Sentences with phrase «close small gaps»

Also close small gaps or cracks that mice and squirrels can use as a way inside.

The vest isn't a snug fit, it fits around the waste fine, but the cord would be great to have to close that small gap.

Not exact matches

The difference is that the key (a small gap between the pins) is closer to the center of the DIMM (the memory module) for DDR2, while it is closer to the edge of the DDR3 DIMM.

It's International Women's Day today, which means across the world concerned, thoughtful people will be discussing how to best close the gender gap that keeps the proportion of women in leadership positions so frustratingly small.

Below, the latest information on consumer credit offerings small businesses can use to close the AOV gap and increase revenue via customer loyalty.

Ideally, we would now like to see the small - cap index hold the breakout and close the gap with the other major indices before pulling back to test its new - found support.

Nevertheless, I find it untenable that a quarter point cut in January was enough to close the output gap one year earlier than the Bank of Canada's models were otherwise telling them would occur in the absence of a small cut especially since only 15bps of that cut was passed through.

Accenture estimates that banks could generate up to $ 380 billion in annual revenues by closing the small - business credit gap and bringing the unbanked and underbanked adults into the formal financial system.

Health benefit advisors can help close the dental wellness gap by distributing small bits of dental communication throughout the year leading up to enrollment.

These advances allow companies to close the pay gap between billed work and payments to suppliers and contractors, and a good number of small businesses utilize this method to create liquidity for their business.

Closing this gap will require improved small - cap sales growth.

I can close the lid, but there is a very small gap which doesn't make the jar airtight - and that's perfect!

It's simple for manager and board really... do we have a best 11 to close the 12 point gap on chelski and the smaller gap on man city when both will strengthen in summer?

A small mistake into Turn 13 brought Vettel into contention, the gap went up and down but the Ferrari kept getting closer but he just missed out.

Too many important games to remain and 4 points is a small gap to close.

That piece of foam isn't able to prevent the door from completely closing as it leaves a small gap between the door jamb and the door itself allowing in the same time the air to circulate between rooms and helping to maintain a pleasant temperature when heating and cooling.

He further underlined the need to close the gap between the rich and the poor which has divided countries between big and small economies, «Inclusive growth has thus become a peace, security and prosperity imperative,» he added.

They conceded it may be a small step, said it was one of many that must be taken to close the budget gap.

If the county executive would start by proposing a modest increase in county property taxes — a small portion of the average homeowners» tax bill — it might obviate the need for further borrowing and show real dedication to closing that budget gap and replenishing the Drinking Water Protection Program.

The sooner the city begins the process of implementing actions to close the budget gaps during the financial plan period, the smaller the gaps will be in fiscal years 2019 through 2021.

But finally, like small green shoots hinting at spring, three efforts to close this knowledge gap launched in February.

Coaxing more bees, beetles and other pollinators to buzz around small fields could on average boost crop yields enough to close the gap between the worst and the best of these farms by almost a quarter, says agroecologist Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi of...

They found that the gap still contained a lot of gas (blue in the picture, and dust brown), but that gas also had a smaller gap close to the star.

Closing yield gaps and halving food waste still showed a small increase of 2 % in greenhouse gas emissions.

«In this small study, naltrexone seems to have closed that gap.»

But by studying military medical tactics, Karch had developed a model for closing this gap between disaster and the provision of medical care: the immediate deployment of small, nimble teams.

Personal attention is the key to this approach, and that requires programs to stay small, raising the question: how much can a few programs, each enrolling only 100 or so students, really do to close the widening degree gap?

In a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gap.

The beginning of the century again saw a small closing of racial and ethnic achievement gaps, but over the over the last eight years NAEP shows little movement, though no increases.

His views were echoed by Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of the NAHT heads» union, who said: «While it may benefit a small minority, it will not close the gap between rich and poor pupils and if anything will increase the divide.»

Even a small closing of these gaps could lessen later differences in professional achievement, earnings, and health.

Closing down large, chronically low - performing schools and replacing them with a greater number of smaller, new schools was central to Bloomberg's expansion of school choice and his overall approach to the achievement gap.

It is a shining example of how smart investments such as channeling resources towards targeted professional development ~ smaller classrooms and intensive literacy; developing a creative and holistic curriculum; and employing high - quality kindergarten ~ health clinics and afterschool enrichment can help close the opportunity gap for all children.

But when Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews took a close look at the study to see which school district had the smallest black - white achievement gap, he was surprised to find that it was Detroit, which he calls «our nation's worst school district, or close to it.

Director M. Night Shyamalan recommends five basic tenets to close the achievement gap: start with good teachers; allow principals to be educators; be serious about data - driven instruction; implement small schools; and allot more time for learning.

The benefits of working together are apparent in the joint efforts of a small midwestern college and an urban middle school to close the achievement gap.

Small class sizes matter for many reasons including closing achievement gaps, meeting the needs of English language learners, inclusion of students with disabilities, implementation of the Behavior Education Plan, school climate, and building positive relationships in our school communities.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

It's a sign that the Clinton district, located in a small but bustling suburb of Jackson, is on the right track to closing the black - white achievement gap and raising achievement levels for black students.

They sweat the small stuff because they know every detail matters — every minute matters — when it comes to closing the achievement gap.

Delivered in English or Spanish, our cloud - based, cross-platform tool is effective in the computer lab, with small groups, or in a flipped classroom model with scaffolded support that closes gaps and gets students to math mastery.

In its analysis of more than 15,000 high school transcripts from nine diverse school districts in California, 1 the Education Trust - West, a small nonprofit education policy and advocacy organization dedicated to closing opportunity and achievement gaps, found a pattern of schooling that should disturb us all.

The Great Hearts Greater Good fund allows Maryvale Prep and Teleos Prep teachers to focus on closing the achievement gap by enabling us to maintain small class sizes, helping pay salaries to our qualified teachers who specialize in urban education and helping to provide school supplies, uniforms and special education and ESL (English as a Second Language) materials.

They include the importance of early years education in closing the gap before it becomes entrenched; targeted small - group interventions for those at risk of falling behind; robust and rigorous evaluation of teaching and learning strategies; and sharing effective practice between schools (and building capacity for doing so) as key to closing the gap.

When it comes to closing achievement gaps, big interventions are not always big enough — and small interventions can yield surprising results.

As the world gets smaller and demands on students increase, strengthening school leadership to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps is crucial.

In addition, we receive some smaller financial assistance to help close the gap between the cost of tuition and what the voucher program actually allows us to receive.

Though Holtz once supported Evers, a central message to Holtz's campaign this year is that Evers has had eight years leading the Department of Public Instruction to make significant progress in closing the state's achievement gap, and schools» progress in that time has been too small.

That's why, while this plan to ship teachers north might be blunt and small, at least it is answering one of the right questions - how to close the gap between poor children and the rest outside London.

These include a standard automatic post-collision braking system, which automatically brakes the vehicle after a collision to reduce kinetic energy significantly and thus minimise the chance of a second impact, and a PreCrash system (Proactive Occupant Protection) which, on detecting the possibility of an accident, pre-tensions seatbelts and closes the windows and sunroof, leaving just a small gap, to ensure the best possible protection from the airbags.