Sentences with phrase «significant improvements to the system»

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At the time, CEO Ed Bastian vowed Delta would make «significant improvements» to its system for scheduling and tracking aircraft crews to recover more quickly from disruptions.

The restructuring and recapitalisation of the banking sector has led to a significant improvement in the health of the financial system....

There was general agreement that the Australian aquaculture industry is amongst world leaders in reduction of antimicrobial use, and that there have been significant recent improvements in use of grain - based feed, which will be to the advantage of growers wishing to convert to organic systems in the future.

The «left wing» refuses to acknowledge legitimate flaws in the regs and accuses the right of politicizing our children's future and always fighting against anything the Obama administration puts forward, and the «right wing» isn't recognizing any of the improvements that were made as a result of the regs and blaming the government for over regulating and not giving the administration an ounce of credit for at least taking on an overhaul of a system that hadn't seen significant reform in 20 years.

«One of our strengths is our good transportation system, and these improvements represent a significant upgrade to the Griffiss International Airport, which is one of our greatest assets for economic development.»

«There is much to welcome in this Bill which will hopefully lead to significant improvements across a number of areas within the school system.

«The report recognises the challenges facing the criminal justice system in addressing the problems caused by drug - misusers, the difficulty in treating a chronic relapsing condition and acknowledges improvements made in recent years, including significant increases in resources for drug treatment leading to increased numbers being treated.»

During his twelve - year term, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a significant impact on New York City, including great improvements to the school system.

But the current system, especially for long - haul, point - to - point transport, is already riddled with problems, and significant improvements based on computer optimization should be possible.

«We have always been a conscientious company, but by having more standardised systems in place for our health and safety and environmental management has helped us to make subtle changes, each of which have added up to significant improvements over the years, for both the company and our employees.

Exam regulator Ofqual have explained that there will be «significant improvements» to the process of appealing against GCSE and A-level results, with proposals for a better system announced later this month.

These new systems will offer significant improvements directly responsive to the wishes of teachers and other practitioners: they will offer better assessment of critical thinking, through writing and real - world problem solving, and offer more accurate and rapid scoring.

But it stands to be a significant improvement over the system we have now, combining top - down accountability with the energizing, bottom - up forces of choice and competition to put a premium on performance and to drive out much of the complacency that has for so long been the norm in American education.

To test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves academic outcomes, this paper analyses Poland's significant improvement in international achievement tests and the restructuring of the education system, which expanded general schooling.

Over the last two to three decades, while other countries have made significant improvements to their education systems, the United States has made only incremental changes.

Nebraska's assessment system has led to significant improvements in student performance and assessment quality at all grade levels.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

Promising Literacy for Every Child: Reading Recovery and a Comprehensive Literacy System provides practical direction for assessing your school's literacy practices, includes self - assessment tools for examining each of the six essential components identified, and shares ideas on how to design a plan to accomplish significant improvements in students» literacy learning.

Nevertheless, creating more robust teacher and principal evaluation systems will not, in isolation, lead to significant improvements in educator quality.

EducationCounsel: EducationCounsel is a mission - based education consulting firm that combines experience in policy, strategy, law, and advocacy to drive significant improvements in the U.S. education system.

In a letter (PDF) to Harkin and Enzi, a coalition of groups asserted that the shift to continuous improvement «would dismantle the positive aspects of NCLB's accountability system and be a significant step backward that we can ill afford to take.»

The new system is designed to foster the continuous improvement of all schools with three levels of support: general support for all schools, support for a subset of schools that are struggling on several measures that is focused on those areas of need, and intensive support for schools with persistent, significant problems.

The District Improvement Initiative is a system - wide school district assessment and restructuring service designed to assist under - performing school districts achieve significant, sustainable improvements in student performance, effective and efficient system operations, and community support.

