Sentences with phrase «including stronger efforts»

The rate of forest destruction has declined from its high point in the 1990s and early 2000s as a result of several factors, including stronger efforts by the Brazilian government to control the Amazon frontier.

Not exact matches

DECEMBER The Property Council launched a strong campaign on the GST 2005 issue, forming industry allies and widening lobbying efforts to include ministers and backbenchers from all parties.

With funds continuing to be raised for the B Strong Initiative, we are preparing once again to expand our efforts, and to include new partner agencies in disaster - impacted regions worldwide.

The amendments now in force, including the soon - to - be eliminated facilitation payments exception, reinforce a strong message from the Canadian government that it is «redoubling» its efforts to curb any existing foreign corrupt practices of Canadian businesses.

The Ontario Real Estate Association's five - year strategic plan, which includes beefing up the image of Realtors, creating strong government lobbying efforts and working as an advocate for homeowners, was revealed recently in a livestreamed event.

As a Reformed theologian, I sympathize with efforts to recover the Reformation roots of the Baptist heritage, including a strong theological commitment to the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of grace.

Notwithstanding the Iraqi government's «efforts to increase security for religious sites and worshippers, provide a stronger voice for Iraq's smallest minorities in parliament, and revise secondary school textbooks to portray minorities in a more positive light,» the report states, the government «continues to tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, including violent religiously - motivated attacks.»

HuHot's marketing efforts also include creating a strong local presence in the towns where a franchise operates.

Beginning in December, 2013, Caffeinated Club's broad public relations effort started out strong and the product has been enthusiastically featured by hundreds of Media outlets nationwide, including print media, television, radio and online publications.

However, Chambers did finish the game strong after that including some nice efforts on the attack.

I was thrilled that years of hard work by food advocates around the country, maybe even including my own small efforts here on The Lunch Tray, had finally yielded strong federal competitive food rules to create a healthier school environment for my child and his fellow students.

«It convinces me that we need to redouble our efforts to reach out to every part of the country, including areas where Labour hasn't traditionally been strong.

The teachers union has a number of labor allies in this effort, including the new labor - backed Strong Economy for All Coalition, which is targeting nine senators around the state with a radio / mail campaign.

His biographers Michael Crick and Julian Critchley recount how, despite not having an innate gift for public speaking, he became a strong orator through much effort, which included practising his speeches in front of a mirror, listening to tape recordings of speeches by television administrator Charles Hill, and taking voice - coaching lessons from a vicar's wife.

Mr Corbyn's campaigning efforts have been criticised by a series of leading figures in the Remain team, including Alan Johnson and Will Straw, Britain Stronger In Europe's executive director.

We hope you continue to lead the effort to make the UK economy greener and stronger — with a firm assurance to include a decarbonisation commitment before the Bill receives Royal Assent.

Whereas a victory for the teachers and school service employees in West Virginia would greatly encourage teachers everywhere, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers, to continue in our increasingly stronger efforts to combat damaging and abusive cuts in New York; and

It was Bharara's strongest warning yet to the leaders of the city and state and came amid his probes into fund - raising efforts by de Blasio and suspected bid - rigging in a slew of state - funded development projects, including Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

Essential resources include strong local research universities and medical schools, larger corporations with R&D organizations, and regional development efforts — partnerships that have a mutual interest in seeing biotechnology strengthen locally,» says Dibner.

To help black scientists craft stronger proposals, NIH will make an effort to include minorities in a new program that allows early - career scientists to participate in study sections to learn about the process.

In panel discussions and 12 - minute, TED - like talks, the participants will cover more than two dozen success stories, including the conservation of orchids, Mongolian horses, and maned wolves, as well as efforts to develop stronger ocean policies, productive kelp farms, and more constructive human behavior.

UQDI has strong clinical interactions, world - class facilities, and a greater collaborative research environment, allowing researchers to focus their efforts on turning their scientific discoveries into better treatments for diseases including a variety of cancers, osteoporosis, arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases.

Clearly the stronger effort (spoken entirely in Japanese), «Letters from Iwo Jima» won the director enormous acclaim, and of course, more awards, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Film.

Bonus materials on the 2 - disc Blu - ray / DVD Combo Pack include the featurettes «12 Strong: The Making of an Impossible Mission» and «Monumental Effort: Building America's Response Monument.»

But those in the know have been keeping tabs on Nichols since his breakout sophomore effort, the provocative apocalypse tale Take Shelter, and over these three films (also including his debut, Shotgun Stories, and the moderately successful and excellent Mud), he has established himself as a strong Southern voice on the independent scene, the sort of director who makes you sit up and take notice whenever he announces a new project.

