Sentences with phrase «on innovative efforts»

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Our efforts at College Prowler focus on creating innovative products that have room to grow in the marketplace while we learn from consumers.

The loss of human life and destruction of property lingered on minds across the world, but a decade - long effort to lure innovative technology firms to the South American country was also at stake.

Still, cannabis companies have been ramping up their marketing efforts in recent months to get consumers better acquainted with their brands and offerings now, using innovative tactics such as releasing cannabis - inspired but drug - free products and bringing on celebrity investors.

In a statement to Business Insider, the CCA noted that the DOJ's directive would affect only 7 % of the company's business, and it will instead be focusing on «new, innovative opportunities we've been exploring in recent years in a proactive effort to meet their evolving needs.»

CA executed a highly targeted, data driven, innovative, and financially transparent effort that ultimately led to a significant influence on the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

Today, we continue to work on innovative implementation strategies to help sponsors reduce the operational complexity, burden and risk of glidepath execution, and to help them in their efforts to swiftly lock in funding - ratio gains.

On the negative side, virtually all the innovative social - capital - generating efforts Putnam mentions are relatively small - scale and isolated.

A couple years back I wrote, «I look forward to 2005 being a year where; I see more of the world I live in through travel and photography, I spend more time with my sister, I make an effort to collaborate on projects with interesting, innovative individuals.»

Our Organic Beef Matters blog is the place to get to know us better, to learn about our innovative conservation efforts on our 46,000 acre certified organic wilderness mountain rangeland (the largest contiguous certified organic area in the U.S.), and to learn why we do what we do to bring you the best beef in the world.

In an effort to make the spread as diverse as possible, we always try to think outside the Thanksgiving box, bringing a new and innovative dish we hope will go on to become a Thanksgiving staple.

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

The 30 - second spot, called «Began,» will air on broadcast, cable and digital market areas throughout the district.Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

He's been involved with the project since its inception 10 years ago and has used an unassuming, innovative management style to lead the effort to transform 120 acres on the northern edge of downtown into a world class medical campus.

As I admired the gilded allegorical ceiling panels representing science and excellence, I couldn't help thinking, corny as it may sound, that the building's namesake — whose innovative experiments included, along with the Declaration of Independence, an improved plow, a portable copying machine, an encryption device, and an outstanding institution of learning (the University of Virginia), and who sent Lewis and Clark on one of history's most daring research expeditions — would have approved of this educational effort, too.

An innovative effort would embed sensors in agricultural fields in a bid to cut down on irrigation — saving farmers money and preserving water for endangered species

And those proposals come on top of existing efforts, such as the precision medicine initiative and the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative.

Sieweke's team will next focus their research efforts on the relationships between macrophages, sperm, and testosterone production, which may yield innovative treatments for certain kinds of male infertility.

Activities supported by the Fund include the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition's Student Essay, Poster, and Digital Media Competitions; efforts to promote the integration of human rights into STEM education; technical training of human rights practitioners in innovative applications of science and technology; collaborative partnerships between scientists, engineers and human rights organizations; and policy engagement on issues at the nexus of science and human rights.

«As the largest health care provider in the U.S., VA has the responsibility to continuously examine how our extensive suicide prevention efforts are working, and to identify critical opportunities for improvement in service to our nation's Veterans,» said Dr. Caitlin Thompson, Deputy Director for Suicide Prevention for VA. «This collaborative effort with NIMH provides us with unprecedented information that will allow us to design and implement innovative strategies on how to assess and care for those Veterans who may be at high risk for suicide.

Core areas of research at the institute include work on brain - computer interfaces to aid patients with spinal injury and paralysis; innovative advances in computational neuroscience to address behavior and mood disorders; and research into mechanisms of cell death as part of efforts to identify therapies for neurodegenerative diseases that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's.

Just by looking at it you can tell that a lot of time and effort was spent on its construction and design; good materials, comfortable straps, extensive adjustability for any body type, and the ability to increase and decrease resistance for different movements and difficulties are just a few of the innovative features.

Carrying on the same record of success, Innovative Match has collected glowing testimonials from clients who found each other thanks to the concierge team's efforts.

For that to happen, small schools must mature into a stronger movement by formulating serious proposals for assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseers.

In some previous posts I've mentioned the incredibly innovative paper by Collin Hitt, Julie Trivitt, and Albert Cheng that looks at student non-response on surveys (leaving answers blank or saying «don't know») as a proxy for conscientiousness or effort.

The overarching goal of this effort is to leverage new knowledge in the service of generating and testing innovative intervention models to produce substantially greater impacts on learning, behavior, and health outcomes than existing programs and policies, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and families.

