Sentences with phrase «initiatives such as rate»

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The experts rate conditions such as whether the education system «encourages creativity, self - sufficiency and personal initiative,» and whether it provides «adequate instruction in market economic principles.»

Some workspace operators might be able to negotiate good rates on marketing initiatives such as media buying, photography, printing, and signage.

Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not effective at increasing breastfeeding duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

As a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homeAs a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homeas the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homes.

We are determined to address this and are working to improve safety for motorcyclists through initiatives like this and others such as the SHARP safety ratings for motorcycle helmets and a high profile THINK!

At best, they track aggregate measures such as overall proficiency and graduation rates, which can hide the consequences for the specific schools, or grades or subjects actually affected by their initiatives.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

We are currently working on the independent evaluation of the initiative here at SRI, and it is a model which seems to be positively impacting both student engagement, dropout rates, and longer - term outcomes such as college enrollment: http://www.sri.com/research-development/21st-century-skills

The Obama administration's initiative to tighten oversight of public - school disciplinary practices by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, based on racially disparate effects of standard penalties (such as suspensions) as well as hard - to - assess accusations that minority students are being treated more harshly for similar infractions, has put additional pressure on integrated schools to equalize rates of disciplinary sanctions by race and class.

One of the lessons we can draw from the success of the initiative is that having multiple indicators of student performance — such as graduation rates, suspension rates, and grade point averages — helps educators see the whole child and address each student's needs.

The push, heavily motivated by federal funding initiatives such as the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top program, and major education reform philanthropies, seeks to accelerate the rate of improvements in education and the number of United States students succeeding in school, career and life.

Even though initiatives such as SA2020 and combined works of San Antonio's school districts have generated good results in addressing the dropout rate, 15 Bexar County ZIP codes have more than 30 % of their 18 to 24 - year - old population who haven't attained a high school diploma.

«We are committed to exceptional customer experiences and the new Samsung Galaxy S III not only brings to our customers an exceptional on - device experience but also access to Telus» Clear and Simple initiatives such as flexible rate plans, data notifications and our new trade - in program that allows customers to upgrade to the latest and greatest devices like the Galaxy S III more easily and more often.»

There may be initiatives, such as exceptionally - high rates, by banks from time to time with the goal of attracting customer deposits, but they tend to be short - lived.

In addition to common loan structures such as fixed rate and adjustable rate, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have other loan programs for low to no down payments, community lending and affordable housing initiatives, construction to permanent, home improvement and reverse mortgages.

The first zone - Green Abu Dhabi - will focus on the UAE capital's approach to developing a sustainable tourism infrastructure, and highlight initiatives such as the ADTA's «green» hotel guidelines, in which new properties are rated on their environmental footprint.

The idea is that PACE programs help home and business owners pay for the upfront costs of green initiatives, such as solar panels or energy efficiency retrofits, which the property owner then pays back through increased property taxes by a set rate over about 20 years.

From recent regulatory enforcement priorities such as insider trading, high - frequency trading, financial crisis investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Bank Secrecy Act / AML violations, accounting fraud, and hedge fund collapses to some of the most significant matters over the last decade, such as auction rate securities, market timing, RMBS, LIBOR, FX, late trading, IPO allocation, and Wall Street research, our securities enforcement and white collar defense lawyers have been at the center of every major initiative affecting the financial services sector.

CFTKAW lawyers say the NAIC report proposed that these actions should range from activities common to most states, such as the creation of rate comparison guides or the implementation of restrictions on underwriting guidelines, to initiatives unique to a small number of states such as comprehensive programs to provide low - cost liability policies to low - income drivers.

Increased employee retention rate by 20 % through launching motivational initiatives such as coaching and daily shift / performance meetings.

They've also provided solutions to reducing both crime rates and incarceration, such as through investing in community initiatives and social infrastructure.

Adoption rates rose after initiatives by the last government, but fell back after several court judgements said local councils needed to consider all options such as placements with birth relatives, before seeking adoption.

Good areas to buy in are obviously those with low crime rates and where the local community is involved in aspects such as a Neighbourhood Watch and other initiatives.