Sentences with phrase «national initiative aimed»

Stating that «teachers and principals are not the problem,» Secretary of Education Arne Duncan took to the podium at the White House today to unveil a national initiative aimed at addressing «systematic inequities» that shortchange some schools and disproportionately affect students in high - poverty, high - minority areas.

Six years ago, the Pew Charitable Trusts launched a national initiative aimed at helping states provide access to high - quality pre-kindergarten for every three - and four - year - old whose parents want it for them.

This is according to a national initiative aimed at identifying and fixing the U.S. education system's «leaky engineering talent pipeline,» led by the National Academy of Sciences, Achieve, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Teachers Association.

Coordinate a new national initiative aimed at evaluating youth sports program providers including following - up, tracking and communicating with all applicants to verify application information.

Simon Fraser University students Ardalan Benam, Nell Du, and Rachel Chase have been named to the 2018 cohort of the Next 36, a national initiative aimed at transforming Canada's most promising...

With four Nobel Laureates and four Booker Prize winners, Ireland has produced some of the finest writers in the world — and this national initiative aims to assist the writers of the future to make their mark and continue this enviable tradition.

The national initiative aims to encourage drivers and motorcyclists to «share the road» and highlights that motorcycles are vehicles with the same rights and privileges as any other motor vehicle on the road.

The COPMI (Children of Parents with a Mental Illness) national initiative aims to foster better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness, reduce stigma associated with parental mental illness, and help friends, family and workers identify and respond to the needs of the children and their families where parental mental illness exists.

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With funding and support from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has undertaken an initiative aimed at growing and supporting best practices adoption in Angel investor communities in Western Canada.

Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China (21 September 2017)- Agriculture research heads of 14 Asian countries supported the ASEAN +3 Rice Breeding and Genetics Initiative - a long - term regional investment and collaboration initiative in rice breeding aimed to address regional food security and national rice sector strategies.

As part of the Small Schools Taskforce, a national initiative which aims to ensure that all small schools have the right menus and kitchen equipment to be able to offer a viable service, I've witnessed the huge benefits that a hot, healthy meal can have on classroom performance.

At the event, MPs learnt about the NCC's services and initiatives, including the NCC Approved Code Schemes which provide additional consumer protection, the NCC Training Academy that aims to enhance skills of those working in the sector, and the Central Registration & Identification Scheme (CRiS), the national register for UK touring caravans, which provides a service similar to that of the DVLA for vehicles.

Funded by Big Lottery and Comic Relief it is part of the national Moving People initiative, which aims to stamp out discrimination towards people with mental health problems (see notes to editors).

Katko said he has already decided to support two other initiatives: A federal ban on bump stocks, devices that enable a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster; and a bill in Congress aimed at strengthening the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.

On a national level, the research councils have a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging the commercialisation of research.

The agency supports network science through individual institutes (for example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds nine National Centers for Systems Biology, academic centers that emphasize network biology) and through agencywide initiatives (such as the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the recently announced Human Connectome Project, which aims to map the connections among the human brain's 100 billion neurons).

Fewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds.

And Obama said this morning that DOE and the National Science Foundation will launch a joint initiative aimed at urging American students to pursue career in science, engineering and entrepreneurship related to clean energy.

Holdren walked through the policies and initiatives former President Barack Obama set into motion with his 2009 inaugural pledge to «restore science to its rightful place,» and laid out what is needed to preserve the capacity of science to advance «economic prosperity, public health, environmental sustainability and national security, among other laudable aims.»

That is the hope of Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) project that is part of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health aimed at developing improved antidotes for chemical agents.

The National Mathematics Advisory Panel is intended to feed into a proposed $ 250 - million mathematics initiative by the Bush Administration aimed at giving elementary school students a strong foundation in math and boosting the abilities of middle school students who have fallen behind (Science, 10 February, p. 762).

In response to this need, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched on January 25, 2016 a formal initiative aimed at improving research reproducibility through an emphasis on scientific rigor and transparency.

Our group of experts discuss initiatives at the national, state, and local levels that aim to prepare all students for postsecondary education.

Our group of experts discussed initiatives at the national, state, and local levels that aim to prepare all students for postsecondary education.

Current federal initiatives such as direct certification aim to improve the accuracy of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) certification.

«As part of the Small Schools Taskforce, a national initiative which aims to ensure that all small schools have the right menus and kitchen equipment to be able to offer a viable service, I've witnessed the huge benefits that a hot, healthy meal can have on classroom performance.

