Sentences with phrase «been successful at increasing»

The deniers campaign may have been successful at increasing the gap between science and the society even further.

While several states have been successful at increasing the selectivity of their teacher preparation programs through statewide policies, these programs also have considerable leeway to make their own entrance requirements more selective.

Community eligibility has been successful at increasing school breakfast and lunch participation, so more students experience the positive educational outcomes that are linked to participating in school meals.

«We can show that we really have been successful at increasing yield.»

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.

Repeat these steps, beginning further and further away from your cat as she is successful at each increasing distance.

Not exact matches

He also bet on the product being successful and priced it based on what it would cost in the future if sales increased, instead of factoring in the high input costs that the company had to face at the onset.

Even if you set the issue of employment aside, the U.S. trade deficit over the past five years increased, meaning that the rest of the world was more successful at selling us more stuff than vice versa.

In fact, between 2004 and 2012, when student loan levels took off, the fraction of people interested in being successful at business ownership actually increased slightly to 41.2 percent.

If Bitcoin becomes this successful, it would have probably directly or indirectly increased the world's GDP by at least 0.74 %, therefore it will be worthwhile to spend 0.74 % of the energy on it.»

«We have been successful in recovering this increased cost in our selling prices over the last few months, but we continue to monitor Platts for any further increases,» Keane reported at an analysts meeting.

Judging by the plants that were on exhibit at the Capsicum Industry Expo, Chinese breeders are very successful at increasing yield and fruit size.

A sequence of seven defeats in 12 matches has left increasing numbers of supporters in open revolt at the prospect of Wenger staying but, even after Monday's 3 - 0 defeat at Crystal Palace, the club's directors are not willing to write off the club's most successful manager.

Her work with her busy doula and birth photography business, Apple Blossom Families has not only helped individual families to have more positive births, but also has been hugely successful at increasing awareness of normal birth and breastfeeding practices through her photography.

The outcome was the successful 1975 «Save The Parks» referendum which authorized the Park District to increase the corporate tax rate from.125 % to.175 %, increase the recreation tax rate from.075 % to.12 %, and issue $ 537,000 in bonds for deferred maintenance projects and construction of a maintenance garage at Frontier Park.

Programs that are successful with families at increased risk for poor child development outcomes tend to be programs that offer a comprehensive focus — targeting families» multiple needs — and therefore may be more expensive to develop, implement, and maintain.

We are well on our way, having had a very successful week of fundraising at this year's Annual National Conference; close to $ 4000 was raised between member donations and industry partners who increased the size of their donations for 2015.

The attempt to bridge the access gap at the SHS level has been largely successful, but has come with increased pressure on facilities in some schools.

Looking at other countries, the most successful method of increasing tax revenue has been to increase it on the middle class.

If successful, they envision being able to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and enhance soil carbon uptake, thus improving the long - term viability of the land, while at the same time increasing crop yields.

Although researchers have been generally successful at modelling the huge declines in Arctic sea ice, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has actually increased in recent years, contrary to the predictions of models.

«We found that, after entering the adult hierarchy, there was a complete absence of successful challenges for rank increases among females,» said Steffen Foerster, senior research scientist at Duke University and lead author on the study.

To determine whether an increase in certain barriers to successful cessation and sustained abstinence may be contributing to this slowed decline, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed changes in the prevalence of depression among current, former and never smokers in the U.S..

When «proof of concept» is obtained, a new phase of the impact pathway starts with dissemination at pilot scale (with a few farmers or villagers) and will eventually increase at provincial, national, and even global levels when successful.

POL - 2 science at 0.85 mm has been so successful that we are keen to see if operating without the membrane — which can limit the throughput and increase instrumental polarization — we can commission POL - 2 at 0.45 mm.

Other U.S. dietary guidelines that adversely affect health have been more successful at convincing Americans to substitute vegetable oils for animal fats, based on the disproven notion that saturated fat intake increases CVD risk.

Her work with her busy doula and birth photography business, Apple Blossom Families has not only helped individual families to have more positive births, but also has been hugely successful at increasing awareness of normal birth and breastfeeding practices through her photography.

It's very successful, but kids who remain on this, on a ketogenic diet for a year, two years, three years, start to show bizarre effects — they have at least a tenfold increase in kidney stones, both calcium oxalate kidney stones, and uric acid kidney stones.

The good news is that you can increase the fat - burning effectiveness of cardio simply by doing it when your body is less successful at burning carbs.

