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We may never really know: For only the second time since the beginning of the reconstruction effort in 2002, US Forces - Afghanistan has classified and restricted once - public information regarding the state of Afghan security forces, including «casualties, personnel strength, attrition, capability assessments, and operational readiness of equipment» — all key measures of the country's security woes.

«The IDF has invested efforts and resources in the research, development and equipping of technological systems in accordance with their operational readiness... and with the classification of the level of the threat,» the army said on Tuesday.

He continues, «If a prospect won't take two to three minutes to watch a short demonstration of a feature they expressed interest in, then we start to question their level of readiness to work with our team and prioritize our efforts on our most engaged customers.»

After first establishing the footprint of a deep understanding of the new social buyer persona through social context - based qualitative efforts, companies must continually «refresh» this understanding in order to achieve the state of social buyer persona readiness.

Nestlé has pledged to use Project Opportunity efforts to expand its apprenticeship program to 31 Nestlé factories in the United States, hire 1,000 paid interns and trainees by 2017, and reach 300,000 people with «readiness for work» activities annually.

«I recommend once kids start to walk, simply having a child toddle in with you to the bathroom as you explain that poop goes in the potty, how to flush the toilet, things like that,» says Dr. Laura Jana, author of It's You and Me Against the Pee... «The more active effort can start 18 to 24 months, but sometimes later if children are not showing signs of readiness.»

In an effort to promote healthy social and emotional development and school readiness among young children, Ohio and Colorado recently increased funding for early childhood mental health consultation...

After sharing some alarming statistics about the unfitness of both potential military recruits and a significant portion of those already in the military, Mission Readiness argues that «[w] ith children consuming up to half of their daily calories while at school and out of sight of their parents, schools should be a focal point in the nation's effort to combat childhood obesity.»

To coordinate state efforts to improve children's readiness for school, Ohio Governor John Kasich created an Early Education and Development Officer position within the Governors Office of 21st Century Education in October 2011.

Nigeria's President expressed readiness to align with United States» efforts in the global war against terrorism.

The work is part of the foundation's climate adaptation efforts to improve flood readiness in U.S. communities.

Dr. Gausche - Hill said this effort shows how national collaborative efforts are driving measurable improvements in readiness to handle pediatric emergencies across the nation.

The power of hurricanes Irma and Harvey as well as the 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico demonstrate the critical need for well - planned readiness, response and recovery efforts.

Science, business, and other groups are weighing in on an Australian Senate effort to assess the country's readiness for extreme weather.

But it has also been shown to significantly increase repetitions to failure and readiness to invest effort in athletes.

Too often, my efforts to personalize around academic - readiness levels never got off the ground because the material itself felt irrelevant and lacking in any real - world application.

The goal of the book is... To show how an understanding of development in relation to college readiness can help make sense of what happens when best efforts don't seem to work.

Concerned more with inclusiveness, validation, and graduation than with college preparedness, administrators encourage teachers to, for instance, consider pupil effort in their grading, and push students to take advanced courses for which they have the ambition but not the readiness.

The plan would inject the influence of university officials into the K - 12 system in an effort to improve students» readiness for college and the workforce.

In exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performancIn exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performancin part on student performance.

«Efforts to improve school readiness,» the report says, «begin long before children enroll in kindergarten.

He encouraged me to start the EMERGE program and in 2013 was bold enough to promote me from a teacher to an assistant superintendent to scale the program across the district and oversee our broader postsecondary - readiness efforts.

The Koret report hardly mentions one of the most important developments since Risk: science's remarkable progress in understanding how a child's brain develops in the earliest years and the ensuing efforts to provide the early child care and education necessary for school readiness.

While we may want to honor students who graduate in all sorts of appropriate ways, I believe we must make a special effort to grant those high - school graduates who are college and career ready a diploma that signifies and celebrates that readiness.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

In the update of her best - selling, classic work, Carol Ann Tomlinson offers a powerful and practical way to meet a challenge that is both very modern and completely timeless: how teachers can divide their time, resources, and efforts to effectively instruct so many students of various backgrounds, readiness and skill levels, and interests.

