Sentences with phrase «significant gains we've made»

The Perdue announcement does move school meals in the wrong direction, but most of the very significant gains made by the HHFKA remain intact.

While they identify where a student is, they don't measure significant gains made toward closing achievement gaps.

Adding to a growing body of evidence of overall progress made by Newark's public schools and life outcomes for Newark students, two studies released this month by Harvard University and MarGrady Research reveal significant gains made by the school district.

Not exact matches

Look to the case of Tim Romero, a Tokyo - headquartered entrepreneur who, earlier this summer, «gave up» and closed ContractBeast, a startup that produced software for people who make software, when it hadn't gained a significant following after just seven months in business.

But first he shared the chart above and the one below, which shows that the flag's price also made some significant gains before it was pulled.

General Dempsey's remarks come a week after ISIS made some of its most significant gains since it rampaged through Iraq last summer.

Weisler said that sales of Chromebooks have made «significant headway» with education providers, and are gaining strength in other industries like finance and banking, which he said are also looking for low - cost laptops.

When you do something well it's hard to make significant improvements; most gains are incremental at best.

Their «No Ceilings Full Participation Report» identifies the significant gains women have made and the challenges that remain in the 20 years since the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing — where then - first lady Clinton called on the international community to ensure «women's rights are human rights.»

To hear the bankers tell it, the business world stands to gain significant advantages by going digital: up - to - the - minute account information, easier access to that information, the ability to make financial decisions quicker, fewer transaction errors, and, ultimately, lower banking costs.

The map above shows where far - right parties have made significant gains in state and regional elections in Europe since January 2015.

The AfD — led by Frauke Petry — made significant gains in all three states, particularly in Saxony - Anhalt where it finished second with 24 % of the vote.

These payments from suppliers, resellers, franchisees, affiliates, and subsidiaries happen behind the scenes and gain few headlines, but they make up a significant portion of global payments.

«The bitcoin price made significant gains in a trading hour today as price spiked up to nearly $ 740 on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI), pushing towards the higher ceilings of the cryptocurrency in 2016.

The good news is that each bear has typically lasted a little over a year and stocks have always recovered, historically, and gone on to make significant gains.

These efforts made us feel good because we were doing something but the programs were not producing significant, measurable results.At the same time, drawing on publishing experience I had gained in my prior position as Asia marketing director for the online division of Knight - Ridder, at the time one of the largest newspaper companies in the world, I quietly created content - rich marketing and PR programs on the Web.Against the advice of the PR agency professionals we had on retainer (who insisted that news releases were only for journalists), we wrote and sent dozens of releases ourselves.

Most recently, Old Spice has made significant gains in Buzz scores among men 18 — 49 with its award winning, in - your - face, ever - morphing ads featuring Isaiah Mustafa.

On a monthly basis, BrandIndex rigorously screens the data on 1,400 + major brands to determine which have made the biggest significant gains based on its own merits, not a crisis bounce back.

With Russia's LNG ambitions in trouble and pipeline exports have gained ascendency, but to seal the deal on Altai, Russia will have to agree to significant price discounts to make the offer too good to refuse.

Android devices are extending their lead in worldwide installed base, allowing Google Play to make significant gains.

Since the beginning of this election campaign, polls have shown the Wildrose Party in a position to make significant gains across Calgary and Southern Alberta, putting many Tory incumbents and rookie candidates at risk of defeat.

For Ver's predictions to come true, Ethereum will need to make significant gains at the same time as Bitcoin going through a major price fall.

Home prices within the Sacramento housing market have also made significant gains in recent years.

The Liberal Party had hoped to make significant gains in this election, but won only 9 seats and 26 percent of the vote.

Seasonally speaking, crude oil tends to make significant price gains in the summer, as vacationers and the annual trek of students returning to college in August creates increased demand for unleaded gasoline.

One former Cambridge Analytica employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal corporate matters, described hearing Rebekah Mercer express over the phone excitement at the results of 2014 congressional midterms, when Republicans made significant gains to which Cambridge Analytica said it had contributed.

This change was made in response to the significant home - price gains that occurred nationwide in 2016.

Federal housing officials made these changes in response to significant home - price gains that occurred nationwide during 2016.

Not surprisingly, Hertzke demonstrates that Pat Robertson, alone among Republican Party presidential aspirants, has made significant inroads in gaining support from black Americans.

Many other countries made modest, but significant, gains.

Except in some portions of Africa south of the Sahara, for at least five centuries Islam has made no significant geographic gains.

I fully expect evangelicals to make a significant impact on the political scene in America during this decade, and they will utilize the electronic church to gain a power base.

The biggest and most significant change the company is undertaking overhauls its processes and prepares it to gain national presence, but there have been some smaller but no less important adjustments made by Pellerito Foods in the last few years, and all of them are adding up to one growing and thriving company.

Significant gains have already been made by the Australian wine industry in China, thanks to a Free Trade Agreement signed by the two countries in 2105 that will see tariffs on imports for both countries reduced to zero over a period of five years.

Since 2009, we've made significant gains against our safety objective, having reduced our LTIFR by 19 percent.

Almond milk, for example, has experienced double digit growth in the US market in recent years due to its appealing taste and nutritional value, while rice, oat and barley are also making significant gains in the market.

However, the quick fixes are yet to make significant gains the Negros economy.

Gaining the support of Browning has made a significant difference, represented by the loan of several quality shotguns.

Derby could have the upper hand on Forest if they gain promotion this season - although Rams owner Mel Morris has vowed not to make any significant investments should they fail to do so.

This further supports the value of massage for colicky infants since the treatment group made significant gain beyond the control group even though the control group was better off at baseline.

Providing services for a specific amount of time weekly or monthly is helpful, but unlikely to help the child make significant long term gains.

Rapid and significant gains in breastfeeding have been made from Africa to South America - and in some of the least developed and most challenged countries.

In a comment piece for politics.co.uk, the NUS president wrote: «The promises they made gained them significant student support at the ballot box - and I can personally guarantee that we will do everything we can to ensure that any MPs who so flagrantly betray the public's trust are never given the opportunity to serve us again.

By gathering information on key seats, we have found that Labour can only hope to steal four in the region and that none of the other parties can expect to make any significant gains either.

Democrats might be able to make some marginal gains, but Utah Republicans are in no danger of losing significant clout.

They are making serious gains in public opinion that could translate into significant electoral victories.

Chambers to Watch denote ones the DLCC felt enough gains could have been made to put the chamber in play for future cycles or where the party can reach constitutionally significant benchmarks.

But the most significant political grouping here (in terms of support levels) would be the Independents and Others; a grouping that too would be well poised to make massive seat gains should these support levels be replicated at the next general election.

The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

McInnes secured 41 % of the vote but UKIP's candidate John Bickley made significant gains, ultimately taking 39 %.