Sentences with phrase «encouraging state initiatives»

But many encouraging state initiatives don't run through LEAs.

Instead, CMS [the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] might encourage state initiatives to develop robust ED alternatives... to improve the care of all medically or financially vulnerable Americans.»

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California Restaurant Month is a promotional initiative created by Visit California designed to encourage post-holiday, January travel to the Golden State, and to continue to position the state as the top culinary destinaState, and to continue to position the state as the top culinary destinastate as the top culinary destination.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state officials are pushing initiatives aimed at encouraging new mothers to breastfeed their babies, drawing criticism from some parents who say officials are interfering with their health choices.

The state initiative coincides with Bloomberg's call for hospitals to lock away their baby formula and have nurses encourage new mothers to breastfeed.

Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood (p. 16.).

«They're not just plopping in the AP... it's a full reform initiative,» she said, «and I'm guessing that's why they're seeing the positive results that we're not seeing in other states where they're just encouraging more students to take APs.»

He encouraged all stakeholders, especially the states and local governments, to participate in the initiative and commit to its success so that the nation's common development goals would be achieved.

The HCRA was passed at the initiative of Governor George Pataki to replace the system of State - regulated payments to hospitals with a more competitive strategy that encouraged negotiations between the institutions and insurers and promoted the use of managed care organizations for the Medicaid population.

«The goal of START - UP NY — the game - changing initiative passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last year — is to create new jobs, attract new businesses, and encourage current companies to expand, which is why we are investing the resources necessary to get the word out to companies in New York State and across the country,» Conwall said.

The council voted to encourage city agencies to buy local food that is grown, harvested or produced in New York State as part of Speaker Christine Quinn's Foodworks initiative.

While noting the reconstruction of 114 inner roads across the 57 Local Government Councils in the State, Zakari also commended the Light Up Lagos project and the Agric initiative aimed at encouraging local production of rice, saying that the remarkable initiative had greatly reduced rice importation and enhanced foreign exchange of the country.

Boughton criticized Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's «First Five» economic development initiative, which provides state funds to businesses to encourage them to create jobs in Connecticut.

Flanked by local Hispanic pastors and conservative Democratic South Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. — a minister himself — Mr. Astorino promised to inaugurate a faith - based initiative aimed at encouraging fathers to take an active role in child - rearing.

We encourage participation in this collaborative initiative to increase community resiliency,» stated Dr. Gale Burstein, Commissioner, Erie County Department of Health.

It is the objective that each initiative associated with that environment will advance the educational and research mission of SUNY Polytechnic Institute through the enhancement of research opportunities for faculty, students and staff; to promote the economic development and competitiveness of New York State by encouraging and facilitating the transfer of technology resources to the marketplace; and to enhance the ability of SUNY Polytechnic Institute to attract public and private funds to further research and technology development.

Sixteen alumni returned to Parliament Hill School, Highgate Road, London, part of the LaSWAP sixth form consortium, under the initiative to encourage state student social mobility by enabling schools to harness the talent and expertise of former students.

In an effort to encourage initiative and creativity, the state gave the 30 participating counties freedom to run the program as they wished.

Another big goal of the Common Core initiative was to help states make the shift to «next generation» assessments — the kind that would encourage better teaching and learning in the classroom, tap the advantages of online testing, and remain faithful to the higher standards.

I think [Common Core] is essentially a federal initiative at this point, having been created by a small group of people, including very few if any teachers, working in conjunction with the Duncan administration, and it has been at the very least aggressively encouraged for states to adopt, particularly through the Race to the Top funding.»

Future First is urging more alumni of the participating schools and colleges to sign up online at https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/register Private schools and universities have long seen the value of keeping alumni in close contact after they have left and it is hoped the initiative will encourage more state schools to see alumni as a valuable resource.

An especially encouraging development: Common Core is writing the curriculum for KIPP, but Munson says that her organization (which is not affiliated with the Common Core State Standards initiative, despite its name) will publish it, making it available for use to any school or district.

At NBU, we will continue to encourage teachers to take the initiative rather than to wait for the state to start reforms and provide money, while, at the same time, we hunt and fight for our own additional funding to implement our ideas.

The Obama Administration's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative won plaudits for encouraging states and school districts to expand charter school operations and develop merit pay plans.

It was not difficult for opponents to cast Common Core as a federal initiative, given 1) the Obama administration's use of RttT incentives (and later, waivers to NCLB requirements) to encourage states to adopt the standards and 2) the administration's funding of the consortia.

Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting teachers of color; improving the teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice teachers; increasing teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

Up to 50 % of our intake at Year 7 is from the state sector and we hope that community initiatives such as Saturday School will encourage local children to consider Latymer Upper as their senior school.

