Sentences with phrase «focus your efforts on addressing»

«We need to focus our efforts on addressing the needs of young adults with autism in a much bigger and broader way,» said Nancy Cheak - Zamora, an assistant professor in the MU School of Health Professions and a researcher at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Research has shown that if we do not provide a quality education in the early elementary years any gains made in pre-K are quickly lost, so I believe before we consider expanding our early childhood education we should first focus our efforts on addressing the shortcomings in our K - 12 system.

The professor said he made the transition from one blog to the next to focus his efforts on addressing issues of «lagging productivity» in the legal field.

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Examining the influence of unconscious bias is by nature a self - reflective activity - something that has only recently caught fire in boardroom efforts to address disparities, but which has been alive and well in the hearts of accelerators, especially those focused on women entrepreneurs.

«To continue to offer a great product that addresses your unique needs, we're going to focus our development efforts on our modern, Web - based versions of TweetDeck,» the company said on its blog.

He focused on the agency's efforts to craft new auto lending rules and addressed...

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

It says, «Many pro-life advocacy efforts have focused on the legal status of abortion, rather than addressing prevention of unplanned pregnancy and the needs of pregnant women and families.

A package of 14 measures to address the heroin and opioid epidemic, expected to pass the Senate yesterday and today, focuses on law enforcement efforts, following several years of legislation aimed more at prevention and treatment.

He said that city leaders «don't want to see people going to jail simply because they can't afford a small amount of bail for a minor offense,» but said that «there's more than one way to address that issue» and that he is «particularly focused on... some of the efforts to have a supervised release effort for very low - level crimes that we've seen done effectively before.»

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

«Since my administration took office, we have worked in partnership with the city to focus the efforts of the Oneida County Health Department on addressing the menace of lead in housing,» Picente said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose administration is facing multiple investigations over his campaign fundraising and efforts to help Democrats win the state Senate in 2014, argued Monday that he was being singled out by powerful, moneyed interests who don't want his agenda, focused on addressing income inequality, to move forward.

He is a proponent of campaign finance reform, term limits, greater focus on education and a «balanced» effort to address climate change.

«In the coming months, along with entrepreneur Adam Pritzker and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University,» he wrote, «I will launch a national effort focused on addressing (the) crisis (facing the national Democratic Party)-- joining others already doing important work toward 2018 and beyond.»

«The Suicide Prevention Task Force will focus on high - risk communities and groups to build on our efforts to address this challenge and help build a stronger, healthier New York for all.»

McNall's State of the County address will also focus on stepping up efforts to clean up brownfields, abandoned former industrial sites where contamination has been left behind by past owners.

ALBANY - A package of 14 measures to address the heroin and opioid epidemic, expected to pass the Senate Tuesday and Wednesday, focuses on law enforcement efforts, following several years of legislation aimed more at prevention and treatment.

Hawkins said that if the Governor was serious about the 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda he announced 18 months ago in his 2013 State of the State address, he would have backed bipartisan efforts to vote on the nine parts that have overwhelming majority support in both houses and then focus on flipping the Senate to Democratic hands to get the tenth abortion rights point adopted.

de Blasio spoke at a press conference / media roundtable focused on City efforts to address problems in the Corrections Department and the jails it operates on Rikers Island.

de Blasio was asked about Sharpton at a press conference / media roundtable focused on City efforts to address problems in the Corrections Department and the jails it operates on Rikers Island.

In the coming months, along with entrepreneur Adam Pritzker and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, I will launch a national effort focused on addressing this crisis — joining others already doing important work toward 2018 and beyond.

In order to address this issue, we have focused our efforts on studying the fungal community in the GI tract known as the mycobiome.»

An intervention to address bullying could be a focused, one - on - one effort with the victim or a perpetrator, or it could be a preventative measure imposed on a whole school.

For example, they point out that investments in country capacity building have been inadequate and difficult to track, arrangements for fair and timely sharing of patient samples remain weak, and reform efforts at WHO have focused on operational issues but have neglected to address deeper institutional shortcomings.

After the address, Leshner and Schenkel signed a three - year agreement under which AAAS and the JRC will pursue cooperative efforts on a range of initiatives, with an initial focus on nuclear security issues.

