Sentences with phrase «in access to quality»

Rather, it would provide a much - needed boost in access to quality programs, expanding the number of children reached by public programs and enhancing the quality of those programs.
The answers to these questions reveal the gaps in access to quality early childhood programs and highlight the need for improvements in teacher preparation and ongoing training.
«In 2012, inequities in access to quality health care and health disparities continue to disproportionately affect communities of color.
The campaign will encourage high - quality learning practices aimed to eliminate disparities in access to quality early childhood programs, work toward raising high school graduation rates, and create more pathways to postsecondary attainment.
NACEP Leadership Announces Development at National Conference, Where National and State Education Leaders Emphasize the Role of Policy in Access to Quality Concurrent and Dual Enrollment
This framework recognizes that to truly close achievement gaps, our nation must address underlying «opportunity gaps» — the deep disparities that exist in access to quality educational resources, particularly for low - income students and students of color.
Many low - income African - American and Latino students face significant disparities in access to quality education opportunities.
Technology alone will not improve academic achievement, but when used as a part of a comprehensive school improvement approach it will empower students to take a greater role in their own learning and will provide equity in access to quality instructional resources.
they discuss disparities in access to quality early education and the brain science and economic benefits of ensuring it's available for all children.
However, as state legislatures and the Trump administration look to grow school choice, we must commit to ensuring that increases in choice do not lead to decreases in access to quality schools for, or greater segregation of, students with disabilities.
We've come a long way, but we are still witnessing disturbing disparities in access to quality education, employment, housing and healthcare between blacks and whites, and rich and poor Americans.

Not exact matches

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.
Since its inception, Idealz has been partnering with Dubai Cares, a part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, which works towards providing children and young people in developing countries with access to quality education.
According to Deloitte's 2016 Global Outsourcing survey, approximately 3 in 10 of companies surveyed that used outsourcing wanted access to intellectual capital and saw outsourcing as critical to meeting business needs and enhancing service quality.
Available as a briefcase or weekend bag, they're constructed with high - quality materials and let you charge a phone or tablet anywhere you don't have access to a plug - in.
This can work for the consumer if it delivers on the promise of facilitating access to high - quality primary care in more ways than currently delivered in the rather bare bones CVS Minute Clinics.
«Technology now gives us the means to extend the reach of high quality education around the world and to provide millions of people with access to learning and opportunities for advancement,» Levin, who also serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, said in a statement.
«Hongkongers have made it clear that they want more, better transportation options in our city, and Uber is deeply committed to making sure they have unrestricted access to safe, reliable, quality options,» Li said.
Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.
«We are trying to solve the problem of consumer access to quality apparel and start a revolution in domestic manufacturing by building a scalable company,» he says.
Researchers of the Canadian study says factors such as work, urban size, population density, economic opportunity or deprivation, and access to and quality of infrastructure, amenities and services may explain the community - level differences in life satisfaction.
The state logs solid improvement in Quality of Life (tied for No. 10 vs. No. 17 last year), Economy (No. 14, up from No. 18) and Access to Capital (No. 7, up from No. 19).
Wonder which state has the lowest crime rate, ranks high in environmental quality, parks and recreation and access to health care?
Still for anyone who lives or works in Edmonton the key to a good quality of life is access to Anthony Henday Drive — the ring road that connects all corners of this rapidly growing Albertan city.
Amazon laid out very specific criteria for the new, second headquarters campus it's looking to build somewhere in North America, and dozens of cities are no doubt preparing pitches about why they present the ideal mix of talent, transportation access, quality of life amenities and so on to meet the company's requirements.
Our investment philosophy is simple: Invest in high quality, compelling exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have been fully researched by our team to provide an efficient, inexpensive means to access all the advantages of global opportunities while effectively managing the risks.
«This collaboration will help us identify and support breakthrough innovations in IoT, and look forward to having early access to new technologies with a focus on high quality products and ideas that will develop through this initiative,» he added.
«Access to high - quality healthcare is a very significant challenge in India.
: We view secondaries as a differentiated access point to the same high - quality infrastructure assets other investors may be investing in directly.
This is a cost effective method used to gain access to a secure, professional quality workspace located in a central business location, without the hassles of a long - term lease.
Overall, the evidence from our site visit seemed broadly consistent with the possibility that Living Goods is improving access to healthcare and quality of healthcare in the areas where it works.
I've got a bunch of these sitting around my house, ranging in quality, but all usable if I have access to a 3.5 mm port.
Even a 401 (k) rollover into an IRA — which would require exemption from the fiduciary rule using a Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE) because it's expected to cost more than the 401 (k) plan — can improve the quality of a client's investments if the client couldn't access that asset in his or her 401 (k) plan, said Joe Taiber, managing partner at Taiber, Kosmala & Associates.
Shockley echoes Krenn's sentiments on the quality of life in San Diego, and its ample access to talent.
According to the same report, four million Canadians — including 1.34 million children — did not have adequate access to quality, nutritious food in 2015.
For example, that could mean investing in a company that's actively working to reduce its carbon footprint through its supply chain operations, or a company that is a leader in promoting gender diversity through maternity and paternity policies, or one that is improving access to high quality healthcare for poor people globally.
According to Norris, the first rule is to buy dependable value — be strategic and play it safe with a long - term investment in suburbs that have good access to transit, shopping, and quality schools.
Value creation, even if currently unrecognized by the market, is in our view taking place in the form of accretive acquisitions by companies with access to capital and good balance sheets from those forced to sell quality assets to address excessive balance - sheet leverage.
We welcome the SEC's request for comment on the fiduciary rule and hope to see both the SEC and DoL work together to refine the fiduciary rule in a way that improves access to high - quality advice for all investors.
This trend was driven by inadequate access to startups across verticals, limited exposure to high - quality deal flow, and the need for startups to achieve their fundraising goals from the small number of active angels in their community.
Both partnerships — currently in beta — fall under the umbrella of SecondMarket +, an initiative that is selectively partnering with leading platforms to give SecondMarket investors centralized access to high - quality deal flow.
Our team's expertise in their core areas of conviction often means we are able to gain access to exclusive, institutional - quality opportunities with leading private equity groups.
«As inflationary pressures develop in coming months, emerging market hedge funds represent an ideal investment vehicle to access such opportunities with these likely to attract high quality, long - term institutional investors.»
Foodstocks are continuously piling up but so are the number of people without access to adequate food, those suffering from hunger and starvation, while in the meanwhile there has taken place a major decline in the quality of food available to the people, thanks to the excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, more so in the poorer countries as the more hazardous pesticides are banned in the rich countries and both exported to and dumped in the poor countries.
I think that this view our our human interrelationships leads us forcefully to think of persons as containing powerful qualities that we can access and enjoy, pick up and put down, almost like deities in a polytheistic cosmos.
But just as equal opportunities within a society are unlikely to become reality without general access to high quality education, so free trade will not in practice be generally accepted, especially among the poorer countries, until the huge discrepancies between nations in technical and commercial skills are diminished.
So here we are in 2006, with parents piecing together a patchwork of arrangements to care for the kids while they're at work, and with only the richest having access to high - quality child care.
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DeLeón Tequila sources from multiple estates to ensure access to the highest - quality agave despite changes in growing conditions at an individual estate.
When I lived in the US I had access to all sorts of good flour and would just follow recipes, but now I'm outside the country and have to specially order quality flour.
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