Sentences with phrase «follows years of progress»

The rise follows years of progress in curbing illegal logging and land clearance.

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LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, following years of slow progress.

LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, delegates said, following years of slow progress.

«Malawi has shown progress in achieving macroeconomic stabilization following two years of drought, with a rebound in growth and inflation reduced to single...

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

If you're spending many months or years on an idea and not making any real progress, you're either dealing with fears, lacking a roadmap to follow, or a combination of these.

From which it follows that, borne on the tide of millions of years of psychogenesis, we have the right to consider ourselves the fruit of a progression — the children of progress.

This season was meant to be the «Year of the Ox» following his star turn during the Community Shield victory over Chelsea, but another injury has curtailed his progress and condemned him to the sidelines.

Arsenal spent big on a number of new players last summer, following on from their club - record purchase of Mesut Ozil the previous year, but are still not progressing as hoped.

Excelling for both Apollon Smyrni and PAS Giannina, the defender had never played football outside of his native Greece, but that hasn't stopped him following our progress for the past 12 years.

Since joining the grid in 2008 following the takeover of Spyker F1, Force India have made progress in their eight seasons as they went from 10th in the debut season to fifth place this year.

Kaka was at the height of his powers in early 2009, but he was reluctant to join a team which was still in progress following the takeover from Sheikh Mansour a year earlier.

Moses was on the Chelsea scoresheet for the first time in over three years as we progressed into the third round of the League Cup thanks to a 3 - 2 win, with Michy Batshuayi converting twice, and the Nigeria international explained afterwards how he is enjoying being back in the fold following three season - long loan spells away from Stamford Bridge.

I have followed City's progress in recent years and obviously know some of my new teammates from the Copa America,» the Chilean goalkeeper told the club's official website.

The following year the annual assessment noted that Network Rail had made progress in delivering a number of major rail projects, but cautioned that some performance setbacks meant it had «big challenges ahead.»

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to build or open 90 new homeless shelters in New York City over the next five years, with the aim of opening 20 new shelters in 2017 and 20 more the following year, vowing slow and incremental progress in tackling the city's homelessness problem.

Many people who are councillors in marginal areas, or have previously been in that position, know enough of history, or are old enough recall the 1980's, maybe they blame council election defeats of 1982, and the general elections on the Falklands, maybe they take credit for Andrew Mckintosh winning the GLC for livingstone in 1981, maybe they feel we lost in 1979 as it wasn't left wing enough, But they voted Corbyn and won't accept that we will lose by a mile in 2020 with him, even if we get half as any votes in the council elections over the next 3 years, as before, Various things can be done, Blue labour needs to work with Labour first, like compass before them, anti neo liberalism, felt Blair lost his way after his first 6 years, Yes progress has a large following and ability of resources, but since 2007 it's been redundant

After following the participants for about three years, the researchers found that a history of moderate physical exercise in middle age was associated with a significantly decreased risk of MCI progressing to dementia.

This book follows the earlier, more technical Life in Amber (Review, 12 December, 1992) and describes the progress of the Poinars» passionate pursuit of the bugs and their host material, the amber that for thousands of years has proved a lasting and sometimes fatal attraction for humans.

Newspapers were filled with stories and maps and casualty lists; people who had been children during the Civil War recalled years later that they had eagerly followed the progress of «their» armies — in which fathers or older brothers often marched — through their local papers.

He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sail, which is about a year from its next flight.

This «double whammy» of alcohol effects predicted those who progressed to more severe drinking and alcohol - use disorders over two years of follow - up, researchers discovered.

Follow the progress of a team of scientists as they realise they have uncovered human footprints that are around 900,000 years old.

30,167 individuals developed diabetes during 5 1/2 years of follow - up and an additional 2099 who progressed from oral hypoglycemic to insulin treatment.

At the start of the study, blood caffeine levels were 51 % lower in participants identified as having mild cognitive impairment who progressed to Alzheimer's over the 2 to 4 year follow up compared to those whose mild cognitive impairment stayed stable throughout the same period.

During last year's Copenhagen fashion summit, brands and retailers were called upon to publicly commit to making progress toward the adoption of a circular model over the following six months, something companies including Adidas, Asos, H&M and Kering did.

Instead of having any progressing plot, so to speak, the film splits into several storylines, following certain teens at California's Ridgemont High during a year of their lives.

In California, Maryland, and Ohio, only 14, 12, and 9 percent of schools in restructuring, respectively, made adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by NCLB the following year.

Currently, we can compare the progress of both groups for up to four years following their application.

