Sentences with phrase «key state priority»

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Regardless of which party forms the government following the next general election, improving the state of competition needs to be a key priority.

«Maintaining our market leadership position in Canada remains our priority, but our expansion into the United States and Mexico has been a key to our success,» says Gosselin.

Along with secretary of state nominee Sen. John Kerry, D - Mass., Hagel and Brennan would play key roles implementing and shaping Obama's national security priorities in a second term.

They are asked to consider the economic and security outlook for Asia in 2011, the state of Canada's relations with key countries in Asia, and the priority areas for Canadian government policy in Asia.

Because this feuding annoyed our key founders so greatly, they made it a top priority to establish the separation of church and state (and to make it Amendment # 1 of our Constitution).

This Network has collaboratively developed as a key strategic priority the development and implementation of an Urban and Regional Food Charter for Victoria, as a systemic and integrated text to drive forward legislative and policy change and shape practice across the state.

In a phone interview on Thursday, Klein indicated that addressing the capped state and local tax deductions — by allowing New Yorkers to deduct the reminder of those taxes from their state taxes — is a key priority.

Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.

Keynes offered the Attlee Government a macro-economic framework for post-war recovery; Hayek's «market society» offered Mrs Thatcher's Tories a roadmap away from post-war social democratic serfdom; Giddens's «Third Way» socio - philosophy allowed «New» Labour to synthesise or transcend the old dogmas of state - centric social democracy and neo-liberalism»; and Phillip Blond gave a critique of the market and the state in order for Cameron to claim «society» and its renewal as the key priority of modern Conservatism.

We know that economic development's been a key priority here in Western New York both for the Governor and for the Regional Economic Development Council and for Empire State Development,» Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said during an interview in Buffalo, Friday.

«WFP candidates swept our priority races tonight, fending off a million - dollar expenditure from billionaires seeking to privatize education and winning key open seat races that will shape the state Assembly for years to come.

The survey came out the same week Governor Andrew Cuomo has been barnstorming the state promoting the $ 15 minimum wage, one of his key agenda priorities during this legislative session.

State applications are graded in part on whether they lift artificial caps on charter schools — a key education priority of President Obama.

While noting that the need to ensure availability of the product to citizens is key in the State's drive to attain food sufficiency, the Special Adviser said that food production and self - sufficiency have been given priority attention at State's policy and strategic level.

I propose $ 40 million to fund the permanent deployment of more New York State Troopers and National Guard at key target areas across the state because public safety must be our prioState Troopers and National Guard at key target areas across the state because public safety must be our priostate because public safety must be our priority.

In return, Mr. Spitzer was to help pass a congestion pricing plan to ease traffic in New York City, a top priority for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a key Bruno ally, and provide state money for capital projects, a priority for Mr. Bruno and many upstate senators.

Coping with climate change is a key priority for conservation in the United States, says new science adviser.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

Fall 2011 — President Barack Obama offers states flexibility from key mandates of the NCLB law, in exchange for embracing his education redesign priorities.

In Utah, a strong advocate with an education innovation priority saw competency - based education as a key next step for the state.

In addition to being discussed in states across the country, it's a key education priority of the Trump administration.

«By combining the research and services from The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International, HMH Educational Consulting Services is able to offer Florida an unprecedented holistic solution that is aligned to state legislative and regulatory mandates, and also supports key priorities within the Race to the Top initiative,» said Senior Vice President of HMH Educational Consulting Services Dave West.

Choices and Trade - offs: Key Questions for State Policymakers when Selecting High School Assessments, designed to elevate the trade - offs between using state - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (EState Policymakers when Selecting High School Assessments, designed to elevate the trade - offs between using state - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Estate - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Estate leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Estate policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Identify and determine key priorities for curriculum, assessment, and instruction based on differences in emphasis between Common Core Standards and local curriculum or state standards.

States have also identified mentoring, induction, and teacher recruitment as key priorities to improve teacher effectiveness.

Senior Manager, Digital Organizing [phone] The Senior Manager of Digital Organizing implements digital engagement strategies to build and maintain a large, mobilized base of charter supporters, across the state, who consistently take actions on key charter school advocacy and electoral priorities.

Manager, Digital Organizing [phone] The Manager of Digital Organizing implements digital engagement strategies to build and maintain a large, mobilized base of charter supporters, across the state, who consistently take actions on key charter school advocacy and electoral priorities.

NASBE conducts annual study groups to provide professional development to members of state boards of education, set organizational direction and priorities, and inform the state education policymaking process on key issues.

Keesler says the categories are a work in progress, but there are some «key priorities» that will definitely be included: student proficiency, student growth, English Language Learner progress, graduation rates, and participation in state assessments.

Thanks to a hopeful state revenue forecast, lawmakers had over $ 1B additional dollars to allocate, which resulted in some positive progress for key education priorities such as:

Using data to show how widely popular football is in the United States by financial and other measures, our infographic depicts the key reasons football fans are a high priority target for scams: the sheer numbers of potential victims and the amount of money in play.

The idea that people sometimes «recoil» from frequent coverage that «imposes» a concern might be helpful to the degree that it causes the media to make sure that facts are accurate, that problems are stated clearly, that key credible spokespersons are used, that problems are covered with the authentic frequency and priority that they deserve, and so forth, but IF the quality and honesty of coverage are good, then people (i.e., the public) may actually begin to understand the problem, vote for responsible candidates, and change their own behaviors where warranted.

The committee was charged to examine the current state of knowledge of how gases, aerosols, land use, and solar variability force the climate system, identify key gaps in understanding, and recommend research priorities (see Box P - 1 for the full statement of task).

The bank will issue the request for proposal towards the end of Q1, with Barclays stating in the email that it will focus on its «key priorities» when allocating firms to the panel.

As my resume states, I am a «groundbreaking senior - level executive known for successful management by providing clear direction, ownership for key priorities, lofty goals, and firm commitment to those goals.»

Identify key, high - priority research gaps the filling of which would significantly advance the knowledge base for developing policies to reduce child poverty in the United States and assessing their impacts.

Recommendation 2: The Australian Government pursue the key priorities for change and recommendations outlined in the Redfern Statement, utilising the Council of Australian Governments and other processes to engage states and territories.

To create a more sustainable approach to home visiting, state and local communities have focused on two key priorities: systems building and leveraging private sector resources.

Jaelea is leading new strategic directions for the Hunter Institute of Mental Health, including the development of key research partnerships and addressing current gaps in national and state priorities for mental health and suicide prevention.

The (Framework) Agreements on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health are the primary vehicle for ensuring collaboration in resource allocation, joint planning and priority setting for service delivery between key stakeholders in Indigenous health within each state and territory.

«One of our key priorities at Kids Count is to really push the state to have a regular source of data that we can track annually,» said Burke Bryant.