Sentences with phrase «encourage more innovation»

Public charter schools were created by the state in 1995 to have the flexibility to adapt to the educational needs of individual students and encourage more innovation in education.

Rather than encouraging more innovation, it's hurting it...

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Other new steps outlined by the administration include an online policy challenge to encourage entrepreneurs to offer new ideas to foster innovation, educational programs and commitments from more than 100 community colleges to promote entrepreneurship.

Sustainable solutions like farm - to - table dining and Soylent are new innovations that will hopefully encourage even more businesses to adopt smarter food practices.

«We believe that the blockchain will be a powerful engine for bringing more people into prosperity and encouraging innovation at an unprecedented level.»

«We encourage you to allow continued innovation in the market, and devote more creative analysis into the ways cryptocurrencies can be utilized.»

For example, faster labour force growth will encourage firms to invest not only to meet greater demand but also to equip these additional workers with machines and other capital to raise their productivity.5 The rate of technological progress is also a key factor, since a faster pace of innovation raises the return on each additional unit of capital, stimulating firms to invest more.

With the changing world we face today, it's even more important to encourage innovation and ensure Alberta can compete.

Formed as an independent corporation in 2008, Alberta Enterprise is a key component of the Government of Alberta's goal of building a more sustainable, diversified technology industry in Alberta, one where home - grown innovation is encouraged and technology entrepreneurs have greater access to venture capital.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

One of the more promising innovations in state - level education policy has been the establishment of programs that encourage privately - funded scholarships for students attending private and religious elementary and secondary schools.

He also criticised the government for not being more active in encouraging research, development and innovation in the agriculture industry, which has lead to an industry that trails American agriculture in productivity.

Packaging innovation within the beverage industry is more important than ever for manufacturers as they look for new ways to meet customers» changing demands, such as sustainability, size and differentiation, whilst still encouraging them to buy the product.

We bring together key stakeholders to encourage innovation and best practices to promote the creation of a more sustainable materials economy.

The events aim to encourage more young people to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and consider exciting and rewarding careers in STEM that utilise creativity, innovation and problem - solving skills.

But the budget encourages efficiency and innovation through the competitive award of $ 79 million for local government consolidation and performance improvements that will help jump - start the Governor's vision of partnering with local governments to deliver smarter and more effective services to New Yorkers at lower cost.

§ The events aim to encourage more young people to study and consider exciting and rewarding careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) by encouraging creativity, innovation and problem solving skills.

This result should encourage banks to develop more financial innovations, he added.

Instruct will foster greater cooperation to encourage innovation, make investments more effective, and improve our ability to solve problems.

Parliamentary under secretary of state for the school system, Lord Nash, commented: «The 52 new schools will provide much - needed places and encourage innovation, driving up standards and ensuring even more parents have the choice of a good school place for their child.»

Tech - savvy youth are a bit more enlightened now, but you can encourage their love of innovation with this no prep, full week project.

The Connecticut certification process encourages such innovation, thanks to a statewide focus on teacher quality that has lasted more than a decade.

Promoting a culture of knowledge sharing can help businesses fill knowledge gaps, improve efficiency, increase innovation, encourage leadership, and more.

Following the success of 2016's Innovation Week, where 1,250 creative thinking events were held across the UAE, it was decided that February 2018 would become Innovation Month, to encourage more schools, businesses and individuals to consider the prospects of innovation, as well as attracting more international interest in the celebrations.

Part of the UAE's innovation strategy is to encourage Arabic - speaking students to shift this balance to be more representative.

More educational choice, which Trump has said he favors, would encourage innovation.

Therefore, we encourage states to establish innovation programs to enable the design of new, more nimble systems that are ready to accommodate flexible and timely progression decisions based on clear learning objectives, transparent definitions of proficiency and a strong embedded formative assessment system.

These 52 new schools will provide much - needed places and encourage innovation, driving up standards and ensuring even more parents have the choice of a good school place for their child.

