Sentences with phrase «improvement over the state»

«It's a very significant improvement over the state of the art,» he says.

It would either be too high, he cautioned, in which case far too few kids would reach it, or too low, meaning it would amount to little improvement over state - set «minimum - competency» levels.

While the article characterizes the LCFF as a strong improvement over the state's previous convoluted system of school funding, disputes remain about the state's role in the money's use and the balance between preserving local flexibility and ensuring that resources go to meet the needs of the students who generate them.

Not exact matches

The state has provided Flint with over $ 250 million to help with water quality improvements.

Personally yes, we were adopting a little boy however the mom has been showing a lot of improvement with staying clean over the last few months and the state has decided to allow her to keep her child.

Pollo Campero is averaging eight percent same - store sales growth compounded over the past four years and been called the most millennial - driven concept in the United States today thanks to a number of brand improvements.

Good article states many reasonable conclusions and facts about the season and how amongst all the turmoil we have a manger who does well but one thing in purchases over the last five years we are 6th in the epl were at 366m tottenham in 5th with 397m and he made a mistake there we are 6thin money spent on players but we have had the sanchez saga and new players adjusting to epl and the team and injuries and it definitely hasnt been our year in ref decisions which have played a factor in games though we still should have won aside from ref but watford and westbrom many other games are included at city free offside goal weak penalty and at spurs we were robbed of going one nil up auba onside bu honestly the officiating across the whole league this year has been an embarrassment to professional officials of all sports its been bad game after game they need to get some rigorous training this offseason for improvement

Wenger has achieved a huge amount for the club and although some of it was set prior to his arrival and some of it was an extension of his initial success the fact that winds up most of the anti wenger fans is that the club IS spending money and IS trying to rebuild after a long time in the wilderness, but when it comes to the spending on players its always the CHEAPER option in the most important area's Chips Keswick Boasted a # 100» 000 000 war chest during last summers closed season and stated that the club could buy any player they wished (Apart from the worlds top players at that point Messi) yet instead of spending the money in area's that needed drastic improvement Wenger opted for the cheaper replacements and spent just over half of the money allocated.

Im not saying Wenger is an idiot but his stubborn refusal to move with the times has cost us dear over the last few years and as Ive already stated earlier in the conversation our resurgence has in part had a lot to do with the competition dropping off in performance rather than us leaping forward, that said we have made improvements and we are playing far better, but I will bet my house that no world class striker will be brought in in the summer and there wont be any really important key players brought in during the summer as Wenger has already laid out his stall in regards to this.

Also at 3 p.m., Buffalo Assemblyman Sean Ryan will call for a long - term state capital improvement program to provide $ 100 million in funding over 5 years for urgently needed repairs to the NFTA - Metro Rail system, NFTA Delavan Station, corner of E. Delavan Avenue and Main Street, Buffalo.

«In order to meet the ongoing critical needs of airport infrastructure improvement,» Martelle said, «NYAMA is requesting $ 200 million over five years for the State Aviation Capital Grant Program.»

The coalition ultimately supports the Unity Maps, an alternate proposal drawn up by several groups throughout the state, but Hong echoed Lancman and said the proposed District 25 is an improvement over the 2002 version.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York state to spend another $ 125 billion on infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years.

An ethics panel for the state's second - largest public labor union ruled over the weekend that a downstate council leader's misuse of union funds at grocery stores, restaurants and home - improvement outlets «did not meet the legal definition of misappropriation of funds.»

Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.

Astorino's campaign earlier this morning released a statement blasting the ad as untrue, blaming Cuomo for the state's status as home to the nation's highest property taxes, and pointing to the ongoing kerfuffle over whether the home he shares with Food Network star Sandra Lee has been properly assessed after considerable improvements, giving the couple what amonts to a property tax break.

The website, according to him, is also to inform and engage the general populace of activities being undertaken towards the improvement of their quality of life and expand Kwara State prospects of local and foreign direct investments from all over the world».

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York state to spend another $ 125 billion on infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years.

Specifically, advocates called for the city and state to each contribute $ 100 million annually over 10 years to support NYCHA, with all state funds earmarked for infrastructure improvements.

A new program offered through Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office will award local governments in New York state up to $ 20 million to help fund housing improvement and blight elimination efforts over the next two years.

He touted the improvement over local, county and state levels over the last 6 years.

He on behalf of the people commended the government for the numerous development projects brought to Anlo State over the years towards the improvement of the lives of the people.

New York teachers are suing the state over new regulations that allow superintendents to impose teacher improvement plans on underperforming teachers without negotiating them with their union first.

