Sentences with phrase «efforts on boosting»

Winning Reading Boost was mentioned as being part of focused efforts on boosting schools with higher numbers of struggling students.

In this case, the school decided to focus efforts on boosting the quality of staff collaboration as they were introducing PBL instruction.

What happens when schools focus the majority of their efforts on boosting low - achieving kids to proficiency?

While Bratton has signaled few dramatic changes in policy from his predecessor, he is, it appears, focusing his efforts on boosting the department's image in the eyes of the City Council — many members of which joined the de Blasio administration in criticizing the previous administration's police policies.

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Still, he thinks the low barrier of entry combined with a nonpartisan effort to support troops helped boost his effort in an age where petty spats on social media often dominate one's news feed.

LanguageLine, says Klein, had been trying to do a lot of things to boost its bottom line, from selling prepaid interpreter calling cards to monetizing data on language usage, but most of its efforts were only an afterthought.

As science suggests, those memories are bound to make you happier than you expect, but Rubin also notes that «we tend to write down the happier things,» which also focuses the mind on the positive aspects of life, boosting joy with very little effort.

It comes as the Trump administration has been working for months on efforts to boost international airport security.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 - Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 (Reuters)- Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

Last year, the company embarked on its boldest effort yet to boost foot traffic: accessories.

Here, for instance, is an NPR article explaining «a study that found cocoa flavanols can help boost mood and sustain clear thinking among adults who are engaged in intense mental efforts — like students cramming, or journalists on deadline.»

The spending gives a boost to the ruling Communist Party's efforts to nurture consumer - based economic growth and reduce reliance on trade and investment.

Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), has doubled down on social reform policies in a last - ditch effort to boost his election polls during a public television town hall - style exchange.

While such efforts might boost workplace happiness in the short term, they fail to have any lasting effect on talent retention or performance.

Continuing this trend, the car will feature 5G connectivity to cloud services, which the company claimed would boost its artificial intelligence systems on board in an effort to learn what the driver likes or dislikes, and adjust accordingly.

In response, Mednax has announced a series of efforts to boost profits, including a new focus on radiology and a long - term goal to slash general and administrative expenses by around 10 percent.

And I understand the whole idea of that first job really boosting up income, just wish there was a way I could focus my financial efforts on something more long term in the mean time: /.

In an effort to boost adoption of its petro cryptocurrency, Venezuela is offering governments a huge discount on oil.

Snap - On continued to benefit from strong worldwide industrial activity, and management's efforts to restructure Sara Lee boosted its share price.

This means that sales professionals can boost success significantly by focusing their efforts on buyers in departments that are sales - friendly; and preparing to adapt their approach and work a whole lot harder when buyers are not.

Some firms also commented on additional measures to avoid forced job cuts at their plants, including work - share arrangements and greater efforts to boost productivity.

And along the way they are reminding me of some things I myself might do well to devote some effort to: fasting, night prayer, and working on the defects of my own soul... plus some well - dressed weightlifting might help provide a boost in these dark days of winter and counter the calories of Christmas parties.

But now everyone from vegans and Paleo - lovers to everyday weight - loss warriors are hating on dairy, saying that it actually triggers weight gain and that ditching it can boost any woman's slim - down efforts.

U.S. and European wine regions step up campaign to protect online wine names American winemakers were joined by their counterparts from Champagne at a conference on deregulating internet domain names in an effort to boost awareness of how weaker controls would negatively impact the wine business...

Sacramento, CA, July 9, 2007 - The efforts of California winegrape growers and vintners to build on their environmental successes gained a major boost late last month, when the United States Department of Agriculture awarded a $ 607,500 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.

Speaking on behalf of the Tasmanian State Government, State Growth Minister Steve Gutwein said the trophy captured our efforts to boost the profile of Tasmanian wines in one of our most important overseas markets.

Even last month when the January transfer window gave the Frenchman a brilliant opportunity to sign some players with the specific idea of boosting the chances of winning the Premier League this season, he seemed to spend as much time and effort getting the two teenage prospects from Nigeria as he did on the first team.

United will be disappointed to miss out on a player of such quality for a bargain price, but it may well boost their efforts to re-sign Ronaldo.

The squad we have now can challenge for the FA cup n Capital one n Get to 2nd on the table but with 3 to 4 world class additions to solidify our ucl campaign we will have a great squad that can dominate and boost the effort of our current squad for 2nd to 1st.

The Premier League runners - up are in urgent need of strengthening after a disappointing season, and have been boosted in their efforts to land their top targets this summer after UEFA relaxed its Financial Fair Play restrictions on the club.

Aston Villa travelled to Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup looking for a confidence boost on Saturday, and Micah Richards got them off to a perfect start with this effort to break the deadlock.

Illinois will run public service announcements on radio and TV and use elements of the campaign to boost education, training and community efforts to encourage breastfeeding.

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The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later tBoost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later tboost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

With a clear agenda and concrete proposals on a global growth deal - opening up trade, tackling tax evasion and boosting infrastructure - Britain should have been leading efforts at the G20 to reach an agreement that would transform African and low - income countries into genuine, much - needed dynamos for the largest prize: the return to global growth.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday rejected remarks from Sen. Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Kim Jong Un surprises with savvy power plays Tax reform postmortem reveals lethal dose of crony capitalism MORE (R - Tenn.)

Long campaign spokesman David Catalfamo said that while his candidate would be the «first to sign on» to the effort, he knocked the ostensibly neutral state party for boosting a Turner proposal.

The Monroe County Democratic Committee on Friday confirmed it had received a subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office in the investigation surrounding Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to boost Senate Democrats in 2014.

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It also includes money to permanently extend health benefits for retired miners, a top priority of Senate Democrats facing reelection next year such as Sens. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (W.Va.)

Sen. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (D - W.

While they may disagree on many policy issues Miner and DeFrancisco agreed on the need to invest in aging infrastructure such as pipes and roads and faulted Cuomo's efforts to boost the upstate economy, which include tax breaks for start - up companies and competitive regional economic development awards.

Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.

ALBANY — State efforts to combat heroin and opioid addiction got a boost Wednesday with the opening of a $ 25.6 million residential treatment center on Wards Island.

In an effort to boost his chances, supporters are throwing a «Petitioning Party» on Mr. Spitzer's behalf this evening at the restaurant Sprig.

New York state will spend $ 10 million to boost native shellfish populations on Long Island, an effort Gov. Andrew Cuomo says will help improve local water quality.

Noting that the Assembly delivered to Cuomo on Monday «maintenance - of - effort» legislation that would boost support for public colleges and universities, the Professional Staff Congress of CUNY, the union that represents CUNY faculty, is urging the governor to sign it.

Human Rights Organisation, Legal Defence and Assistance Project had called on the federal government to boost its efforts in fighting for Nigerians on death row in foreign countries.

Meanwhile, de Blasio's fundraising effort got a big boost when Hillary Clinton announced she would be sponsoring an event on his behalf next month.