Sentences with phrase «decisions about growth»

And if SEL finds a place in accountability — as it now has the potential to do under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- how will decisions about growth vs. proficiency impact teachers who are especially focused on these skills, but whose students may fall below standardized benchmarks?

Many firms have found growth by embracing the changing client market and deploying business intelligence analytics to better understand firm performance at every level, creatively identify new pricing models, make smarter decisions about growth, and pursue the right initiatives to drive revenue growth and profitability.

And if SEL finds a place in accountability — as it now has the potential to do under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- how will decisions about growth vs. proficiency impact teachers who are especially focused on these skills, but whose students may fall below standardized benchmarks?

The commissioners not only make the most important decisions about growth, they also sit on the boards of the water utilities, including the Water Authority, controlling decisions on water use in the Las Vegas Valley.

Not exact matches

«It's about us looking at our team and looking at our strategy and making this hard decision that we need to move resources to support the growth of video,» Pariser told Politico.

In 2009, angel investors want to hear you tell them about earnings growth, and the decision to invest is based on how much affinity they have for the business concept and the principal owners.

In 2007, angel investors were interested in hearing a pitch about revenue growth, and the decision to invest involved some amount of fear of losing the opportunity.

Allow them to witness everything from your passion for the products and services the company offers to the challenges that you wrestle with while making decisions about how to spur the organization's growth.

But the Fed has been buffeted by a global growth slowdown, financial market volatility — first over concerns about China's economy and then later Britain's decision to quit the European Union — and choppy U.S. data.

Behind all this banter lies a big idea: That by de-emphasizing economic growth and considering other things that people value, societies could make much better decisions about how to use their scarce resources.

The decision about how to adjust the discount rate depends on whether investors believe that additional infrastructure spending will increase the country's potential growth rate, or instead that it will simply increase economic activity at the expense of higher debt.

Fortunately, it's not impossible — or even all that difficult, really — to estimate the fair value of just about any dividend growth stock out there, putting an investor in the «driver's seat» when it comes to making an intelligent investment decision for the long term.

Although I can not make the decision for you, I would recommend you read some books about dividend growth investing, and it will give you and idea as to what to look for in a Dividend growth stock.

Unfortunately, when there is talk of reducing population growth by public policies, many people immediately envision serious infringements on the freedom of families to make decisions about the number of children they shall have.

Decisions about biblical meanings are not made on the spot, but result from the growth of habits and convictions.

In making decisions about types of growth groups to develop in any organization, listing unmet needs is the place to start.

The Christian's decision about these two models of trade will hinge largely on judgments of the value and importance of maximum global economic growth.

You've got questions: about your changing body, the baby's growth, about delayed cord clamping, GBS or immediate postpartum decisions you'll be making.

Because attachment parenting is all about following your child's cues, you basically let their growth make the decisions for both of you.

This innovative way to use mobile technology provides access to knowledge, including for those with low literacy levels, about common childhood diseases, pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, the first year of life, child survival, growth, learning, development and protection, and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.

The authors emphasized that a better understanding of the role of nutritional status at birth in infant growth could help policy makers in developing countries to forge appropriate decisions about health programs.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

She did not have autonomy over every decision the city made about growth.

AAAS CEO Rush Holt, executive publisher of the Science family of journals said: «Sometimes politicians think science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's attitude toward and decisions about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public health.

The researchers found that federal funding decisions about whether to keep CHC grants at the current or enhanced levels will have significant effects on future growth.

You can use the guidelines to help you make better decisions about the foods you eat on a daily basis to beat hair loss, and stimulate hair growth.

Adding to this positive picture as suggested earlier, the growth in the number of data sources will increase as technology advances making the profiling of customers and competitors all the more precise to the point where predictions about future habits of such groups gain in accuracy making decision making more effective.

This will give you baseline data for measuring the growth of your initiative as well as starting out with everyone feeling comfortable about the decision.

Decisions about licensure, and presumably tenure, would be based on — and here's where things get tricky — «observations of candidates» performance in real - time classroom settings and demonstrated effectiveness in supporting students» academic growth.»

Items in Factor 1 are about setting a tone of continual professional growth in the school, where the work culture embraces inclusive decision making and the belief that we can always do better.

Data - Driven Instruction: Offering strategies and cost effective tools for gathering, analyzing data, and measuring student growth to make more informed decisions about instruction.

This district is to use these data, along with student growth ratings, to inform decisions about teachers» tenure, retention, and pay - for - performance system, in compliance with the state's still current teacher evaluation system.

Most districts and states have only just begun to use student growth measures to inform high - stakes decisions about teachers.

However, decisions about how best to use the achievement growth of students with disabilities for evaluating their teachers also must consider the accuracy of other measures of teaching and the costs of relying on these rather than on value - added.

This information is used to make decisions about the student's educational plan, and ensure student growth.

In the classroom, it's those discreet, daily decisions that are made about instructional adjustments that can most impact a student's growth and learning.

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

But if anything, the outlook for bond yields has become murkier in the wake of Brexit, or British voters» decision last week to withdraw from the European Union, which creates even more uncertainty about the prospects for growth around the world.

As the game progresses, choices about strategic building expansions, tax policies, farming, industry, religious institutions, defense and other important decisions will play a role in the city's growth, strength, resident's happiness, and other factors that will determine if their cities thrive or fail.

They do not meet the standard of timing, but that is because the pace of temperature change depends on development, growth, and policy decisions about climate and other things that can not be predicted (but that does not stop the Federal Reserve from setting monetary policy).

Given the persistent norms of growth - driven economics, can the values of life, both direct — as in the filtration of stream water --- and less effable — as in the howling chorus of a pack of wolves --- be better integrated into how communities live today and make decisions about the future?

Virginia's regulators and policymakers will soon make decisions about the state's energy market structure that will determine whether we participate in the new energy economy and see enormous growth in solar — or not.

«Managed decline» is a phrase that makes certain people nervous: Declines are «politically toxic,» and decision makers want to be able to talk about growth, not decline.

Emerging strategies include working with communities to acquire municipal conservation areas that provide recreational opportunities for the public and also helping towns foster sound decisions about strategic land conservation and well - planned growth.

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As you look at their decisions, think about the opportunity for growth these individuals represent:

After Jack's talk, entrepreneurs had a chance to ask questions about employee growth decisions, financing, and marketing.

While large clients spend millions of dollars and thousands of hours a year working with their law firms, firm leaders are making structural, growth, technology, and market - entry decisions that turn on assumptions about what clients want.

More and more states are making decisions about the future of marijuana, and there are two areas of potential growth: recreational use, and pharmaceuticals.

Given the fact that the policy is projected to lapse, and that there is no net growth under the policy as the insurance charges and other policy costs (about $ 12,388) far exceed any growth potential (even at 4 % on $ 83,127 of cash value with another premium payment, it's only $ 3,325 of growth), Barbara's inclination was to simply cancel the policy (or technically to suggest to the trustee to allow it to lapse, as technically it's the trustee's decision in the case of an ILIT), avoid the insurance charges, and reinvest the cash value.