Sentences with phrase «much of an improvement effort»

Not exact matches

In terms of energy consumption, inputs used on farm and farmers» participation, the collaborative effort towards crop improvement under low - input conditions was much more efficient in terms of energy use (see table below).

And, Bradshaw noted, much of the improvement coincides with the Obama administration's efforts to fund research and use its, ahem, bully pulpit to improve school climate.

In particular, the concentration of reform efforts on the revenue side allowed the government to make visible improvements at the top while leaving the expenditure side essentially unreformed and indeed shifting much patronage downwards.

«We applaud the efforts of New York State to modernize and provide much needed improvements to the State Fairgrounds, and certainly support continued investments that can spur further economic benefits.

High - intensity training is traditionally considered the primary approach for improvements in competitive performance.5 However, some studies demonstrate that lower intensity training also results in fitness improvements in endurance athletes.6, 7 Endurance competitions such as the Ironman triathlon do not rely on maximal efforts, but instead are typically much lower, such as 70 — 75 % of VO2max.

Along the way, the program provides lots of feedback on how you're doing — for each level, you can review your starting score, your improvement, your training effort, and much more.

Although this response speaks to the time and effort involved in making improvements, the big guy's tendency to succumb to using his brute force in a revengeful way and another naked public appearance (this time he is seen from the waist up) strips away much of what could have been positive in this message.

It is a way of helping teachers know how much time a particular question requires from some students, and if they're getting better; if not, what further efforts should be made for their improvement.

Leaders of urban school districts are telling the Obama administration that efforts to turn around low - performing schools via the $ 5.5 billion School Improvement Grant (SIG) program are unlikely to have much impact, writes Lesli Maxwell.

Much of the public conversation around school improvement focuses on early childhood and the elementary years, in an effort to prevent or lessen inequitable outcomes for poor children.

And, because standards and assessments are the backbone of pretty much everything else in K - 12 schooling, that could tear down all manner of promising efforts on teacher quality, school improvement, and the rest.

For our analysis of the relationship between district improvement efforts and state influences (see also section 3.3), we focused mainly on the small - to medium - sized districts, given that more than 90 % of school districts in the United States serve less than 25,000 students, and given our impression that much research on the district role in educational reform is concentrated on the experiences of large, urban districts.

«I knew how much effort and how much planning any little improvement would take, and not all of these schools had done any of it.»

I know it's not fair to ask too much of the principal, to expect him or her to spend full time on student voice and student - led school improvement efforts.

Note that I'm not claiming to be an expert in any of those things, but I've found that even minor improvements can (can, not will, I'm not peddling some sort of ’12 Steps to Become an Internet Zillionaire») make a difference, and it doesn't take much time or effort to make those improvements.

A person who takes no interest in any form of self - improvement, personal development or spiritual growth will also not be inclined to make much of an effort building a truly meaningful connection with you.

We could probably do very much better than 10 % if we include the efforts by conservationists to reforest and improve agricultural management practices in addition to Savory's method of restoring desertified ground and improvement of rangeland.

PES 2018 in particular isn't too much of an improvement over its predecessor, but it does introduce better dribbling and makes an effort to perfect the fan - favorite Master League mode.

While noting that, «governments have made solid and consistent efforts to address disadvantage and improvements have been achieved», they also noted that, «much remains to be done in health and the other areas of government activity».107