Sentences with phrase «meaningful raises in»

Teachers haven't received meaningful raises in six years, and there is a lot of frustration around not only that issue, but also the lack of classroom resources.

And its conclusions make it all the more dismaying that the pending Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress does not include any meaningful raise in federal funding for school meals.

How teachers «take care of that» is a puzzling feat when one considers the state ranks 46th in teacher pay and teachers haven't had a meaningful raise in six years.

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Bhama said he doesn't have a specific goal in mind but expects the wallet will be able to raise a «meaningful amount.»

«The statement carried only modest changes in wording, but they were meaningful nonetheless, highlighting that the Fed is optimistic on the outlook and intent on continuing to raise rates at a gradual pace,» said Westpac analyst Elliot Clarke.

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The philosophical significance of his own attitude to transgenderism seems lost on him: Transgenderism raises fundamental questions about the nature of the human person — indeed, about whether one can even speak in terms of human nature anymore in any universal, meaningful sense.

So although my wife I sometimes worry that we are raising our girls different than the way we were raised, we think that in many ways, our way is teaching them to follow Jesus in meaningful and tangible ways which we did not really learn until more recently.

However, in recognition of the fact that some systems of raising animals for food are significantly better than others, we do strive to provide meaningful information that helps people better understand the relative benefits and concerns inherent in each of these systems.

We provide families and schools with the practical, research - based tools they need to raise healthy, motivated kids who will be resilient, successful, meaningful contributors in the 21st century.

The system, adopted in the 1970s as a supposed «reform,» has led to myriad cases of lawmakers, who haven't had a pay raise since 1999, intentionally seeking to supplement their incomes by spending time in Albany even when they have no meaningful official work — and they've sometimes done it illegally.

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

Cable said his party were not interested in going down the 50p route, as it will fail to raise any meaningful revenue.

We believe in the fantastic power of music to bring people together and we perform repertoire that is meaningful and poignant, expressing hope, igniting empathy, raising awareness about tragic issues and inspiring people to act.

In that same press release, State Sen. Daniel Squadron added, «I've long supported a key role for community boards in the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.&raquIn that same press release, State Sen. Daniel Squadron added, «I've long supported a key role for community boards in the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.&raquin the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.&raquin developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.»

«Whether or not anything meaningful comes out of the session hinges almost entirely on whether the governor puts his political muscle behind the effort in the way that he did on raising the minimum wage and paid family leave.»

After decades of failure, a new approach to negotiations has raised hopes that nations meeting in Paris will agree to meaningful climate steps.

IARC's absence and refusal to cooperate reinforces concerns about the Agency's commitment to transparency and accountability, and raises questions about its interest in producing cancer hazard assessments, which can have a meaningful impact on public health.»

Yet, the ingestion of cholesterol doesn't raise lipid cholesterol numbers in any meaningful way.

Her viral and thought - provoking articles raise awareness about the everyday actions individuals can take to support feminist ideals in meaningful ways.

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Akiva Goldsman «s directorial debut is thought - provoking in that it raises lots and lots of questions, but they aren't of the deep, meaningful, existential variety.

No one doubts that most workers have to use computers, but many students may already possess the skills they need and it seems doubtful that raising average computer skills would lead to significant changes in employment outcomes — and that's assuming we can improve computer skills in a meaningful way.

The Fundamental Things We Aren't Teaching Our Kids (The Washington Post) Howard Gardner and Rick Weissbourd explain why initiatives to teach and raise students with an understanding of civic and civil life have failed to change things in a meaningful way, and what can be done about it.

We were raised to believe in order for us to get a meaningful job we had to finish high school, go to college, then apply for the job of our dreams.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

From sponsoring high school - based programs to donating resources to raising awareness, our partners play an essential role in giving passionate young people an opportunity to explore the teaching profession in authentic and meaningful ways.

She has long been an active advocate for migrant farmworker children's rights and continues to raise awareness on issues affecting farmworkers and to create meaningful engagement with the farmworker community in her current role.

