Sentences with phrase «in active efforts»

The next three most - common constructive responses, found in seven locations, are partnerships with successful nonprofit CMOs or for - profit charter school operators, education management organizations (EMOs), to operate schools; the replication of successful charter school practices; and an increase in active efforts to market district offerings to students and families (see Table 1).

Indeed, it engaged in an active effort to subvert the EAI arrangement.

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«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.&raquIn accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.&raquin recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

Tillerson said the U.S. is engaged in a very active diplomatic effort to halt Kim's pursuit of a nuclear weapon that could strike the U.S. mainland.

Barea, who is the only Puerto Rican player currently active in the league, has also started an online fundraiser with his wife, Viviana Ortiz, and raised more than $ 130,000 thus far to help with relief efforts.

«When you initially learn mindfulness meditation practices, you have to cognitively work at it — especially during a stressful task — and, these active cognitive efforts may result in the task feeling less stressful, but they may also have physiological costs with higher cortisol production,» Creswell explained.

He also pointed out that in addition to the military aspect of US operations in the country, other parts of the US government like the State Department and USAID are also active in reconciliation efforts, recovering water access, and rebuilding the power grids in destroyed towns and cities.

But practitioners, such as the employee - owners of Reflexite, a maker of reflective material in Avon, Conn. (see «Collective Effort,» January 1992, [Article link]-RRB-, claim ESOPs do all of the above and more when employees play an active role in company decision making.

But Jonathan Mayer of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, who has been active in that push, says «Do Not Track efforts are stalled out.»

The Chicago - style monetary plan described efforts to privatize industry, reign in government spending to lower inflation, and to create a more active stock market financed by labor's own forced savings in order to increase stock prices.

She has taken an active role in building out TSG's digital advisory network, strengthening the firm's existing sourcing efforts, and serving as a mentor to junior level employees.

Southeast BIO Fosters the growth of the life sciences industry in the Southeastern United States through efforts that promote entrepreneurship and bring together companies, investors, universities and support organizations active in the development of the industry

There are really only two fundamental strategies that fund managers can use in an effort to achieve the best possible investment results: active management and passive management.

Throughout the competition, the top participants develop their ideas with seasoned mentors and present to active VC investors from Atlanta and Silicon Valley, all in an effort to help Atlanta identify and support the next generation of outstanding tech companies.

This active research effort gives us the confidence to remain so inactive in our portfolio management, and, therefore, to fully exploit our time horizon edge.

Take a few minutes to strike a power pose, or make an active effort to adjust your posture in a meeting.

Drawing on its detailed data on nearly 500 million monthly active users, Alibaba has identified 8,000 different consumer descriptors, so that merchants can home in on their target customers with extraordinary precision — and increase the effectiveness of their consumer engagement efforts.

Geithner was very active in the efforts by the Treasury and Federal Reserve to intervene in the 2008 financial crisis.

Active management: Buying and selling stocks or bonds in an effort to outperform the overall market.

But, for the disciplined investor who is willing to put in the effort — and who doesn't panic when times are tough — there is still as much opportunity as there has ever been for active management to add value.

The Daimoku President Ikeda is chanting is our great and boundless spiritual aid, and just as important as the other ways the Soka Gakki are active in relief efforts.

He is active in his community and in the war effort.

And he has been active for years in Uganda, a place where persecution of gays has taken a turn for the worse — partly, it seems fair to suppose, thanks to his efforts.

The partnership between the home and the church, the sheer effort by all involved in Erik's catechesis is a parable of confessional witness in a culture indifferent or hostile to an active and living word.

If, therefore, we discuss future human structures and institutions of the Church which would make possible a more active participation of the laity in the decisions of ecclesiastical authorities, such efforts should not be discredited in advance by saying that they would remain in any case subject to the good pleasure of the hierarchy.

How easy it is to believe that one has disinterested concern for world peace as one becomes active in organizations that work for it, when others see that we care a great deal about our role in the organization and gaining recognition for our efforts!

