Sentences with phrase «national leader in efforts»

Massachusetts has long been a national leader in efforts to capture clean energy economic development opportunities, enhance energy security, and reduce emissions.

The Mayor signed this ordinance on February 26, 2008, making Los Angeles the national leader in efforts to humanely decrease the number of pets abandoned and euthanized each year.

Texas is frequently cited as a national leader in efforts to raise academic performance and hold schools accountable for student performance.

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Over the past few years, SquareOne Villages (SOV) has emerged as a state and national leader in this effort.

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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin is among the Republicans from outside California who have contributed to the campaign to repeal the state's gas - tax increase, showing the effort has national interest from GOP leaders who see it as a way to boost their party's chances in the Golden State for this year's election.

Hinckley, Minn. — As part of its continuing effort to promote professional development and career advancement among emerging leaders, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, in support of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is pleased to announce the National Leadership Development Conference on June 21 — 23, 2016 at Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minn..

Learn how you can support this effort, along with lessons learned from California's Prop 37 and what's happening on a national level to require labeling of genetically engineered foods, from a panel of speakers and industry leaders deeply involved in these efforts.

The impact of the shootings rippled through the winter meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington this weekend, as state leaders expressed willingness to consider new limits on gun ownership and stepped up efforts to address mental - health factors.

In September 2013, John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany, which is non-partisan, said that Cuomo's hiring of Andrew Nicklin, who previously worked on New York City data efforts, and of James Hendler, an adviser to Data.gov, «shows a governor who's very interested and very committed to making New York a national leader.»

The Governor also unveiled the «Open Doors Campaign,» a new promotional effort highlighting New York's longstanding role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

The Governor also unveiled the «Open Doors Campaign,» a new promotional effort highlighting New York's role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

Gillibrand, a national leader in the push to elect more women, praised the efforts of 21 in» 21, making the point that in order for more women to get elected on the federal level it is imperative for there to be a pipeline of women elected officials at the local level.

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, visited Sokoto as part of efforts to reconcile warring factions of the APC in the North - West.

«New York continues to be a national leader in fighting for justice for working men and women, and by providing a platform for New Yorkers» concerns to be heard, we are furthering our efforts to deliver fair wages for all,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Former Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, a leader in a national effort to save local governments, said Hein has shown he's willing to innovate.

The Ijaw leader who lamented that the federal government receives over 52 percent of the national revenue, observed that PANDEF was established to help resolve the crises in the region and vandalization of oil pipelines, adding that there is peace in the region today due to the body's efforts.

We encourage our national leaders to make a bipartisan effort to focus on achieving a balanced budget that helps put the U.S. economic house in order, while also putting forth a road map that fosters innovation and leads to economic growth and job creation.»

Sue Clark, an internationally recognized leader in the nuclear sciences, has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee to evaluate the U.S. Department of Energy's cleanup technology development efforts.

To commemorate the ADA, Kessler Foundation leaders reached out through the media to discuss the National Employment and Disability Survey, the buying power of people with disabilities and reasons why people need to unite in efforts to build an inclusive workforce.

The establishment of the CRGGH, a trans - National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort, brings about an opportunity for it to be a leader in public awareness regarding how genomics is informing health and human history.

Last year, at the National Education Summit, governors and business leaders concluded that «efforts to set clear, common... academic standards for students in a given school district or state are necessary to improve student performance.».

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...

Leaders of the new effort, «Project Appleseed,» hope to establish strong state - level Parents for Public Schools organizations comparable in stature to the state affiliates of the national teachers» unions and other groups.

As next month's historic merger vote nears, the leaders of the National Education Association are making an all - out effort to persuade their members to vote in favor of uniting with the American Federation of Teachers — at the same time that NEA members who oppose a merger are coordinating efforts to defeat it.

MATSITI has previously published a Teacher Workforce Scoping Plan - a blueprint for a national effort to increase the number and capacity of Indigenous teachers and leaders in the government and non-government school sectors.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

In an effort to forge links among a small — and scattered — group of student leaders, the Alexandria, Va. - based National Association of State Boards of Education is tapping into a medium that teenagers know well: the online forum.

Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), in partnership with the Learning First Alliance's Get it Right campaign, have developed a communications toolkit to support school leaders and educators» efforts to prepare high school students for success after graduation through effective community engagement.