Charter schools, 88 percent of which are non-union, topped 2 million students in 2011 in part thanks to the Obama Administration's Race to the Top initiative encouraging states to lift charter school caps.

«SETDA encourages state, district and school leaders to leverage this work as they launch and expand OER initiatives.»

Through the Race to the Top initiative, for example, the Obama administration succeeded in incentivizing states: Even with relatively small pots of money — just $ 4 billion, or less than 2 percent of federal education spending — the administration encouraged states to prioritize innovative teacher and principal reforms and develop rigorous academic standards.22 Thirty - four states modified their policies in response to the federal initiative, even though only 19 states received federal funding to do so.23

The Obama administration, through its Race to the Top initiative, is encouraging states to develop approaches for evaluating teachers that incorporate student - achievement results.

The March 14 to 15 trip to the Miami area was for lawmakers to learn about Florida's Tax Credit Scholarships Program, a controversial initiative that gives dollar - for - dollar state tax credits to encourage companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children attending private schools, according to Darrell Allison, the director and chief lobbyist for Parents for Educational Freedom (PEFNC).

Further, he encouraged teachers in his school to seek certification, helped to develop Paradise Valley's Center for Teacher Development, participated in many state - wide initiatives, blogged for Arizona Stories from School, and served as a trainer for the AZ K12 Center.

Sen. Dick Brewbaker's resolution that passed the Senate but was not brought to a vote in the House «encourages the State Board of Education to take all steps it deems appropriate, including revocation of the adoption of the [Common Core] initiative's standards if necessary, to retain complete control over Alabama's academic standards, curriculum, instruction, and testing system.»

The initiative is a competitive grant program designed to «encourage and reward states that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform,» according to its materials.

ACT Workforce solutions are helping counties, states, and regions throughout the nation build a more productive workforce and encourage economic growth through the ACT Work Ready Communities ® (WRC) initiative.

«This report should be considered in evaluating new federal incentives to states that encourage the expansion of charter schools, such as the Race to the Top initiative.»

Regardless of various national and state initiatives implemented to encourage further training of preservice teachers and teachers in the field, including the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and the revised NCATE standards to incorporate the National Standards for Technology in Teacher Preparation, barriers to implementation remain associated with access to computers (Keiper et al., 2000; Willis, 1997).

The ESEA Flexibility initiative has encouraged states to shift away from high school accountability systems based solely on standardized testing to ones that incorporate a wider range of college and career readiness indicators.

Policy leaders, in particular, can (1) support initiatives that expand broadband availability in all of the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers and in state and locally - funded afterschool sites; (2) encourage robust experimentation with digital platforms that allow expanded learning organizations to collaborate, share practices, and connect experiences that kids are having at various expanded learning sites; and (3) support pilot experiments in up to 10 % of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers that focus on integrating evolving technologies.

All of us at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are proud to partner with state, local and tribal governments to encourage the use of state - of - the - art transportation innovations under FHWA's «Every Day Counts» (EDC) initiative.

PBS will continue to work with its stations through the fall to develop resources that will encourage, promote, and support the local initiatives that are taking root across the United States.

Many of the most prominent mortgage lenders in the United States, such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have already agreed to the President's newest initiative, and the rest of the mortgage industry will be strongly encouraged to contribute, as well.

Through its national pit bull initiatives, Best Friends Animal Society encourages state and municipal governments to adopt breed - neutral «dangerous dog» laws that focus on the key causes of dog aggression — owners» failure to spay or neuter, train and socialize dogs regardless of breed, or because they abuse or neglect dogs or force them to live on chains.

The Declaration, an initiative intended to encourage member states to actively sponsor national youth tourism policies, has been added to the official agenda of UNWTO's next General Assembly, which meets in Victoria Falls in August, 2013.

The Tennessee Arts Commission's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is an initiative designed to encourage the survival, continued development, and proliferation of our state's diverse folklife traditions, especially those that are rare or endangered.

This initiative aims to encourage and enable member states to support investments in low - carbon development.

As recently as January 2018 the European parliament failed to support genuine renewable energy initiatives when it had an opportunity to reverse the European Union's (EU) disastrous Renewable Energy Directive which, since 2009, has encouraged Member States to burn wood for «renewable energy».

At the event, the Governor reminded New Yorkers of the new $ 70 million electric car rebate and outreach initiative and encouraged clean and non-polluting electric car use to help reduce carbon emissions across the state.

That's why the League launched Women Bike — the first national advocacy initiative to encourage, engage and elevate more women bicyclists in the United States.