Sentences with phrase «read the initiative which»

The B&N Nook Simple Touch discount is a result of partnership with the London Evening Standard to endorse their London Reading initiative which aims to promote reading across the country.

We encourage citizens to read the initiative which Nora Hiller has kindly posted in these comments.

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It is, indeed, something of an unusual event that an English bishop should base himself so firmly, not merely on the odd bland quotation here and there from whoever the current pope happens to be, in order to camouflage the true nature of some firmly secularist initiative, but on the spirit as well as the letter of entire magisterial documents, not least the Catechism of the Catholic Church itself — which, it will be remembered, we were all told by Bishop David Konstant was not for the likes of us, but for the bishops to read so they could tell us what was in it.

Charismatic culture is often good at telling people things, but if we are genuinely responding to God's initiative in Christ and by his Spirit, a vital part of our growth in Christ comes when another accompanies our exploration, praying deeply and reading the scriptures with us, and reflecting faithfully with us on the areas in which we struggle.

Turning to the tiniest kids in «kids and food,» the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a new initiative under which participating city hospitals will restrict access to infant formula in an effort to encourage breast... [Continue reading]

The essay competition is part of the Foundation's initiative to promote creative and analytical thinking in senior secondary students in Nigeria and is a follow up on the Foundation's Read Africa initiative, which promotes reading culture among students through the reading and free distribution of Africa literary classics in secondary schools.

In his speech, which can be read in full at http://on.nyc.gov/2lLlgwx, Borough President Diaz discussed past successes as well as new initiatives to bring positive change to The Bronx that could serve as a model for all five boroughs.

«Early Detection the Goal of Free Home Inspections» Nearly one hundred inner - city children living «at risk» for lead poisoning can be detected each year as a result of an new initiative which expands free home inspections and educational services in target areas of the City of Utica, Oneida County Executive Antony J.... Read more

The governmental initiative has been launched in response to the latest phonics screening check results, which show that despite strong progress there are still regional variations in the proportion of children reaching the expected standard in reading by the end of Year 1.

The mayor became much more openly critical of the schools for failing to make ongoing progress and started announcing his own initiatives and events, including a citywide reading summit to which Vallas was barely invited.

It began as a program exclusively for eighth graders and has grown into a school - wide initiative in which members of every grade - level team — from the sixth - grade «Navajo Team» to the eighth - grade «Sioux Team» — read one book from the spring book fair.

Two well - known commercial reading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence stareading programs, which have been adopted by some of the nation's largest school districts and have met the strict requirements for research - based programs under the federal Reading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence staReading First initiative, failed to earn ratings from the What Works Clearinghouse because they do not have any studies that satisfy the agency's rigorous evidence standards.

I agree with Hitt, McShane, and Wolf that it would be a mistake for policymakers to prematurely kill off initiatives such as these, which may be helping students in ways not captured by reading and math scores.

The scheme aims to improve literacy performance in schools by providing young people in London with specialist reading programmes through Arsenal's Double Club initiative and the IOE's Reading Recovery intervention - a programme which supports five and six - year - olds who struggle with lireading programmes through Arsenal's Double Club initiative and the IOE's Reading Recovery intervention - a programme which supports five and six - year - olds who struggle with liReading Recovery intervention - a programme which supports five and six - year - olds who struggle with literacy.

Elsewhere, students participating in the Kansas Reading Initiative — a two - year pilot blended - learning program that provides Lexia Learning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state participating.

Initiatives she is currently leading at IDEA include AP for All, PK launches at three schools, and Critical Student Intervention (CSI), which is strategic reading and math intervention for IDEA's most academically at - risk students.

By connecting with others on Twitter, reading their blogs and having deeper discussions on Voxer, I can find which educators I can learn more from about topics such as RtI, common core standards, or implementing a new initiative like Writer's Workshop or going 1:1 with iPads.

Schools should work to create a learning plan for students, which may include alternative classroom settings, that will best address the educational needs of students.Literacy Reading and writing initiatives at the secondary school level need to receive the level of commitment and resources to ensure that appropriate reading programs and initiatives are inReading and writing initiatives at the secondary school level need to receive the level of commitment and resources to ensure that appropriate reading programs and initiatives are inreading programs and initiatives are in place.

A subset involved in the new initiative met twice a month as a group and worked to create a culture in which the participants moved from sharing struggles to discussing readings and instructional issues.

The Texas Education Agency — in conjunction with the TLI Leadership Team, which includes 20 regional education service centers, the Institute for Public School Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin — collaborate with Literacy Lines to meet the goals of the TLI grant.

