Sentences with phrase «leading the effort tell»

District officials leading the effort told the committee that preparing students for the state tests, known as the Next Generation Science Standards, will require 90 teachers and administrators to be trained for a Science Leadership Team, and 1,000 teachers (at least one for every school) to serve as a lead science teacher.

District officials leading the effort told the committee that...

Nor will the two groups leading the effort tell textbook publishers how to measure student attainment of the standards.

Not exact matches

That led to a modest launch effort that might have felt to us on some level arrogant — as if we could tell they didn't think they'd have to try very hard.»

In the meantime, is it too much to ask Sojourners and Wallis to tell us whether or not they agree or disagree with the recently released letter to Congress authored by the three Catholic bishops leading the Church's efforts on health care?

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

On Thursday, he touted law enforcement efforts to thwart future terrorist attacks in New York, telling reporters that «we obey the law» and that authorities «don't target anybody,» instead focusing on leads.

I have to make a conscious effort to applaud her creativity, tell her that she has fantastic ideas and then allow her to lead her own play (safely of course).

In prior posts I've told you about the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a voluntary effort by the leading food and beverage companies to rein in their marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to kids.

Chele Chiavacci Farley, who leads the Republican State Committee's fundraising efforts in New York City, has approached political operatives and friends to gauge their support, four people told POLITICO.

Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.

The governor told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that there was a «political cost» after he led New York's efforts to adopt new gun control legislation shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in late 2012.

Asked about the lobbying drive just weeks ago, Melissa Sklarz, a leading transgender activist who is president of the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, told the newspaper, «I think there's been a wonderful concerted effort.»

In an interview with the Chicago Sun - Times, Axelrod criticized Kirk for telling a group of Republicans last week that if elected, he will, «lead the effort to repeal this [health care] bill.»

In March, Obama senior adviser and Chicago native David Axelrod gave an interview with the Chicago Sun - Times, where he criticized Kirk for telling a group of Republicans that if elected, he will, «lead the effort to repeal this [health care] bill.»

The Prime Minister told colleagues in Downing Street this morning that he will personally lead the Tory effort to defeat AV.

Meanwhile, NY - LEAD members told reporters today there is no coordination with Cuomo other than their support of his campaign - finance efforts.

Rossetto has been leading a collaborative effort to create a better experimental setup for generating model tsunami waves in the lab, something she had been told was impossible due to tsunamis» extremely long wavelengths.

They told the story of a man who devoted his life to conquering sexually transmitted diseases and led a 2 - year effort in Guatemala to monitor and treat syphilis and gonorrhea.

In order to end all forms of poverty without driving up global temperatures, world leaders will need to ramp up climate mitigation efforts by 27 %, the lead author tells Carbon Brief.

Conventional bodybuilding wisdom tells us that we can't build muscle and lose fat at the same time and any such overly ambitious effort will only lead to frustration and even loss of precious muscle mass, and it's much smarter to separate these goals into two separate phases of the training process.

This reliance on a machine to tell me what to eat, lead to starving myself it on days when I was super active and overfeeding it on days when I was sedentary despite my best efforts to correct for exercise.

Telling of a young girl named Lore who must lead her younger siblings across a war - torn Germany in 1945, Cate Shortland's Lore is a visually stunning sophomore effort.

Of my 19 years at my district, I'm going to tell a story in which my students and their parents appreciated me deeply, and in which I led an effort at transformation in one little corner of the district and created a healthy learning space for a group of coaches.

Of course, as supporters of the Common Core Standards Initiative will tell you, the effort is a state - led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

But there appeared to be growing discontent among some Republican lawmakers over the school voucher program, as Rep. Bryan Holloway led efforts to block Stam's proposal by telling his colleagues they «might find it interesting» to look at what kinds of schools voucher students are picking and choosing.

If anyone tells you that Common Core (CCSS) is a «state - led» effort, «developed by teachers,» that person is either misinformed or attempting to deceive you.

The author of both studies, Emily Weiss told The Huffington Post that she is hoping that the results from the studies will lead to more efforts to be put towards pet - friendly housing and low - cost veterinary care.

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By connecting our efforts and telling the story of our clean energy future, we can build the fairer neighbourhoods we want to see, and make local and national governments follow our lead.

«The industry has led efforts to reduce emissions of methane by developing new technologies and equipment, and these efforts are paying off,» a spokesman with the American Petroleum Institute told TheDCNF.

When the Boulder Daily Camera first reported on Boulder officials finally making the suit public, EID was quick to point out the lack of support for the Boulder - led effort, telling the Camera, «It's telling they were only able to get one other county in the state to go along with this scheme brought by D.C. trial lawyers.»

In his proposals, Soon told funders that the projects would result in scientific papers published «in leading scientific journals,» tools to influence policymaking and public education efforts, the documents show.

Flashback 2008: Al Gore leads new «Reality» Coalition to debunk «clean coal» myth — Dec 4, 2008 — Today, Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, the League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club launched the «Reality» Coalition, a national grassroots and advertising effort to tell a simple truth: there is no such thing as «clean coal.

In the talk, he told listeners his top ten reasons for climate hope and praised their efforts to apply a carbon fee and dividend — a high - leverage policy that will lead to greater energy efficiency, more renewable energy, and reduced -LSB-...]

• In 2014, we asked several leading global voices for their thoughts on the rule of law and our efforts to measure it — see what they told us here.

Kevin Abikoff, who is leading the firm's efforts on the case, told The American Lawyer «Alstom has since the filing of the lawsuit continued to deny any liability or wrongdoing in connection with the allegations and has over the period of the suit consistently succeeded in its motions before the court in reducing the case to a point where we've reached a settlement that was economically justified under the circumstances.»

RSK's effort to bring ethereum - like smart contracts to the bitcoin blockchain could go live in 2017, its lead developer has told CoinDesk.

Dr. Linda Palmer retired from her chiropractic practice when the health challenges of her son and the parenting style objections from those around her led her to extensive research efforts, culminating in her writing of a healthy parenting book, Baby Matters: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby.