Sentences with phrase «into public improvement»

The city has proposed taking $ 78.60 per square foot from any of these air rights transfer and putting the funds into public improvement projects.

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Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High School.

According to Goolam Ballim, group economist at Johannesburg - based Standard Bank, improvements in public finances over the past decade mean less revenues now go into debt servicing and capital repayment, opening the way for more national investment in infrastructure.

Only two years into the new meal improvements, the Harvard School of Public Health has already found that the new school food standards have significantly increased kids» fruit and vegetable consumption.

As government officials transition from being managers of public services to enablers of public service improvement through markets, co-production and other means, new ways of working must be hardwired into the core structures, processes and culture of Whitehall, Westminster and — yes — Pasc too.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to himprovements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to hImprovements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

«We're not proposing a new approach to warnings, we're proposing a new approach to public warning research,» Cova says, but adds, «The results may have beneficial feedbacks into public warning improvements and innovations.»

Increased public - sector involvement in crop development — much of which has been ceded to companies over the past decades as seeds evolved into patentable commodities — will be needed to apply increasingly cheap biotech improvements to subsistence crops like cassava, for example, Baulcombe said.

The $ 20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is designed to accelerate scientific discoveries found in the laboratory into public health improvements.

But based on the amount of student improvement, Hartford Public Schools administrators placed the pre-K - to - grade -6-school into the category of defined autonomy at the district level.

Dr Julie Bishop, director of health improvement for Public Health Wales said: «Playing outdoors every day is a great way to help your child grow into a fit and healthy adult and will encourage them to stay active beyond their childhood.

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.

In New Orleans, converting essentially all the city's traditional public schools into charters led to a ~.4 standard deviation improvement in the early years of the reform.

At a Seattle School Board forum in January, Spady also argued that charter schools inject healthy competition into public education, spurring improvements in mainstream schools much as imports of Toyotas and Nissans prompted Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors to upgrade.

In the section about D.C., the report goes so far as to credit charter schools with contributing to «dramatic improvements» in the traditional public school system, a statement that doesn't take into consideration how demographic changes have improved D.C. school results.

Imagine all that could be accomplished if we were to move the continuous quality improvement approach into America's public schools.

One year into an aggressive, expensive school turnaround initiative, some of Denver's lowest - performing public schools are showing marked academic improvement by providing an education nearly identical to that of the highest - performing charter schools in the country.

State officials said the improvement was good news but acknowledged the report cards offer a limited window into the performance of public schools.

James Goenner, president and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute, for example, suggested in 1996 that «charter schools are a vehicle for infusing competition and market forces into public education, a proven method for responsive change and improvement.»

Jefferson, a few blocks from department headquarters, is five years into a turnaround effort and is often cited as an example of the systemwide improvements in the city's public schools.

As you consider the governor's proposed changes, we ask that you take these areas for improvement into consideration, and continue to take steps toward a truly equitable school finance system for all of Connecticut's public school students.

Standardized test scores may be rising in the city's public schools, but those gains on paper do not translate into any meaningful improvements in the lives of the city's poorest students, said former New Orleans education official and activist Dr. Andre Perry.

As you consider the governor's proposal and possible adjustments to the FY 2019 budget, we ask that you take these areas for improvement into consideration, and continue to take steps toward a truly equitable school finance system for all of Connecticut's public school students.

The concern stems from a working session on April 12 centered on the Arlington Public Schools Capital Improvement Plan, in which School Board members briefly discussed the costs of potentially converting the Education Center into elementary school space rather than up to 800 high school seats.

In 1996, James Goenner, president and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute, suggested that «charter schools are a vehicle for infusing competition and market forces into public education, a proven method for responsive change and improvement» (p. 32).

Vision 20/20 is broken down into four pillars — each pinpointing priorities addressing the needed improvement for better public education.

The constant public focus on standardized test scores suggests the belief that the threat of sanctions or promise of rewards (mostly in the form of increased funding) will enhance students» test scores and improve school quality — that schools can somehow be coerced or seduced into improvement.

At the law's peak, more than 19,000 schools — about two - fifths of schools receiving federal funds and one - fifth of all public schools nationally — were placed on lists of schools «in need of improvement» and subject to consequences built into the law.

In May 2015, Governor Hogan signed into law Senate Bill 595, the Public Charter School Improvement Act of 2015, which provided greater flexibility to public charter schools.&Public Charter School Improvement Act of 2015, which provided greater flexibility to public charter schools.&public charter schools.»

Trump's simplistic solution for improvement is to get students out of regular public schools and into private and semi-private schools.

The term eligible project means a new fixed guideway capital project or a core capacity improvement project, as those terms are defined in section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this section, that has not entered into a full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012.

In tandem with the launch of Phase I of the Master Plan for Laguna Gloria, The Contemporary Austin also announces its acceptance into the City of Austin's Neighborhood Partnering Program, which offers opportunities for community and neighborhood organizations to initiate public improvements through cost - sharing arrangements with the City of Austin.

Apple, as part of its response, yesterday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High School.

If you are searching for an Advertising / Marketing leader who will provide exceptional Public Relations insight into market branding initiatives, process improvements, and cutting - edge program and campaign development initiatives, please contact me to arrange an interview.

She led a district - wide improvement initiative with United Way of Greater Toledo and Toledo Public Schools, K - 12, integrating social and emotional learning into the curriculum.

On the personal change level, one needs only to go into the local Chapters outlet and walk the aisles of books on self - improvement and awareness to realize the scope of impact this field of study has made on the general public.

In Longmont, city officials said the loss of Sports Authority should not further jeopardize the new Village at the Peaks development, which this year needed to dip into city revenue sources to cover a debt payment for the site's public improvements following Whole Foods Market's decision to delay its store opening 11 months.

The «cost approach» is much more involved and takes into account a myriad of factors because specific property improvements are identified in enough detail to determine reproduction costs (these can include materials to construct the foundation, construction of structural and finish walls, roofing, heat and / or air conditioning, types of appliances, septic system, whether water is supplied by well or public utilities, the condition and age of the improvements, and more).