Sentences with phrase «narrow gaps in»

Art has the ability to function and operate as a bridge to narrow the gaps in our cultural differences, revealing similarities that are essential for progress / growth.

«Ofsted itself has increased its focus on how schools use the pupil premium to narrow gaps in their inspections.»

The Sutton Trust is partnering with Impetus Trust to launch an early years initiative to narrow gaps in school readiness.

The effect is largest for students with below - average test scores, suggesting that later start times would narrow gaps in student achievement.

«The Parkinson's Foundation aims to narrow these gaps in Parkinson's care, which is why we are working with experts from URMC, a Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence.»

Pay transparency will be the focus of tonight's PBS debate show, Point Taken, featuring a panel of guests who will clash over whether it could help narrow gaps in pay between genders, racial groups, and socio - economic classes.

Even as Tottenham have narrowed the gap in recent years they have struggled at this venue, taking one point from their last four visits, and that 2 - 2 draw was soured by losing their heads as well as any lingering title hopes in the infamous 2016 battle of the Bridge.

Goal Five: Narrowing the gaps in breastfeeding disparities, create equity in knowledge, resources and support.

It is my goal, and the collective work of our team here at the Nature Museum, to narrow that gap in Chicago by increasing inclusivity and access to nature for all.

The fairness case for levying VAT on private school fees is this: whenever # 10,000 is spent on private school fees, # 2000 would go towards narrowing the gaps in opportunity and mobility.

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

He should explain why his moral purpose in politics is defined by extending opportunity to all and narrowing the gaps in life chances in Britain, because we are stronger as a society and an economy when all are included.

Remain's lead slipped and voters» indecision was on the increase as Leave narrowed the gap in the Telegraph's weekly poll.

Concrete commitments to end child poverty and narrow the gap in schools should be Labour's central pitch to black and Asian voters.

The mayor noted the city had narrowed the gap in high school graduation rates between the races.

Bloomberg has long patted himself on the back for narrowing the gap in academic achievement between the city's white and Asian students on one hand and blacks and Latinos on the other.

The topping cycle reduces the amount of pollution produced when coal is burnt and also narrows the gap in efficiency between coal and gas - fired stations (Technology, 1 February 1992).

«Importantly, the narrowing gap in reading achievement as students progress by year level suggests that the value - add over time that is experienced in coeducational schools is not being realised in single - sex schools,» Dix writes.

Narrowing the gap In February of this year, we published independent evaluations of two different interventions, both of which involved teaching assistants delivering high - quality, targeted support to pupils who were struggling with their literacy, either in one - to - one or in small groups.

The goals included: narrowing the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.

The pupil premium research carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has shown how, as part of a whole ‑ school approach, low - cost, high - impact strategies can impacting positively on outcomes for children and young people with SEN and help in narrowing the gap in attainment for our most vulnerable students (http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk).

This practice, diametrically opposed to that in Singapore, which outperforms the United States in reading in English in spite of the fact that nearly everyone in that city - state speaks a different language at home, has no chance of narrowing the gap in academic literacy with native English speakers; instead it will exacerbate it, to be followed by more civil rights pressure on our universities to lower their academic standards still further in an attempt to achieve equal outcomes, in a vicious cycle that will continue the degradation of America's civil and academic life.

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To base tests on what is actually taught in school would not only be fairer to disadvantaged students than the current Kafkaesque system of testing, it would enable such students to gradually narrow the gap in their general knowledge and vocabulary.

Black students in the state have narrowed the gap in only one subject in the past 20 years.

Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said government grants for the most deprived pupils had helped narrow the gap in performance between poorer pupils and their peers.

Lexington Institute scholars Doug Mesecar and Don Soifer write that turning New Jersey's ESSA plan into «improved student outcomes,» as well as «narrowing gaps in student achievement,» depends on the state «effectively getting schools the support necessary to accomplish this crucial work, and also monitoring their progress effectively.»