Featuring an enviable (and reputably diverse) cast that includes Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, Mark Strong, Cliff Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Bryne and Mr. U.S.A. himself, Chris Evans, Sunshine tells the tale of humanity's last ditch effort to restart our dying sun by launching a nuclear bomb into its core.

With «Are Asian - Americans POC,» we made a strong effort to ensure our panel was cross-representative, and we were able to include leaders representing East Asian, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

It means those of us (myself included) who want to reduce discipline disparities should be focusing more of our efforts on addressing student misbehavior, via better teaching, better counseling, stronger attention to character, more engaging environments, and stronger relationships among kids and between kids and adults in a school.

The move to ditch AYP and the underlying goal of forcing states and districts to take responsibility for how they educate poor and minority kids, the administration weakens the decade of strong reform efforts which the law's accountability provisions helped usher — including the very initiatives Obama and Duncan have pushed under their watch.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

We heard that the best efforts will not only include recruiting, developing, and retaining great educators with the skills to teach all students, but will also build strong school leaders, create supportive working conditions, and address inequities in resources and supports for teachers.

Whereas a victory for Seattle teachers would greatly encourage teachers everywhere, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers, to continue in our increasingly stronger efforts to combat damaging and abusive public education reforms in our own communities; and

KSSN's efforts to promote strong attendance includes a partnership housing DHS caseworkers in each KSSN community school.

Education reporting on the hurricane recovery efforts in Texas and Florida was steady and strong, including this Washington Post piece about kids returning to school and a Miami Herald piece about school workers doing double duty at 42 schools operating as shelters.

But changes, including the elimination of requirements to use state standardized test scores in evaluations and the lack of adequate funding, would have set back efforts in Los Angeles and elsewhere to develop a strong teacher evaluation system, he said.

As Darling - Hammond et al. (2009) argue: «The duration of professional development appears to be associated with stronger impact on teachers and student learning — in part, perhaps, because such sustained efforts typically include applications to practice, often supported by study groups and / or coaching.»

As Dropout Nation has argued for the past year, the waiver gambit weakens the decade of strong reform efforts which No Child's accountability provisions have helped usher (including Obama's own initiatives).

This Congressional briefing covered current efforts to support the development of a strong teacher pipeline, and included presentations from Ed Crowe, former director Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Program, as well as Arthur McKee, National Council on Teacher Quality.

Whereas a victory for the teachers and school service employees in West Virginia would greatly encourage teachers everywhere, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers, to continue in our increasingly stronger efforts to combat damaging and abusive cuts in New York; and

ASCD supports some of the proposed changes, including the push for stronger family and community engagement, the extended grant period to allow for more planning and pre-implementation activities, efforts to address school climate, and the focus on tying professional development to teacher evaluations.

Ed Crowe, the author of the CAP study, reminded West that other professions — including medicine and nursing — took strong efforts to improve training and certification long - before state regulators got into the game.

WHEREAS, in addition to recognizing the role parents and caregivers play as invaluable allies in student success, secondary goals of this event include identifying parent and community volunteers whose efforts will help schools increase parent engagement, building strong partnerships with parent and community linked to student learning, laying the foundation for strategic family engagement, and strengthening the partnership between schools and PTA.

He oversees ASCD's efforts to build and develop stronger relationships with individual educators and educator groups — including ASCD affiliates and peer organizations — and strengthen the association's connections to strategic partners and policymakers.

By effectively ditching No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provisions, the administration weakens the decade of strong reform efforts which the law's accountability provisions helped usher — including the very reforms Obama and Duncan have pushed under their watch.

Even those in the CEA leadership who understand the importance of organizing but still engage in lesser evilism will continue to postpone organizing efforts and claim that the unions aren't strong enough yet to pursue a strategy that doesn't include endorsing bad politicians.

«A strong sedan starting point, such as the new Altima, also gives you a tremendous advantage — if you get the basics right, you can focus your efforts on the unique desires of coupe buyers, including wanting a purely personal space,» said Bosley.

Mazda's SkyActiv efforts include the development of new engines, transmissions and lighter - weight chassis and bodies that are also stronger.

While crowd - sourced information can sometimes be dubious (we recognize the nature of sites like wikipedia), strong efforts are made to verify data confidence with multiple crowd - based websites before anything is included in this list.

His impending departure is «a confluence of many factors,» he said, including «a strong effort» from trustees of the San Francisco museum to bring him back.