Sentences with phrase «recently convened»

C.A.S.E. recently convened a focus group with adoptive parents.

ZERO TO THREE recently convened a community of practice among six public - private teams focused on integrating home visiting in state early childhood systems.

On an organisational level, Aboriginal staff members of Jesuit Social Services have recently convened an Aboriginal Advisory Group to consolidate our knowledge of working with Aboriginal program participants and communities, and to lead our reconciliation process and cultural education.

The regulator recently convened a meeting of CEOs of general insurance companies to discuss this issue.

Ivory - tower legal bloggers recently convened at Harvard Law School for the conference Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship.

Law firm leaders recently convened in New York to discuss the impact of the changing law firm business climate and how firms can improve their processes to keep up.

Cheryl, who wrote the post below, recently convened two of Northwest Earth Institute's discussion courses in her community.

In the recently convened COP 16 in Cancun, the challenges women face, given they are on the front - lines of the climate crisis, was a major highlight as well as how gender factors in handling the challenges brought about by climate change.

He is a regular speaker at international events, such as the International Cotton Advisory Committee and recently convened the organic textiles section of the 17th Organic World Congress.

This is precisely what was suggested by the deep - sea specialists who were recently convened by the deep - diving filmmaker James Cameron.

The people of Reddit recently convened to discuss the «silliest» thing they've ever done to avoid paying money while traveling.

In proceeding forward with this strategy, TEA recently convened the stakeholder group, upon which Corbin serves, to give input on the development of state guidance to and tools for local districts in creating and implementing their local equity plans.

Educators from nine Smarter Balanced member states and the U.S. Virgin Islands recently convened in Sacramento, Calif., to tackle the twice - yearly task of building new resources for the Digital Library, a teacher - created, teacher - approved collection of (free) lesson plans and professional development resources.

The George W. Bush Institute's Education Reform Initiative recently convened an expert working group, including Bush Institute Education Reform Fellow Robert Balfanz, to examine the challenge that chronic absenteeism presents schools and the students they serve.

To address that question, the White House recently convened a meeting of school counselors...

Recently convened national campaigns like TeachStrong, a coalition of 60 education organizations and teacher Ambassadors dedicated to elevating the teaching profession, are a sign that now is the time to demand more support for teachers.

The Learning Assembly recently convened at the LEAP Innovations office in Chicago for two full days of idea sharing and connecting; including visits to LEAP partner schools.

IEL recently convened the final annual meeting of the first five sites of the program, with an overall theme of justice and youth empowerment.

The NWCC recently convened state Indian education coordinators to share information and lessons learned, particularly on how indigenous language and culture can be incorporated into the education system.

Providence was fortuitously already engaged in expanding each area of the Lab's focus: the mayor's office had recently convened a Summer Learning Task Force, the Providence Public School District (PPSD) was already finding success with expanding personalized learning models, and both the city and schools had an interest in expanding social - emotional learning (SEL) support for children.

The group recently convened for three days in Napa County, California, where they toured several tech - forward schools, discussed topics like coding classes and the bring your own device (BYOD) model, and heard from vendors like Discovery Education and Google.

To address the issue, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands recently convened top scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology and other leading institutions to examine ways to return to high scientific standards.

A meeting between international partners was recently convened to discuss forming an international consortium.

They write that the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has recently convened a panel to discuss the potential hazards and regulation of gene drives, and to make recommendations regarding their safe use.

«The National Academy of Sciences recently convened a meeting to look at science missions in CubeSats,» said Bryce Tappan, an explosives chemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead researcher on the CubeSat Propulsion Concept team, «and identified propulsion as one of the primary categories of technology that needs to be developed.»

AAAS recently convened three expert panels to explore these grand challenges facing the environment.

Bello recently convened a vacant and abandoned property task force to address the issue, which is a problem in Rochester.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently convened a summit of LGBT advocates at the Capitol to start mapping out a strategy to push for a vote on this issue after a budget deal is reached.

Clarke, part of the largely powerless Democratic House minority, recently convened an emergency meeting in Brooklyn's Little Pakistan neighborhood on Trump's travel ban.

Over 40 athletic trainer's (ATs) and athletic training students (ATSs) from across the Commonwealth recently convened in the state capitol for the annual «Hike to Harrisburg» advocacy day.

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The Terawatt Workshop, convened last year by the Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes, recently published its findings.

It is a Chinese - initiated grouping composed of eleven EU members — and others such as Albania, Serbia, and Montenegro — that convenes an annual summit, most recently in Budapest in November 2017.

That's because famed brief seller Citron Research recently disclosed the brief position in Riot, job the convene «full mania» and accusing it of «making fake claims to investors.»

Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, recently said that Pope Francis wants to convene a summit of faith leaders to discuss ecological issues after the encyclical comes out.

Most recently, we convened at the Gelpi's lovely home to cook and consume a delightful fiesta of homemade pico, guacamole and chips with Coronoas shots of tequila (for Juan and me — my first in my entire life, late bloomer that I am), tortilla soup with roasted pepitas — veganized from a recipe my mother got from the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas — Juan's seitan mole over herbed rice, homemade tortillas, and, for dessert, Barbara's apple - oatmeal crisp and my flan.

Recently the Food Waste Reduction Alliance — lead by Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and National Restaurant Association — held a convening of representatives from the food industry, government agencies and non-government groups, all sharing an interest in addressing the issue of food waste.

The National Institutes for Health recently organized a conference and convened a panel of experts to discuss the current evidence related to VBAC.

A panel convened by Cuomo last year recently proposed charging drivers $ 11.52 in the most traffic - heavy parts of Manhattan.

The current town supervisor also recently said that the Town Board meeting he convened on 8/26 to re - vote on the PILOT agreement for the Dickerson's Keep Housing Development was a legal meeting.

The state Assembly is convening hours of public hearings dedicated to sexual harassment, while the state Senate leader, Kevin de León, recently announced the hiring of two law firms to investigate accusations of misconduct.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced he was convening a grand jury in his investigation of a fatal encounter involving Troy police in 2016.

The ranking member of the NYS Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, Manhattan Democrat Brad Hoylman, convened the panel after two top Republican senators said recently that this winter's cold temperatures and snow prompted them to question whether climate change is occurring.

Under a longstanding tradition that ended only recently, the Common Council would convene on New Year's Day at City Hall and enact some routine business.

The Advisory Group of Independent Experts, convened by the WHO, recently argued that keeping the virus will never serve any useful purpose.

DISCOVER recently partnered with NBC Learn, the National Science Foundation, and Arizona State University to convene a town hall discussion that explored the impact of climate change on our freshwater resources.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently started a process to determine how to best address genetically modified algae, while the White House in July convened a process to evaluate and update the Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, the Reagan - era system for evaluating biotechnology products.

For instance, I recently spent a day in an intimate convening for a new effort focused on finding ways to rethink the use of time in schools.

An eleventh, Mississippi, which recently let its charter schools law expire, is expected to adopt a new law when its Legislature convenes in 2010.

Principals from several LEAP schools and LEAP staff recently traveled to a convening of the Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished Principals at Columbia University, where they presented on their innovative work in front of a national audience.

As further proof of SEL's rising popularity, a recently formed national commission on SEL — intended to create an implementation roadmap for school leaders by the end of 2018 — will convene its first meeting in the fall of 2016.