Sentences with phrase «toward other initiatives»

The money both districts would have spent on insurance premiums and / or claims, and the money they could have spent during litigation, can now go toward other initiatives.

Not exact matches

Using budget toward employee wellness initiatives may seem secondary to other efforts with a more direct link to revenue growth.

When analyzing research projects listed in the NCI Funded Research Portfolio database my team found that the combined research funding dedicated toward this initiative and other physical sciences - based cancer research only accounts for less than one percent of the annual research budget of the National Cancer Institute.

But teachers» hunger for guidance and information on digital tools in a fast - changing tech landscape certainly suggests that these and other approaches toward practice - based evidence generation would be useful initiatives for districts and partners to explore in earnest.

Other school reform initiatives targeted toward turning around low performing schools, said Henry, have taken four or more years to see positive outcomes.

The money that would have been spent on medical bills, substitute teachers, workers» comp and other insurance premiums can go toward classroom initiatives.

Walmart says some of the proceeds from the new charge will go toward supporting recycling initiatives for grocery bags and other thin plastic objects.

The hope then is that other states will adopt similar protections, says Elizabeth Oreck, national manager of puppy mill initiatives for Best Friends Animal Society * — who believes these positive changes may come incrementally, but they're coming, and they are leading toward something good.

Made possible under Creative Commons Zero (CC0), this initiative represents yet another techno - utopic step toward the re-materialization of art objects (and «objects» feels like the operative term, given that so many of the CC0 - friendly works consist of pottery, textiles, costumes, and other functional objects often individually unattributed and classified as decorative arts) as virtual assets, freely shared and distributed.

As we all look toward the future of museum practice and audience engagement, we hope this report will be a valuable tool to other arts institutions and artists seeking to undertake similar initiatives.

An initiative of this scale would also send a signal to other oil - consuming countries that the United States no longer intends to support cheap - by - any - means - necessary gasoline and is moving toward containing demand through market measures.

With PUCO's decision now issued, we hope to be able to work with FirstEnergy to accelerate its path beyond coal and nuclear and toward new investments in clean energy, energy efficiency, and other modern grid initiatives like infrastructure for electric vehicles.»

Engage in numerous additional initiatives to create public education and awareness to challenge current attitudes and behaviours; update health and physical education curriculum for students; develop tools and best practices to support compassionate response from law enforcement authorities; strengthen supports provided by hospitals; create a pilot program to provide free independent legal advice to sexual assault survivors whose cases are proceeding toward a criminal trial, and many other broad - based initiatives.

«Civil rights groups and others view ban - the - box initiatives as important toward re-entry efforts by ex-offenders, the argument being that these measures reduce unfair barriers to employment for those with criminal records,» said Montserrat Miller, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Arnall Golden Gregory.

LIVINGSTON, NJ — As part of Mt. Pleasant Elementary School's (MPE) Character Education initiative, students recently learned what it means to show compassion toward others.

Although the Pathways Project has many goals, one important objective (see others below) is to better understand how child, family, peer and school characteristics affect the attitudes children develop toward school and the level of participation children pursue in the classroom (e.g. engagement in academic and social tasks in the classroom; initiative toward schoolwork).