Sentences with phrase «lead efforts since»

«The district is working on a list of policies that could relate to charter schools that is non-exhaustive,» said Emilio Pack, founder and CEO of Stem Preparatory Schools, who has helped lead efforts since April to work with district officials to change the charter language.

«I am both glad and relieved that we pulled this off,» says physicist Francis Everitt of Stanford University in California, who has led the effort since the beginning.

Not exact matches

The Fight for $ 15, a worldwide effort to raise wages and strengthen unions, has successfully led to better pay in many places since its launch in 2012, and a proposed federal minimum wage of $ 15 an hour was part of the Democratic Party platform in 2016.

But significant changes in policies since then — not least, lower primary surpluses and a weak reform effort that will weigh on growth and privatization — are leading to substantial new financing needs.

MBS's fight brings to mind Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption efforts, which have been ongoing since Xi assumed power five years ago and have led to the detainment or punishment of an astonishing 1.4 million party members, according to multiple sources.

Mark Crumpacker, who led marketing efforts since 2009, returned to work in September 2016 after completing a rehabilitation program.

Since 80 % of marketers report their lead generation efforts are only slightly or somewhat effective, it's time to look at what can be changed within the team to make it stronger.

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Exhibit D: The only reason a nerd would want to do well in gym is to impress the girls in their class, and since in high school, the least - cool thing you can do is care about anything, the Newsboys» gym - class effort did not lead to impressing said girls.

As Richards led Planned Parenthood through unprecedented political shifts and turmoil since 2006, the organization remained shorthand for pro-life leaders to refer to efforts to defend abortion in America.

Jilly has led City Harvest's efforts to feed hungry New Yorkers since 2006.

Since that time, I've put in the extra effort to consume many more plant - based meals that focus on whole and fresh foods, which leads me to my next point...

Fact is since they ditched Balotelli and move Sterling to center, they have become much more dangerous, at Old Trafford they should at least got a draw if not win it, lucky MU taking lead from very good Rooney individual effort, got a clear offside goal from Mata then have De Gea to thanks for denying at least 5 Liverpool chance.

Behind the effort from their point guard, the Knicks handed the Heat their worst home loss since the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh was assembled and extended their lead on the Heat for the top spot in the Eastern Conference to 1.5 games.

The away side put on an aggressive display since kick of as they created several chances before eventually taking the lead through Marco Reuss» effort on 32 minutes.

Blackburn haven't won a home fixture since the opening day, when beating Everton 1 - 0, but a battling effort against Chelsea last weekend, losing 2 - 1 in spite of taking an early lead through Benjani's first goal for the club, should give Sam Allardyce's player the confidence to repeat the effort levels as another workmanlike performance on Saturday would make them difficult to oppose.

Yesterday I said to secretary Clinton that such an effort led by the US would need to be more intense than anything seen since the Oslo Peace Accords, and it should backed by a more active role for European nations.

The US is making efforts to address these complications; for the first time since RIMPACS's creation in 1971, China has been invited to participate in a US - led naval exercise.

Scott Olin Smith compares the video to efforts by Democratic California Governor Gray Davis in 2002 to undermine his strongest Republican rival (in part by tying him to Gray Davis), and I can see the point he's making, since we again have an avowed Democrat trying to weaken a leading candidate on the other side during the primary process.

We see much more intra-state conflict as a proportion of violent conflict overall, since the end of the Cold War, which has led to more opportunities for third parties to get involved in an effort to build peace.

«They made clear that those efforts, undertaken as part of my commitment since being elected to streamline and modernize town government and to get our financial house in order, trumps the personal concerns that led to my earlier decision.

Since 1988 he has lead the effort to develop a nanotechnology -LSB-...]

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

In his goodwill message, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, who lauded the efforts of the present government said, since the inception of the APC administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, it is clear that it is no longer business as usual in Nigeria.

«Since my administration took office, we have worked in partnership with the city to focus the efforts of the Oneida County Health Department on addressing the menace of lead in housing,» Picente said.

Efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters normally lead to more Democratic voters on the rolls, since Latinos tend to identify more with the Democratic than the Republican Party.

