Sentences with phrase «federally funded effort»

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Now, just as she has successfully implemented national nutritional standards for all federally funded lunch programs, she could see her efforts dissolve.

The program reworks how school breakfast is delivered by offering it to all students at no charge and moving it from the cafeteria to the classroom in an effort to improve participation in the federally - funded School Breakfast Program and boost learning and health.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

The physics Nobelist who recently stepped down as point person for the Obama Administration's efforts to improve U.S. science education told Congress yesterday that many federally funded programs don't draw upon current research about how people learn and, therefore, haven't managed to boost student achievement.

, chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, on March 31 saying: «We strongly support the efforts of the federal government, such as the NIH mandate and the Federal Research Public Access Act, to provide public access to the results of federally funded research.»

The $ 5.2 million cost of Lynch's federally funded project, which included extensive use of classroom observers, may push it beyond the reach of most efforts to monitor school reform.

Fifteen months ago, academic climate scientists expressed worries that a new climate model sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was going to harm existing modeling efforts, siphoning off talent and funding when federally funded science is short on both.

Murphy's efforts include the dissemination of research conducted by the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System, one of the 14 federally funded model systems in the nation.

Leaders of SMD - funded E / PO programs and Science Education and Public Outreach Forums work together to make individual program metrics, evaluation findings, and outcomes available to the public and NASA in order to communicate the unique capabilities and successes of SMD E / PO and to provide insight into federally funded E / PO efforts.

Having been involved in many evaluation efforts of federally funded programs, including Early Head Start, Head Start, and the National Evaluation of Home Visiting, Brooks - Gunn knows that any new program put in place, whether it is universal prekindergarten or something else, needs evaluation.

After nearly an entire session of legislative work, the lack of support for the bill might mean a lull in efforts to consolidate scores of federally supported job - training programs and to give greater control to the states and localities through block - grant funding.

Not only must they certify that interventions meet the «evidence - based» requirements spelled out in the law, they also must monitor and evaluate federally funded school - improvement efforts going forward.

It could remain a separate, federally run enterprise, as it has been for four decades, though it would likely work better if states could merge programs and funding with their own intensive pre-K efforts.

Calling North Carolina's school turnaround work «among the most ambitious in the nation,» Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members of the State Board of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects resulting from the state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and 2015.

The college's federally funded CEEDAR Center has selected the final five of 20 states that have joined together in a sweeping reform effort to vastly improve teaching and learning for students with disabilities.

For the fourth year in a row, the Partners, a consortium of national education and nutrition organizations, continue to expand efforts to fight against childhood hunger and improve participation in the federally funded School Breakfast Program.

The Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) is a federally funded national center charged with focusing research - and evidence - based technical assistance to increase states» capacity to support their districts and schools in this implementation effort.

Washington, D.C. (November 19, 2014)-- For the third year in a row, Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom is expanding efforts to help combat the continual fight against childhood hunger and improve participation in the federally - funded School Breakfast Program.

Our portfolio includes recent, multi-year evaluations of federally - funded efforts to improve both teaching quality and student achievement, while understanding links between implementation and impact.

Overall, we find little success for North Carolina's efforts to turn around low - performing schools under its federally funded Race to the Top grant.

For example, within the context of time - and - effort reporting, interested education leaders and stakeholders may wish to offer suggestions that will improve the quality and content of the information reported, such as demonstrating the valuable impact federally funded positions have on improving student achievement, school services and community involvement in education.

This federally funded reform effort targeted the 22 lowest - performing high schools in Michigan.

The initiative — part of a larger city - wide improvement effort called the Greater Carlisle Project — is one of many federally funded transportation projects in 32 states, two U.S. territories and 40 communities nationwide selected to receive approximately $ 484.5 million under the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) FY 2016 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program.

This is a unique time in that many federally and state funded government programs have become available in an effort to stimulate homeownership in the United States.

In a statement, members of the federally - funded US Global Change Research Program, which produced the original report, said they were «dismayed» by the Cato Institute's effort: [46]

Rather than intellectual property holders focusing on piracy, with this bill, they seek to curtail federal government efforts to make federally funded research more widely available.

Dr. Greeno is currently involved in several research efforts that involve state and federally - funded evaluation research including Thrive@25, assessing the efficacy of evidence - based parenting programs, evaluating a state initiative for homeless, unaccompanied youth, UMB SSW's Title IV - E Program evaluation, and Delaware's Center for Family First, Inc. in evaluating perinatal addiction services.

He fought successfully for development of federally funded domestic and international family planning programs and also helped block the efforts of demographers and politicians who urged coercive methods to halt population growth.

It's part of a new pilot program to build better connections between the state's nationally recognized home visiting efforts and the federally funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

LAUNCH Together is a privately - funded initiative designed to replicate and expand the system and program successes of prior federally - funded efforts.