Sentences with phrase «innovative change efforts»

WestEd has been a leader in moving research into practice by conducting research and development (R&D) programs, projects, and evaluations; by providing training and technical assistance; and by working with policymakers and practitioners at state and local levels to carry out large - scale school improvement and innovative change efforts.

WestEd is a leader in moving research into practice by conducting research and development (R&D) programs, projects, and evaluations; by providing training and technical assistance; and by working with national, regional, state, and local policymakers and practitioners to carry out large - scale school improvement and innovative change efforts.

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Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury's visit to IRRI is part of the minister's efforts to help the Bangladesh rice sector cope with the drastic effects of climate change and degradation of natural resources through the institute's advanced agricultural technologies and innovative farming approaches.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

This strategy is based on research suggesting that innovative faculty development models focusing on personal needs are most effective in producing educational change (Persichette, 1998; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999), effective technology - related faculty development efforts enable teacher educators to enhance their instruction (Cooper & Bull, 1997), and faculty members must receive support when they need it as opposed to when a training session is offered (Ring, Cilesiz, Ali, & Chen, 2002).

Our innovative marketing efforts have generated a 25 % increase in visits to our website, which was changed from buildboldfutures.org to the more intuitive catholicschoolsny.org.

This ten - month, cohort - based program engaged educators from ten school districts and charter networks in exploring user - centered design, learning science, innovative learning environments, and best practices in R&D in an effort to accelerate change within existing school systems.

Innovative efforts — such as Generation Citizen's action civics programming and Judicially Speaking's guest lectures from civics experts — have allowed for small changes to make a big impact on how teachers educate the next generation of leaders.

Over the years the needs of «at risk» dogs and cats have been changing due to the incredible efforts of innovative rescue groups (like us), an increase in the communities desire for No Kill shelters and an increased awareness of the need to adopt a pet rather than buy from a breeder.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Governments at the United Nations meeting on climate change agreed in principle Friday to a system that would compensate developing countries for protecting their rain forests, a deal that officials described as a nascent but innovative effort to mitigate deforestation and global warming.

This degree made understand that there was a need to change how those institutions coordinate efforts to develop innovative energy efficiency programs and projects.

This compilation of practices highlights some of the innovative actions or planning efforts by various state agencies that help address a changing climate.

Highlights of the year include the emergence of green growth initiatives around the world, the innovative approaches to address climate change and ecosystem loss, and the renewed efforts to strengthen international environmental governance.

Penang is proud to contribute to the global effort to address climate change through innovative solutions to this complex problem.

In an effort to understand the urban vulnerabilities to climate change, and to highlight innovative solutions to increase cities resilience, the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is sponsoring a week - long discussion (July 8 - 13) on «Building for climate change resilience» within of month - long series of... Read more

He spoke to Morocco's history as a land of openness and a place to exchange dialogue across civilizations, as well as the innovative efforts that the people Morocco have taken in dealing with climate change.

«Nike is delighted to receive this award from the American Carbon Registry and Winrock who have partnered with us in our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and explore innovative ways to move the needle on climate change beyond our own operations,» said Sarah Severn, stakeholder mobilization director, Nike Sustainable Business and Innovation.

It remains to be seen if a curved screen smartphone would be a similar effort to draw a line in the sand, or whether Samsung is preparing a genuinely innovative and game - changing new smartphone.