Indiana is on track to become the first state to pull
out of a national initiative to share academic standards known as the Common Core.
Not exact matches
It seems unfair — or at least unfortunate — that New Mexico governor and fellow Democratic candidate Bill Richardson has been left
out of the
national conversation about Hillary Clinton's health insurance
initiative.
Compiled by FWRA, a cross-sector industry
initiative led by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the
National Restaurant Association (NRA), the guide focuses on strategies food manufacturers, retailers and restaurant and foodservice operators can employ to keep food
out of landfills, and to reduce food waste at the source.
In front
of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled
out her
national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show
of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.
Growing
out of a field organizing
initiative in the Obama 2008 campaign,
National Field applies a social model to the gathering and distribution
of information within a campaign.
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).
«The economy has started responding to these policy
initiatives of the government as evidenced in the improvement and stability
of the naira exchange rate; increase in the country's foreign reserves and the recent announcement by the
National Bureau
of Statistics NBS that the country has officially come
out of recession.
Last week, the
National Institutes
of Health (NIH) rolled
out three
initiatives intended to smooth that transition to becoming an independent researcher.
Obama also gave a shout
out to Subra Suresh, marking his first day as director
of the
National Science Foundation; plugged the Administration's spending on STEM education; and highlighted a private - sector
initiative, called Changing the Equation, in which hundreds
of companies and organizations are adding their dollars to public investments in science education.
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.»
Although citizen science
initiatives encourage individuals from all walks
of life to get
out into nature, greater engagement is needed to bring diverse populations to
national parks, argued Theodore Roosevelt IV, an investment banker and conservationist and the great - grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, who signed into law the creation of five Nationa
national parks, argued Theodore Roosevelt IV, an investment banker and conservationist and the great - grandson
of President Theodore Roosevelt, who signed into law the creation
of five
NationalNational Parks.
As Aschenauer pointed
out, «There are a lot
of initiatives in the world to measure this asymmetry in electron - or muon - proton collisions, using fixed targets at other facilities such as COMPASS, HERMES, and Thomas Jefferson
National Accelerator Facility.
Dr. Parsons had a unique talent to link novel approaches in analytical chemistry with sophisticated techniques in behavioral pharmacology and neurocircuitry, and this approach opens the door to novel,
out -
of - the - box studies
of brain mapping that are recognized as the key to new advances in our understanding
of the circuitry
of the brain, a major new
initiative of the
National Institutes
of Health.
For ways students and teachers can help, check
out two free online resources: The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning Schools, an
initiative of the Healthy Schools Campaign's Green Clean Schools and the Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit, an
initiative of the
National Collaborative Work Group on Green Cleaning and Chemical Policy Reform in Schools.
With the negative impact
of excessive screen time and increasing levels
of childhood obesity rarely
out of our media,
National Unplugging Day is a fabulous
initiative and one we are delighted to promote to our members and parents.»
The Council
of Chief State School Officers and the
National Governors Association set
out to raise and unify K — 12 standards through the Common Core
initiative.
Thanks to these various
initiatives and to the educational policies which had a great success, the
National Literacy Survey carried
out in 1994, indicated that 75.6 %
of adults were literate, with 81.3 %
of female and 69.4 %
of male.
Plenty
of good reasons exist for Indiana to drop
out of the Common Core, the
national initiative to standardize what is taught in all public schools throughout the country.
By contrast, while Pence hasn't advocated for exiting the
initiative, he did pull the state
out of a
national consortium designing new standardized tests.
Poetry
Out Loud is a
national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation that encourages students in grades 9 - 12 to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and comp
national initiative of the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation that encourages students in grades 9 - 12 to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and comp
National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation that encourages students in grades 9 - 12 to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition.
Michael Rubinger is president and CEO
of The Local
Initiatives Support Corporation, a
national nonprofit that has invested almost $ 13 billion to lift disadvantaged neighborhoods
out of poverty and decline.
Between 1993 and 1999, The Wallace Foundation's Making the Most
of Out -
of - School Time (MOST)
initiative worked with community - based partners in Boston, Chicago and Seattle to increase the supply, accessibility, affordability and quality
of afterschool programs and to promote greater
national awareness
of the need for such programs.
With an initial grant in 1993, Wellesley College's
National Institute on
Out -
of - School Time managed the MOST
initiative and provided training and technical assistance to MOST sites.
Ms. Russell currently directs several PSA evaluations
of out - of - school time initiatives, including the evaluations of the Out - of - School Time initiative for the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and of the national demonstration of ExpandED for The After School Corporati
out -
of - school time
initiatives, including the evaluations
of the
Out - of - School Time initiative for the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and of the national demonstration of ExpandED for The After School Corporati
Out -
of - School Time
initiative for the New York City Department
of Youth and Community Development, and
of the
national demonstration
of ExpandED for The After School Corporation.
As a
National Board Certified Teacher and former CTQ teacherpreneur, she «geeks
out» on adolescent literature, edu - blogging, teacher leadership
initiatives, and issues
of policy and practice.
