Sentences with phrase «national goals while»

The role that NCLB sets out for the federal government — setting national goals while leaving states and districts to decide how to reach them — is sound, and surely superior to the hodge - podge of state accountability systems that preceded it.

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Translated to a national stage, such policies could create a disconnect between Bush's stated long - term goals of helping the middle class and poorer workers while supporting business, political analysts say.

Brands Fail to Meet the ANA's Diversity Goals, Too Progress has been strong in CMO gender balance while ethnic diversity continues to face significant shortfalls, according to new research from the Association of National Advertisers and its inaugural CMO scorecard.

While we are pleased to receive recognition on a national level, we are steadfast in our commitment to meet or exceed our clients» expectations in achieving their goals and securing their financial future.

They knocked off No. 1 Alabama, 34 - 28, on a 109 - yard field goal return to end the game, and in the process improved their own national title chances while seriously putting a dent in the SEC's quest for eight in a row.

Tuesday night's disaster for the team saw him make his 20th cap and score his ninth goal for the national team, and while it's a shame that his first World Cup cycle will be a waste, he can be the one to lead this team into the future.

Vision teams compete with the goal of developing individual athletes» skills, while maintaining a team goal of qualifying for, and successfully competing at the USA Junior National Championships.

So while I'm here, yeah, I'd like to help move the women's game along, but our main goal is to win the national championship.

Brazil ultimately lost that game but it was just one of 16 defeats experienced by the national side while Gilmar was in goal.

Bottom side Platinum Stars moved closer to the National First Division when they were held to a 0 - 0 draw by Baroka FC at home, while Polokwane City kept SuperSport United in the relegation mix with a precious 1 - 0 victory that was secured via Rodney Ramagalela's 11th league goal of the campaign.

While at Stuttgart, Rüdiger clocked in 80 appearances, scoring two goals and grabbing the attention of German national team coach Joachim Löw.

As for Islamic Jihad, it is: (1) very small compared to Fatah and Hamas (2) While Islamist, its goals are strictly limited to Palestine / Israel, so it's just an Islamist approach to a national struggle (3) I think they haven't carried out attacks outside of Palestine.

While the national limit has been eliminated, the states could still support the original goal with lower and potentially better enforced limits.

In a similar vein, the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Task Force on National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (NWP) is expected to present a draft report to the National Science Board (NSB) in November that includes recommendations to «guide national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Task Force on National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (NWP) is expected to present a draft report to the National Science Board (NSB) in November that includes recommendations to «guide national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB National Workforce Policies for Science and Engineering (NWP) is expected to present a draft report to the National Science Board (NSB) in November that includes recommendations to «guide national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB National Science Board (NSB) in November that includes recommendations to «guide national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB national policy toward the goal of drawing more U.S. citizens into careers in science and engineering, while continuing to compete globally for scientific talent,» according to the minutes of the October NSB meeting.

Pieter Tans, a climate scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who wrapped up the panel, said that while governments and policymakers should still aggressively pursue the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, he did not believe that the most severe IPCC scenario, RCP 8.5, was likely.

The book's major thesis is that large - scale water projects are driven by power interests, purporting to serve national goals, while in reality serving the narrower interests of the wealthy.

The first, she says, is that while there are some efforts in Norway to cut food waste, there are no clear goals or targets at the national level.

It is busy working out national goals for science, while a subcommittee examines how the councils» boards should change after the election.

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

The foundation's goal is ambitious: to improve the national graduation rate to at least 80 percent, from about 65 percent, while increasing the likelihood that all high - school graduates are college - ready.

«The essential goal of the project is to create a connection between upper secondary school students, businesses and universities, while utilising the creativity of the students as a national resource,» the report notes.

They had various opportunities to study Master Artists and Art History as part of my literacy goals and objectives as well; all while aligning with State and National Standards.

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

The goal of College Decision Day is to mimic the NCAA's National Signing Day excitement and celebrate all seniors going to college while encouraging younger students and families to prepare early for postsecondary education.

Whether the National Education Association can accomplish those goals while simultaneously advocating improvements to the teaching profession — a role publicly supported by its leaders, but contested among rank and file — remains an open question.

We work collaboratively with a variety of local and national organizations to meet their program goals while providing robust learning opportunities for our students in literacy, STEM education, mentorship, character development and scholarship support.

Knowing that students will rely on their foundational skills in literacy and math for years to come, we support students in making progress toward individual academic goals while meeting or exceeding U.S. national standards.