Prior to serving as a reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education in the 2010 and 2012 Race to the Top competitions, he served on the department's Working Group for Postsecondary Linkage Efforts to Improve College Readiness and on the independent Annenberg Commission on Public Schools for their Institutions of Democracy Project.

The article offers information on the 21st Century Skills (P21) movement for K12 education in the U.S. Topics include the mission of the movement to promote 21st century readiness to the K12 education system of the U.S., the efforts to integrate 21st Century Skills into elementary education, and the «building blocks» of 21st Century Skills.

In this workshop, a collaborative effort of the National Literacy Project (NLP), Seminole County (FL) Public Schools, and the National Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC), teachers, district and school administrators, and instructional coaches learned to use the LDC Framework to help students meet career - and college - readiness standards.

The goal of the study was to determine whether Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) should be considered a promising college and career readiness practice and whether and how youth with disabilities are participating in these efforts.

In a differentiated classroom, teachers divide their time, resources, and efforts to effectively teach students who have various backgrounds, readiness and skill levels, and interests (ASCD).

NAGB's efforts to track college readiness in the United States is uniquely important as it has the only assessment program that reports on the academic performance of a representative national sample of high school students.

Ms. Kathrin Brewer, Austin Partners in Education, spoke of the Adopt - a-School model where initiatives incorporate college readiness and asking the community to come into classes to co-teach in an effort to better prepare students for college.

We hope the assessments will provide support in two ways — first, by generating data related to your school's readiness to undertake an improvement effort, and second, by guiding your use of the resources and information provided in this book.

In other words, the current state of a school's readiness to benefit from any change effort can be examined by assessing two factors: ability and willingness.

«Communication with parents about the new assessment system and efforts to improve student readiness for college and careers is a work in progress,» said Michael Kirst, president of the California State Board of Education.

In this 45 - minute webinar, originally broadcast live on March 10, 2016, Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean of Research at Boston University, leads a range of college and career readiness research, practice and policy efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth (that is funded by the Department of LaborIn this 45 - minute webinar, originally broadcast live on March 10, 2016, Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean of Research at Boston University, leads a range of college and career readiness research, practice and policy efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth (that is funded by the Department of Laborin collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth (that is funded by the Department of Labor).

A number of recent state legislative efforts highlight the importance of course rigor in preparing students for college and beyond.1 In addition, the State Board of Education has approved a preliminary college and career readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college coursesin preparing students for college and beyond.1 In addition, the State Board of Education has approved a preliminary college and career readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college coursesIn addition, the State Board of Education has approved a preliminary college and career readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college coursesin rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college coursesin high school and college courses.2

While individually our organizations and efforts may emphasize different principles, collectively we share the goal of advancing equity in college, career, and civic readiness.

In an effort to introduce my career readiness unit, I have the students calculate their projected budget for their first year out of high school.

2007 A shared $ 10 million grant teams the College's Lastinger Center for Learning with Miami - Dade Public Schools and a prominent Miami foundation in an all - out school - readiness effort to prepare all Florida preschoolers for success by the time they enter the classroom.

When the state standards and accountability movement began in the 1990's, it was conceived as a way to make learning more rigorous in K - 12 curricula in an effort to close the college and job readiness gap.

The results of new K — 12 student assessments will be released in across the country, marking a critical milestone in states» efforts to raise standards and improve college readiness.

This summer and fall will mark a critical milestone in states» efforts to raise standards and improve college readiness.

It also addresses efforts to connect students with real - world learning experiences, gauge students» career readiness, and develop and recruit teachers who understand how to apply academic content in career fields.

About the choice to expand Flamboyan's efforts into college readiness and persistence, Stevenson added, «Most of our work to date has been focused on building the capacity of educators in elementary schools to help families support learning.

Understanding the readiness and appropriateness of data will help states in this effort, signaling which measures they should use to classify schools at the start of implementation; which they should add over time; and which are better suited to inform interventions and supports.

The goal of this five - year effort is to provide students with numerous opportunities to develop the enduring reading and writing skills that the College - and Career - Readiness literacy standards require in each discipline.

SPN is not the only organization providing information to support your awareness efforts in career readiness.

We hope others will join us in efforts to build approaches to support teachers to provide quality instruction that is aligned to challenging college - and career - readiness standards.