Sentences with phrase «current national efforts»

Yet the widespread use of unsubstantiated marketing messages not only confuses and misleads formula - feeding parents seeking truthful and evidence - based information as to how to safely feed their children, it undermines our current national efforts to support breastfeeding as the human norm.

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Even if the current efforts fail, the new push on national security may prove Democrats» best shot at eventually luring Republican support on an issue that has floundered for decades.

Not a food - gathering entrepreneur by nature, the current national bird prefers sponging off the efforts of smaller, more capable food - finding species whenever he can.

At the 2011 School Nutrition Association national convention in Nashville today, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a comprehensive, groundbreaking report on the current state of farm to school efforts around the country.

A national survey commissioned by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation — an independent private foundation focused on the optimal development of children — reveals that 9 out of 10 Americans support current federal efforts to keep school meals healthy.

Current efforts at the National Assembly, if successful, will have reduced the number of the unemployed by more than 65 percent.

Queens Rep. Grace Meng, recently reelected as a Democratic National Committee vice chairwoman, argued that new DNC Chairman Tom Perez forcing out the party organization's current employees is part of a healthy effort to improve «the culture and the ecosystem of the party nationally.»

Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng, recently reelected as a Democratic National Committee vice chairwoman, argued to the Observer that new DNC Chairman Tom Perez forcing out the party organization's current employees is part of a healthy effort to improve «the culture and the ecosystem of the party nationally.»

He has also chaired fundraising efforts for former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Howard Baker; current U.S. Senator, former Governor and presidential candidate Lamar Alexander; and he served as the national and regional finance chairman for the Bush / Quayle presidential campaigns in 1988 and 1992.

Responding to questions on currents efforts by the National Assembly to alter the timetable for the 2019 general elections, Prof. Yakubu maintained that the Commission had, in the first place, announced the timetable in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the existing laws as contained in the Electoral Act (2010 as amended) and the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

«In view of the current security challenges facing the country, the IGP called on all good people of Nigeria to disregard any report capable of causing distraction especially now that all efforts should be galvanized towards national security in the New Year.

It is widely recognized as the first step toward ambitious national standards in science for all students and a major influence on current efforts to reform science education in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieve national standards in science for all students and a major influence on current efforts to reform science education in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieve National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieve in 2013.

In light of such issues and efforts, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands convened our group to examine ways to remove some of the current disincentives to high standards of integrity in science.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

Seventy years later, the pace of the current binational efforts picked up in 2010, with a statement from the US and Mexican governments to «work through appropriate national processes to recognize and designate Big Bend - Río Bravo as a natural area of binational interest.»

He has continuously demonstrated technical leadership, brings teams to success in efforts ranging from leading proposal teams for projects like UltraPERL and Visibuilding to his current role leading critical laser development at the National Ignition Facility.

A letter will be sent to all SOT national and international postdocs (~ 650) from the SOT president recognizing the efforts of the current SOT postdocs.

«This study is an important step towards developing precision medicine for at - risk and understudied minority populations,» Burchard said, «But the current lack of genomic data from these populations highlights the urgent need for a dedicated national effort to prioritize diversity in research.»

The AARP Employer Pledge Program is a national effort to help employers solve their current and future staffing challenges and direct job seekers to More doctors, patients turning to telemedicine for emergency care.

Looming fiscal trouble in a number of states could inhibit current and future efforts to improve their public schools, a report from the National Education Association concludes.

Announcing the ballot, Seamus Searson, SSTA general secretary said: «The National Executive is very much aware of the efforts of the Deputy First Minister to address teacher workload and promote teacher professional judgement but teacher workload needs to be reduced in the current session.

Join Laura Bornfreund, the deputy director of the Early Education Initiative for the New America Foundation, and Debi Mathias, the director of the QRIS National Learning Network, as they discuss current early - childhood policy, efforts underway to bolster preschool quality, and suggestions for improvements at the local, state, and federal levels.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

EW: How does the current emphasis on standards and accountability affect efforts of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented to encourage whole school reform?

RESOLVED that the National Association of Secondary School Principals Board of Directors opposes the current NCAA effort to deregulate amateur athletic rules.

In current national dialogues about school improvement, SEAs have increasingly been asked to provide oversight and support for districts in their efforts to meet ambitious goals for increasing student achievement.268 SEAs also clarify education policy for districts.

Of course, the main purpose was to get the attention of the Department of Education and draw national attention to the destructive nature of current educational reform efforts.

This Congressional briefing covered current efforts to support the development of a strong teacher pipeline, and included presentations from Ed Crowe, former director Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Program, as well as Arthur McKee, National Council on Teacher Quality.

The goals of the discussion group were to provide updates on current policy efforts, build awareness of career academies, and announce the revised National Standards of Practice (NSoP) for Career Academies.

This study from the Century Foundation is a two - part study, including «background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the national landscape of early childhood policy, outlines the main features of New York City's current UPK expansion efforts, and draws lessons for other cities and states interested in expanding their programs,» and «an in - depth look at the issue of preschool classroom diversity in UPK, highlighting the opportunities and obstacles for integration embedded in current policies and recommending policy changes to address this issue in New York City and beyond.»

It would be a major blow for all our efforts if National Geographic portrayed these very techniques as the current standard in training and behavior modification.

The current dispersion of motivated effort that a group of friends and owners of livestock guarding dogs in Portuguese Club founded the Trás - os - Montes do Cão de Gado Transmontano (CPCGT), national and international concern, headquartered in the central region, in Leiria.

Ken Currie, exhibiting new work this summer at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (until 22 September), has been outspoken about painting's apparent lack of status in the current art school system but nevertheless it is painters in whom the National Galleries of Scotland have invested their efforts this summer.

Her current post as director of the HAA Folklife + Traditional Arts Program is a result of her efforts to comprehensively identify, document, and share the cultural and artistic traditions that flourish in Houston through a feasibility study funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

I find it hard to reconcile talking points of the current Republican leadership on the irresponsible burden placed on future generations by the ballooning national debt and deficit with derisive attacks on efforts to move past finite fossil fuels, to conserve fuel, to spur innovation and basic research and to treat the risks from accumulating greenhouse gases the same way the party treats the risk of fiscal breakdown from building financial obligations.

All -LCB- developed country Parties -RCB--LCB- all Annex I Parties and all current European Union (EU) member States, EU candidate countries and potential candidate countries that are not included in Annex I to the Convention -RCB--LCB- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, countries that are not OECD members but whose economic development stages are equivalent to those of the OECD members, and countries that voluntarily wish to be treated as developed countries -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB--LCB- should -RCB- adopt legally binding mitigation commitments or actions including economy - wide quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives16 for the period from -LCB- 1990 -RCB--LCB- 2013 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB- until -LCB- 2017 -RCB--LCB- 2020 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB-, while ensuring comparability of efforts among them, taking into account differences in their national circumstances.

Witness the Arctic provides information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, national policy affecting Arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major Arctic research efforts.

We have tried for the past three Congresses to enact a renewable portfolio standard at the national level, but those efforts have met strong resistance from utilities and from the current administration.

The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2017 presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement.

This effort laid the groundwork for President Obama's National Ocean Policy, and for the current initiative to establish a national endowment for ocean conservation pNational Ocean Policy, and for the current initiative to establish a national endowment for ocean conservation pnational endowment for ocean conservation projects.

President Hu Jintao (pictured right) of China announced that China will build on existing domestic climate change policies as embodied in its National Climate Change Programme and current Five Year Plan to step up its efforts on energy efficiency, development of low - carbon energy such as renewables and nuclear, and increase of forestry cover.

The newsletter serves an audience of Arctic scientists, educators, agency personnel, and policy makers and provides information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, science education, national policy affecting Arctic research, and related international activities.

It was prompted by a story over at Forbes on efforts by the National Center for Science Education to support educators being pressured by political interests to misrepresent the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change.

A national effort to connect job seekers to employers that value and are hiring experienced workers to help companies solve their current and future staffing challenges.

National effort to help employers solve their current and future staffing challenges and direct job seekers to employers who value and are hiring experienced workers

Part three: Opportunities to strengthen the national effort to close the gap sets out the Close the Gap Campaign's vision for strengthening the national effort to close the gap over the current term of Parliament.

The National Association of REALTORS ® will continue its ongoing efforts to educate REALTORS ® about the current and future regulatory structure for the safe and responsible operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.