Numerous concerns have been raised about user - interface barriers and design flaws on the math test (in a 30 + page invalidation report) and it appears there have not been any validation studies to affirm that the tests are worth using in any meaningful way.

In addition to no meaningful pay raises, increased health insurance premiums and steep funding declines for public education overall, teachers have also lost tenure.

Furthermore, by pledging not to «raise» taxes at the state level, there will be no meaningful state increase in state aid to municipalities and that will translate into massive increases in local property taxes, as towns face the growing costs of education, public safety and other local services.

The intervention involved direct teaching of word meanings; teaching and raising awareness of words with multiple meanings; systemic teaching of word analysis skills including roots and affixes; engaging students in word games, riddles, and other activities designed to promote deeper understanding and use of the words in new and meaningful contexts; and finding the words outside of school.

In addition to raising funds, hosting a screening of MLTS will create space for meaningful discussion about your school's future and inspire innovation in your classroomIn addition to raising funds, hosting a screening of MLTS will create space for meaningful discussion about your school's future and inspire innovation in your classroomin your classrooms.

«Gov. McCrory assured teachers that they would see a meaningful raise and promised parents that he would act in slowing the exodus of our best educators to other states.

With this in mind, have we spent the past 20 years fretting over raising standards, creating related assessments, and designing accountability systems to improve student performance, but neglecting to help students understand why any of this should be meaningful to them?

Building on the Honda CR - V's already - stellar reputation for being easy to drive and easy to live with, the latest iteration has raised those benchmarks in modest but genuinely meaningful ways.

There can't be answers — not sincere or meaningful answers — to the questions raised in a great book.

This group conducts undercover investigations, coordinates outreach and public education campaigns, lobbies government bodies to secure stronger laws for animals, participates in corporate outreach and pressure campaigns to secure meaningful animal related policies, and they engage with the mass media to raise the profile of animal issues in Latvia.

Every year, SALDF chapters take part in Speak Out for Farmed Animals Week, a yearly event dedicated to raising public awareness nationwide about the lack of meaningful laws that protect farmed animals from cruel treatment.

Meanwhile, gamers raised in the MMO age will care less and less what they are called and care more about meaningful mechanics.

As for the inspiration behind the food waste posters, the studio said: «After learning that 7.3 million tonnes of otherwise edible food were thrown out by UK households in 2015 — which equates to # 13 billion and 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases — we were inspired to create something meaningful using our skills to help raise money and awareness of food waste.»

As a result, we are raising generations of people who have no idea about the power of the creative process to solve problems, find beauty in the world around us, or relate to others in an engaging, constructive, and deeply meaningful way.»

The goal five years ago was to build momentum to «seal the deal» on a binding climate treaty — a fruitless task given the divisions among the world's nations — while this conclave was centered on a more modest, but more concrete, achievement — «to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement [notice there's no mention of the word «binding»] in Paris in 2015 and to galvanize transformative action in all countries to reduce emissions and build resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.»

If they can't include communications scholars in their outreach efforts, this also raises questions in my mind as to whether they will include the social sciences in a meaningful way in the entire process of the development and writing of the next set of reports.

The stakes also are huge for Obama, who has little chance of pushing major climate legislation through a divided Congress but has vowed to take meaningful action against emissions that raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Pekka raises an excellent point about whether CLEANPERIOD is long enough to be meaningful, which I'll address in a separate comment since I'd like to stay focused here on your claim that the downturn of F3 (AGW) matters for some purpose, one that I haven't yet understood but would certainly like to.

However, the issue I raised was whether there was a realistic chance of meaningful reductions in the Copenhagen meeting in December given the severity of the global financial crisis.

Now here's a thought: if our leaders were able to leave the politics and vested interests aside for just seven days, we could come out of this week's meetings in Bonn and Brussels with across - the - board support for an international deal on HFCs and a meaningful EU emissions target, inspiring other countries around the world to raise their game and opening the way for an ambitious global climate agreement in 2015.