A solution the pope proposes for combating fake news on an individual basis: Listen to diverse sources instead of engaging with homogenous news environments: «Praiseworthy efforts are being made to create educational programs aimed at helping people to interpret and assess information provided by the media, and teaching them to take an active part in unmasking falsehoods, rather than unwittingly contributing to the spread of disinformation.»

Efforts to build that mosque, appropriate for a growing congregation that had been active in the area for roughly two decades, were met not only with protests but also with a lawsuit.

And where the volunteer efforts that are favored should be located is suggested by the fact that so many people — especially among those who have thought more about their responsibility to the poor — believe active involvement in churches would be a good way to help the needy.

Those are just some of the questions in a confidential survey sent to 400,000 active - duty and reserve troops this week as part of an effort to gauge reactions in the ranks if the military lifts its «don't ask, don't tell» policy that has kept g - ay and le - sbian troops in the closet for the last 17 years.»

To have Mr. Land backpeddle and state that Romney's religion is not the issue is an attempt to whitewash his church's active efforts to blacken Mormonism's eye in an attempt to secure their own congregations.

At the other end, there are costs to the consciences of workers who come to see themselves as passive consumers of paychecks and workplace orders given by others, rather than as active participants in the common enterprise of productive effort.

I destroyed it (with only a little help from Erik), then I made us walk around a park for an hour in an effort to be active even though we both wanted to lie down under the warm sun and succumb to our food coma.

He is also the Chairman of the School Health Advisory Council for Laredo, involved in the Laredo Food Coalition, and an active advocate for anti-hunger efforts through the local food bank.

«We have to be lot more active in the e-commerce space, we have to be a lot more active in leveraging technology, whether it's for our media or instances like Shazam for sampling... over the next few years you'll see a tremendous effort from our company to digitise the enterprise,» Mr Mercade said.

The International Alumni Advisory Board plays an active role in guiding WSET's engagement efforts with alumni, by ensuring that activities are «by alumni, for alumni».

He is active in children's charitable causes with his wife and has founded Cellar Angels to further those efforts.

To assist with Typhoon Yolanda (also known as Typhoon Haiyan) relief efforts in the Philippines, Hormel Foods provided an opportunity for company - matched contributions from active employees.

These efforts include maintaining important certifications, ongoing audits and active memberships in leading organizations that support the betterment of the produce industry and its products.

Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe has worked for more than ten years to provide opportunities for women in situations of financial vulnerability, training them and making them micro-entrepreneurs in the chocolate sector (around 700 women now own active microbusinesses thanks to her efforts).

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

Miami has been one of the most active teams in free agency this offseason, locking up Mike Wallace, Dannell Ellerbe and Brandon Gibson in an effort to dethrone the New England Patriots as AFC East champions.

This has led to an active effort by educators, researchers, and policy makers to analyze and categorize noncognitive skills in the same way we would reading and math skills.

Sabrina served as PTA chair at Synapse School in Menlo Park for two years and continues to be active in the area of education and learning differences, via both professional affiliations and philanthropic efforts.

She served as PTA chair at Synapse School in Menlo Park for two years and continues to be active in the area of education and learning differences, via both professional affiliations and philanthropic efforts.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Division also includes wellness policy implementation and evidence of an active committee and implementation plan in its Coordinated Review Effort (CRE) and the School Meal Initiative (SMI) review process.

She was an active member of both California Association of Midwives and California Nurse Midwives Association, working as a liaison to the boards of both during the licensed midwife practice act legislation in the 1990s, and lobbied extensively for both CNM and LM legislative efforts.

NDBN does not have an active member diaper bank program in Puerto Rico, therefore we are coordinating efforts with other relief organizations to get diapers and supplies to the island.

Her high standards for clinical care and respect for individualized healthcare is matched with her efforts to advance the profession via active participation in professional groups.

It doesn't take being a Vegas oddsmaker to realize that few children will ever make it to the Olympics, but by watching the world's best give it their best kids can take away some powerful messages about being active and healthy, never giving up, and taking pride in giving their best effort at all times, among others.