Sentences with phrase «dramatic improvements from»

A recent influential examination of reform in Chicago elementary schools that attempted to distinguish the characteristics of schools whose students made dramatic improvements from those of schools whose students stagnated.

The company's fixed income, commodities and currencies trading sales rose 12 percent during the quarter, which is a dramatic improvement from the 46 percent revenue decline in its fourth - quarter.

As economist Jack Mintz has pointed out, the Trump tax reforms mean U.S. taxation on new investment will soon encounter the third - best rate among OECD countries (a dramatic improvement from the 14th position), besting Canada, stuck in 12th place.

That fact that the unpredictability is mostly caused by an unfamiliarity with the course and not, say, a back that makes him hobble off every tee, is a dramatic improvement from recent years.

Unless there is a dramatic improvement from this performance, they'll be playing Burnley again next season in the Championship.

While modest compared to the estimated 20,000 or more homeowners who could be helped under the program, that's a dramatic improvement from the program's first year in which virtually no homeowners received such assistance.

These remarkable stories of families seeing dramatic improvement from Alzheimer's and dementia are documented at CoconutOil.com.

This was a dramatic improvement from the constant throbbing, aching, can't sleep pain I had been dealing with.

Still, though it's a dramatic improvement from the last film Craig Gillespie directed, the abysmal Billy Bob Thornton comedy Mr. Woodcock, the two share a one - joke premise that gets tired quickly.

Even in a city hailed nationally for its gains in public - school student proficiency, Cohen stands out for its dramatic improvement from one of the most reviled, lowest - performing schools in the state to a «B» performance score in a mere four years.

Another very dramatic improvement from Halo 2 to Halo 2: Anniversary are in the cut scenes, which were done by Blur Studios who also did cut scenes for Halo Wars and some of Halo 4's cut scenes.

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After the most dramatic improvement in the Index's history in 2015 — from 41st to 12th in one year — North Carolina has continued to improve its tax structure, and now imposes the lowest - rate corporate income tax in the country at 3 percent, down from 4 percent the previous year.

While these aren't trivial concerns, the new commission - free program is still a dramatic improvement over the previous offering from Fidelity.

Past participants - both in the U.S. and from work cultures all over the world - have experienced dramatic performance improvement in sales calls, consulting engagements, technical projects, strategy sessions and crucial business meetings.

, we reviewed data from 128 companies that operate mostly or fully remotely and found some very promising numbers that show dramatic improvements in the percentage of women in leadership roles compared to traditional, brick - and - mortar companies:

Clinicians from the Bambino Gesu paediatric hospital's neurosciences department said tests in mice and patients with a similar, but not the same, genetic condition as Charlie had shown «dramatic clinical improvements».

The most dramatic improvement was with IBS, where the company saw a 50 to 100 percent improvement in symptoms when switching to KAMUT ® brand wheat products from modern wheat.

It designed a dramatic improvements on its company, and something that most Business to business corporations can easily learn from.

«Dramatic improvements in sweetness quality of next - generation stevia sweeteners are enabling dairy manufacturers to achieve deeper sugar reductions than ever before,» says an executive from Cargill.

That's a dramatic improvement, but there still remains room for growth, so FMI remain firmly committed to our Alliance's goals to divert food waste from landfills by 1) Reducing the amount of food waste generated, 2) Repurposing through increased donations, and 3) Recycling food waste that can't be avoided.

Smith said that in» 93, while bouncing back from a debilitating bout of the viral disease glandular fever (formally known as mononucleosis), she had begun devoting herself fanatically to the training methods of Erik de Bruin — a Dutchman who became Smith's boyfriend, then her coach and, five weeks before the Olympics, her husband — and that the combination of her hard work and de Bruin's coaching had led to her dramatic improvement.

The Government has also committed to investing # 150m a year until 2020 to improve the quality of sport provision in every state primary school in England in the form of the PE and sport premium, because high quality provision — resulting from approaches like HDHK — can lead to dramatic improvements in children's health, behaviour and attainment.

Aled Roberts brings real expertise to his education portfolio from his time as the Leader of Wrexham Council overseeing dramatic improvements in GCSE attainment levels and, having spear - headed this year's successful National Eisteddfod.

There have been dramatic results from human trials in treating Crohn's disease, with 95 % of participants experiencing significant improvement in symptoms.