A certain number will end up employed at Yoga studios, gyms and health clubs or spas, but there is also an increasing number of wellness entrepreneurs, Yoga teachers and trainers, just like you, who have big dreams and big goals to build a successful personal business that will allow them the lifestyle they want and their clients to reach their wellness goals they want to achieve.

There's little doubt that this should remain a major focus of education reform — and when it's successful, will encourage many more young people to delay childbearing, which increases their odds at getting married before starting a family.

The findings, which will be published in the spring issue of Education Next and are now online at www.EducationNext.org, show that students attending charter high schools in Florida and Chicago have an increased likelihood of successful high - school completion and college enrollment when compared with their traditional public high school counterparts.

An increasing number of regions are trying to create concentrated groups of blended - learning schools alongside education technology companies, which may be key to advancing the blended - learning field and increasing its odds of personalizing learning at scale to allow every child to be successful.

We find that charter schools are associated with an increased likelihood of successful high - school completion and an increased likelihood of enrollment at a two - or four - year college in two disparate jurisdictions, Florida and Chicago.

Even though constitutional requirements are typically vaguely defined, if at all, plaintiffs were very successful in these adequacy lawsuits for a decade and a half, and a number of states were ordered to substantially increase their appropriations for K - 12 education.

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At the time, Ofqual said the rise was largely due to an increase in the number of successful review requests in both the new and legacy versions of GCSE English language and English literature.

Increasing young peoples» social awareness and community responsibilities have been the impetus of many communities» outreach for youths thought to be «at - risk» and apathetic, and these programs have been highly successful in increasing the skills of youth and the attitudes of adults (Cahill 1997, Mohamed & Wheeler 2001, Zelding etIncreasing young peoples» social awareness and community responsibilities have been the impetus of many communities» outreach for youths thought to be «at - risk» and apathetic, and these programs have been highly successful in increasing the skills of youth and the attitudes of adults (Cahill 1997, Mohamed & Wheeler 2001, Zelding etincreasing the skills of youth and the attitudes of adults (Cahill 1997, Mohamed & Wheeler 2001, Zelding et al 2000).

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

The faculty and staff in the College of Education at North Carolina A&T have been extremely successful increasing our enrollment with people who aspire to become educational leaders committed to transforming the communities where they reside and work.

Another company has turned their attention to the successful Lamborghini Huracan as a base for their aerodynamic alterations and power increase, Ares Design might be a relatively new name in the world of tuners, but after taking a look at their various cars, and more specifically the bright red Huracan on this page it seems they are trying to match themselves against the likes of Mansory.

Steve Handschuh, president and COO of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA), co-owner of AAPEX, notes that «The new features introduced at AAPEX 2009 — such as the «You Are Here» interactive kiosks and the «SearchAutoParts.com AAPEX Theater» — enhanced an already successful event, as evidenced by the increases in exhibitor contracts and booth sales for AAPEX 2010.

Loans start at $ 1,500 and increase in steps up to $ 12,000 after successful repayment of previous loans and are approved by an individual's peer group as well as by Project Enterprise staff.

When Penguin launched its leveled readers program earlier this year, aimed at providing age - and ability level - appropriate texts for readers of a variety of groups, the successful reception was enough to warrant a new tool for increased literacy.

Waterstones decided to team up with Amazon and one of most compelling reasons for that was the sheer cost of developing an ereader and a fully fledged ebook platform (just look at B&N's capital expenditure and increased costs and their need for cash to support their successful Nook business, hence their deal with Microsoft).

Which (because I'm always on my soapbox about this topic) leads me back to the point I so frequently make: while book promotion may be tangentially related to book sales, it's impossible to predict how closely related even a highly successful book promotion campaign will be to an increase in book sales, nor is it reasonable to ask a book publicist to guess at the number of book sales that might be generated by a successful book publicity campaign.

Thanks to 51 straight years of dividend increases Hormel is now a dividend king, a group of stocks that have historically been some of the most successful at growing investor income and wealth.

Essentially, you have to be at a point in your life where you are already happy and have a plan B to fall back on in case you don't make it as a trader, this will naturally increase your odds of becoming a very successful trader.

Forex traders are always looking for new trading techniques to increase their odds at successful trading opportunities.

Unless you have money to burn, a successful home buying experience is going to involve understanding first what you can afford and then the total monthly cost of the property you are looking at — including potential increases.