He's been involved with the project since its inception 10 years ago and has used an unassuming, innovative management style to lead the effort to transform 120 acres on the northern edge of downtown into a world class medical campus.

While Ghana has been quite successful in its deliberate efforts, since the mid 1990s to become a leading emerging market destination for foreign direct investment — indeed the country has been the 5th biggest recipient of FDI on the continent since the beginning of this decade — these investment inflows, which have financed the larger manufacturing enterprises in the country, have been overwhelmingly concentrated in the biggest urban centres.

An effort by GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who lead the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has been put on hold since the Graham - Cassidy bill emerged.

In its role of leading economic development branding and marketing efforts for Saratoga County, the Saratoga Partnership worked with the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) to spearhead development of the agency's new logo — its first since the organization was founded nearly 50 years ago — and a modern website to replace one that had not been updated in more than a decade.

Concentrations across the Antarctic continent have since declined, but still are about four-fold higher than before industrialization, despite the phase out of leaded gasoline and other mitigation efforts in many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, the report states.

Lake Erie has become increasingly susceptible to large blooms of toxin - producing cyanobacteria since 2002, potentially complicating efforts to rein in the problem in the wake of this year's Toledo drinking water crisis, according to a new study led by University of Michigan researchers.

Last summer, Biden launched the Biden Cancer Initiative along with his wife Dr. Jill Biden to continue, outside the federal government, an effort he has led since 2016 to speed advances in cancer research and care.

Lead exposure has been decreasing since the 1970s, validating public health efforts to reduce childhood exposure, the report says.

The current effort to regulate carbon dioxide, in fact, stemmed from a 1999 suit originally filed by liberal groups against EPA, which eventually led to a Supreme Court decision that EPA had to act since greenhouse gases fell under the purview of the Clean Air Act.

While tobacco control efforts have successfully led to a substantial reduction in youth cigarette smoking since the 1990s, e-cigarettes have the potential to slow or even reverse that trend.

Since the establishment of this Center, some of its most promising research efforts have been leveraged into collaborations with leading pharmaceutical companies, including Bristol - Myers Squibb and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Ziurys has led a successful laboratory spectroscopy effort since 1990.

We already have, since some approved drugs intervene in cancer cells» specific metabolic needs, but research into how altered metabolism promotes cancer is leading to more directed efforts.

«Since the Pill was approved by the FDA, it has radically changed women's access to education, to employment and to having the size of family that they want,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which led the effort to get the Pill approved.

I've made a conscious effort since then to just appreciate everyday and enjoy the journey, wherever it is leading to!

The film is the director's first effort since A Single Man, Ford's directorial debut, which led to Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Award nominations for Colin Firth, as well as a Golden...

While it rights some of the first film's problems, it has more than a few of its own, leading to an effort that, while entertaining, is probably the most deeply flawed Marvel movie since «Iron Man 2.»

The duo haven't worked together since their last film in 2002, but the good news is that a reunion seems to be imminent, with Spall announcing that he's taking the lead role in Leigh's next feature effort.

The head of MI6 (played without much conviction by Connie Nielsen) knows Barovsky, since she led an effort to frame his as a double agent to the Russian government, leading to his supposed execution.

Donald Fraynd, the sprightly former Jones College Prep principal, has led the district's school turnaround effort since its inception.

Since being unanimously appointed as Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools in January 2009, Tom Boasberg has led the city's efforts to accelerate the progress of its nearly 92,000 students and better serve the families of Denver.

The Rock the Vote campaigns and field efforts led the way in the first upward surge in 18 - 24 year old in voting since the passage of the 26th Amendment.

Since 2009, the tutorial networks (as the grassroots initiative was called) have been leading a country - wide school improvement effort in 9000 schools with the lowest academic achievement on the national standard test.

Since joining the Association in June 2007, Eileen led the Association in notable efforts including: developing a model that measures «value - added» growth in achievement, which is used for A-F rankings of all Arizona schools; creating trainings that enable teachers and school leaders to collaboratively use data; launching joint purchasing programs; filing lawsuits for equitable funding for all K - 12 students; increasing positive public perceptions of charters; and, building a comprehensive program to support prospective charter school operators.