Sentences with phrase «priority on closing the gap»

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Federal economic stimulus aid helped close an estimated $ 162.5 billion in budget gaps among the 50 states in 2010, the report stated, citing a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research group.

Carranza's priorities rang familiar to New Yorkers Monday as he stressed lower reliance on testing, a focus on social services, LGBTQ rights, support for immigrant children and closing racial achievement gaps.

Such concerns have led the European Commission (EC) to develop an ambitious strategy for human resources and mobility, based on four priorities: making science more attractive for young people; improving training and mobility opportunities to facilitate the access of researchers to new knowledge and skills, and to attract researchers to Europe; developing better job opportunities for researchers by closing the gap between academia and industry; and improving public recognition of the researcher's status and profession.

«But we have found that if states focus on a handful of priority action steps and implement them successfully, they can begin to close critical gaps and dramatically accelerate progress toward ending their HIV epidemics.»

This approach of using data from different sources allows for a focus on closing achievement gaps without narrowing the number of students who qualify for supplemental educational services or public school choice priority.

Based on Stubbs» State assessment data, closing the achievement gap in math is a priority.

«If Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle are to be engine rooms of a Northern powerhouse, one of their priorities must be working with the towns on their borders to raise attainment and close skills gaps across a wider area.»

Closing the achievement gap is a priority of the Sun Prairie Area School District, «and our group looks to focus on how issues really matter, not politics as usual,» she said.

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign is working with Roberts and other priority schools to provide tips and techniques on how the community can work together in struggling schools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all students.

Our job is to focus public attention on those gaps, the inequities that produce them, and the education leaders and reformers who make closing them their top priority.»

Accountability ratings are calculated on four priority areas: student achievement in English language arts and mathematics, school growth, closing gaps between student groups, and measures of postsecondary readiness, which includes graduation and attendance rates, third - grade English language arts achievement, and eighth - grade mathematics achievement.

Closing the achievement gap in math is a priority for our schools and I am excited to see the impact it will have on our students here.»

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Improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a priority under the Australian Government's National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap on Indigenous Health Outcomes [1].

The Close the Gap Campaign «s Close the Gap Progress and priorities report 2016, released ahead of the PM's speech, has put the government on notice to apply the same accountability to itself on Closing the Gap as it applies to others, particularly Indigenous organisations and services.

«The Federal Government must urgently outline how it plans on keeping this priority of health and social reform on track during the long - term commitment needed to close the gap.»

This reporting mechanism establishes benchmarks against which to measure progress towards closing the social and economic gaps; to «assist government and mainstream agencies to maintain a focus on the status of Maori in their work and decision - making»; [16] and to assist in setting priorities for policy development.

The Close the Gap Campaign's response to the COAG Reform Council's latest report on Indigenous health sums up the terrible misdirection of the Federal Government's 2014 Budget, which is inflicting pain in all the wrong places and puts at risk recent gains and its own priorities.

When a strategic opportunity did arise to fund the NATSINSAP, it was not even considered in budget allocations as «Upon the release of the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes (NPA) committed to close the gap on health outcomes in five priority initiatives (tackling smoking, healthy transition to adulthood, making Indigenous health everyone's business, delivering effective primary health care services; and improving coordination of the patient journeGap in Indigenous Health Outcomes (NPA) committed to close the gap on health outcomes in five priority initiatives (tackling smoking, healthy transition to adulthood, making Indigenous health everyone's business, delivering effective primary health care services; and improving coordination of the patient journegap on health outcomes in five priority initiatives (tackling smoking, healthy transition to adulthood, making Indigenous health everyone's business, delivering effective primary health care services; and improving coordination of the patient journey).

We are also confident that if Government delivers on the words of the Prime Minister to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to deliver the solutions to health inequality, progress towards the national priority of closing the health equality gap will occur.

In February 2016, the Close the Gap Campaign (the Campaign) welcomed the Prime Minister's words at his first Closing the Gap report to Parliament where he said «we have to stay the course on key policy priorities» and that it is time for governments to «do things with Aboriginal people, not do things to» Aboriginal people.

So today as we, the Close the Gap Campaign, release our progress and priorities report and as the Prime Minister continues a welcome non-partisan tradition of reporting to parliament on efforts to close the gap, I am optimistic that together we will achieve our common Close the Gap Campaign, release our progress and priorities report and as the Prime Minister continues a welcome non-partisan tradition of reporting to parliament on efforts to close the gap, I am optimistic that together we will achieve our common goGap Campaign, release our progress and priorities report and as the Prime Minister continues a welcome non-partisan tradition of reporting to parliament on efforts to close the gap, I am optimistic that together we will achieve our common close the gap, I am optimistic that together we will achieve our common gogap, I am optimistic that together we will achieve our common goal.

Part one: Close the gap — A shared national priority examines the effort to close the gap as a national, non-partisan effort, founded on the empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to exercise responsibility for their heClose the gap — A shared national priority examines the effort to close the gap as a national, non-partisan effort, founded on the empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to exercise responsibility for their heclose the gap as a national, non-partisan effort, founded on the empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to exercise responsibility for their health.

A building block based on the importance of culture would make a decisive contribution to the Indigenous Affairs priorities of the Australian Government in ways which may not be currently considered explicitly by the IAS and the Closing the Gap Strategy.

Regular reports on Closing the Gap targets, investments and expenditure decisions and emerging priorities.

Campaign Co-Chairs Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker today released the 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report, to coincide with the Prime Minister's annual report card to Parliament on progress made to reduce Indigenous disadvantage.

This is the blunt assessment delivered by the Close the Gap Campaign 2017 Progress and Priorities Report, released on 16 March 2017 to mark National Close the Gap Day.

More challenging will be legislation on one of NAR's top priorities: closing the health insurance gap for its members.