Eve's work leading Grub Street was recently recognized by the
National Arts Strategies when they selected her to join their Chief Executive Program, a two - year
initiative designed to unleash the collective power
of 100
of the top executive leaders in the cultural sector to re-imagine the potential
of cultural institutions and to figure
out how they can contribute to civil society in the 21st century.
Along with planting ideas and designs to amuse playful moggies, visitors to Cats Protection's award - winning stand can browse a beautiful range
of cat - themed gift merchandise as well as find
out more about current
national and regional
initiatives or how to adopt a cat or volunteer.
These programs include
national advocacy
initiatives focused on shutting down puppy mills, fighting breed - discriminatory legislation, and keeping community cats safe and
out of shelters.
In 2010, Best Friends»
national manager
of puppy mill
initiatives attended one
of these auctions where leftover, wrung -
out mill dogs were going for peanuts.
Their
national initiatives are focused on keeping community cats safe and
out of shelters with trap / neuter / return, battling commercial breeding operations, and fighting discrimination against pit bull terriers.
A committee formed to maintain momentum on the
initiatives that came
out of last April's Fix the Debt summit continues to identify individuals at the
national, state and local levels who will champion the cause.
The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology is an
initiative funded by the
National Science Foundation to carry
out research that will enable the development
of sustainable, societally beneficial nanotechnologies.
Find
out more about the
initiative on the
National Museum
of Women in the Arts» blog, Broadstrokes.
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.
Visual AIDS launched Day With (
out) Art as a World AIDS Day
initiative in 1989 as the
national day
of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis.
With the recent increase in state immigration laws, fence - building
initiatives, and a generation
of undocumented college student activist «coming
out» in recent demonstrations, Suarez's re-emergence after ten years is timely and her new installation is a crucial addition to the current
national dialogue.
New Trucking and Freight
Initiatives Interestingly enough, of the two major initiatives that came out of RMI's Transformational Trucking Charrette, one focuses on developing a national freight strategy (to include trucks, rail,
Initiatives Interestingly enough,
of the two major
initiatives that came out of RMI's Transformational Trucking Charrette, one focuses on developing a national freight strategy (to include trucks, rail,
initiatives that came
out of RMI's Transformational Trucking Charrette, one focuses on developing a
national freight strategy (to include trucks, rail, and more).
We even launched a new
national initiative out of a White House and Joining Forces working group that we named «VetCap» (capital for veterans), with a workshop program to teach veterans where and how to raise capital for their businesses.
The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology is an
initiative funded by the
National Science Foundation to carry
out research that will enable the development
of sustainable, societally beneficial nanotechnologies.
I was honored that she took time
out of her busy schedule to talk with me about PAT
national initiatives and the great work we are doing in Colorado.
They say the then Labor Government rejected the most hard - hitting recommendations
of the blueprint laid
out in the 2008 report
of the
National Preventative Health Taskforce for addressing obesity and diet - related chronic disease, although made progress through the establishment
of the Australian
National Preventative Health Agency, dedicated funding to new, community - based prevention
initiatives, and early work on a
National Food Plan.
The
National Institute on
Out - of - School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) will contribute to an 18 - month science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in out - of - school - time (OST) initiative featuring the collection, development, and dissemination of cutting - edge research and writing on the topic of STEM in OST, utilizing the resources and connections of the Afterschool Matters journal and the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowsh
Out -
of - School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) will contribute to an 18 - month science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in
out - of - school - time (OST) initiative featuring the collection, development, and dissemination of cutting - edge research and writing on the topic of STEM in OST, utilizing the resources and connections of the Afterschool Matters journal and the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowsh
out -
of - school - time (OST)
initiative featuring the collection, development, and dissemination
of cutting - edge research and writing on the topic
of STEM in OST, utilizing the resources and connections
of the Afterschool Matters journal and the
National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship.
Fourth, to find
out whether and what types
of policies and programs might successfully strengthen marriage as an institution among low - income populations as well as among a wide variety
of ethnically and culturally diverse populations, our
national focus should be on the design, implementation, and rigorous evaluation
of these
initiatives.
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement
Initiative (CAHMI) is a
national initiative based
out of the Bloomberg School
of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
That's why, in my first
initiative as your
national president, I reached
out to the Boys & Girls Clubs
of America, and we formed a partnership with them.
Ash: About four years ago the three regions made the conscious decision to try to come
out with four to five — at that time, now six to seven —
national - related press
initiatives to discuss a segment
of the real estate market.
A recent finalist for the City
of Kelowna's Fred Macklin Memorial Award for Man
of the Year, Reuter supports fundraising events for individual benefits, community
initiatives and
national causes but is also known for random acts
of kindness to put a smile on someone's face or to help
out in a small way, says the board.
The Iowa association's partnership with the Greater Davenport Board
of REALTORS ® and the Cedar Rapids Area Association
of REALTORS ® is the first to come
out of the GAD Sharing Program, which was launched as part
of the REALTORS ®»
national smart growth
initiative.