Sentences with phrase «results of our reform efforts»

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This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the company's BlackBerry 10 smartphones; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the Company's BlackBerry 7 and 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

The Erie County Legislature unanimously approved wide - ranging ethics reform legislation yesterday, which has been in the works for more than a year, and is the result of a joint effort between the county executive's office and the Democratic and Republican conferences.

His efforts at collectivisation and agrarian reform were generally a failure and better results were achieved by more moderate leaders like Lula da Silva in Brazil, primarily due to higher administrative standards and the absence of a distracting rhetorical war with Washington.

He said the police investigation had been a «shock to the system» and was on the whole a «good one» because would result in changes in the way political parties were funded and had led to renewed efforts to finish the reform of the House of Lords.

PRI says the company's finances are increasingly strong, the result of an «ongoing effort since 2009 to reform its management, governance, operations, actuarial and claims practices and procedures, and overall financial footing.»

Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

As long as research data is obtained through hypotheses posed in testable terms and nested in a body of established theory; as long as the data collection and analytical methods permit direct investigation of the question; and as long as the study results are open to replication and professional scrutiny, we will have a professional body of research on which to base reform efforts.

«As long as study results are open to replication and professional scrutiny, we will have a professional body of research on which to base reform efforts.»

The list includes some good news for education reformers, including an examination of how one state is already seeing positive results from its decision to put a high - quality curriculum at the heart of its reform efforts; a look at how the hottest show on Broadway is inspiring a generation of students to explore American history; and a deep dive into the world of higher education with an array of new experiments that are making college degrees more accessible, especially for at - risk students.

This plan, along with her other reform efforts, has resulted in a consistent pattern of improvement in literacy, mathematics, science, and social science for students on all grade levels as measured on a variety of assessments.

The stalled growth in educational achievement could be the result of diminishing returns on reform efforts, as Murray suggests.

As a result, while debates between teachers» unions and reform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaReform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaining.

The primary goal of reform efforts should be to make it easier for problem solvers to gain access to and traction in the system, coupled with thoughtful public oversight of results.

The criticism of the secretary's plan, which he and the president rolled out September 23 at the White House, stems from two issues: 1) the secretary's strategy of making receipt of the waivers conditional on states agreeing to maintain or adopt a series of reforms, and 2) the effect of the waivers on efforts to hold schools accountable for results.

She would undo most if not all of the «structural» reforms that have been put in place in recent years — mayoral control, performance - based pay, charter laws and other choice schemes, reliance on entrepreneurship and market incentives, federal efforts to incentivize and prod the system to change in constructive directions, testing - and results - based accountability and more.

«Kemple's work examining high school reform efforts and assessing performance trends in New York City led to the design of rigorous impact evaluations, the results of which help city leaders better serve students and families by more meaningfully assessing school and student performance, effectively allocating resources, and identifying both positive trends and areas for improvement in schools.»

It could be the result of improved schooling in Grades K — 8, perhaps due to the standards - based reform efforts discussed above.

Results from the first independent evaluation using student - level data of Newark's education reform efforts

We are inviting all our allies, former adversaries, and new partners to join hands in a commitment to a new equation for education — Innovation + Opportunity = Results, or Ed Reform I.O, dedicated to advancing the foundational concepts of innovation and opportunity in all future policy efforts.

A study led by Tulane's Douglas N. Harris found that the New Orleans reform efforts resulted in student learning gains of 0.4 standard deviations.

Advocates of efforts to relax firing protections are likely to be sorely disappointed in the results of such reforms if they are enacted in isolation for at least two reasons.

Most quality school reform efforts focus primarily on the end result of improving K12 student performance.

To broadly share and communicate the results of our TURN regions and the state and local efforts to work collaboratively to develop and implement significant education reform policies and programs that impact student learning.

Because the real impact of this year's election lies not so much with the results, but in what the effort means for the evolution of the school reform movement itself.

As a result, they may engage in advocacy for the student as part of an overall school reform effort, create counseling groups with other students, or initiate more universal interventions aligned with Tier I of multi-tiered systems of support.

These results show that several thousands of New Orleans» children have brighter futures because of current reforms, and these efforts — and the progress they promise — must continue to anchor education policy as we transition toward unification.

Teacher evaluation reforms and, in particular, efforts to assess teachers on the basis of student achievement have sometimes resulted in confrontations between teachers and school districts.

The study does mention that it did an analysis of Oakland Unified academic achievement after implementation of its school discipline reform effort to compare results with that of L.A. Unified.

In the months to come, Connecticut's Education Commissioner will be directing the overall reform effort and the decisions he makes could result in millions of dollars, even tens of millions of dollars going to the very organization that he helped create, expand and manage until he recently and quietly resigned from Achievement First's Board of Directors.

In terms of the reform effort, our results are mixed.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

As a result of her independent voting record, her leadership in school reform efforts, and her pragmatic approach to fiscal problems, Tamar was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term on the Board of Education in 2011.

And despite the best efforts of talented, energetic leaders, SEAs will never be able to deliver the reform results that their states need.

If test results show significant widespread gains in student results temporally associated with district reform plans, if these trends are generalized across all or most schools, and if the performance gaps between previous groups of low and high performing students and schools are seen to be diminishing over time, the argument is made that district reform efforts are having a positive impact on student learning.

As President Donald Trump redoubles his efforts to fulfill campaign promises on tax reform, a critical part of his program is in jeopardy of being discarded, as a result of the...

I fear that efforts toward reform which are conducted without a radical reexamination of our fundamental assumptions about the expression of social policy and the nature of family justice will produce results no better than what we have at present.

Daro has over 40 years of experience in evaluating child - abuse treatment and prevention programs and child - welfare reform efforts, and her program assessments blend quantitative and qualitative components, resulting in findings that have both statistical and program relevance.