Sentences with phrase «greater national focus»

«A greater national focus on the criticality of educational equity is needed in order to mobilize the masses and invite everyone to be a part of the...

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Miller Lite has also aligned with community partners that focus on entrepreneurship and technical resources, including the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee Urban League, Chicago Urban League, Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Central Texas, the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Association for Asian American Professionals.

«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Henceforth, «great - power competition,» not terrorism, must be the primary focus of U.S. national security, the report declares: «The central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security is the reemergence of long - term strategic competition,» primarily from China and Russia.

In fact, Repole says a greater focus on calorie counting by other chains will only drive more people to Energy Kitchen and prepare the way for a national expansion.

The first group of so - called debt hawks sees another Great Recession coming and wants national governments to focus on austerity programs aimed at deficit reduction because rising sovereign debts are behind our current economic woes.

In our stores, we're focused on providing quality merchandise, desirable national brands and great private brand options.

Thus, on the first national celebration of Martin Luther King Day in 1986, Jesse Jackson decried the widespread focus on King's great, unifying «I Have a Dream» speech, and stressed instead King's opposition to the Vietnam War — an opposition, be it noted, that King came to only after long agonizing with his conscience, and that he always carefully distinguished from the position of the extremists within the anti-war movement.

In recent years, its focus has shifted, placing greater emphasis on national campaigning, and on promoting and producing more resources that are of direct benefit to parishes.

Beyond this, we can readily make a great deal of headway toward understanding the social influences on religious organizations by focusing on familiar attributes of the national society.

This will also be the focus for the ADBA National Conference 2016, held at One Great George Street in the heart of Westminster.

Not to discount his accomplishments or overly objectify the man, but a great deal of the national attention on Kingsbury focuses on his status as an exceptionally good - looking bachelor and the most style - conscious coach Texas has seen since Tom Landry, albeit with Dri - FIT and Frogskins instead of a Stetson fedora.

National interest in the New Hampshire primary was focused on Henry Cabot Lodge, but in the Granite State the great question concerned the state's new lottery law

National student rowing events are very well attended and incredibly competitive, so it is great to see when our university clubs, whose season focus are understandably on their massive Varsity events, go and show their power on the national universitNational student rowing events are very well attended and incredibly competitive, so it is great to see when our university clubs, whose season focus are understandably on their massive Varsity events, go and show their power on the national universitnational university stage!

«Her focus in this role will be creating national outreach programs to create greater awareness of ASDC, and to give families the tools and resources they need to raise successful Deaf children.»

It focused on cultural experiences and attitudes — hostility to the rules and regulations of social liberalisation, national pride and racial prejudice and wrapped an appeal to economic experiences within it: Britain would be better off economically because Britain is great; freeing ourselves of fussy and politically correct regulation would release economic energy; stopping immigration would mean there's more money to go around.

Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

However, based on how united we are and focused on the greater good, the passage of the PIGB goes to show Nigerians the competencies of the Senators of the 8th National Assembly.»

• The report also states that «Some within the Methodist Church have argued to end our involvement with faith - based schools on the grounds that they generate a privileged elite within the national system and take a disproportionate amount of the Church's attention when it should be focusing on the needs of the poorest community schools... we find it hard to understand how promoting Christianity within all schools will be assisted by removing» the privilege» of greater contact with Methodism and therefore with Christianity in 79 schools.»

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made the second stop in his «Where Do We Go From Here» tour in Albany Friday afternoon, where he told a small but loyal group of supporters that he'll fight to get key items into the national Democratic Party platform, including a nationwide $ 15 minimum wage, and has been in talks with Hillary Clinton's campaign over a greater focus on progressive issues.

GREAT Expectations 30 November 2007 A new organization aims to focus national attention on issues facing medical postdocs.

Working in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, she focused her attention on two neighboring sites: a national park with lots of lions, and a privately owned conservancy with no lions.

The post doc and national team training adviser believes that upper body training must become a greater focus of those who pursue sports at the highest level.

Like other great science institutions — New York City's American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, DC, for instance — the Academy logically might have focused on galleries and displays showcasing portions of its 20 - million - specimen collection, a cornucopia ranging from giant Galapagos tortoise shells to Maasai tribal shields to tyrannosaur fossil bones.

Traditional teaching is back in the spotlight with Canberra releasing a review of the National Curriculum that recommends a greater focus on literacy and numeracy in early years.

David, who was at the heart of designing, establishing and running the National Apprenticeship Service between 2009 and 2013, calls for a greater focus on the quality as well as quantity of apprentices going forward.

Given the greater focus being placed on LTLT competencies in national policy frameworks, curriculum, teachers and of course, at the international level, it seems this may be an area for further development across all ten countries.

