Sentences with phrase «times more improvement»

Overall, Leading Educators reports, students taught by teams led by Leading Educators fellows achieved five times more improvement on state standardized tests than their district counterparts in Kansas City in 2011 — 12, and 12 times more than their counterparts across the districts they serve in New Orleans.

The intervention group, however, showed about 6 times more improvement; after the first 3 months, they had lost an average of 18 pounds.

Not exact matches

With a commitment to continuous improvement they will be able to realise more benefits over time.

Morken says he expects those improvements to attract more first - time smartphone users — the college students, cost - conscious Millennials, bargain hunters and land - line cord - cutters who comprise the bulk of Republic's customer base.

Given that one group received no exposure to any kind of online game, this improvement was likely a «learning effect» (i.e. participants were more familiar with the cognitive assessment the second time around.)

«Changing this perception requires much more time — instead of just firing off an email, for example — but the improvements in quality and commitment are well worth a few extra hours a week.»

While 50 percent of companies with more than 50 employees have wellness programs, they are not achieving the desired employee health improvements, the New York Times recently reported.

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.

At the same time smaller, nimbler business models are blossoming, which means slightly less certainty in the job hunt, but often more flexibility and some sorely - needed improvements to work - life balance.

So far though (as noted above) there seems to be little sign of improvement, and although the stock is now near all - time lows I won't add to the position unless the current CEO (who has had more than enough time to fix things) is replaced.

Oppenheimer Senior Research Analyst Brian Nagel said home improvement continues to attract the consumer at a time when Americans are more selective about where they spend their money.

Various developers put forth various other proposals, including Gavin Andresen who put forth a more conservative increase that would then continue to increase over time inline with technological improvements.

Today, it is considered the greatest self - improvement book of all time, with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide.

«Tioga has always had the reputation of being able to recreate itself from time to time to meet the needs of the market place and address cargo opportunities that present themselves, and these improvements will allow us to continue doing that, and more effectively.

The stark drop in natural gas prices from an all - time high of more than $ 15 per 1,000 cubic feet in 2005 to near $ 4 today results from a range of factors including the global economic downturn, competitive coal prices, unusually warm winters, the improvement of hydraulic fracturing («fracking») drilling techniques, and the production of natural gas as a byproduct when drillers frack for petroleum.

Surprisingly, having a smaller workforce and fewer resources may actually give you an enhanced ability to succeed in a competitive environment, as you'll have less management responsibilities and more time to focus on mission - critical aspects like outreach and product / service improvement.

Normally, I wing it with a crabcake that more or less follows general crab - cake - making protocol, but this time I followed Douglas» recipe and, duh, improvement.

For this new project, we are looking for more equipment and process improvements, and to improve cycle times, she says.

The second loaf proofed for less time and I think there was a definite improvement there and there was more expansion in the oven.

I do think it benefits from a more tart fruit (rather than the sweet Anjou) and the second time made it with halved grapes which was an improvement.

Clean raw tobacco materials will not only reduce the risk for the consumer, but also ensure more efficient manufacturing of consumer products avoiding production stoppages, minimizing waste generation and at the same time contributing to environmental improvements (e.g. reduced energy consumption and CO2 emission control).

At least I am hitting the goal sometimes which is an improvement I started a full time job so I find that I'm relying a LOT more on packaged foods, it's awful!

Hopefully that will come with time and experience but from Wenger's words it sounds like he is expecting more than just an improvement to the young Gunner's finishing, but many aspects of the game.

Even though he claims he'd like more playing time, I believe that due to his fast and progressive improvements, he'll get just that!

If anything pundits this time around will be more vocal and critical if we don't win the league as we have a solid squad in need of few improvements to challenge.

Hoping to see improvement or more playing time from Gibbs Chambers Welbeck Gabriel Gnabry Szczesny

It is difficult to assess whether or not Milan have made the right decision, as from Mihajlovic's perspective, he deserved more patience and time having planted the seeds for improvement and development in the side in the coming months and years.

But honestly, i do nt see him making any significant improvement just like Giroud when given more game time.

