lasted for at least a year.

At the one - year mark, the ADRC treated patients with at least one class improvement in heart failure class (57 percent) and angina class (67 percent) tended to be higher relative to the placebo group (15 percent and 27 percent, respectivelyAt the one - year mark, the ADRC treated patients with at least one class improvement in heart failure class (57 percent) and angina class (67 percent) tended to be higher relative to the placebo group (15 percent and 27 percent, respectivelyat least one class improvement in heart failure class (57 percent) and angina class (67 percent) tended to be higher relative to the placebo group (15 percent and 27 percent, respectively).

What has been more surprising to the researchers is not that the improvements have held for the year — that much had already been documented in animal studies — but that, at least in one of the patients, the therapy helped train the eye to see better.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

I've been following this or at least low carb / high fat for almost 2 years now, keeping my net carbs under 20, and although I see many health improvements my weight is not moving much.

There's no arguing that this is a film that the world wasn't asking for, with Spidey appearing only five years since he was last on screen without being a direct sequel, but at least the film has actually managed to find areas of improvement over the previous tries.

But again, when you look at learning outcomes we haven't seen really improvements in the quality of learning in Australia over the last years - at least not on our international metrics.

Schools and jurisdictions that have achieved sustained improvements for Indigenous students have pursued consistent objectives for at least a 10 year period.

Improvements in primary schools over the past few years mean that the gap between the proportion of disadvantaged pupils with at least a good pass in English and maths and all other pupils is set to reduce from 24 percentage points (ppts) to 21.5 between 2017 and 2021.

The improvement of scores for at least two contiguous grades (for example, grades 4 and 5) from one year to the next is a mixture of value - added changes (the 4th grade students who become 5th graders) and cross-cohort changes (the 4th grade students this year are a different group from the 4th grade students last year).

Yet at least one thing remains clear: Under the new K - 12 federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to put in place new systems to identify low - performing schools for improvement by the 2017 - 18 school year.

They have to have at least five years» leadership experience at a senior level in education, with a proven track record of achieving consistent improvement.

Under ESSA, states must reserve at least 7 percent of their Title I, Part A funds for school improvement purposes, beginning in fiscal year 2017.61 Going forward, states and districts should focus on students» learning mindsets and skills as a lever for increased student achievement.

The problem is, this doesn't happen for at least three years, if you're making the right long - term improvements.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

Nearly 230 teachers, primarily first - year instructors, have also received at least one «needs improvement» on their four - page reviews and could still be dismissed this summer or next year, officials said.

After receiving a $ 2.9 million School Improvement Grant over three years, Oak Hill enforced drastic reforms under the turnaround model, which required the district to replace the principal and at least half of the school's staff.

New Teacher Center describes strong induction programs as those that include instructional mentoring for new teachers by carefully selected, well - prepared mentors; formative assessment for teachers and support systems to drive continuous improvement; professional learning communities for mentors and new teachers; engaged principals; and supportive school environments and district policies.9 Research suggests that regular contact between beginning teachers and mentors over a period of at least two years can propel improved teaching and greater student learning.10

Data for this year show some improvements for the Class of 2017, who appear to be on track to surpass their predecessors, with 50 percent of high school seniors as of late February earning at least a C in all A — G classes.

It further calls for the collaborative to assist districts that fail to meet their targets for improvement in at least one of the priority areas for three out of four years.

Schools that receive a grade of «A,» rating of «Commendable,» schools that improve at least one performance grade or rating category, or schools that improve more than one letter grade and sustain the improvement the following year are eligible for school recognition.

After the first summer, students who attended at least 20 days outperformed the control group in math, and the improvements persisted through the school year.

Our impact as educational leaders can vary, but our core business as educators is to serve students by influencing substantive academic, socio - emotional, and civil improvement, at least one year, if not more, for

Improvements in primary schools over the past few years means that the gap between the proportion of disadvantaged pupils with at least a good pass in English and maths and all other pupils is set to reduce from 24 percentage points (ppts) to 21.5 between 2017 and 2021.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

East Middle School in greater St. Louis was one of the lowest performing schools in Missouri before implementing the turnaround school improvement model, hiring a new principal and at least 50 percent new staff to improve student achievement last year.

A few years ago, while I was talking with principals in Connecticut about research on school culture — the «secret sauce» of school improvement — one principal posed a question that revealed why many educators dislike, or at least disregard, research: Where should leaders start in trying to improve a school culture?

As the Courant noted, «School board members voted Monday to pursue a «lighthouse» school model — essentially, a neighborhood school that would be entitled to special state funding for improvements... A lighthouse school in Hartford would receive at least $ 750,000 annually for improvements over a minimum of three years, school officials said Monday.