It might have one of the best - integrated hybrid systems in the world, but with no significant performance advantage and a negligible fuel economy improvement, there's simply no compelling reason to buy it.

a more significant improvement to freight movement on the Interstate System or the primary freight network;

* Horsepower and torque expected to top previous model (testing is ongoing — check media.gm.com for updates) * NOx emissions reduced at least 63 percent over 2010 models * Quieter operation * High - pressure (30,000 psi / 2, 000 bar) Piezo - actuated fuel system for greater fuel efficiency, improved performance and reduced emissions * Exhaust brake system that enables controlled vehicle slowdown on downhill grades without actuating the brakes * Selective catalytic reduction after - treatment system using diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection to provide the best overall diesel characteristics and performance — with a range of about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) between DEF refills * Combustion and after - treatment have been optimized to provide about 700 miles (1,125 km) between diesel particulate filter regenerations — a 75 - percent improvement over the previous system and significant contributor to improved fuel efficiency, as the regeneration process requires additional fuel * B20 biodiesel capability for an alternative fueling option * Internal revisions that improve durability

Sending power to the axles is the ControlTrac four - wheel - drive system, which also has received significant improvements.

Combustion and after - treatment have been optimized to provide about 700 miles (1,125 km) between diesel particulate filter regenerations — a 75 - percent improvement over the previous system and a significant contributor to improved fuel efficiency, as the regeneration process requires additional fuel

The 2013 Dodge Dart features next - generation electric dual - pinion steering, which delivers sporty handling by managing significant loads at all steering wheel operating speeds, power assist curves modulated according to driving conditions and up to a 3 % improvement in fuel efficiency when compared with a conventional hydraulic system.

«However, probably the most significant improvement to the new Raptor is the addition of a new six - mode multiterrain system,» wrote Mr. Williams.

According to the big boss there will be significant improvements to the battle system with the overall feel of the game becoming more of a «physical experience».

Specifically designed around the new system, the already beautiful title sees vast improvements which add significant detail to the game world, specifically to character models and environments.

Shadow of War has made a significant improvement in this area as there are three balanced difficulty levels including easy, normal and nemesis with the major differences being that the easy difficulty does not fully integrate the nemesis system combined with less aggression from enemy A.I. and less damage received resulting in a higher probability of victory during combat; therefore producing the best difficulty level for any player who wants to focus on the story.

Now in an interview with Eurogamer, Nintendo marketing manager, Rob Lowe has assured us that they have made significant improvements to their online systems and that it will be significantly better than the Wii's.

The menu system, as an area which had previously called for significant improvement, appears to have been streamlined.

In many aspects there have been significant improvements, and the country is in a strong position to deliver a reliable, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy system.

API standards also add to the ever - growing body of knowledge of industry best practices and lessons learned, which continues to deliver significant improvements in system integrity, reliability and integrated safety.

Most companies that have implemented ISO 9001 or similar systems report significant improvements in productivity due to an increase in customer satisfaction and reduction in field returns and internal failures.

Although the new decision here in Ontario for paralegals may help with this in part, the reality is that the underlying issues behind family law, including widespread abuses of the system and lack of accountability for both parties and their representatives, will require more systematic changes for there to be truly and significant improvements.

The ACTC provides recognition to leading members of the Bar who have made significant contributions to the understanding and improvement of our tax system.

The pace of innovation is significant relative to system improvement because not all innovations are going to be good or successful, therefore, only in an atmosphere where new things can be tried will improvement eventually emerge.

In addition, Stefanie has significant experience performing compliance assessments and mock regulatory examinations for lenders and their service providers to identify potential gaps and areas for improvement within their compliance management systems.

According to Michigan Lawyers Weekly, this honor recognizes lawyers for: significant accomplishments or achievements in law practice; outstanding contributions to the practice of law in Michigan; leadership in improving the justice system in Michigan; seeking improvements to the legal community and their communities at large; and setting an example for other lawyers.

Benchmark cases successfully litigated by Leopold and his firm include those that led to significant improvements in automotive safety, including safer child seatbelt restraint systems, SUV stability and handling, safer tires and to significant changes in the managed care industry that resulted in greater access to care and treatment for catastrophically ill children and adults.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

While the basic look and design of the system are pretty much the same, the new Yoga 12 is a pretty significant improvement over last year's model, thanks to small design refinements and updated hardware.

Windows 10 build 10056 was just spotted outside the walls of Redmond, and it shows significant cosmetic changes and various improvements coming to the operating system.

Apple's next generation mobile operating system comes with more than 200 new features including an all - new Maps app, Passbook app, improved notification system, significant improvements to Siri and Facebook integration.

My experience in assisting with multi-state payroll administration — including system auditing, troubleshooting and issue resolution, and process improvement — has prepared me to make a significant contribution to your HR team at Orange Cosmos.