Appleton, which has seen several of its schools receive national recognition for their efforts in this area, is one of the cities participating in Core 4 +, better known by school leaders here as «active kids, active classrooms.»

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

And by and large, New Jersey has been a national leader in a number of efforts, from the aforementioned Abbott decrees to the takeover of four school districts that the state has claimed hit rock bottom.

We've collaborated with the Collaboration for Effective Educators Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center and The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) as well as launched a diverse coalition of organizations to support states in their efforts to develop teachers and leader who can successfully prepare students with disabilities to achieve college and career - ready standards.

In 2007, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an effort to dig into national statistics and available rankings of state policy environments to see who the national leaders in educational performance were — and who were the laggardIn 2007, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an effort to dig into national statistics and available rankings of state policy environments to see who the national leaders in educational performance were — and who were the laggardin educational performance were — and who were the laggards.

And he was part of — and widely considered a leader in — a national effort for greater accountability in public education shared across partisan lines.

The pilot takes place in multiple countries, all part of the broad initiative called the HP National Education Technology Analytics Project (HP NETA)-- an ambitious data analytics effort that will assist nation and state - level education leaders by providing insights about the impact of education technology on learning, society, and the economy.

As part of this effort, the sites will recruit National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) as teacher leaders in high - need schools, particularly in the STEM subjects.

WestEd is a leader in moving research into practice by conducting research and development (R&D) programs, projects, and evaluations; by providing training and technical assistance; and by working with national, regional, state, and local policymakers and practitioners to carry out large - scale school improvement and innovative change efforts.

These efforts coalesced into a national strategy after a 1989 bipartisan summit in Charlottesville, Virginia, between governors and President George H. W. Bush, where leaders looked to standards as the first step toward achieving lofty national education goals.2

The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has been a leader in the growing national opt out effort and just last week NYSUT President Karen Magee endorsed the right of parents to opt their children observing, «I am saying that I would urge parents... to opt out of testing.»

In the design stage — guided by a national advisory board that included education leaders, researchers, youth development practitioners, media experts, and a high school student — we analyzed existing efforts.

May 12, 2016 Maddie's Fund, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, has surprised nine animal welfare leaders with the first ever Maddie Hero Awards for their incredible efforts in animal lifesaving and furthering our no - kill nation mission.

A national leader in the no - kill movement, Best Friends brings together the compassionate efforts of individuals, policy makers, advocates, animal rescue organizations and animal shelters across the country to support homeless pets and ultimately save lives.

April 26, 2017 Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well - being of companion animals, has surprised 15 animal welfare leaders with Maddie Hero Awards for their incredible efforts in furthering the no - kill nation mission through shelter medicine, community lifesaving and big picture thinking.

PLEASANTON, Calif., May 12, 2016 Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, has surprised nine animal welfare leaders with the first ever Maddie Hero Awards for their incredible efforts in animal lifesaving and furthering our no - kill nation mission.

Her position as a Disaster Team Leader and Client Services Supervisor for disaster relief, damage assessment and disbursement of services for the Red Cross had Joanne become part of the relief effort at ground zero in the aftermath of September 11th and Hurricane Katrina, along with numerous local and national disasters for over a decade.

In 2016 Mars Petcare and the Schultz Family Foundation, among others, helped fund an ambitious effort led by American Humane and leaders in the veteran, service dog, veterinary, hotel and transportation fields to create the first national training standards for service dogIn 2016 Mars Petcare and the Schultz Family Foundation, among others, helped fund an ambitious effort led by American Humane and leaders in the veteran, service dog, veterinary, hotel and transportation fields to create the first national training standards for service dogin the veteran, service dog, veterinary, hotel and transportation fields to create the first national training standards for service dogs.

June 16, 12:36 p.m. Updated Douglas Biesecker, a scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the leader of an international effort to chart and forecast trends in sunspots, has offered a detailed new critique of three lines of analysis predicting a long and deep lull in sunspot activity, with substantial potential impacts on Earth's climate (and climate policy).

These intransigent leaders at the Climate Change Conference evidently became so isolated from the family of humanity at the end of the last day of meetings that their unilateral, morally offensive «rear - guard action» in defense of selfish, irresponsible national aims crumbled, as is common with such unsavory efforts.

We reject efforts to bring national car standards down; we're already leaders in doing right by our neighbors and the natural world; rather than putting obstacles in our path, the EPA should be following our lead.»