Sentences with phrase «size reduction across»

We've invested in class size reduction across the board; that maybe isn't a magic bullet either.

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As the petition asserted, «the giraffe has suffered a major reduction in population size across its range primarily due to habitat loss, commercial overutilization, and severe poaching, and such decline continues unabated.»

This includes planning for across the board layoffs, significant program cutbacks, and the rollback of reform programs, such as class - size reductions.

However, most courts that have historically entered into educational policy areas other than funding have discouraged real structural changes, focusing instead on the continuation of past policies, such as class size reduction or across - the - board salary increases for teachers, which carry with them increased funding.

Using an average teacher salary of $ 55,000, the class size reduction would have a minimum cost across the PARCC and SBAC states of $ 3.1 billion or $ 1,046 per student — 1,561 times the cost of the annual textbook study, for a slightly larger benefit!

The real question is whether across - the - board, marginal reductions to class size are a sounder investment than any number of other reforms we could try.

Finn takes the mayor - elect to task for his wrong - headed and meaningless reform ideas, such as his intention to «fix» but not close failing schools and his call for useless and expensive «across - the - board class - size reduction.»

The reduction in fuel consumption across the range comes despite the increase in size of the 2.0 - litre four - cylinder petrol engine over the 1.8 it replaces, the improved response from its direct fuel - injection advancements (it has port - injection too) and the fact that performance outputs are up by more than 20 per cent — to 126kW / 205Nm.

It is theorized that the Chinese Crested, brought from Asia to Alaska across the Bering Strait, was responsible for the reduction in size, a smoother coat, and the Chihuahua's voice.

Given the sheer size of Houston and the fact that hundreds of thousands of stray animals roam the streets each day, a strategic approach was critical in order to ensure a true reduction in pet overpopulation across the community over time.

It is also worth to point out that this overarching Plan is designed to encompass previously released sub-sector industry energy plans such as Solar Power (Feb 2012)-LRB--RRB-, Coal Power (Mar 2012), Wind Power (Sept 2012) and Emission Reduction & Energy Savings (Aug 2012), which themselves, given the increasingly complexity and size of China's energy sub-sectors required stronger coordination across various government departments.