«To deliver on the promise of the White House Opportunity Agenda, we must identify and scale innovative ways for school counselors to lead college readiness efforts.»

Each year nominations are accepted and evaluated by a selection panel that chooses new honorees based on: their pioneering efforts in the development / growth of charter schools; their long term commitment and contributions to charter schools and education; their innovative ideas and successful implementation of those ideas; and their inspiration to others in the charter school movement.

Oakland Promise was launched in a landscape that was already engaging in innovative collective impact efforts, particularly ones focused on providing equity of opportunity for all children.

In this sense, becoming an authority requires the constant effort of staying on top of innovative practice in the field, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders to come to a common understanding of the practice, and actually implementing this new practice in equitable ways.

The Center for Digital Education recently recognized the district's Chief Technology Officer, Jennie Magiera, with the «Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers» award for her efforts to improve education through innovative technologies and for creating a positive impact on student achievement.

When asked how these visits benefitted his team, Peter Rutkowski, Assistant Principal at Disney II said, «LEAP intervisitations throughout the year helped us feel like we were not on an island in our efforts to personalize learning, and [they] supported us in developing innovative instruction that works for our students.»

Teachers unions were very supportive of school integration in Wake County, and the very positive role they can play on national policy was underlined in December, when the National Education Association announced an effort to establish 100 new peer assistance and review programs to better train and, if necessary, weed out ineffective teachers; and the American Federation of Teachers proposed an innovative approach to raise academic achievement in a low - income community in West Virginia by going after the effects of poverty directly.

We pledge to continue these efforts and to maintain a focus on policy advocacy and innovative offerings that will provide the best support to the current and future generations of teachers.

This strategy is based on research suggesting that innovative faculty development models focusing on personal needs are most effective in producing educational change (Persichette, 1998; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999), effective technology - related faculty development efforts enable teacher educators to enhance their instruction (Cooper & Bull, 1997), and faculty members must receive support when they need it as opposed to when a training session is offered (Ring, Cilesiz, Ali, & Chen, 2002).

Trump's recent proposal to eliminate Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.

There is also some innovative curriculum development efforts being done by teachers, schools, and others on the margins; this includes the efforts by Harlem Link Charter School in New York City to make sure that students are learning reading, math, history, and science throughout all of their classes.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

Dave Calhoun, the director of research, evaluation, and assessment for Fresno Unified, one of the CORE districts, stressed that the innovative efforts were more focused on school improvement, rather than high - stakes accountability.

Every teacher, every administrator, counselor, and most of the students will be full - time focusing their talents and efforts on the very specific task of making the school an innovative success.

Innovative Lancashire primary school embarks on new professional development effort empowering educators to use digital content to improve achievement, and prepare students for the challenges of tomorrow.

Charter school laws exist in 45 states, but more than half of these states place caps on the number of charter schools that may be authorized.19 Charter school policies have wide variance, but states could enable innovative high school designs and accelerate redesign efforts by maintaining and enforcing rigorous standards for authorizing and renewing charters, while also raising caps on charters as needed.

The luncheon focused on the emergence of new innovative efforts and the need for a cultural shift when it comes to education.

Innovative efforts — such as Generation Citizen's action civics programming and Judicially Speaking's guest lectures from civics experts — have allowed for small changes to make a big impact on how teachers educate the next generation of leaders.

District and school leaders should implement turnaround strategies based on evidence from rigorous studies of turnaround efforts in North Carolina and other states, or well - conceived, innovative strategies with sound theoretical foundations.

The TISS initiative builds an innovative new program on the foundation of three existing core NYCLA programs with proven results: our nationally - recognized and externally validated Aspiring Principals Program (APP), which recruits, prepares, and supports talented educators committed to leading school turnaround efforts; the Leadership Advancement Program (LAP), which prepares aspiring leaders; and our current coaching program for NYC principals, especially those early in their careers.

Lauren Cassidy conducts research on K — 12 education reforms, with a particular emphasis on policies and innovative efforts that build district and school capacity to support teacher development and student learning.

In the past six years, Volvo has managed to keep the C30 reasonably fresh thanks to a face - lifted front end in 2010; however, there have been no age - reducing efforts on once - innovative interior.

DOT is also working on a broader effort to educate and engage project sponsors on the innovative financing tools available to them, including TIFIA, but also Private Activity Bonds, and the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement program (RRIF).

This project represents an effort by the State of Florida to bring a new technology to the United States by using an innovative public - private partnership that does not rely on Federal grant support.

Fuel efficiency can be displayed in one of two ways, as chosen by the driver: as a traditional chart or using an innovative display that shows growing leaves and vines on the instrument panel, creating a visual reward for the driver's efforts.