Sentences with phrase «urgent need for improvement»

Both Wurman and Wilson acknowledge the urgent need for improvement in math curricula if the U.S. is to become more competitive internationally.

Not exact matches

There is an urgent and immediate need for several improvements: more voice for the people in the national policies which directly affect them: withdrawal of U.S. support for undemocratic governments; and more adequate pay for people who live in developing countries.

Because he is clearly an improvement over Walcott and Gnabry and you know Ox case with injuries... the same way we signed Ozil when we have Cazorla (even better than Ozil in my eyes) and other CAM's... It is about signing quality players when they are available... that being said we should never forget about the urgent need for clear ST

But the message coming from the president and Congress has been loud and clear, and the need for reform and improvement is obvious and urgent.

Blaming a lack of improvement in the worst - performing areas of the country on a «lack of political will», Sir Michael will say there is «urgent need» for a London challenge - style approach by MPs, council bosses and headteachers «to raise secondary school standards in towns across the north and midlands».

But finding ways for states to ensure that public education delivers on its promise to students and families — and makes needed and urgent improvements in what Richard Elmore famously described as a «loosely coupled» system — requires bold, creative, evidence - based solutions.

When I was CEO, I spent a lot of time raising public awareness of the urgent need for educational improvement and making the case for a path forward.

New Leader CEO Jean Desravines speaks on the urgent need for school improvement and the theory of action behind New Leaders» focus on school leadership at Charlotte's Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum (Part 1 & Part 2).

She will highlight the urgent need for states and districts to ensure all schools — particularly those identified for improvement — are led by an outstanding leader.

Academy status, introduced by a Labour government, was originally reserved for schools in urgent need of improvement, but since 2010 schools have been encouraged to convert and have been given extra funding for doing so.

Pursuant to article 11 (1), state parties recognise «the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions», while article 11 (2) recognises that more immediate and urgent steps may be needed to ensure «the fundamental right to freedom from hunger and malnutrition».

Patients were excluded if they (a) were currently receiving psychotherapy or antidepressant drugs (unless they had been taking the same dose for at least three months without improvement); (b) were unwilling to accept randomisation or were unavailable for follow up; (c) met criteria for severe depression (melancholia) or had a history of bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or substance misuse (as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised (DSM - III - R) 18); or (d) were at significant risk of suicide or in need of urgent psychiatric treatment.