Sentences with phrase «heartening gains»

A brand - new report from New Schools for New Orleans and Public Impact describes the systemic changes and heartening gains.

Hispanics have seen some heartening gains over the last few years, with a decline in the poverty rate, an increase in annual income, and college attendance rates at a higher percentage than whites.

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I'm heartened at the efforts to reduce food loss and waste that have gained traction in the past year, and with even greater action by governments and businesses we can accelerate global progress toward Target 12.3.»

City fans will be heartened by yet another defensive arrival, although where does this leave the Royals in their attempt to gain promotion?

I imagine too he would have been heartened to have seen Elinor Ostrom win the Nobel Prize for Economics last year (whose similar, if more systematic, empirical studies of commons governance and economics are gaining wider traction in scholarly & policy circles).

Democrats are heartened by the victory in the 9th Assembly district special election, saying it bodes well for broader down - ballot gains next year.

Strength training improves fat loss not only by improving your resting metabolic rate (because slight increases in muscle mass will burn more calories than if that muscle were fat) and through a mechanism called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), which basically means that your body will continue to burn calories after your workout Though many distance runners may not be terribly concerned about fat loss specifically, they will nevertheless be heartened to know that any slight muscle mass gains from weight training will be balanced by a loss of fat, and fat certainly does not make ANYBODY faster.

He later added: «My hope is that eventually George can be strengthened by the enormously positive response from especially young people who are heartened by this really tasteful and beautiful portrayal of something that I think is gaining acceptance and inclusion in our societies across the world and should be.»

The couple have a young boy, George (Adam Michael Dodd), and tender moments between him and Maud are among the few heartening asides she's allowed as her path to social activism gains thrust and impetus.

If it can not be proved that those gains are due to improved school accountability, it is heartening to know that Margaret Raymond and Eric Hanushek found, in more precise estimates of accountability impacts, somewhat larger gains on the NAEP in those states that were the first to put accountability systems into place (see «High - Stakes Research,» features, Summer 2003).

It's heartening that reporting of the 2014 NAPLAN results focused more on schools with strong student gains than simply on schools with top marks.

It's heartening to see many of these ideas gaining steam, and shows that E4E members are on to something.

With Research In Motion having had a somewhat torrid time of it of late, executives at the company will be heartened to learn that its decision to cut the price of its beleaguered PlayBook tablet appears to have scored some gains in its home market.

But noting the FTSE's international / sectoral bias, maybe we should also consider the more domestic - focused FTSE 250 — a +7.0 % YTD gain may hearten Brexit bulls, but the index badly trailed the FTSE last year (with a mere 3.7 % gain), so check your excitement.

In spite of the above, it is heartening to see more people from the grass - roots areas venturing in with their canine companions because they don't want to deal with anymore puppies, and little by little we are gaining ground.

It's been years in the making but now that the findings have been released, it's immensely heartening to see that those who deserve the credit in Ireland are gaining the recognition they deserve.