This workshop will demonstrate how merging the academy team model with the ASCA National model can accelerate an Academy's progress in meeting school improvement goals while also developing the social - emotional, career and college ready competencies of all students.

According to the Department, the requested 15 percent reduction would «provide significant resources to support CTE programs while also maintaining the fiscal discipline necessary to support the President's goal of increasing support for national security and public safety without adding to the Federal budget deficit.»

Our goal is to advance on MDX's already great dynamic performance while improving fuel economy and luxury comfort,» said Mike Accavitti, vice president of national marketing operations.

Just in the lower 48 states, there are over 40 national parks to visit, and while we will always have a special love for the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite, our goal this year to visit a park that is not as well - known, and that is Isle Royale National Park on Lake Snational parks to visit, and while we will always have a special love for the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite, our goal this year to visit a park that is not as well - known, and that is Isle Royale National Park on Lake SNational Park on Lake Superior.

Down payment assistance programs are administered by national, state and local organizations and while they operate differently, the goal is the same — to help qualified buyers purchase a home when they have limited resources for the down payment or closing costs.

Rachel's role in the Bathe to Save National Tour is to serve as an additional spokesperson for media while joining Anthony in raising awareness and building relationships with the animal shelters and rescues while promoting sponsors and ensuring the smaller members of the team reach their daily and event goals.

About Blog The goal at Turf Masters is to create a lawn care business with the resources of a national company while maintaining the high - level of service and care that only a family - owned, local company can provide.

The goal of Imirt is to increase awareness of Ireland's game makers on the national and international stage while providing opportunities for networking, community growth and development.

While in China Rebekkah visited factories where many of the objects she owns or aspires to own (fashion clothing, mobile phones, flatscreen TVs) are produced and witnessed what can be achieved when a massive - scale, national population pulls together towards one common goal: individual improvement through mass production, organisation and hard work.

I do know that India's grid - connected PV capacity grew from 18 Megawatts in 2010 to nearly 3 Gigawatts in 2011, with another GW due to come online in 2012, while India is already exceeding the goals of its national plan to install 20 GW of solar power within ten years.

Once national or municipal authorities understand how urban agriculture can contribute to their policy goals, they often seek to facilitate the development of urban agriculture by means of pro-active policies and intervention strategies that enhance the socio - economic and nutritional benefits of urban agriculture, while reducing potential associated health and environmental risks.

This would protect the global average carbon price — the essential goal, while allowing national flexibility.

While the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement are universal accords, they will very much be addressed at the national level — where each country will apply their unique history, culture and capabilities.

«It is a fundamental tenet of the Under2 Coalition that while national governments negotiated the Paris Agreement, state and regional leaders are central to delivering the goal of limiting global temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius.»

The energy trends envisioned in the New Policies Scenario imply that national commitments to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions, while expected to have some impact, are collectively inadequate to meet the Copenhagen Accord's overall goal of holding the global temperature increase to below 2 °C.

The overall development goal of the Programme is to reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing to national sustainable development.

«Today the Anniston Army Depot, with the help of many, will take one more step toward meeting and striving to exceed the Army's goals of renewable energy while enhancing national security,» said Phil Trued, chief of staff at the depot.

While it highlights the importance of a quantitative target for transportation sector emissions, the bill sets no national reduction goal for the sector, has no substantial enforcement, and dedicates no carbon revenues to get the job done.

A growing number of national and sub-national governments turn to carbon markets to meet their future GHG emission goals, but while a large number of developing nations are interested in selling carbon credits in an international market there is little interest in buying.

To identify the key services and institutions that will be needed to support a successful IFCS program, this paper will examine three possible international forest carbon sequestration (IFCS) models: a fund - based approach, proposed by Brazil7; a market - based approach submitted jointly by several rainforest nations; 8 and the Forest Program for Inventories of National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ as well.

While the tree - planting goal is obviously quite ambitious, the Distrito Federal, or Federal District, which encompasses much of Mexico City, has made a solid contribution to the goal by planting three million trees in 25 communities over 49,000 acres (20,000 hectares) in the district's rural southern zone.According to the National Forest Commission (Spanish link), as of mid August, 50 million tree seedlings had been distributed around the country, which means they may reach the goal of 250 million trees by year's end.

While a national justice system might seem a laudable goal, investment in a national justice care system can dilute the progress currently made and truly foreseeable in present access to justice initiatives.

While some lawyers have been coaching clients informally for years, the goal of this project — which is the brainchild of the National Self - Represented Litigants Project — is to formalize and expand this model.