A measure to allow all workers in the state 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new baby or sick family member was approved in the New York State Assembly, and two
measures gained support in the New York State Senate, but the issue fell by the wayside in the end of session rush to pass bills and adjourn for the summer.
The measure gained no support.
Not exact matches
The cut in Bank Rate and the
measure intended to ensure banks passed it on to consumers — known as the Term Funding Scheme (TFS)--
gained unanimous
support.
Any software in your stack should be providing greater benefit than the cost — what makes entrepreneurs hesitate on
support software is that it's harder to
measure the potential
gains on time, organization, and social capital.
Other
measures, such as the capital -
gains tax exemption on sales of principle residences and the tax - free withdrawal of cash from RRSPs for a down payment on a first home, further
support our desire to own.
They have proved to be among the best brokers that have
gained global recognition due to their trustworthiness, security
measures and customer
support at every stage of trades.
Tariffs are taxing the global financial markets as they try to guesstimate the economic impact from the effect of tit - for - tat responses to the initial U.S.
measures efforts to
gain support for dealing with Chinese trade violations.
In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain,
supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal
measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is
gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.
Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other
measures championed by Kavanagh that have
gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.
Two upstate New York congressmen — Buffalo's Chris Collins and the Hudson Valley's John Faso — are backing the proposal, which was created by Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional leaders as a sweetener to
gain their
support for the
measure.
After Gillibrand's
measure stalled in committee, the New York Democrat has been working to
gain support for the
measure in the full Senate.
Cuomo formed the ballot line last year as a way of
gaining support from women voters and drawing attention to a 10 - point package of
measures aimed at pay equity, human trafficking and strengthening abortion rights.
Currently, the top capital
gains rate is 15 percent, but that ceiling is set to rise to 20 percent in 2013 if Congress fails to pass an alternative budget, a
measure that Obama
supports.
They prefer a
measure sponsored by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which is
gaining support in the Assembly but has effectively died in the Senate.
Schimminger's
measure quickly
gained bipartisan
support.
Women Democrats last year refused to break apart the
measures because they were all negotiated together, meaning some of the issues were compromised to
gain support for others.
It also mentions a host of
measures — including changes to patent laws and tax incentives — intended to help turn research at national labs and universities into economic
gains and to
support private R&D.
Provided the movement of teachers in and out of a grade has not changed the makeup of students enrolled in that grade, this finding
supports the conclusion that
measured value - added of teachers is an unbiased predictor of future test - score
gains, as there appears to be no other explanation for the resulting improvement in test scores.
Though the community was strapped financially, Berry went to residents to ask for help,
gaining support for a nickel tax
measure to fund a new $ 6 million, 30,000 - square - foot school building known as the EDhub.
Academic
Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic
Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and
Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016
Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?
The plan, which has
gained widespread national attention, also garnered the «enthusiastic
support» of U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, who had written letters to Minnesota lawmakers urging them to approve the
measure.
A bill that would prohibit school districts from entering into financial contracts with the same firms that provide bond
measure campaign services is being held over until next year as the author attempts to
gain support for the proposal.
Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina have also begun to establish complete CBL systems, and in total, 42 states are using competency - based
measures in some form or fashion within their schools.5 While a full overhaul of the standardized testing system may still be some time away, CBL has
gained significant traction in a short amount of time and has some pretty strong proponents rallying
support behind its innovative approach to education.
TAP principally plugs four Elements of Success: Multiple Career Paths (for educators as career, mentor and master teachers); Ongoing Applied Professional Growth (through weekly cluster meetings, follow - up
support in the classroom, and coaching); Instructionally Focused Accountability (through multiple classroom observations and evaluations utilizing a research based instrument and rubric that identified effective teaching practices); and, Performance - Based Compensation (based on multiple;
measures of performance, including student achievement
gains and teachers» instructional practices).
Data showed that «schools that
measured strong in all five
supports were at least 10 times more likely than schools with just one or two strengths to achieve substantial
gains in reading and math.
Previous
measures have failed to
gain support in recent years, but a leading Democrat in the House said some members of that chamber may be warming to the idea.
As digital textbooks
gain popularity around the country, there are still parts of the U.S. and other industrialized nations that do not currently benefit from the obvious advantages of e-reading in academic arenas, which is odd considering that even the textbook publishers are in
support of electronic educational content as a cost saving
measure.
Mann of course is much in the picture but more for his legal activity and Trenberth makes an appearance to bemoan the decline in
support for the listing ship... Also, the beginning of throwing colleagues and formerly bosom buddies under the bus (Briffa, asserting himself and getting out from under Mann's thumb)... Gore is a good
measure of the end of things, cashing in and closing shop before he has lost everything he
gained from warming gravy train.
Solar initiative already has crucial political backing It has already
gained a crucial
measure of political
support, with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who just helped establish the Mediterranean Union to work with countries in north Africa and the Mediterranean region, recently giving it the thumbs - up.
It's important to note this particular equation, only examines
gains purely by
measure of billable time, where the report also found law firms with practice management solutions function at a ratio of attorneys to
support staff of 2.8:1.
For believers in a future rise of bitcoin's price, these
measures may help avoid the problems that plagued bitcoin as its price skyrocketed last year and may ensure a firmer
support level for future
gains.
A «ban the box»
measure has
gained bipartisan
support within the state government of Wisconsin.
A written record of the intent and evidence for the special
measure will not only be important to demonstrate that the recruitment strategy is a special
measure in the unlikely event of a complaint, but also will be useful in
gaining executive
support for the program within organisations.
The outcome
measures from this workshop
support the subjective comments and impressions
gained during the workshop facilitation.
The economy should continue with positive but
measured growth, creating jobs and
supporting income
gains at a modest rate.