The Education Redesign Lab aims to provoke a national design conversation and initiative to build 21st - century systems of education and child development.

The ScottishPower Foundation has launched a photography competition Energise, aimed at all schools in Scotland and part of the Get Energised initiative with National Museums Scotland.

A road safety initiative aimed at reducing child accidents and making road safety part of the national curriculum has been piloted successfully in Birmingham.

As the district embraces the Common Core and National Core Arts Standards, visual arts teachers have been invited to the table to participate in district - wide conversations and initiatives aimed at addressing issues of access and quality.

Since 2014, the Michigan College Access Network has organized College Decision Day as a statewide event, an adaption of National College Signing Day, a program of the First Lady's Reach Higher initiative aimed to inspire every student across the country to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school.

Since 2014, the Michigan College Access Network has organized College Decision Day as a statewide event, an adaption of National College Signing Day, a program of former First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher initiative aimed to inspire every student across the country to take charge of their future by continuing, and completing, their education past high school.

I was asked to Co-Direct the Share Your Learning Campaign, a national initiative that aims to empower 300,000 teachers to shape the path for five million students to publicly present their learning to an audience beyond the classroom by the year 2020, and I said, «Yes.»

Faces of Learning is a national grassroots engagement initiative that aims to help everyone — young and old, educator and non-educator, Democrat and Republican — see more clearly what powerful learning actually looks like (and requires).

At the national convening, President Bush also announced the creation of Stand - To Veteran Leadership Initiative, a first - of - its - kind veteran leadership initiative aimed at individuals serving our nation's veterans who are motivated to broaden their skillsets and influence across the country.

Alexandria, Va., (January 30, 2017)-- The National School Boards Association today launched the Clean, Green and Safe Schools initiative with the aim of providing school board members information they can use to develop policies and protocols to provide a healthy and safe environment for students, teachers, administrators and visitors.

OST, NHTSA, FHWA, FMCSA, and the National Safety Council are launching new initiatives aimed at maximizing the impact of traffic safety activities in the near - term and developing a long - term vision for a zero - fatality future.

Launched in 2016 by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, the initiative aims to replace a mishmash of titles with the universal label «registered veterinary nurse» (RVN).

In partnership with PURINA ONE ®, North Shore Animal League America's Tour for Life is the world's largest cooperative national adoption initiative aimed at reinforcing the importance and advantages of shelter pet adoptions and familiarizing communities with their local shelter.

In particular, the Parks Conservancy's Institute at the Golden Gate has a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging environmental preservation and sustainability in our national parks and around the world.

Named one of Time Magazine's «Heroes for the Planet,» Earle is a former chief scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and founder of SEAlliance, which partnered with National Geographic on Mission Blue to further global initiatives aimed at restoring health and productivity to the ocean.

The brainchild of the National Tourist Routes project in Norway (a government - sponsored initiative which aims to attract visitors to remote but exceptionally beautiful locations), the Steilneset Memorial started out as a modest monument to honor the victims of the witchcraft trials, to be built on the site where the burnings originally took place.

This Visiting Artist initiative is a new addition to Girls» Club public programming, and aims to addresses itself to the national sphere by fostering dialogue between South Florida artists and institutions and...

This Visiting Artist initiative is a new addition to Girls» Club public programming, and aims to addresses itself to the national sphere by fostering dialogue between South Florida artists and institutions and their counterparts throughout the country.

Your Paintings aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings and is a joint initiative between the BBC, the Public Catalogue Foundation (a registered charity) and participating collections and museums from across the UK.

The project is part of Liverpool City Region's Find Your Talent pathfinder, led by National Museums Liverpool, a government initiative which aims to get young people into creative and cultural activities.

The ultimate aim is a national declaration of Climate Emergency with its ability to unlock all the required policy changes and funds for a rapid climate emergency response, but local councils can start the ball rolling by demonstrating successful climate emergency initiatives at the local level.

Marking the start of an ongoing initiative, it aims to spur serious discussion and action in national and international scientific and academic communities, especially regarding the pressing needs to increase women's participation in S&T careers and enable sex - disaggregated data collection and rigorous research development, along with increasing public awareness of gender issues.

The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construction.

Much of the blame for this can, of course, be attributed to lax regulations; in the U.S., the first (and last) major wave of national legislation addressing ocean and coastal conservation was enacted in the 1970s, with the enactment of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), amongst others.In recent years, we've seen coastal states taking the initiative in forming regional partnerships aimed at protecting and promoting their dwindling oceanic and coastal resources.