Another program supported through this initiative is Read to Learn Books for Free, which places bookshelves full of free books throughout Miami - Dade County.

I'm honored to participate in the Open a World of Possible initiative, which advocates for young readers and their families, and inspires us all to promote and encourage independent reading in our homes, classrooms, and communities.

This article from VUE (Voices in Urban Education) discusses the More and Better Learning Time initiative which moves toward education equity by... Read More»

Mercedes has given a kick - start to its «Year of Dreams» initiative, which will include the launch of a number of convertibles, at the 2016 Geneva... Read More

Honda also announced a new open innovation R&D initiative — Honda Xcelerator — which will provide resources to breakthrough technology innovators to help rapidly develop prototypes... Read more →

Proceeds benefit the San Antonio Public Library Foundation's Born to Read initiative, which gives babies born in Bexar County special bilingual literacy bags with books and Library information.

One initiative which... [Read more...]

This initiative, which will make all copies of the original Brooklyn newspaper, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, available, was supported by both... [Read more...]

Last October, Marvel Comics launched its Marvel NOW initiative, which was designed to lure in new readers by offering new titles featuring classic characters (Uncanny Avengers, Indestructible Hulk) and resetting the numbering of several ongoing series, with each new issue # 1 being designed to be a good jumping - on... [Read more...]

The company has recently launched their Read On Revolution initiative, which gives back to local communities based on reading milestones achieved in the One Trillion Minute Challenge.

The real benefactors of this new initiative will be libraries, through which Baker & Taylor will... [Read more...]

Other initiatives to celebrate the event and promote reading in the city included using the city's buses and trams to display inspiring quotes from classic and contemporary authors, giving out bookmarks to the general public and a weekly book club which ran throughout June in the Cluj - Napoca's botanical garden.

One of the major focuses for the recent event was the emphasis on government spending on education, which translates into higher literacy rates, a better level of English - language instruction which will allow more readers to enjoy English pleasure reading, and a growing interaction with tablet computers thanks to spending initiatives to put more tablets in schools at even the primary levels.

First To Read is a new initiative from Penguin in which users get to ask for the chance to read books before they're releaRead is a new initiative from Penguin in which users get to ask for the chance to read books before they're relearead books before they're released.

Internet.org is a humanitarian initiative the goal of which is to provide... Read More

The tolino platform is a joint initiative of Deutsche Telekom and leading European booksellers, which spans devices, reading apps, and cloud services.

In 1999, Judy created Scholastic Book Clubs» ClassroomsCare initiative, which teaches children the value of reading and giving.

Individually, each of these initiatives provides users with advanced tools with which to read, create, fund, publish and even promote original comics content, as well as maximize the enjoyment of comics and graphic novels from leading brands including Marvel, IDW, Archie, Image, Boom!

The MITx program is the pilot program of the MicroMasters initiative, which now includes 35 programs that offer a credential with a pathway to Master's credit, provide high - quality education from top universities to help learners launch or... Read More about Congratulations to the learners who completed the 1st ever MicroMasters program!

Today the Getty Foundation announced an increase in funding, as well as expanded programming, for the third edition of its region - wide art initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA, which begins next September and focuses on Latin American and Latino art in relation to Los Angeles.The Getty... Read More

Others included initiatives such as Experiments in Art and Technology, which sought to bring artists and scientists into direct dialogue with the goal of... Read more

The details on the new initiative, which will be based at Harvard, are in a news release from a key partner, the Wildlife Conservation Society: Read more...

The initiative — which will cover about 22,000 sq km spread across Sikkim; northern parts of West Bengal, including Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri; Nepal and western Bhutan — is [continue reading...]

In Copenhagen's new bicycle strategy you can read about the new initiatives and plans which lay down guidelines for the long - term and overriding priorities within the bicycle area.

The CNG buses will be equipped with 2018 Cummins L9N engines, which provide a significantly reduced carbon footprint supporting TransLink's planned fleet rejuvenation initiative... Read more →

This initiative comes as a response to the TRC's Call to Action number 57 which reads:...

What's more, firm leaders are increasingly turning to their marketing department to lead the charge on enterprise - wide (and often unprecedented) initiatives, which presents both unique... Read More

We outlined a number of initiatives that we believe that firms could usefully think about either as a precursor to or at the very least in conjunction with the deployment of AI or indeed any technology for that matter the will result in certain work streams being undertaken more efficiently, for which one can almost inevitably read, a reduction in billable hours.

While the government has put its weight behind protecting the UK's global leadership by investing in various initiatives, which you can read about here, the need for a longer - term grass roots approach is evident.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.