Sentences with phrase «made concerted»

Just like last time, there were several schools that had clearly made a concerted effort to get high participation rates.

Another principal at a middle school in Chicago's western suburbs who saw lackluster performance on measures of trust made a concerted effort to change the culture and climate in her school, because, as she said, «If students know you care about them, it makes everything else a little easier.»

It made a concerted effort to encourage students from minority backgrounds to self - select into higher - level classes.

On Capitol Hill, where some parents have made a concerted effort to retain students in neighborhood schools, enrollment can drop as much as 50 % between preschool and 5th grade.

They point to the Denver Public Schools, a district that has made concerted efforts to reduce suspensions and expulsions.

As president, Garcia made a concerted effort to speed up the meetings.

Minneapolis, though, has made a concerted effort to not let expanded building usage deter it from making timely facilities repair and renovation.

The district has also made concerted efforts to develop a supportive working environment through a system of balanced autonomy.

During this year program staff made a concerted effort to make explicit the relationship between student behavior and teaching practice by redrafting its assessment tools and focusing on professional development.

In one of the most effective schools, teachers made a concerted effort to call home with positive comments, and 51 % of parents who were asked said they had received such calls.

Startup Weekend EDU: One organization that made a concerted effort this year to make sure educators were among those building new education apps and education startups is Startup Weekend.

Fortunately, for our purposes as evaluators, project administrators made a concerted effort to contain the effect of the NLP within the selected LEAs, and no information about the NLP formally crossed LEA boundaries; schools outside the LEAs involved would not have been able to obtain a copy of the framework from the national center.

She describes her school as «not particularly progressive,» but within her classroom, she made a concerted effort to touch on gay and lesbian topics in a developmentally appropriate way.

From that point on, we made a concerted effort to coordinate and integrate our teaching.

We made a concerted effort to include such practices — for example, by incorporating content - and literacy - focused interactive read - alouds (Strachan, 2016), explicit instruction in vocabulary (e.g., Beck & McKeown, 2007), and specific strategies for planning writing (Graham, McKeown, Kiuhara, & Harris, 2012).

The National Gallery of Art has made a concerted effort to develop online content for children.

To his credit, director Gavin Hood (Ender's Game) and Jackman made a concerted effort to lend additional pathos to Logan's history.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh — who's made a concerted effort at becoming a viable commercial film director again thanks to Marvel's «Thor» and «Jack Ryan» — the title role is being played by a relative unknown.

Basically, Capcom and Ninja Theory actually listened attentively to the complaints from fans and made a concerted effort to implement any and all changes that could be beneficial to the game, making this a rare title that actually lives up to title of Definitive Edition.

Villains have often felt like an Achilles» heel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, to the point where the studio has made a concerted effort to add some distinction — both in gender diversity, as well as in personality and character development (see: Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

But reviving the film is not a bad idea from a sociohistorical perspective: Humbled by the previous decade's grotesque materialism, Nineties filmmakers generally felt like they were living down the Eighties and made a concerted effort to protect their product from dating itself *, but Reality Bites, with its Hughesian affectations, at least strives to be seminal — only Cameron Crowe's Singles, the Brady Bunch movies (which star Stiller's future wife, Christine Taylor), and the excrescent Empire Records so unabashedly embrace their pre-Internet moment.

Aware of my past difficulties with the movie, I made a concerted effort to stay invested for this review and, with the aid of English SDH subtitles, succeeded wholly.

While I made a concerted effort to see as many films as I could where the odds of making an appearance at the Oscars in February were very much in their favor, I wasn't entirely successful and therefore I can't comment on every lead performance that's been nominated.

SF: The festival under Thierry Frémaux has made this concerted effort to not play certain filmmakers just because they are who they are, and we saw that back in the year of Mike Leigh and Vera Drake where the film was rejected and then it went to Venice and won Venice.

Mostly aged between 35 - 50, our members are ambitious, dynamic and interesting Irish singles who have made a concerted decision to abandon their casual dating days and get serious about their search for love.

Yes, it was a bit out of my price range, but I opened a store credit card to buy it (not something I'd advise) and made a concerted effort to get it paid off as quickly as possible (which I'm happy to say only took a couple months).

Since that moment of realisation about three years ago (when I bought my Celine bag which was a monumental investment to me), I've really made a concerted effort to style my luxury or designer pieces in my everyday style.

It's well known that Big Pharma and Big Medicine have in the past made concerted efforts to keep alternative therapies from becoming mainstream.

What if you made a concerted effort to practice being more interested (and interesting) than you are?

While Tsuboi et al developed mK - GO somewhat serendipitously while attempting to enhance mKO in other ways, Subach et al made a concerted effort to develop their FT series using their knowledge of protein structure and saturation mutagenesis.

«We have made a concerted effort to refine Scorpius X-1's orbit and other parameters, with the goal of significantly boosting the sensitivity of searches for gravitational waves,» Dr Galloway said.

The Obama administration made a concerted effort to transform the U.S. transportation system with battery startups, regulations that ramp up the use of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, and a near doubling of fuel efficiency requirements for light - duty cars and trucks.

In D.C., biking advocates and their government allies have made a concerted effort for at least a decade to get more people on two wheels, and it's starting to show.

NOAA has made a concerted effort to raise lightning awareness in the golf community since we began the campaign in 2001, and we believe our outreach has made a huge difference since lightning - related deaths on golf courses have decreased by 75 percent.»

Mark - Viverito said she made a concerted effort to appoint more Latinos because of the concerns.

She believes the DOB has made a concerted effort in the last couple of years to address concerns about rent controlled buildings.

He revealed that the insurgents utilised the information and made concerted attempt to infiltrate the community, adding that the gallant troops repelled the attack and crushed them.

Cuomo, now a Westchester County resident, has made a concerted effort in his first year to appeal to suburban voters, the cap on property taxes being his biggest economic achievement before the tax code deal.

Borough President Katz has made a concerted effort to strike a better balance of experiences, new voices and proportional representation among and within the Boards.

Sinema and others said this is the relations between the two groups haven't been this good since 2006, when DCCC head Rahm Emanuel made a concerted effort to recruit conservative Democrats in swing districts as part of an effort that eventually won the party a House majority.

But Obama's team has made a concerted effort to define its campaign with grassroots activism, and at least so far, it's reached more people on a person - to - person level.

In the Commons chamber today, the Westminster power grab continued as the Nats made a concerted effort to nab a large section of the opposition front benches by sitting on them all day.

The union and its allies, he noted, pushed back against about a dozen pro-charter school proposals that state Senate Republicans made a concerted effort to include in the final budget bill.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association, a hotel trade group, has made a concerted effort to kneecap Airbnb with state legislation and political rhetoric, The New York Times reported last year.

Given widespread distress over the economy, each candidate also made a concerted effort to prove his private - sector prowess.

Governor Aregbesola who is a member of the Committee said the party made the concerted effort of robust discussion in moving the country forward rather than imposing on Nigerians.

To bolster perceptions of Russia as a great power, Putin has made a concerted effort to expand the Russian military's global reach.

But political observers have noted that the governor has never made a concerted public push for reform, as he had on several other issues, such as marriage equality.

Wisconsin Democrats have made a concerted effort to make what's referred to as a «John Doe investigation» — conducted at first in secret by state authorities — a campaign issue in the gubernatorial recall election, though the issue hasn't garnered much attention outside the state.

«Rather than be sent back to fill the budget deficit of the outgoing Brooks Administration, MCDC made concerted efforts to make sure this small sum would have a positive impact in our community.