Sentences with phrase «recent efforts»

It was unsuccessful in its most recent effort to shift the balance of power in the county legislator, but organizers see signs of progress in the election results.

Recent efforts of the coalition in the combat against fraud resulted in the elimination of a fraud ring in a town in the state.

This suggests that recent efforts by the federal government to cool the nation's housing market is having an impact.

Recent efforts in the state have included increasing focus on developing culturally competent education leaders.

More recent efforts, branded as corporate social responsibility, tend to have dual objectives to create economic and social value simultaneously, such as initiatives to spark clean technology innovation.

They'll always be best known as an alt - country band, but on recent efforts the Old 97's have covered more territory than that restrictive label suggests.

There may be important lessons to be learned from recent efforts to address similar structural deficiencies in the mortgage market.

But, as with some of the company's other recent efforts to curb the dissemination of false information, it falls short.

This post is the first in a series of two examining recent efforts to gain federal support to maintain financially stressed coal and nuclear plants.

Others criticized recent efforts to reform public education by using measures like student test scores to evaluate teachers.

My beginning teacher colleagues definitely have a higher level of expertise than they would have had before recent efforts to emphasize assessment literacy in educator preparation.

A few recent efforts have emerged to encourage women who have had an abortion to tell their stories.

Several recent efforts have failed to meet sales expectations, despite decent sales and critical approval.

First, they didn't seek to learn from the past, and even from their very recent efforts.

Like all his work, this most recent effort is bold and imaginative.

In my more recent efforts, I've taken the «less is more» approach.

In the second of two posts, we examine recent efforts to gain federal support to maintain financially stressed coal and nuclear plants.

2) He assesses the most recent efforts at school reform — performance pay, school turnaround strategies, renewed emphasis on school accountability — as relative failures.

Powell's past statements on the need to relax certain banking regulations are aligned with recent efforts in Congress to reverse post-2008-crisis banking rules.

Adventure games have taken many forms over the genre's long history, with recent efforts including the crowdfunded Broken Age and more big - budget affairs such as L.A. Noire.

This isn't the first time games have found themselves in a political fray, as the ESA harshly criticized the World Health Organization for recent efforts in attempting to classify gaming disorder.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

While below the high standard of recent efforts such as Blue Jasmine, Magic in the Moonlight is not without a certain retro charm and stars a starchy Colin Firth as a 1920s magician.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate Tuesday unveiled a package of gun control measures they say can build on recent efforts like the SAFE Act.

Last week, Eduflack wrote about recent efforts by Congress to provide some needed funding for teachers» jobs by cutting funding for many of the education reforms, like Race to the Top, just enacted or increased last year.

Much recent effort in the UK has been on evaluating existing interventions (particularly by the Education Endowment Foundation), although they are now investing in more «grass roots» activity, for example Research Schools.

In the military sphere, a good start has been made in rebuilding a stronger relationship but as in other areas of Canada's reborn interest in China, a sustained and strategic approach will be required if recent efforts are to have any measurable impact.

As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

He dials down the bug - eyed mania of many recent efforts in favor of a textured performance that emphasizes his natural chemistry with other actors, his vulnerability and barely caged rage, and his weirdly charming sense of humor.

But I do worry about the message her pledge to take almost no time off sends about the value of maternity leave, and how it undermines recent efforts by US companies to offer and normalize the idea of longer parental leaves, for both moms and dads.

And, although recent efforts by the SBA to streamline the application process have reduced the time it takes for many business owners, qualified potential borrowers should expect a weeks - or sometimes even months - long process to apply, gain approval, and access funds.

Google and Facebook's recent efforts show a new vigilance against fake news but also underline the difficulty of making dents in the problem.

Moreno steps into her newly created role as TFA continues recent efforts to increase its diversity.

This reflects recent efforts from Microsoft to push subscription services — most notably expanding the lineup of its Xbox Game Pass library.

By tweaking the smallest units of life, scientists are making bigger gains in producing alternative and renewable energy, with recent efforts aimed at molecule - level controls and promoting fractal growth patterns to create different fuels and improve efficiencies.

While Zuckerberg has tried to spin the decline as a good thing, it's apparent that the platform is experiencing fewer meaningful interactions, which partially explains recent efforts to transform the News Feed.

However, one of his most notable recent efforts came from a collaboration with Rocksteady Games on «Batman: Arkham Asylum» in 2009 and last year's «Batman: Arkham City» video games.

But after three seasons of power output misery and reliability woes, it would be foolish to consider the new Toro Rosso - Honda partnership as a fresh start, because even though recent efforts have been largely fruitless, Honda brings relevant experience this time.

The broad - based move follows recent efforts to increase wages in particular industries — last year, Cuomo leveraged a state wage board to boost hourly pay for fast - food workers, and used executive action to do the same for an estimated 10,000 state workers.

Empire State Development Executive Vice President of Innovation and Broadband Jeffrey Nordhaus offered an update on recent efforts last Monday at an event sponsored by The Town of Johnsburg Community Development Corporation in North Creek.

International science cooperation expert Cathy Campbell will describe recent efforts to promote science diplomacy in Arab countries and outline specific challenges and opportunities that may shape its evolution.

The diversity of masses, sizes and orbits of known exoplanets has prompted recent efforts in the scientific community to explore the broad range of interactions that can exist between planets and their host stars.

Today, we dive into the transcript of the company's conference call for more insights into the long on - again - off - again saga of its interest in Pandora, as well as its more recent efforts around the Amazon Echo smart home speaker.

This exhibition focuses exclusively on her pioneering efforts in metal beginning with her debut at the famed Spoleto exhibition in 1962 through major recent efforts.

Collectively, these articles illustrate recent efforts to promote policies, develop intervention strategies, and create professional development opportunities that reflect the advances in the science of early childhood development.