Sentences with phrase «urgent need of improvement»

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.

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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.

The improvements contemplated as part of the Penn - Farley Complex address very real and urgent needs of the present, and they should move forward.

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».

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).

Principal Readiness Gap: There is an urgent need to overhaul the current approach to principal preparation in order to accelerate the pace of school improvement.

The Oregon Legislature this year authorized the sale of $ 123 million in state - backed general obligation bonds to fund a new School Capital Improvement Matching Program to help stretch local dollars and address urgent school facility needs across the state.

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.