Sentences with phrase «of significant progress»

This persistent occupational segregation is a primary contributor to the lack of significant progress in closing the wage gap.

The possibility that this side agreement can be a vehicle of significant progress in integrating environmental considerations into issues of international trade led to a deep split within the environmental community.

After seventeen meetings, there is no evidence of any significant progress.

He explained that the new policy would provide direction necessary to support the achievement of significant progress in terms of improving the performance of the country's national health system.

Frustrated by the lack of significant progress in school reform, the nation's governors met at the National Education Summit in Palisades, N.Y., last March to recommit themselves.

There seemed little sign of any significant progress in the negotiations on the terms of the UK's departure, and the immediate prospects for a breakthrough — on issues such as the UK's outstanding financial obligations to the EU and a transition deal for the period following the March 2019 deadline for the UK to leave — seemed slim.

Congressman Chris Collins, who lives near the crash site, said in a written statement that the Pilot Records Database «is a reflection of the significant progress made to make sure all pilots are well - trained and fit to fly» so that «senseless tragedies» can be prevented.

«I am proud of the significant progress we have made, not only to address the DOJ's concerns, but more so to maintain Westchester's status as home to one of the top correctional agencies in the country,» said Correction Commissioner Kevin M. Cheverko.

«I think the experience of NCLB drove home for many people in this country that we could not succeed in making any kind of significant progress in narrowing the achievement gap simply by holding schools accountable for higher performance,» Rothstein said.

Another area of concern was the «lack of significant progress measured by the redesigned neighborhood high schools.»

Accounts are paid off quickly in the beginning, providing satisfaction of reducing the number of active accounts and giving a very real sense of significant progress.

Intensive and well - organized projects are usually an auspice of significant progress in the ocean - tropical cyclone studies, such as the Coupled Boundary Layer Air - Sea Transfer (CBLAST) and Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) projects.

«This is our seventh annual report card and, unfortunately, we continue to see a lack of action in most areas instead of significant progress,» says Kendra Milne, Director of Law Reform at West Coast LEAF.

There are signs of significant progress: In just two years, the number of students without access to adequate bandwidth has been cut in half, according to a new analysis of E-rate application data by school - broadband advocacy group EducationSuperHighway.