Sentences with phrase «improvement efforts on»

This is exactly the kind of peril that results from a) reacting to the press release of a study without understanding its methodology (or the underlying science) and b) focusing improvement efforts on the wrong metrics.

To focus improvement efforts on the need of students, the association is also recommending a well - rounded approach to education that supports the whole child, safe and effective conditions for learning, and ongoing professional development to support educator effectiveness.

Instead, people have focused their attention and improvement efforts on Denver Public Schools (DPS), ignoring the challenges and growing number of students on the city's margins.

These schools, identified for targeted support and improvement (TSI), must develop and implement their own intervention plan that focuses improvement efforts on the particular subgroup (s) that caused it to be identified for TSI.

In exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performance.

In 2004, McCown served as lead author of the commission's bipartisan report, Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action, which recommends policies to overcome existing barriers and make improvement efforts on school issues like low standards.

Accountability provisions such as these are likely to be muted under the new NCLB waivers, which stipulate that states must focus their improvement efforts on the lowest - performing 15 % of schools, but de-emphasize performance of student sub-groups in every school.

A joint project of the National Park Service (NPS) and its non-profit partner, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Parks Conservancy), the $ 3.5 million renovation marks the most ambitious and far - reaching program and improvement effort on Alcatraz since the Island opened to the public more than thirty years ago.

Not exact matches

Going back to the sudden upswing in forecasts, I always ask my clients what they are basing the improvement on, excluding increased effort on their part.

His post goes on to list several techniques, including following your interests so that you enjoy the process not just the result of your efforts, focusing on self - improvement rather than external comparisons, and seeking empowering mentorship.

If Damore was on a performance improvement plan and this was his last ditch effort to save his job, then, no, he's not protected.

After all, Mylan acquired the EpiPen from another company, and while Bresch insists that significant improvements have been made to the epinephrine - delivering product itself, she also admitted on Thursday that a big part of the price increase rationale was to fund marketing and awareness efforts for the device.

Because they understand how to step into their players shoes, and are intimately familiar with focusing their efforts on performance improvement, above all.

On the corporate side, recent improvements are supported by the government's continued efforts to ramp up capital expenditures.

Designed for purely experimental purposes to help compare transaction through - puts in the permissioned blockchain to those on public ledgers, the «Fabric Coin» effort resulted in improvements that were included in the Hyperledger Fabric 1.1 released earlier this month.

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We believe that GE is undervalued, even on rebased forward earnings, and that new CEO John Flannery is an improvement who will continue the years - long effort to refocus the company on maximizing per share.

The next steps for the Calgary - based Canada GEM team include disseminating the findings and applying what they've learned to guide and benchmark the university's ongoing efforts to close the gap on some of the opportunities for improvement.

The 2016 proxy season was widely expected to build on the notable improvements and encouraging trends prompted by Japan's recent legislative and regulatory efforts to strengthen its corporate governance practice.

In this effort I hope to show that Hartshorne's thought is an improvement with respect to some of the weaker features of virtue ethics as it has been defended by some recent philosophers, in particular regarding the allegation made by virtue ethnicians that deontology and utilitarianism are defective because they depend on abstract rules.

Although Global Seafoods is continuing to build its brand recognition, Nikitenko says that takes time and the company is focused on making improvements in an effort to become a leader in the industry.

Recognizing that there is always an opportunity to improve, we are focusing our Rapid Continuous Improvement (RCI) efforts on safety, quality, delivery, productivity and growth.

In terms of energy consumption, inputs used on farm and farmers» participation, the collaborative effort towards crop improvement under low - input conditions was much more efficient in terms of energy use (see table below).

Building on major trends and successful regional efforts, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) launched the SWP in 2002 to give growers and vintners educational tools to increase adoption of sustainable practices and to measure and demonstrate ongoing improvement.

It doesn't apply because on occasion folks here need to vent their spleen but if we were being consistent with the concept of performance improvement plans (PIP) developed without offending we would just say Brad did the best he could, or Al maximized his effort in being the GM, and other such things.

