Sentences with phrase «whole state initiative»

«Of course we'd like it to be a whole state initiative... and I do see a lot of that coming this way.»

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This initiative has had considerable, positive impact in the United States on increasing presence in the volume foodservice sector of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts and legumes, healthier oils, and other healthy foods.

Simply stated, the Cincinnati Waldorf School educates the whole child — enabling children to take initiative and change the world.

In particular, I think the attack on the Arab League peace initiative is bizarre and hopeless; I take the references to the «whole of Palestine» to again signal the refusal to recognise any status of the state of Israel; the concern to stress the illegitimacy of the Palestinan authority too suggests it is not simply Hamas but pro-traditionalist Hamas (when many observers believe there is an opportunity, with Hamas engaged in electoral politics, for it to drop the death to Israel position of its founding charter).

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

Ride the whole thing and you'll cross dozens of bridges and pass six bike tune - up stations (with air pumps and bike maintenance tools), installed as part of the state's Pedal Minnesota initiative.

For students to benefit from these changes, however, state education leaders must avoid tinkering with new initiatives and instead seek courageous, whole - system reforms.

Professional Development Manager at Cool Australia, Kirsty Costa, told Education Matters that state government investment in school sustainability initiatives has a significant impact on what is happening «on the ground» and that the Victorian Government's 10 - year investment in the ResourceSmart Schools program has seen over 1000 primary and secondary schools implement whole - school sustainability initiatives.

ASCD, a national association of education leaders focused on curriculum practices and policies, launched an initiative in 2007 called «Whole Child,» which calls for states to coordinate services, resources and data collection across school, social, health and safety sectors.

A state department of education (SDE) that is served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) requested information on support for high school students, with a focus on whole - school reform, primarily behavioral and school climate initiatives.

Beyond the research evidence, at least one major «whole school reform» initiative in the United States and several parts of Canada, The Coalition of Essential Schools (e.g., Sizer, 1992a, 1992b), advocates holding total numbers of secondary school students taught per teacher to about 90 as a central principle of its program.

While the set back in U.S. federal policy is very serious, important leadership initiatives are emerging at the state and city level that will create pressure, again, for that country as whole to act.

We also offer a state - wide consultancy service and our CHAT initiative (Changing Health Acting Together) supports schools who want to implement a whole school approach in drug education.

Also to say CREA did not let the membership know is just plain not true, as was stated, this whole futures project has been the most widely spread initiative I have ever seen CREA do and if members did not bother to read all the stuff or go to the CREA site to read it then they have no right to complain.