Sentences with phrase «improving city performance»
The city's schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said the «state tests need to get more rigorous, but that doesn't take away from the gains we have made» in improving city performance compared with the state as a whole.
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Arsenal currently sit joint top of the Premier League table along with Manchester City and Liverpool, but their focus will firmly be on themselves and producing an improved performance which in turn will pile further misery on David Moyes» men.
If you look at our performances, they could have improved and we would be talking of two titles at least (the one Leicester won) and the one Man City won.
City may still be hoping to keep Milner after his recent improved performances, but the 29 - year - old could also be tempted to try a new challenge after often being a squad player in Manchester.
The Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has slowly been improving his side over the years and this summer he has managed to persuade the PSG star Jese Rodriguez to join the club on a year's loan and has also brought in defender Bruno Martins Indi from Porto, and he is hoping to see the team improve on last years home performances against the big sides, starting with Arsenal tomorrow.
With all three of our goal shy strikers finding the back of the net and helping Arsenal put in a massively improved performance and inflict a first defeat of the season on Leicester City.
In the second half against City, the formation actually changed and we began to have an improved performance.
Although they sit outside the top four, the clubs improved European performance so far must be appreciated, and there's still a chance they could finish in the top two of the Premier League, though the league title seems out of sight for everyone but Manchester City at the minute.
West Ham have an excellent opportunity to close the gap between the two with their improved performances under Moyes, which started with a late defeat at Manchester City.
Mourinho was asked a general question about whether the consistency of his team could be improved after that comeback against City was followed by defeat at West Bromwich Albion and a performance somewhere in between at Bournemouth.
Christian Eriksen fortuitously halved the deficit three minutes before the interval and an improved second - half performance from Spurs left City in jeopardy of surrendering a two - goal lead just as they did in last week's Manchester derby.
Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference today in Broad Channel, the small island enclave in Jamaica Bay, celebrating the markedly improved performance of the City's Build It Back program and announcing expanded goals for the program.
The way to improve student performance in New York is to fully fund schools in disadvantaged communities, attack poverty these communities, and desegregate New York's schools, which are the most segregated schools in the nation,» said Brian Jones, the recent Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor who taught in New York City schools for nine years.
A state appellate court ruled unanimously on Thursday that New York City must keep open 19 schools it wanted to close for poor performance, blocking one of the Bloomberg administration's signature efforts to improve the educational system.
A 32 - year - old teacher's vision for a Bronx elementary school is improving the performance of some of the poorest students in New York City.
We spoke with election law expert, and New York State Assembly Member, Brian Kavanagh concerning the New York City Board of Elections and possible steps to improve the Board's performance.
Governor Cuomo has given MTA Chairman Lhota until July 31 to present a plan to stop the dramatic slide in subway performance, improve predictability and reliability, and restore New York City residents» faith in their transit system.
One of my central priorities will be to aggressively exercise the Public Advocate's role in reviewing the performance of City agencies and developing proposals to improve vital services on which New Yorkers depend.
The seven worst schools in the Syracuse City School District are joining forces in an attempt to improve the performance of those schools in a short period of time.
The team reports that, smart cities use information and communications technologies to improve the quality and performance of urban services.
«All runners do interval and speed training or hill work to improve performance,» Warner explained in a recent Facebook Live with Health at Mile High Run Club's New York City studio.
The truly spectacular action sequences never falter, more seamlessly blending live - action performance and stunt work to CGI marvels: a rampaging battle staged on the side of a building and a runaway train sequence easily trounce the efforts of the first film, and Raimi's effects team (again supervised by John Dykstra) also subtly improves upon the hero's web - slinging transit high above the city streets.
On Top of the News City Ends Teacher Performance Bonuses New York Daily News 07/18/11 Behind the Headline Does Whole - School Performance Pay Improve Student Learning Education Next Spring 2011 New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on schoolwide pPerformance Bonuses New York Daily News 07/18/11 Behind the Headline Does Whole - School Performance Pay Improve Student Learning Education Next Spring 2011 New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on schoolwide pPerformance Pay Improve Student Learning Education Next Spring 2011 New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on schoolwide performanceperformance.
Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Taken together, these strategies - management efficiency, using schools to improve the city's overall quality of life, and linking resources to raise student performance - guided much of the work of the Vallas administration.
About half of the NAS schools in Cincinnati, Memphis, Miami, and Kentucky (the cities where RAND studied math performance) outperformed the district average in mathematics, while 50 percent or more of the schools in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Washington (the cities where RAND studied reading performance) improved in reading.
Previously, Kristen managed special education and assessments at a network of charter schools in Harlem, led the implementation of systems designed to improve teacher and student performance, conducted research on school - transformation policies, and launched college preparation programs for students living in New York City public housing.
The City has implemented a number of initiatives in the past three years to improve middle school students» academic performance, including expanded after - school programs, the School Renewal Program (providing the most challenged schools with additional funding), instructional resources and experienced leadership, and the Community School expansion.
