Sentences with phrase «more resources toward»

We hope that these growing law departments will ensure that they are hiring diverse candidates by devoting more resources toward diversity and talent acquisition programs that provide pathways for re-entry platforms, such as OnRamp In - House.

If it sells well, Activision will see there's a market for CoD on Vita and possibly dedicate more resources toward it.

From live release programs to spay / neuter impact, we are focusing more resources toward this very at - risk population.

The County Legislature has also earmarked a one - time expenditure of $ 1 million in county savings to provide more resources toward the opioid drug crisis.

It would even allow us to leverage a lot more resources toward victims and better forms of justice.

Not exact matches

We badly needed more of the rationed natural resource to keep our military machines rolling toward victory.

How to Save Money, Time and Resources Through Collaborative Consumption, credits the growing popularity of sharing - economy startups to a consumer base that's fed up with corporate domination and has shifted its values toward more mindful choices.

«Through this increased investment and connections with community lending organizations, we are making meaningful strides toward increasing access to capital for small businesses, as well as helping more business owners get the coaching and educational resources they need to succeed financially long - term.»

When I start to feel alone on this train headed toward financial freedom, I try to surround myself even more with encouraging resources and good examples of how I'm not alone and it will all pay off.

As energy prices go up, more customers will look to energy efficiency and distributed energy resources to reduce their energy bills, which will continue to push electricity prices up and drive customers toward other energy sources and services.

Will suggestions that we must move toward an economy that uses less not more resources be filtered out?

It puts nearly $ 400 million toward mental health counseling, hiring more school resource officers, adding metal detectors and bullet - resistant windows in schools and increasing child welfare investigators.

«Our organization is investing significant resources toward enhancing our technology to help plan sponsors more effectively and efficiently manage their plans, and aid plan participants in reaching their retirement goals.»

We may be efficient in the use of natural resources, or in the generation of a law - abiding public, or in reaching consensus among antagonistic groups, or in moving toward a more egalitarian society.

On the international level he is encouraged by shifts within the World Bank (such as the hiring of Herman Daly) toward more ecologically viable programs; the spread of vital information through organizations like the World Resources Institute and the Worldwatch Institute and through various United Nations programs; world conferences on the future of the living species; and even stirrings among national and multinational business corporations.

When we are able to place our limited attempts at understanding and description in appropriate perspective, then it is more likely that we shall more truly open ourselves to the communal, the relational, the elemental, and the ambiguous resources in our lives together which serve as lures toward that ever fuller existence which we seek.

It also makes possible growth in the economic pie, as people and resources move toward activities in which they are more productive.

Compiling findings from more than 1,000 consumers as well as Technomic's MenuMonitor and Digital Resource Library, the comprehensive 2017 Canadian Flavor Consumer Trend Report serves as a guide to help foodservice operators and suppliers better understand consumer behavior and attitudes toward new and unique flavors.

Consumers — particularly millennials — are increasingly concerned about global warming and the Earth's finite resources, and believe that this demands a shift toward a more plant - based diet.

Look for those blog posts toward the middle of the month to learn more about this organization, and how their resources can help you create a seed - to - plate program of your own.

Schools may want to put more time and resources toward professional development for all teachers to improve differentiation of instruction and revise curricula for all students — not just the advanced students — without the limitations that come with an AP program.

So far, NAZ's plans are more directed toward coordinating and communicating about already - existing programs offered by organizations already in the area, rather than on new resources or programs.

As science continues to move away from print and toward online publishing, with faster turnaround, fewer resources invested in each article, and less and less editorial intervention, errors like these are becoming more common.

«Even with a constrained federal budget, more resources are needed for HCV surveillance and monitoring,» Crowley said, adding, «Relatively modest investments, however, can have a big impact toward eliminating HCV.»

In my paneled session on resource scarcity, I end my 3 - minute «pitch» hoping for not much more than small strides toward putting the problem of global forest sustainability — the pure science of which we all seem to agree is largely done — into the hearts and hands of some of these mind - blowingly successful businessmen and social entrepreneurs.