People really need to think and remember why Managers not Wenger but Managers in general stick Central players on the flanks, Its for their development to learn how to track back and cover the flanks Everyone must be stupid to think Wenger does nt know Ozils strength is through the middle but Hes a manager and he knows his weakness was being on the flank and not contributing to defsensive duties Anchelotti noticed that and thats when Ozil got punished being subbed off for not putting in enough effort getting comfortable playing through the middle without tracking back, Wenger noticed this including Joachim Lowe so they played him on the wings to learn how to track and defender instead of giving the candy to the baby and letting him get what he wants through the middle hes learned the ard way the same way Wilshere had todo getting pushed over to the left when we all knew Wilsheres game is through the middle Even Santi has had to play on the left and look at his improvement defensively now he tracks back and puts in a shift in defense because he knows since leaving Monreal or gibbs for dead when he was played on the left, You guys need to Study football more and how World Class managers Develop the Squad and Individuals with there weaknesses and lazyness.

There was little improvement on Wednesday evening at the Emirates but again Arsene Wenger's side came away with a 2 - 2 draw against Paris Saint - Germain despite only having one effort on target all game.

A loss here and the season is a failure; a win and it's an acceptable campaign and an improvement on the previous year's efforts.

It was a well disciplined defensive effort from the team yesterday that makes it just 5 goals conceded in the last 7 league games (we will conveniently overlook the cup mauling by Manchester City); a vast improvement on the average of two goals per game we were shipping previously.

Focus only on your child's behavior, the effort he has put in, and the improvement he has shown because of that effort.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

As time wore on, things became easier and I started to see the improvement of my true effort to stop yelling.

Although with a little effort the tasks will get done, the snap - on system could use some improvement.

The reports also provide information on how states can support their hospitals» efforts to make improvements.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he's hopeful there can be a bipartisan deal to make improvements to the Affordable Care Act after efforts in the Republican - controlled chamber last week to do so faltered.

In particular, the concentration of reform efforts on the revenue side allowed the government to make visible improvements at the top while leaving the expenditure side essentially unreformed and indeed shifting much patronage downwards.

He's committed to making Central Park, once and for all, completely car - free, to advocating for protected bike lanes on Manhattan's Riverside Drive, and to leading an effort to improve conditions on the city's greenways, including the Cherry Walk section of the Hudson River Greenway, which is badly in need of safety improvements.

Taking his turn on GBC's Encounters with presidential candidates on Wednesday, he stated projects like the resurfacing and marking of Cape Coast roads, improvement of street lighting system, construction of the road to the Kakum National Park, construction of the new Cape Coast stadium, modernisation of the Kotokuraba Market and the construction of the John Evans Atta Mills Presidential Library were all part of efforts to make Cape Coast more attractive to tourists.

Both bills represent significant improvement on the flawed rules we have in place today, despite the furious efforts of industry lobbyists to shape them to their special interests.

And we Bronxites have a lot of heart and soul to give in aid of our home borough — our efforts and advocacy are paying off in a big way in the form of these new apartments on Webster Avenue and many other developments and community improvements that New York State, thanks to Governor Cuomo, has financed and is making a reality.»

«We have made major investments in water quality improvement and upstate transportation systems and are building on efforts to combat poverty in communities everywhere.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Mrs May is focusing her efforts on winning round Mr Javid and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson with a series of «improvements» to the proposals.

This evidence supports the strong focus on obesity reduction efforts in the Prevention Agenda 2013 - 17, the state's health improvement plan.

In an effort to create more jobs and affordable housing, the city plans to spend nearly $ 17 million on infrastructure improvements in an industrial part of the neighborhood.

At this time I believe that my efforts are best focused on the continued reform and improvement of the county through the Legislature's work,» Rath says.

The Governor said the need to scale up the road improvement efforts arose from the fact that he had received many requests on rehabilitation of roads from residents, adding that many of the roads captured for 2017 were key roads that would have positive economic impact on the people.

Educational improvement efforts, Eye concludes, should focus not on correcting a nonexistent overall deficit but on improving the academic performance of the students «in the lower portion of the performance distribution,» many of whom face social and familial challenges that interfere with their education.

Last week the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) disclosed plans for a World Cereal Center that would consolidate efforts at the Mexico - based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the Philippines» International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

«Hospital administrators, policymakers, surgeons and hospital epidemiologists can use these data to make a business case for quality improvement efforts focused on SSIs,» authors noted.