The new issue describes how
major initiatives like the Race to the Top competition, the No Child Left Behind state waiver requirements, and the Common Core State Standards have propelled state efforts to rapidly overhaul their evaluation systems and link teacher ratings to student outcome data.
Especially after
major initiatives like the Dream Act had been brought to the Senate floor with a coalition government only to fail.
When a district that has a strong collaborative culture undertakes
a major initiative like implementing the Common Core, what does it look like?
O'Brien highlights what it looks like when a district that has a strong collaborative culture undertakes
a major initiative like implementing the Common Core.
Not exact matches
The approximately $ 6.8 billion bill will fund
major federal
initiatives like Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot program and the Obama administration's Precision Medicine Initiative.
Trump met on Tuesday with around 20 executives of
major companies
like General Motors and IBM in an effort to ramp up support for the infrastructure
initiative.
Leaving
initiatives like the
Major Fairs Program (a $ 15 - million yearly subsidy for the Calgary Stampede and Edmonton's summer K - Days) wholly intact leaves plenty for Kenney to slice if he wins next year.
2) while many uninformed pundits
like Blue — again by their own choosing and lack of
initiative — get confused by the thousands of religious faiths, understand the following: don't get bogged down by the thousands of off - shoots, of the three
major (by followers) religions in the world, being Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, all three subcribe to the same core Abrahamic (Old Testament) beliefs.
«Water conservation is a key
initiative for us, and finding a technology
like BlueMorph that achieves the highest level of tank sanitation without using a drop of water to do so is a
major step forward for the industry.»
They also point to
initiatives here in New York,
like the successful passage of on - bill financing, a
major goal of the left - leaning Working Families Party which was touted by former President Bill Clinton during a trip to Albany last month.
Like low - carbon energy, the Administration has also placed
major funding emphasis on advanced manufacturing, particularly through their multi-agency
initiative to establish a national network of 45 manufacturing innovation institutes with industry.
The attempted revival of American manufacturing through
initiatives like the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation has been a
major priority for government in the Obama years.
However,
like many other
major international scientific
initiatives, the LHC would be very expensive.
Institutional theories take a different view, arguing that schools (
like other
major social service sectors) are so constrained by public expectations that they have limited options for becoming very different.137 Public agencies that have limited autonomy, owing to extensive public oversight, find it difficult to develop their own policies and
initiatives for change.138 This does not mean that successful leadership activity in schools is impossible, but it does not come easily.
Mr. Minnich said states also are trying to use lessons learned from
initiatives like the $ 4.6 billion federal School Improvement Grant, or SIG, program, which provided grants to states and districts for
major interventions in struggling schools.
While educational
initiatives have put devices in place, retail websites
like Flipkart and Amazon India have introduced easy ebook purchasing, and even
major self - publishers have brought the platform to authors in India, the lack of internet connection has been blamed for disappointing results in publishing.
«Our
major initiative is about finding those elusive new fans,» said Nelson, citing the success of DC characters in games such as «Arkham,» in TV shows
like Smallville and Arrow, and in movies.
The World Resources Institute has announced an
initiative that it says will focus on business and finance models for sustainable, low - carbon economic growth in
major markets
like the U.S., China, Mexico, India and Brazil.
The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact is a bipartisan
initiative where local governments from four
major counties — with a combined population of 5.6 million — are developing and implementing comprehensive measures to address climate impacts
like sea - level rise.
Probably, the
major issue that forces us as individuals to take action is health and in so far, no socio - environmental issue
like climate change has given rise to such international political and institutional movement, and societal
initiatives, including governmental and non-governmental ones, devising strategies in sectors
like Energy and so on — for instance, biodiversity maintenance does not have that power!
She has also collaborated on projects with Green Business», and
major companies
like Converse Inc., Kohl's, Sears, Puma and more through their social and environmental responsibility
initiatives.
But someday is not today, and while there have been massive leaps in renewable energy technology and
major policy
initiatives like the Paris Climate Accord, we also know that we are getting close to past the point of complacency on climate change.
For its new report - titled «Evolution of Blockchain Technology: Insights from the GitHub Platform» and published today - the professional services firm drew information from the development platform, which plays home to the code for over 86,000 blockchain
initiatives, including
major projects
like bitcoin.
Samsung's acquisition augments the Smart Home
initiative it announced at CES in January and allows the company to rival the
likes of Google and Apple, both of whom are making
major plays in the home automation arena.
Likewise,
major tech corporations
like Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) have also joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA)-- an
initiative to promote Ethereum to global enterprises.
Magazine,
major print media organizations, Global Exchange, Pax World Fund,
major universities
like Stanford and UC Berkeley, REI, Kaiser Permanente, trade and service unions, progressive political
initiatives