Sentences with phrase «based initiative most»

The Cardiff - based initiative most well known for its biennial contemporary art prize and accompanying exhibition proudly broadcasts its international scope.

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On a separate report, Rise, a Vancouver - based, HR technology company, lists several well - known companies that are using FitBit's wrist tracker technology for wellness initiatives that inspire competition and reward their most active employees.

The initiative is the most ambitious foreign policy that any contemporary Chinese leader has ever introduced, framed on the basis of mutual benefits and facilitates connectivity of policy, trade, financial, infrastructure, and people - to - people between the countries involved.

Perhaps one of the most significant characteristics of RBC's overall performance last year is that it's broadly based and diverse, reflecting successful growth initiatives around the world.

The latter initiative is perhaps the most important, as technological innovation is so central to the country's goal to transition from low - end, labour - intensive manufacturing to a high - tech, productivity - led, consumption - based economy — and such a rich source of opportunities for investors.

Building a stronger knowledge base among primary and secondary students in Canada may be the most readily achievable of all of these initiatives.

For its latest initiative, the company has collaborated with Sun Chemical, the leading producer of printing inks and coatings, to deliver the most robust and efficient, digital laser - based coding solution that supports customer packaging and labelling requirements.

Different from other NIH initiatives that are funded purely based on a grant's peer - review scores, the Common Fund program staff handpick from the most highly - ranked applicants, taking into account the investigator and institution's level of innovation, history of collaboration, and how well the proposed project fits in with the overall goal of the initiative.

In what is probably its most visible form for educators, though, the term refers to the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Tucson, Ariz. - based public - private initiative that has put the provision of all those skills at the center of its agenda.

It has been suggested to include: evidence - based initiatives and investment to tackle subject specialist shortages at both primary and secondary level; plans to focus recruitment to regions of the country in most need, particularly since the failure of the National Teaching Service; the range and performance of ITT providers in terms of recruitment and retention of teachers; and a thorough plan for the evaluation of any initiatives and how any findings will feed into future plans for teacher recruitment.

The two most controversial initiatives have come under Title IX: The office's seven - year effort to combat what it described as an «epidemic» of sexual violence on campus, and its 2016 directive on the right of transgender students to choose restrooms, locker rooms, overnight accommodations and sports teams on the basis of their subjective sense of «gender identity» rather than their biological sex.

Most states are turning to standards - based reforms to achieve systemic improvement of education, according to a new report outlining state education initiatives.

Todd Finley (@finleyt) believes that «games unite many of the most powerful initiatives in education: problem based learning, brain - based strategies, technology, collaboration, inquiry, and student engagement.»

The many calls for «evidence based» decisionmaking notwithstanding, most of our major policy and reform initiatives have either been launched without any prior research on their efficacy, and without provisions for assessing their intended and unintended effects, or have ignored or misused whatever relevant research evidence was available when...

The most successful school initiatives use research - based strategies, involve collaboration, rely on data decision - making, and continuously evolve to meet the needs of a diverse school population and community.

Your report about the growing achievement gap between white and African - American students over 20 years of «reform» in the Chicago Public Schools reaffirms our organization's strong opposition to one of the most harmful of these initiatives, the practice of flunking students based on their scores on the annual state tests.

Most recently, she served as director of performance - based assessment design, where she led initiatives focused on performance assessment development and implemented a professional development program for 60 teachers across New York City focused on Common Core rollout.

Most initiatives aimed at reversing summer learning loss focus on school - or center - based programs.

Based on your district, school, or classroom setting, what are the two to three most important teaching and learning initiatives or practices of substance that are, or should be, advanced today?

$ 5 billion in incentive grants to be distributed on a competitive basis to states that most aggressively pursue higher standards, quality assessments, robust data systems and teacher quality initiatives.

Project - based learning is embedded in every aspect of study, preparing our graduates to make the most of their knowledge, initiative, and ideas.

Between 1993 and 1999, The Wallace Foundation's Making the Most of Out - of - School Time (MOST) initiative worked with community - based partners in Boston, Chicago and Seattle to increase the supply, accessibility, affordability and quality of afterschool programs and to promote greater national awareness of the need for such progrMost of Out - of - School Time (MOST) initiative worked with community - based partners in Boston, Chicago and Seattle to increase the supply, accessibility, affordability and quality of afterschool programs and to promote greater national awareness of the need for such progrMOST) initiative worked with community - based partners in Boston, Chicago and Seattle to increase the supply, accessibility, affordability and quality of afterschool programs and to promote greater national awareness of the need for such programs.

General Assembly leadership has focused on replicating a number of education initiatives from other states, most lacking any research - based evidence of delivering successful results to students.

«SCHOOL JUDGMENT was rated as one of the most successful manga series based on reader surveys from WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP's Jump Start initiative,» says Marlene First, Editor.

The announcements that excited me most this weekend, however, were those to do with various publishers» digital initiatives, including some pretty impressive - sounding details about Jmanga, a massive web - based project involving most of Japan's major manga publishers, expected to launch in August.

initiative is a powerful consumer - centric program that allows consumers to leverage our expertise in the form of sophisticated auto loan comparison tools, an extremely informative knowledge base of articles, resources, tips, expert advice, auto loan calculators, online auto loan applications (that can be filled out in one simple click), free car loan quotes, and most importantly, our valuable customer support staff that is determined to answer every question within twenty - four hours.

Through our innovative leadership initiatives from our No Animals Were Harmed program in Hollywood to broad - based farm and conservation animal welfare certifications, to rapid response rescue and care across the country American Humane sets the gold standard as the most visionary and effective animal welfare organization in the nation.

While most people who attended Steam Dev Days seemed to be mostly interested in the Steam Machine initiative (which hopefully popularizes cheap premade gaming PCs), the Steam Controller (intriguing but our turn - based RPGs don't exactly require sophisticated controllers), and the future of VR (which I admit I didn't even bother to attend any panels on since VR doesn't interest me and I was feeling a little ill by the end of the convention), I found the most valuable takeaway from the conference was all the great marketing advice that was given.

Over the past seven years, his Miami - based company, Gapingvoid, has amassed a Fortune 500 — studded client list including Intel, VW, Dell, SAP, Hewlett Packard, and Cisco, which most recently brought him on for a culture change «intervention» around a still - secret new business initiative.

The event, «Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs — A Fresh Look,» * is part of FoodYou, a year - long initiative of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (where I've been based since early 2010) that is designed to focus students, faculty and staff on the under - appreciated back story behind our food choices and habits, from the «concentrated animal feeding operations» (also called CAFOs) that supply most meat and poultry to the costs that come with food waste.

Because most hotels are booked as part of a package, tourists buy based on price and don't know or care about what green initiatives an individual hotel may have.

The most «extreme» case (A1F1) ends up with ~ 860 ppmv CO2, based on «very rapid and fossil fuel intensive economic growth», population leveling off at ~ 10.5 billion by 2100 and no climate initiatives.

According to a recent analysis, 14 % of the world's largest, most environmentally - impactful companies reporting to CDP have committed to, or have targets approved by, the Science Based Targets initiative.

EXPAND YOUR CLIENT BASE THROUGH BETTER FIRM MARKETING INITIATIVES The most important initiative to increase profitability is the successful marketing of your law firm.

While some legal work such as large corporate deals and electronic discovery initiatives can be characterized as projects, most litigation is driven by a combination of strategy and constant tactical adjustments and defies a task - by - task breakdown based on a schedule.

One awful example of this has been the relentless effort by LA - based Mercury Insurance, as well as other big companies like State Farm, to undermine the most effective (actually, the only real) insurance regulatory law in the nation, known as «Prop. 103,» passed by voter initiative in 1988.

Fortunately, the heyday of this failed experiment has come to an end with the enactment of a new teen pregnancy prevention initiative that ensures that programs will be age - appropriate, medically accurate and, most importantly, based on research demonstrating their effectiveness.»

They say the then Labor Government rejected the most hard - hitting recommendations of the blueprint laid out in the 2008 report of the National Preventative Health Taskforce for addressing obesity and diet - related chronic disease, although made progress through the establishment of the Australian National Preventative Health Agency, dedicated funding to new, community - based prevention initiatives, and early work on a National Food Plan.

Evidence - based school - wide initiatives that promote a caring school community and allow students to practice social and emotional skills have been found to be the most effective in preventing bullying.

It is the most comprehensive, long - standing, community - based systems development initiative in the State of Illinois.

«Ontario's Early Learning — Kindergarten Program: A Transformative Early Childhood Education Initiative» describes the large - scale government implementation of an initiative that most US educators only dream of: a publicly funded, two - year, mixed - age, full - day program for 4 - and 5 - year - olds, with an emphasis on play - and inquiry - based learning, before - and after - school programming, and a team approach to professional learning for teachers and principals.

In addition to providing valuable instruction to agents and brokers industry - wide, the RE Tech Campus initiative will also expose increasing numbers of real estate professionals to the benefits and opportunities available through the utilization of an engaging and interactive Cloud - Based environment, all of which are leveraged by the Company's own agents as part of the development and growth of their own businesses, and most of which are not accessible through traditional brokerages with a brick - and - mortar foundation.