Rep. Paul Tonko unveiled legislation he co-authored with Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, that would reauthorize the Safe Drinking Water Act and replenish its state revolving fund with more than $ 20 billion over the next five years for local water - line improvement projects.

Thirty - one NYC schools have been taken off the state's «persistently struggling» list even though they haven't seen much in the way of improvement over the past six months.

But this year, unlike in the past, Cuomo has a serious pot sweetener: over $ 5 billion in settlement cash that a number of legislators hope will be used for infrastructure improvements across the state - or, more specifically, in their districts.

Receivership means that if Schuyler does not show «demonstrable improvement,» it can be shut down and turned over to an outside organization selected by the state.

New York state's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

New York State's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standState's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standstate - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

This agreement while an improvement over the current state of affairs also shows how much still remains to be done in bringing about the sea change that is needed to finally transform the practice of ethics in Albany.

The New York State School Boards Association has looked over the spending plan and has found some good work, and a few areas in need of Improvement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has allocated more than $ 100 million for improvements at the New York State Fairgrounds over the last three years, including $ 15 million for a proposed gondola.

Farley has posted six - figure fundraising numbers — a vast improvement over her predecessor, two - time statewide loser Wendy Long, who needed the state party's help two years ago to retire campaign debt left over from her 46 - point shellacking in 2012.

Fariña and Elia's close relationship may be tested this summer, when seven «persistently struggling» New York City schools may be turned over to an outside receiver if they fail to meet certain improvement benchmarks agreed upon by the city and state.

Over the past four years the county has been awarded nearly $ 600,000 through the State Archives Local Government Record Management Improvement Fund in support of the digital records management.

The city DOE and United Federation of Teachers had spent weeks in closed door meetings trying to hammer out the details of a «meaningful teacher evaluation system» in order to qualify for up to $ 65 million in federal funding in School Improvement Grants over the next two years, which is distributed by the state.

«The US has witnessed some improvements among youth under 20 and seniors over 55, but overall the nation and some of our states are falling behind other, less developed countries,» said Dr. Ali Mokdad, who, with Murray, wrote the study.

But «even if it's not 100 percent safe, it's still a huge improvement over the current state,» he says.

The new technology was once widely viewed as an improvement over the antiquated paper ballots used in some states during the highly contentious 2000 presidential race that ushered George W. Bush into the White House (think: hanging chads).

Weiss and colleagues at Penn State aim for a 30-fold improvement over the ACME result by creating a trap with lasers rather than electric fields.

New research comparing cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and Canada showed that, although the patients» nutritional status and lung function improved in both countries over the period from 1990 to 2013, the rate of improvement was faster in the United States.

«Despite stunning improvements in cardiovascular deaths over the last decade, women still fare worse than men and heart disease in women remains underdiagnosed, and undertreated, especially among African - American women,» said writing group chair Laxmi Mehta, M.D., a noninvasive cardiologist and Director of the Women's Cardiovascular Health Program at The Ohio State University.

Respondents were closely divided over whether these technologies constituted «meddling with nature,» or were merely a new approach to current methods of human improvement, with well over two - thirds stating they morally opposed these enhancements or were unsure of their morality.

However, registration of cardiac arrests was prospective and uniform, following the standardized Utstein style for reporting out - of - hospital cardiac arrest and revised for data quality assurance by the RACE - CARS team.18 Our results support efforts of other communities seeking to improve bystander and first - responder intervention, since they come from a quality - improvement database of a substantial portion of the state of North Carolina, with stable reporting over a 4 - year period during a broad implementation program that used a standardized protocol, as recommended by the American Heart Association.13, 20,40

A longitudinal study of over 500 participants found that dietary phylloquinone (K1) intake was associated with an improvement of cytokines and other markers related to insulin resistance and diabetes.2 This finding further supports the use of vitamin K supplementation in the treatment of other chronic disease states.

Based on the simple fact that refined carbs are off limits on this eating plan, and that lots of veggies are encouraged, it's automatically a vast improvement over the way most people in the United States eat.

Warner's remastered disc offers a noticeable improvement over the sorry state of TCM rips floating around the internet, restoring the film's no - frills beauty while still betraying the cheap production.

The African Union observer mission proclaimed the contest was conducted in a free and fair manner, while other international missions from the EU, the Carter Center, and the African Great Lakes Initiative noted relative improvements over 2007, but also stated that the poll produced numerous irregularities such as technological issues with electronic voting equipment and a lack of transparency in the tallying of the votes.

Schools are expected to make annual improvements of 3 percent on state tests over the next 15 years, using the gap between current figures and 100 percent.

Highlights of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence of movement of students from lower to higher bands of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage of students meeting the national minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels