Sentences with phrase «stronger state intervention»

I think that the protests represent a wake - up call for Israeli social and economic policy - makers, underlining a popular demand for distributive justice enhanced by stronger state intervention in the economy.

Not exact matches

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has set a slew of strong daily trading midpoints for the yuan, increased how frequently it has state banks sell dollars to support the currency and has conducted rare intervention in derivative markets.

He states that the U.S. has the highest obstetrical intervention rates as well as a serious problem with malpractice suits and concludes that a strong, independent midwifery service in the U.S. would be a most important counterbalance to the present situation.

The experience of colonialism created a strong sentiment against intervention among newly independent states, but as the Cold War era ended, Francis Deng, then Special Representative of the UN Secretary - General on Internally Displaced Persons, developed the idea that «sovereignty entails rights contingent on «sovereignty as responsibility».»

Officials say state oversight would be the strongest intervention in a school district in more than a decade.

Summarizing the key message of the review study, Prof. Bejder stated, «The recovery of the iconic humpback whales of Australia delivers both hope and optimism, as well as an opportunity to celebrate success at two levels: (1) the successful implementation of contentious international management actions to protect marine species; and (2) the wise and significant investment in conservation science, illustrating how society can respond to strong conservation interventions to achieve outcomes that are not simply for immediate, human material gains.

This analysis did not attempt to account for the vast cost reductions of potentially avoided interventions, including cesareans and their complications, which would make the case for the cost - effectiveness of midwifery - led care in Washington State even stronger.

First, ESSA leaves it up to state agencies to determine which interventions meet the «strong,» «moderate,» or «promising» evidence standards, as well as what constitutes a «well - designed and well - implemented» study.

It does not prescribe particular systems or interventions for the vast majority of schools, instead setting strong goals for states and giving them the flexibility to determine how their schools and districts will meet them.

This trust has summarised educational research into a large variety of intervention strategies, stating how effective they are, their relative cost and how strong the evidence supporting these conclusions are.

For state leaders, dashboard performance determines which low - performing schools and districts need assistance and, if they fail to improve over the next four years, stronger intervention.

For example, positive effects on reading achievement have been associated with collaboration and community building (Briggs & Thomas, 1997); targeted professional development (Frazee, 1996); curriculum and assessment alignment (Stringfield, Millsap, & Herman, 1997); clear and agreed - upon goals and objectives at the state and school levels (Rossi & Stringfield, 1997); high expectations for students (Foertsch, 1998); early interventions and strategies for struggling readers (Lein, Johnson, & Ragland, 1997; Legters & McDill, 1994); common planning time for teachers (Miles & Darling - Hammond, 1997); and strong school leadership (George, Grissom, & Just, 1996; Shields, Knapp, & Wechsler, 1995).

They claim the higher scores in Massachusetts and New Jersey result from linking teacher evaluation to student test scores, «tiered intervention» (progressively stronger state control) in schools and giving the education commissioner unprecedented power to take over schools, so we better rush to put those reforms back into Connecticut's education bill, SB24.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

Together, the strong leadership of Principal Thomas Sims, community partners, and a team of committed educators helped improve this school before it faced state intervention for poor performance.

The panel noted that the Old Dominion's efforts on getting at - risk students back on track «predominantly revolve around remediation efforts» and not on providing those students with strong, comprehensive curricula, while its response to intervention efforts to keep kids out of special ed didn't match up with the state's woeful standards.

Sharing a strong interest in extracorporeal (outside the body) therapy in companion animals, Vigani and Suter hope to build the nation's first all - inclusive extracorporeal therapy unit at the NC State Veterinary Hospital, covering a spectrum of interventions.

Katie Lisnik is the Director of Cat Protection and Policy at The Humane Society of the United States, focusing on increasing interventions for and reducing community cats populations through sterilization and vaccination programs, as well as keeping more cats in their homes and preserving a strong human - animal bond.

To repeat myself, that doesn't mean NO state intervention - in fact, a truly effective carbon tax that's more than just a pathetic flannel would need strong state support behind it.