Sentences with phrase «years of progress towards»

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MACMIN NL is progressing towards producing silver from its Texas Silver project by the last quarter of this year.

Years of debate went by and no progress was made towards fixing Bitcoin.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

Chief executive Dave Lewis said the retailer had made better progress than expected in its year end results and was confident of making further progress towards its medium - term objectives.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

United Biscuits After three years of strong progress towards its existing sustainability goals, United Biscuits (UB) is increasing its focus on the sustainability of the ingredients it sources.

However, it looks like Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are both in danger of falling off this year by failing to secure five percent of the vote, and neither Roger Clemens nor Barry Bonds looks as if they've made any progress towards election.

The 26 - year - old, who was injured in action for his country against Bolivia, is edging his way back towards full fitness, while Allardyce is continuing to monitor the progress of left - back Luke Garbutt, who has been restored to the Toffees» 25 - man Premier League squad.

Nor was it a story of steady progress towards any goal — the French Revolution did much to rendered the term anathema across Europe for more than twenty years.

Instead of mucking in with the multifarious resistance movement - which, as you rightly state here, does not require universal agreement in order to progress, that sort of Leninist thinking is weedkiller to the grassroots - Labour is already positioning itself for the next election, terrified of doing anything at all which might upset the few swing voters in key marginal seats that the party has repositioned itself towards over the past twenty years.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

It is right that we commemorate 100 years since women were first given the vote and the progress made by society towards achieving gender equality, but we must acknowledge the slow pace of progress and how far we still have to go.

The watchdog's annual report into progress towards the Gershon efficiency savings today finds only # 3.5 billion, or 26 per cent, of the # 13.3 billion the government claimed to have saved last year can actually be confirmed.

This may not be an exhaustive blue - print, but I remain positive that with the unflinching commitment to work together and die a little for the cause of our dear continent, Africa's forward march towards sustainable progress can be achieved over the next 20 years.

For years now we have been making gradual progress towards the acceptance of the teaching of non-religious worldviews in RE, with the 2004 national framework including Humanism in national guidance for the first time.

The field of stem cell biology has made major and continuing progress over the last few years towards achieving its much heralded aim of impacting human health.

Giving money to SENS research is a great way to help ensure that more progress occurs in the years ahead, moving down the road towards therapies capable of bringing aging under medical control, preventing age - related disease, and greatly extending healthy life.

Brightfocus has generously funded our laboratory research over the last several years, allowing us to make significant progress towards the goal of developing a novel type of glaucoma therapy.

This year has seen extensive development in the functionality of the RD - Connect tools and services, consolidation of RD - Connect's reputation in the European rare disease community (as evidenced by invitations for RD - Connect resources to play a central role in major new initiatives), and substantial progress towards future sustainability of the RD - Connect assets, which are now mature resources for RD researchers to use in their everyday practice.

So here we are in February, the perfect time to assess our progress towards the goals we set at the beginning of the year.

Overall Resistance is Futile is an interesting nexus of the Manics» twin ambitions towards populism and complexity — and an encouraging sign that they are still progressing after over 30 years.

«For example, if they're aiming towards a prac report in science, or they're writing an essay in English, or a recount in Year 5, they know what the levels of progress look like in that particular form of writing or skill.»

Hard to choose but I think my favourite article from last year was either he interview with Andreas Schleicher on the impact of technology on learning outcomes (Research Files 14) or the story on how Nossal High School has shifted their reporting practices away from A-E grading and towards progress measures (Removing grades from student reports).

They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the Year 3 and Year 4 expectations within the new National Curriculum framework.

They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the Year 3 through to Year 6 comprehension expectations within the new National Curriculum framework.

After four years of orienting teaching practice towards the tailored and responsive delivery of learning outcomes, we decided it was time for some external evaluation and commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research to evaluate our progress and work with individual teachers and groups of teachers in order to further refine our approach.

«We have made significant progress towards fairer funding for schools, through an additional # 390m allocated to 69 of the least fairly funded areas in the country - the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years.»

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

(i) Conduct a self - assessment that evaluates the program's progress towards meeting goals established under paragraph (a) of this section, using aggregated child assessment data where applicable, compliance with program performance standards throughout the program year, and the effectiveness of the professional development and family engagement systems in promoting school readiness, using classroom, professional development, and parent and family engagement data, as appropriate;

If schools don't meet the threshold for «multiple years» or don't make progress towards it, their department of education «will implement additional actions and interventions as appropriate.»

As the external evaluator of the program, Rockman et al is conducting a five - year, mixed - methods study to track progress towards and attainment of SAGE program goals.

Well over half of the secondary school English Learners in California are Long Term English Learners — struggling academically and stuck in progressing towards English proficiency despite six or more years in U.S. schools.

Written for educators, administrators, and policymakers, this booklet provides a research - based overview on the large number of Long Term English Learner students, who despite having been enrolled in United States schools for more then six years, are not progressing towards English proficiency but are continuing to struggle without the English skills needed.

SchooliP champions transparency and is geared in a way that allows staff to see their objectives and areas of development at any point throughout the academic year, and enables them to manage their progress towards achieving their objectives.

This means that students will take a benchmark assessment at the beginning of the year, with the option of ongoing progress monitoring throughout the year, and then a final summative assessment towards the end of the school year.

Many now believe NCLB's goals of 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by 2014 are unattainable — and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says more than 82 percent of the nation's schools would have been penalized for failing to make progress towards those goals this year.

During the first year of implementation, Mineola launched a pilot using a highly personalized station rotation model in 6th — 8th grade math classrooms at Mineola Middle School.The Mineola blended learning models include targeted use of small group time, data - driven instruction, goal setting, student progress ownership and transparency, increased choice and flexibility, and targeted attention to student attitudes towards math and learning.

It got me thinking — how can educators get students more involved in setting classroom and individual goals at the start of the year, and make sure they continue to be involved in monitoring progress towards those goals throughout the rest of the year?

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires that schools make «adequate yearly progress» (AYP) towards the goal of having 100 percent of their students become proficient by year 2013 - 14.

At the end of each year, I take the time to review my personal finances to see how I'm progressing towards my goals and to make any needed course corrections.

Stay on the path towards good fortune during the Year of the Dog by setting and tracking your progress towards your financial goals with our two free and easy - to - use mobile apps.

She's tracking euthanasia data from the city's Department of Animal Care and Control to monitor progress towards the goal and has seen death numbers decline from 41,000 to 36,000 in the last year alone.

Towards the end of the year, resort development is progressing well with work focusing on Palace Tower and Ocean Tower, as well as service buildings and underground infrastructure.

McEvoy said that, under its India 2020 tourism plan, Tourism Australia had already doubled its marketing spend in India this year, and had made progress towards creating a sustainable, competitive aviation market between Australia and India as one of its key priorities.

It's the end of the year and many of you will be checking on the progress you've made towards earning hotel elite status and determining whether to mattress run to hit your target.

This year, with the tail - end of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 still doing well and Medal of Honor still doing well and with Crysis and Bulletstorm, we're clearly going to make more progress towards our goal and that's before we get to what I think is going to be a very exciting entry later in the year that we're not yet announcing.»

Students must make, at minimum, satisfactory progress towards the completion of their degree within the 2 year time - span of the program.

Over the past fifty years, Morley has continued to progress towards a highly colourful, continuously evolving, individual and expressive style of painting.

I talked about reducing America's dependence on oil when I was running for President, and I'm proud of the historic progress that we've made over the last two years towards that goal, and we'll talk about that a little bit.

There will also be a global stocktake every 5 years to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the Agreement and to inform further individual actions by Parties.