«Experts disagree on how much of what is happening reflects a long - term shift toward greater Federal involvement or is a result of a historical moment: a politically adroit President intensely focused on education, aging baby boomers who have made education a leading national issue, and an absence of competing issues,» the article states.

We therefore warmly welcome the National Teaching Service and hope it will have a clear focus on attracting and developing talented teachers and leaders in areas where there are the greatest challenges, enabling young people from low - income backgrounds to realise their full potential.

It presents 12 key findings which focus on four main citizen requests: immediate and faster climate action by national leaders; greater finance for climate action; building more progress in line with the different capacities of countries; strengthening the role of citizen participation in the UN climate negotiations.

As part of the greater focus on Shakespeare in the National Curriculum, these enhanced digital assets will address the 11 major plays used in schools beginning with KS3, including Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet.

ACARA is reviewing the report on the Australian national curriculum finalised last year that recommends a greater focus on moral and spiritual beliefs, especially Australia's Judeo - Christian heritage and traditions.

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Commentary by Nelson Smith in Education Next (Hanover, MD, July 17, 2012) A very timely and informative article published in Education Week and written by Nelson Smith, a consultant on education policy and former E.D. of the DC Public Charter School Board and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, reinforces CSDC's mission and focus on financing and developing facilities for great public charter schools nationally.

The Conservatives call for greater autonomy for schools, whereas Labour is more focused on the teaching profession's involvement in the national curriculum than their Conservative counterparts.

The bill provides states and districts with greater flexibility while still preserving a national focus on closing the achievement gap and ensuring that additional services and supports are provided to the students and schools most in need.

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Among them: stringent graduation requirements, national standards, new approaches to how reading and math are taught, smaller classes, smaller schools, greater accountability through increased testing, and a focus on recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers.

Also a retreat leader focused on mindfulness for leaders, self - compassion and permissioning in leadership and social action, Kirsten was a founding board member of the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA), a national not - for - profit organizing educational leaders, teachers, students, and parents around a vision for education founded in greater equity, social justice, compassion and passionate learning.

In our stores, we're focused on providing quality merchandise, desirable national brands and great private brand options.

The summit was hosted by the National Security Council and focused on three areas: Studying, Volunteering, and Working Abroad as a Civic and Economic Imperative; Pushing Greater Diversity of Travelers, Destinations, and Fields — Pushing Through the Barriers; and Cultural Exploration.

Our tours focus on the popular Great Southern Touring Route, featuring the Great Ocean Road, the Grampians National Park, Pyrenees wine region, Ballarat Goldfields Sovereign Hill and Daylesford Spa Country.

This hidden gem in the National Park is uncrowded and the only way to get there is by 4WD on the Great Beach Drive leaving you plenty of freedom to focus on mastering your surfing skills in this stunning location.

Written by a National Geographic Channel producer, Packed Suitcase is focused on quick, quality trips in the mid-Atlantic, and is great for readers looking weekend worthy trips in the Northeast.

Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns: The newest expansion to Hearts of Iron brings greater depth and customization to the naval aspect of war, new National Focus options for the United States, unique actions for democracies and much more.

Presented in partnership with the Greater New York Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Women to Watch 2018 will focus on the use of metal as an artistic medium.

Photographically, American work will remain in focus, thanks to the all - encompassing National Portrait Gallery show Americans, comprising portraits from Washington's National Portrait Gallery, not to mention Unseen Vogue at the Design Museum which will include magazine work by the great Irving Penn alongside usual suspects Beaton, Bailey and Newton.

Since joining the Gallery in 1986, she has organized, collaborated on, and coordinated numerous exhibitions as well as authored and contributed to various catalogues: Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery of Art (2016), Louise Bourgeois: No Exit (2015), Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper: 1860 - 1990 (2015), Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press (2013), Shock of the News (2012), Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abstraction (2009), Cotton Puffs, Q - Tips ®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha (2005), Roy Lichtenstein: A New Gift of Drawings (2005), Drawings of Jim Dine (2004), A Century of Drawings: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt (2001), The Unfinished Print (2001), Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, from the Collections of Virginia and Ira Jackson and the National Gallery of Art (2001), Marc Chagall's Early Prints and Drawings (1995), The Great Age of British Watercolors: 1750 - 1880 (1993), Drawings from the O'Neal Collection (1993), Käthe Kollwitz (1992), Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection: An Inaugural Celebration (1989), and English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630 - 1850 (1988).

Where efforts to address climate change have for the last 20 years focused on reducing national emissions through sweeping policies, like cap and trade or carbon taxes, climate policy today has shifted decisively toward smaller bore, pragmatic policies that don't promise to eliminate the climate crisis in one fell swoop but do help us move our economy toward greater «decarbonization,» sector by sector and technology by technology.

A greater focus on technology and strong leadership from the judiciary are both key to improving access to civil justice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.