Annually measures, for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, the following indicators: Academic achievement (which, for high schools, may include a measure of student growth, at the State's discretion); for elementary and middle schools, a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State, or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator; for high schools, the four - year adjusted cohort graduation rate and, at the State's discretion, the extended - year adjusted cohort graduation rate; progress in achieving English language proficiency for English learners; and at least one valid, reliable, comparable, statewide indicator of school quality or student success; and

For the 2002 - 2003 through the 2005 - 2006 school year test administrations, for purposes of the commissioner's annual evaluation of public schools, public school districts, and charter schools, the following limited English proficient students may be considered to be meeting performance criteria in elementary or middle - level English language arts if they demonstrate a specified increment of progress on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) for their grade level.

His words follow Key Stage 3: The Wasted Years, an Ofsted report that found a weakness in teaching and progress in those years because of «a lack of priority given to key stage 3 by many secondary school leaders&raYears, an Ofsted report that found a weakness in teaching and progress in those years because of «a lack of priority given to key stage 3 by many secondary school leaders&rayears because of «a lack of priority given to key stage 3 by many secondary school leaders».

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

State education commissioner Robert Hammond, facing board frustrations Thursday after this year's results were presented, argued progress would come if the state stays the course while reducing the number of initiatives it expects school districts to follow.

Drawing from the research literature and the Center on School Turnaround's extensive practical experience with the University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA / PLE), the rubric includes 12 key planning domains that support effective year - long or short - cycle SIPs, as follows: Turnaround Vision, Priorities, Process Outcomes, Progress Indicators, Action Steps, School Context, Root Cause Analysis, Sequencing, Schedule / Timeline, Alignment, Directly Responsible Individuals, and Supports.

When asked what should determine teacher pay, 86 percent said a teacher's education and training should be either the most important or an important factor, followed by 77 percent who said their students» achievement and progress on a range of measures including standardized tests, classroom observations and parent feedback; 77 percent said whether the teacher is at a low - performing school where students need the most help; 64 percent who said students» achievement and progress on standardized tests; and 57 percent who said seniority in the number of years of classroom teaching experience.

Special education teachers typically do the following: • Assess students skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans • Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students • Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for each student • Plan, organize, and assign activities that are specific to each students abilities • Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one - on - one • Implement IEPs, assess students» performance, and track their progress • Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students» progress and goals • Discuss students» progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators • Supervise and mentor teacher assistants who work with students with disabilities • Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation Special education teachers in public schools are required to have at least a bachelor's degree and a state - issued certification or license Most states require a degree specifically in special education.

The finally adopted rules require that, under both the state - recommended system and locally - developed and adopted appraisal systems, beginning with the 2017 - 2018 school year, each teacher appraisal shall include the performance of teachers» students, which the rules define as «how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:

Meet with the team of instructors and administration involved with the online learning program to regularly go over student progress, and determine any improvements that should be made the following semester / year.

At primary level the definition will apply to those schools who for the first 2 years have seen fewer than 85 % of children achieving level 4, the secondary - ready standard, in reading, writing and maths, and which have also seen below - average proportions of pupils making expected progress between age 7 and age 11, followed by a year below a «coasting» level set against the new accountability regime which will see children being expected to achieve a new higher expected standard and schools being measured against a new measure of progress.

One encouraging sign in these scores was some progress in nearly two dozen of the state's very lowest performing schools that two years ago started receiving extra federal funding under the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program as long as they followed specific reforms.

Some schools like to survey students at the start and end of the school year to track progress and plan activities for the following year.

Resegregation Although substantial progress was made in the desegregation of schools in the years following the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), North Carolina has several districts that have since resegregated, and others that never fully desegregated after Brown.8 Ayscue, J. B., Siegal - Hawley, G., B. W., & Kucsera, J. (2014, May 14).

Although substantial progress was made in the desegregation of schools in the years following the landmark Supreme Court decision,

Generating data on the impact of regrouping for math in the elementary and middle years (particularly what course sequences students placed in low, middle, and high groups early on followed as they progressed).

At one or more points during the middle of the school year, it's important to follow - up with students and evaluate the progress they've made toward reaching the goals you set together at the start of the year.

Following each training session, supports are provided to districts so that, at the end of the training, participants will know how to: • Determine a school's greatest area of need (GAN) • Write a SMART school - improvement goal • Use SMART targets for progress monitoring • Use a variety of templates and graphic organizers to foster collaboration in their districts and schools • Lead the SMART School Improvement Process • Support schools in the development of action plans for carrying out school - wide improvement strategies • Coach teams and individuals in the use of SMART tools, templates and methods • Facilitate job - embedded professional learning The cost of the year - long training is $ 3,200 per participant and includes materials, training and coaching.

A study was taken a few years ago with IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) to follow the progress of 500 authors of a similar genre over the course of five years.

In the year since their son's birth, the captain's wife had not passed two consecutive months in her husband's company and she was sick of missing him, of writing letters that might never find him, of following his progress on a map.