«Given that one of the goals of the constitutional initiative is to narrow the gap in per pupil funding to the average of the top ten states, California still has a long way to go in school finance,» the coalition said.

Lexington Institute scholars Doug Mesecar and Don Soifer write that turning New Jersey's ESSA plan into «improved student outcomes,» as well as «narrowing gaps in student achievement,» depends on the state «effectively getting schools the support necessary to accomplish this crucial work, and also monitoring...

For instance, Florida, which serves a large proportion of Hispanic students in its public schools, posts narrower gaps in performance between white and Hispanic students in some grades and subjects.

Additionally, future research was recommended to investigate the persistent though slightly narrowing gaps in test results among some subgroups.

For research supporting greater selectivity for teacher preparation programs see, Donald Boyd et al., «The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High - Poverty Schools,» National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 14021, June 2008; Drew Gitomer, «Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool,» Educational Testing Service, 2007; D. Goldhaber et al., NBPTS certification: Who applies and what factors are associated with success?»

At the end of the academic year, our governors will ensure that there is an annual statement accessible to parents on how the pupil premium funding has been used to address the issue of narrowing the gaps in our school and the impact this has had.

That # 2.5 billion really has helped to narrow the gap in attainment.

While domestic auto makers narrowed the gap in initial vehicle quality, they didn't fare as well in plant rankings.

When another driver suddenly jumped into the narrow gap in front of me, the CT6 braked strongly but smoothly, keeping me a safe distance behind before accelerating back up to speed (for now, Super Cruise is just a tad slow on regaining the throttle, so other drivers are quick to pounce in front before you're back to cruising speed — but it's a minor issue).

General Motors significantly narrowed the gap in sales between itself and global sales leader Toyota to just 11,000 units in the first half of the year, reporting a lower drop than its Japanese rival.Toyota sold about 3.56 million units in the first six months of 2009, a drop of 26 percent, followed

What I see is Ms narrowing the gap in NA, but worldwide the over all gap is widening.

In the gameplay teaser video, he used the ability to a coffee cup, transformed into an identical cup, then rolled through a narrow gap in a barrier to get access to the area beyond.

Given this history, Bloomberg's announcement last August that it would acquire BNA — with its highly regarded collection of materials covering labor and employment, tax and accounting, intellectual property, banking and securities, human resources, environmental law, health care and more — promised to narrow that gap in secondary resources.

Second, students» public service helps to narrow the gap in legal services to the underserved by providing a pool of pre-professional workers whose efforts make legal services more widely available.

Buyers and sellers of legal services may be on the same page in their thinking, but we have yet to narrow the gap in reality.

They've got OLED handily beat on price, and odds are that Samsung has continued to work at narrowing the gap in picture quality between the two over the last 12 months.

These are still backlit LCD displays, but they use quantum - dot technology and local backlight dimming to narrow the gap in quality between LCD and OLED panels.

iOS has certainly narrowed the gap in recent years as it...

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In the report, McGill writes that IoT technology is «narrowing the gap between the physical and digital worlds» and that «retailers are leveraging the enormous amount of data being collected to connect with their consumers in real time, both inside and outside of stores.&raquIn the report, McGill writes that IoT technology is «narrowing the gap between the physical and digital worlds» and that «retailers are leveraging the enormous amount of data being collected to connect with their consumers in real time, both inside and outside of stores.&raquin real time, both inside and outside of stores.»

In addition to the aforementioned concerns, Golub noted fears about whether economic growth won't meet lofty expectations and signals being sent from the bond market, where a narrower gap between government bond yields is kindling fears that a recession is looming.

The gap between the percentage of men and the percentage of women who work or are looking for work is the narrowest in the G20, according to a 2014 report by four international institutions, including the World Bank.

The point is I would have never been given the opportunity to save the company if I had anything other than a narrow say - do gap in the two years leading up to that event.

That gap is at its narrowest in entry - level jobs — the type most often held immediately after graduation — and increases as women move up the ranks.