Equally, however, it has been the dramatic improvement in the survival rate of infants that for the first time has freed women from the social obligation for a lifetime producing and rearing babies.

The last decade has seen dramatic improvements in techniques for retrieving DNA from ancient remains — whether petrified, frozen or mummified

UPenn gene therapy researcher Jean Bennett, who heads that study (which is separate from Jacobson's) and reported the most dramatic improvements in patients» vision, says those gains seem stable for as long as 7.5 years.

Previous research in rodent disease models has shown that transplanted oligodendrocyte precursor cells derived from embryonic stem cells and from human fetal brain tissue can successfully create myelin sheaths around nerve cells, sometimes leading to dramatic improvements in symptoms.

«AO observations from 8 - 10m class telescopes are a dramatic improvement in spatial resolution over previous ground - based observations.

An earlier study published in 2007 showed similar results — Australian researchers found that young men between the ages of 15 and 25 with mild - to - moderate acne experienced dramatic improvement when they switched from eating the typical American diet (with white bread and highly processed breakfast cereals) to a healthier diet of whole grains, lean meat, and fruits and vegetables.

This dramatic improvement in cancer defenses is, however, abolished if you add back just the amount of IGF - 1 banished from their systems because they were eating and living healthier.

How long it takes to see improvement and how dramatic that improvement is varies from person to person.

# 4 — You suffer from chronic pain — Many folks who go paleo notice dramatic improvement in back pain, joint pain, and chronic pain conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, headaches, and even fibromyalgia as inflammation reduces throughout the body.

Plasma glucose fell from 7.5 to 6.3 mmol / l, haemoglobin A1c decreased from 7.3 to 6.8 % and there were dramatic improvements (75 %) in insulin sensitivity.

The improvement to the audio is almost as dramatic, a richness of sound apparent in this disc's uncompressed PCM track that was missing from the DVD's thinner, treble - heavy Dolby Digital track.

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

• The average difference between the proportion of students achieving proficiency on NAEP and state tests decreased from 30 percentage points to 10 percentage points nationwide, which the authors describe as «a dramatic improvement over the previous two - year period (2011 - 13), in which the difference dropped only from 35 to 30 percent.»

The EITP represented a dramatic departure from the existing teacher - evaluation system in Chicago and relied on the human capital that already existed in the schools to generate improvements in school performance.

Prior research by William Howell and Paul Peterson suggested that the reason low - income inner - city African Americans benefit most from private - school choice is that moving to the new school represents a more dramatic improvement in the school environment for them than for less - disadvantaged white and Hispanic students.

Achieving dramatic improvements in the education of a diverse student population requires professionals from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

It is not hard to imagine, then, a scenario under which Villaraigosa a few years from now will cite some dramatic if narrow improvements in the test scores of the students in the schools under his control, while ducking responsibility for the problems that remain in the broader district.

This last year, Denver made a dramatic jump in achievement with a 4.7 percentage point improvement in elementary literacy as measured by CMAS from 2016 to 2017 (and up 7.7 points since 2015), one of largest one - year improvements in the last decade.

From 2008 to 2011, Dr. Grego served as superintendent of Osceola County, where he oversaw dramatic academic improvements in the district.

Three cheers to a front - line educator for kicking off a new genre of non-fiction writing in education: a practical guide for dramatic school improvement that proves that children from every background can achieve at high levels when we as adults get our part right.»

From the beginning, our entire approach to education software has been guided by the philosophy: If you want dramatic improvement, do something dramatic.

Match Beyond, and programs like it, could lead to dramatic improvement in degree attainment among young adults from low - income families.

As a result, Emerson Elementary School has seen dramatic improvement in student achievement over the past five years, moving from failure to exemplar among district elementary schools.

From being in and out of special measures and going through a string of headteachers, the academy sees a dramatic improvement in behaviour and standards.

Let's trust state leadership, verify state actions, and learn from this exercise to ultimately help realize dramatic improvements in students» preparation for success in college, careers, and life.

For example, one school saw a dramatic improvement in five high - priority metrics included in the culture plan, including a 59 % reduction in the amount of out - of - school suspensions between the 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14 school years, a 56 % reduction in classroom off - task / disruptive behaviors across nine grade levels, and an increase from 57.2 % to 59 % in Academic Performance Index in just one school year, with a Value Added grade of C for the first time in more than five years.