The more games and starting time under his belt, will help his improvement and confidence level on the field!

the poorest game i have seen Gabriel having, is the recent pairing with Mustafi where obviously they had a communication issue, otherwise he as been showing a lot of improvements and that only comes about getting more game time

Having had an impressive 45 minutes against Benfica in the Emirates cup, it was anticipated that Campbell would feature regularly for Arsenal; but after those 45 inspiring minutes for the Costa Rican, he has just seen 24 minutes of action — 7 minutes in the FA Community Shield and 17 minutes in the draw against Everton — and it is difficult to see any improvement in the youngster getting more game time, as the season progresses.

A mathematician or logistician will tell you that when the range of possible outcomes is defined and limited for all time (you can not score more than 114 pt or less than zero) then there can be no such thing as continuous improvement.

I just wish I had seen more improvement on offense over time.

Change could never happen overnight.I believe Gazidis has taken his time to evaluate the many failed components within our present structure and has then identified the high level personnel needed to commence the complete overhaul required.Sven M and Taul would not have been cheap or stop gap.teplacements and if they improve the Cluc with a more calculated approach then the improvements will become noticeable to everyone.

The more recent years have seen increased investment in the team, with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech coming in, while three FA Cup triumphs and a top two finish in the League for the first time in over a decade, has constituted into small steps of improvement again.

On diaby this is his 6th season at arsenal he should be more advance than he is, it appears that he is not learning how much time does he need and denielson has been at arsenal 5 seasons but his improvement has stalled should be a better player Am very worried by the length of time the young players take to develop at arsenal, If a player comes to the club a 20 by 23 he should be much better player look at barca their youngsters are fantastic at 20 and 21.

@ Filipino Dan — arsenal spending small and getting results takes time (which we r not willing to wait any more), and with the likes of man city and real madrid around spending crazy money and becoming a real force, we cant just say that we need little improvement especially on the back of last season.

Speaking to BT Sport, Lampard was impressed with Salah's progress during his time in Italy, but believes there is more room for improvement in his game.

My last Champagne toast was for a friends birthday (even though she wasn't really celebrating herself or with me), in the week little dude bought a beautiful piece of work home — we celebrated, this time with a more appropriate child friendly hot chocolate (with whipped cream), later that week we celebrated again with a pizza party thanks to a sticker regarding his improvements in reading.

Recipe collaborations with students or hired chefs and more time to eat also produced improvements for many of the programs using those strategies.

«If you don't notice any improvement, it could be time to see an IBCLC to make sure it's really oversupply and to get it under control so you and baby can be more comfortable.»

The campaign developed more than 7,000 customized e-mails, tailored to individual prospects, and made real - time improvements to its outreach materials.

At the time, the de Blasio administration dismissed it as a vanity project, and asserted that there was a greater need to focus on the subway running more efficiently than improvements like installing countdown clocks and USB ports.

In an investigative story by the Albany Times Union in 2012, critics described NXIVM as a multilevel marketing business and Raniere as a cult leader who has drawn more than 10,000 followers to his self - improvement philosophy.

«These numbers reflect a 10 - point improvement in «more transparency» over the last time the question was polled,» Zambelli said.

The Scottish National party (SNP) also suggested the slow improvement showed the economy needed more time before spending cuts took place.

They include physician - assisted death, New York City transit improvements and a measure to loosen the statute of limitations on molestation to give victims more time to sue their abusers.

Overall, Ukip secured 12.6 % of the vote, an increase of 9.5 percentage points from the 2010 election, the largest of any major party and more than three times the size of the SNP's improvement.

Tony Perks, Chair of the CIOB's Building Control and Standards Faculty said, «For some time the CIOB has promoted the use of consequential improvements as a means of making the existing building stock more energy efficient.

Joanie Mahoney (JM): If you look at PILOTs [Payment in Lieu of Taxes], for instance for the Marriott in the Armory Square neighborhood, that SIDA [Syracuse Industrial Development Agency] gave to the developer, they're far more valuable and there's a longer period of time before taxes are paid on the improvements.