Buoyed by the success of Sunraycer, Brooks began to wonder in early 1988 if there wasn't some way to convince GM to apply a tiny fraction of its vast resources toward a far more ambitious project than anything AeroVironment had ever tackled: a production electric car.

It gets done because a misaligned system has lost track of priorities, making it possible for someone to make big bucks tinkering with high - tech toys instead of channeling those resources toward more useful endeavors.

I think your energy and resources would be better and more efficiently utilized if directed toward those who REALLY promote unhealthy diet / lifestyles.

Cougar dating appears to be finally becoming mainstream and, with a number of new web - sites and other resources directed toward this subset, it's very likely that more and more older women will be seen out and about with younger men in the coming years.

If there's anything that hints toward a limited supply of resources it's these more fantastical sequences.

Had more resources gone toward the script department (which consists of no less than four individuals), perhaps the other failings wouldn't have been so egregious, and this really could have lived up to its aggrandizing title.

And the unfortunate truth is that feelings of professional discontent arise just at the stage in an academic career when university resources for faculty development are ebbing, directed more prominently toward pre-tenure faculty.

This causes resources to flow away from teacher quality and toward other, more productive uses within the education system.

Kids gravitate more willingly toward editorial cartoons, and the format is often richer in political, economic, and social impact, added Cagle, who is the creator of a truly unique Internet resource — Teacher Guide for the Professional Cartoonists Index.

Recommendations for states, districts, and individual schools include improved teacher training, support for e-learning and virtual schools, stronger technology leadership, a move toward more digital content and away from reliance on textbooks, better use of broadband, and integration of data systems for such uses as online testing, understanding relationships between decisions, allocation of resources and student achievement, and tailoring instruction to individual students.

For well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political ends.

Not every student at Runkle was eating an ideal diet, but the school's cafeteria lights a way toward marketing school food that is both more healthful and more palatable, using existing resources, whole foods, and trading increased labor costs for higher sales and lower food costs.

An impressive aspiration for a 10 - year - old who looked like he needed glasses, but more so because his family was homeless and had none of the resources that could propel a more fortunate child toward his goal.

There are plenty of resources for dealing with student mental health issues, of course — though most of them are geared either toward college kids or, more tragically, toward elementary and middle school - aged children.

In these culminating classes, as in the curriculum more generally, teachers act as guides rather than instructors, directing students toward helpful resources but ultimately insisting they solve their own problems.

As states reach important milestones on the way toward building internationally competitive education systems, the federal government should offer a range of tiered incentives to make the next stage of the journey easier, including increased flexibility in the use of federal funds and in meeting federal educational requirements and providing more resources to implement world - class educational best practices.

A focused effort to evaluate curricula and shift demand toward more effective options would yield a higher return on investment than more resource - intensive measures.

Now that districts have more flexibility in how they use their resources under the Local Control Funding Formula, «we wanted to seize the moment» to steer the conversation about how to reform education toward community schools, Niebuhr said.

However, using these additional resources to create incentives for states to contribute additional state funds toward the goal of equitably funding their low - income districts would make these federal resources even more effective.

Rather, the information will be used to more precisely communicate the work of schools and to allow district and school leaders to better allocate energy and resources toward improvement, support teachers to advocate for the working conditions and resources they need to do their work well, and empower parents to make informed choices when selecting schools for their children.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that the federal government's role in the sustained push toward more data - driven decision - making in education was to provide funding and resources to states pursuing those initiatives.

If the purpose of reflection is to view oneself with an eye toward gaining deeper self - awareness and understanding of why we make the choices we do, the author has created a resource that provides the research, experience and the questions that force us to look more deeply at ourselves and our beliefs.

Rather public schools can be more effective working toward a view of «equity» which recognizes that some children may need more resources and support in order to become college - and career - ready graduates.

In No Small Change: Targeting Money Toward Student Performance, researchers analyze more than 100 variables before they grade states from A to F on four major categories: the rigor and clarity of the state's standards in core subjects; its efforts to improve teacher quality; its school climate as measured by absenteeism, school safety, parental involvement, character education, and other variables; and the extent to which it provides resources equitably.

The more levels of bureaucracy Michigan's public school system requires, the less likely resources will be directed toward what matters most — student achievement.