Sentences with phrase «size reduction initiatives»
The federal government and more than 20 states have launched class - size reduction initiatives that seek to lower the average class size in the early elementary grades of U.S. schools to 15 — 18 students.
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Individualization is the ultimate goal of class - size reduction initiatives, and the key to academic success.
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Ewa Hudson, head of health and wellness research, Euromonitor, explains, «These combined initiatives are likely to result in sugar reduction in beverages or launches of new, containing less added sugar beverages, as well portion size restrictions for snacks (for example, Magnum at 250 kcal).»
In 2014, the Malaysian Ministry of Health started implementing an initiative in collaboration with Malaysia's major fast food restaurants to encourage the reduction of portion sizes and the provision of healthier alternatives for high - calorie meals, food and beverages; the initiative does not define targeted food and beverages.
The initiatives we have emphasized in policy discussions — class - size reduction, curriculum revamping, reorganization of school schedule, investment in technology — all fall far short of the impact that good teachers can have in the classroom.
The state has such programs for special education, transportation, bilingual education, gifted - and - talented students, reading initiatives, capital outlays and debt service, vocational education, class - size reduction, and technology.
The measure's defeat also isn't expected to renew support for previous voter - approved initiatives 728 and 732 — aimed at class - size reductions and cost - of - living pay increases for teachers, respectively — which were suspended by the Legislature last year.
NEW YORK — Today Mayor de Blasio announced a suite of new energy efficiency initiatives that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from New York City's over one million buildings — of all sizes, types, and uses — and put the City on a pathway to an 80 percent reduction in all emissions by 2050, while creating green jobs and generating energy savings for building owners and tenants.