Our work is focused solely on addressing the needs of those facing cancer today, improving their quality of life and health outcomes through free support services, programs, tools, resources and advocacy efforts.

Building on previous efforts in individual regions, the world plastics organizations that signed the «Global Declaration for Solutions on Marine Litter» have agreed to focus projects to address marine litter on these six key objectives:

A centerpiece of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's State of the City address last night focused on efforts to transform the faltering Madison Park Technical Vocational High School into a premier job training institution for city youth.

By understanding the habits and needs of the modern learner, L&D teams can focus their efforts on creating a learning platform that delivers context - rich digital resources to address what your employees are searching for online, but in a way that's relevant to your organization and «how things are done here».

The virtual onsite offering of the Data Wise Leadership Institute addresses similar content and objectives as our on - campus program with a focus on individual school efforts, but takes place in the comfort of your own setting.

It means those of us (myself included) who want to reduce discipline disparities should be focusing more of our efforts on addressing student misbehavior, via better teaching, better counseling, stronger attention to character, more engaging environments, and stronger relationships among kids and between kids and adults in a school.

How Federal, State, and District Funding Streams Confound Efforts to Address Different Student Types This report by Marguerite Roza, Kacey Guin, and Tricia Davis demonstrates in greater detail than ever before how America's methods of school finance work against a single - minded focus on...

Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.

In an effort to address concerns on accountability, the UNCF, National Urban League and Education Post recently released a report Building Better Narratives in Black Education focusing on better engaging communities around K - 12 education and driving substantive policy changes.

A former preschool teacher and school board member, Murray went on to address areas of the law that are not effective for many of our nation's students, suggesting greater efforts to close the achievement gap, especially among students in underserved communities; to reduce redundant and unnecessary testing; focus on preparing students for college and their career; ensure accountability; and also expand access to preschool programs.

During the school year, Future Corps students lead their peers through the college application process, train faculty and students on the latest mobile college app technologies, and organize, design and conduct three peer - to - peer campaigns focused on college applications, FAFSA completion efforts and a «Big Idea» movement addressing a pressing community need.

The afternoon will focus on strategies and resources to monitor implementation including classroom observation protocols and also address issues around organizational change and sustainability of implementation efforts.

* Assure a stronger focus on equity by (a) asking states not just about the amount of funding in education, but also about the fairness of its distribution to high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority districts and schools, and (b) asking states to document their efforts (required under federal law) to address gaps in teacher quality between high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority schools.

ASCD supports some of the proposed changes, including the push for stronger family and community engagement, the extended grant period to allow for more planning and pre-implementation activities, efforts to address school climate, and the focus on tying professional development to teacher evaluations.

Focusing on the development of a campus» climate as a learning environment is fundamental to improved teacher morale and student achievement (Nomura, 1999) and formally assessing and addressing school climate is essential to any schools» effort toward successful reform, achievement and making a difference for underprivileged student groups (California P - 16 council, 2008).

The Road to Zero Coalition will work to accelerate the achievement of that vision through concurrent efforts that focus on overall system design, addressing infrastructure design, vehicle technology, and enforcement and behavioral safety.

Although VW hasn't addressed the issue, we've heard the automaker will kill off more than 40 cars in its efforts to focus on EVs, autonomous cars, and ride sharing.

«Efforts to address animal homelessness often focus on helping animals in shelters, but this research and our own community - focused programs show we need to focus just as much on keeping pets from entering shelters in the first place, specifically by helping owners access critical resources,» said Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA.

Though the State Party also notes efforts to establish coral nurseries, and the imposition of a ban on shrimp trawling, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN are concerned over an apparent focus on conch and lobster, with little evidence that fin fish, which are an important attribute of the property's Outstanding Universal Value, are systematically addressed in the identification and design of no - take zones.

The MEGABOOTH's current focus is on expanding community support efforts and addressing discoverability issues for indie games.

Efforts that focus on shutting off CO2 without addressing the source of the CO2 in the first place are doomed to failure.

«efforts to address climate change should continue to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with adapting to the impacts of climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»

Her overall address focused on her government's efforts to tackle climate change and the critical role clean energy technologies like wind energy must play.

We argue that, while there is a place for popularising worst - case scenarios, the coral reef crisis has been effectively communicated and, though this communication should be sustained, efforts should now focus on addressing critical knowledge gaps.