But academic performance has been steadily improving, and Boran expects Hancock to be removed from the city's probation list soon.
Considering that little more than half a decade ago the graduation rate in New York City, was barely 50 percent this is a remarkable achievement reflecting improved present academic performance and future standard of living for tens of thousands of students.
If the testocracy is right — if it's true that high - stakes standardized testing is the key to improving accountability and performance — then these New York consortium schools that don't give the state standardized test should be the very worst schools in New York City.
Based the program's performance to date, this would dramatically improve the graduation rate city - wide, likely boost performance academically, and save hundreds of millions of dollars from the bloated DC K12 budget.
In a keynote address to officials at the Council of Great City Schools conference in Cleveland Thursday, Gates said much of the funding will be to assist networks of public schools and districts that have demonstrated innovation and use data collection to improve student performance.
If the goal is to improve the city, Perry said, then their results should be measured by those standards — not the test scores and school - performance scores that change every few years.
Jacqueline Ancess describes how teachers in New York City secondary schools increase their own learning while improving student outcomes • Milbrey W. McLaughlin and Joel Zarrow demonstrate how teachers learn to use data to improve their practice and meet educational standards • Lynne Miller presents a case study of a long - lived school — university partnership • Beverly Falk recounts stories of teachers working together to develop performance assessments, to understand their student's learning, to re-think their curriculum, and much more • Laura Stokes analyzes a school that successfully uses inquiry groups.
«As city and state leaders seek to figure out how best to salvage Detroit Public Schools and improve performance across a complex network of school choices, top school reformers from around the country want a piece of the action, too.
During his career, Steve has worked for multiple U.S. cities and the federal government, where he has helped improve the efficiency of government operations; ranging from financial and contract management oversight to strategic planning and performance management initiatives.
Newark and many urban cities are striving to improve student performance with personalized school environments.
Secretary Foxx toured the plant and met with employees who are building motors and gears for state - of - the - art Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS - 64) locomotives that will provide improved performance, reliability and mobility for travelers on Amtrak's heavily - traveled Northeast Corridor (NEC) and Keystone Corridor.
When it comes to performance capabilities, the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan leads the pack with its 4MOTION all - wheel drive system, four unique driving modes (Snow, On - Road, Off - Road, Off - Road Custom), turbocharged engine (184 hp, 221 lb - ft torque, 27 mpg on the highway **, 22 mpg city **), and 8 - speed automatic transmission with Sport mode that improves both efficiency and performance.
With all of this improved performance, the Camry still manages to deliver an estimated 28 mpg city, and 39 mpg highway *.
With its new 3.5 - liter SOHC direct - injected i - VTEC ® V6 engine, offering 32 more horsepower than before, and new 9 - speed and available 10 - speed automatic transmissions with standard paddle shifters, the 2018 Honda Odyssey offers top class performance and improved NRCan fuel economy ratings of 12.6 / 8.4 / 10.7 city / highway / combined on trims LX to EXL Navi and 12.2 / 8.5 / 10.6 on the Touring Trim.
I get 18.5 mpg city and 22 highway with this setup with midgrade fuel, which got rid of the knocking problem and improved performance.
Airport: Lake Tahoe Airport 1901 Airport Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 (530) 541-0480 Ph: (530) 541-0480 Fax: (530) 544-6366 Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.The Lake Tahoe Airport, in keeping with City government and regional goals, will be in a world - class general aviation facility providing significant sustainable benefit to the community while utilizing the best available technology to measure and improve performance.
Achieving Climate Performance through the Global Supply Chain with Cities & Companies Saturday, November 11th 17:00 — 18:00 Copenhagen Dome The world's largest retailer and cities of the world's largest commodity producing basin partner to mitigate climate risk, sustain agriculture, and improve water quality across more than 20 million Cities & Companies Saturday, November 11th 17:00 — 18:00 Copenhagen Dome The world's largest retailer and cities of the world's largest commodity producing basin partner to mitigate climate risk, sustain agriculture, and improve water quality across more than 20 million cities of the world's largest commodity producing basin partner to mitigate climate risk, sustain agriculture, and improve water quality across more than 20 million acres.
That's because, after the 1998 deregulation, the company invested hundreds of millions of dollars in operations and capacity uprates at Clinton and Quad Cities and greatly improved both plants» performance and reliability.
The Conservatory is recognized as one of the world's greenest buildings.The Pittsburgh 2030 District is, according to the city's website, «a collaborative, nationally recognized, but local community of high performance buildings in Downtown and Oakland that aim to dramatically reduce energy and water consumption, transportation emissions, and improve indoor air quality while increasing competitiveness in the business environment and owner's returns on investment.»
«We can help cities grow clean and climate resilient, develop climate smart agriculture practices, and find innovative ways to improve both energy efficiency and the performance of renewable energies.
BEVs will be resttricted to city usage until such time as batteries performance are improved enough to supply 300 miles range between quick charges.
She continues to serve on the Board of the Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation, which provides opportunities for central - city children to play tennis, improve academic performance and develop life skills and values.