Sentences with phrase «define state efforts»

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Of course we don't «idolize» the state... and how could Christians» efforts to define marriage as between one man and one woman be called «misguided» or «sinful»??

In his effort to state tentatively and in his own way such apparently dawning agreements the author of this essay must employ the method of polar analysis; that is, he must try to do justice to the dynamic character of that social reality, the Church, by defining certain poles between which it moves or which it represents.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Republicans also denounced the effort, and one anti-abortion group pre-emptively defined the new party as synonymous with late - term abortion because abortion law changes embraced by Cuomo would have delegated to a physician's scope of practice, which could be amended by state Department of Health officials.

The comptroller's office defines BDS as «actions that are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with the State of Israel; this includes deliberate efforts to weaken the economy of Israel.»

With two months left to make their best sales pitch, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are each beefing up their efforts to woo voters in early voting states, and prepare for a campaign - defining first debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26.

The bill provides $ 170 million for the effort, but the report states that «the Committee is concerned that the deployment plan for an exascale machine has undergone major changes without an appropriately defined cost and performance baseline.»

They integrated university -, government -, and industry - based researchers from the United States and Canada in a combined effort to define the testable prospects of this novel treatment strategy for HIV - AIDS.

In an effort to define Americans more accurately and create his own version of the 2010 United States census, DuBois joined 21 online dating sites - from Match.com to AsiaFriendFinder - and analyzed the profiles of 19,095,414 single Americans.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

In an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculum.

But the administration approved efforts by other states, including Tennessee and Michigan, to define proficiency down for poor and minority children.

Efforts such as Education Next «s report and the U.S. Department of Education's own comparisons of state test proficiency targets to NAEP have helped shed some light on this form of defining proficiency down.

Local school improvement planning efforts are set to begin this upcoming fall and will have serious implications for those schools defined as «underperforming» under a given state's accountability system.

Our hope is that these resources can help states and communities build on their successes; identify further opportunities and priorities for improving the prospects of their students; spur collaboration and coordination beyond the schoolhouse doors; and promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence learning and truly prepare students for success in college, career, and citizenship.

Earlier State efforts at defining and measuring learning outcomes have not yielded much progress, thus compelling the GoI to commit to the development of a learning outcomes policy that will be applied to both government and private schools (note: state academic standards in the U.S. apply only to public school systState efforts at defining and measuring learning outcomes have not yielded much progress, thus compelling the GoI to commit to the development of a learning outcomes policy that will be applied to both government and private schools (note: state academic standards in the U.S. apply only to public school syststate academic standards in the U.S. apply only to public school systems).

Although Ohio has yet to define the exact scope of these pilots, part of this work will focus on supporting the state's ongoing efforts to keep highly effective teachers in the classroom while maximizing the impact of their talents through various leadership roles at LEAs.

After years of resisting efforts to define a dangerous level of warming in international climate discussions, the United States joined with the rest of the world's major industrial powers on Wednesday in a (non-binding) pledge to avoid warming the planet beyond a threshold long favored by European governments and many climate campaigners as a no - go zone.

«efforts to address climate change should continue to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with adapting to the impacts of climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»

Legally speaking, you have to go through the rigorous effort of the Intern Development Program defined by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards as well as take the 5 to 7 tests making up the Architect Registration Examination as well as have the correct educational requirements determined by each state to legally be called an architect.

According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), reunification was the stated permanency planning goal for 44 % of children in care.12 At the same time, in an effort to expedite children's placement into permanent families, many agencies concurrently plan for family reunification and an alternative permanency option, such as adoption or kinship care, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under ASFA.