We should certainly encourage innovation in growth modelling — and state accountability — that can generate more transparent results on «how much» growth is happening in a school and whether such growth is «enough.»

With 5.4 million students in over 1,200 school districts and public charters, the state needs to encourage the creation of many more competitive seats by allowing more innovation and autonomy.

While state dollars for private schools are still a hard sell, greater cooperation between charters and public school districts has proven to be a more palatable way to encourage innovation in schools.

Bronson and Merryman connect these findings with yet another dot: business research that shows that companies whose CEOs create a «promotion focus» (i.e., set ambitious goals and encourage innovation) are more likely to outperform competitors than those led by CEOs who create a «prevention focus» (i.e., cautiously fixate on preventing errors).

As a recently released LPI report, The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, describes, some leading places in both k - 12 and higher education institutions are beginning to use performance assessments in these ways, but much more needs to be done if students» college and life - ready abilities are to be both encouraged in high schools and conveyed to colleges and universities.

Illinois also needs to embrace educational innovations that will spend classroom dollars more efficiently while fostering an environment that will encourage academic achievement by students.

Charter schools empower parents to play a more active role in their child's education, open doors for teachers to pioneer fresh teaching methods, encourage state and local innovation, and help students escape underperforming schools.

More than deciding whether Cook came out victorious, I prefer to think of it as a «call to arms» of sorts, with Apple encouraging Android to step up their game (because as is often said, competition motivates innovation).

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Innovations that continuously optimise vehicles to meet these expectations can encourage more people to demand a modal shift from the historic dependence on individual car use to fast and efficient modern public transit.

Building on the innovations of Abyss, Vesperia added more flexibility to the combat system, encouraging players to use tactics traditionally reserved for fighting games such as cancels and chaining.

EPA regulations and incentives encourage innovation and diversification within the American energy industry and make American companies more competitive in the 21st century global economy.

Good regulation encourages innovation, so as advertisers and marketers were forced to think «outside the billboard,» it was an opportunity to tap into better, more creative ideas.

As the demand increases for eco-friendly products and companies that are using polystyrene now are encouraged to jump on board, more great, green innovations are bound to follow.

clean energy innovation improving consumer choice and affordability more efficient use of energy deeper penetration of renewable energy resources wider deployment of «distributed» energy resources micro grids roof - top solar on - site power supplies and storage promote markets advanced energy management enhance demand elasticity and efficiencies empower customers more choice 50 % of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 business as usual bad public policy clean energy's economic and environmental potential the power industry was headed for trouble rising utility bills growing customer dissatisfaction socially unjust clean energy economy haves - and - have - nots change in culture business model for the whole system moves the electric industry away from a monopoly, top - down and incentive driven system governed by the market emphasizes distributed energy a distributed system platform market exchange microgrids solar energy efficiency distributed energy resources compete to serve the grid pro-consumer pro-innovation markets - based more affordable resilient capital efficiencies encouraging more distributed energy demand response energy efficiency

Whereas it achieved innovation in the past by acquiring companies such as Pangea 3 and Practical Law, it is now investing much more heavily on encouraging innovation from within.

As technological innovation gathers pace, the scope for IP - related disputes increases as firms seek to exploit intellectual property assets, and ground - breaking developments encourage more me - too competitors looking to seize market share.

It is more responsive to a diverse and rapidly changing world, intended to enhance the quality of legal services offered by Nova Scotia lawyers, to encourage ethical legal practices, to facilitate innovation in legal services and to promote increased access to legal services.

Thrive» from CPA Global, IP Law firms are encouraged to embrace innovation and technology for more efficient operations and enhanced client collaboration.

It is an innovation process which encourages people within A&O to submit ideas about how we can best use technology to work smarter, deliver services to clients in new ways and work more collaboratively with our colleagues.

Takach adds encouraging innovation will mean clean oil sand technology, more new start - ups every year and greater connection to the rest of the word.

More importantly, small ponds are places where innovation and individuality are often fostered and encouraged, and where a niche can develop.