Sentences with phrase «despite dramatic growth»

Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar charter and public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.

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Meanwhile, a dramatic mid-decade drop - off in jobs in industry for computer science Ph.D. s has completely reversed itself; despite the strong growth in academia, today a higher percentage of Ph.D. s are employed in industry than was the case during the industry's previous peak during 1996 — 7.

I realize that much has changed in the last few years — widespread economic hardship, cuts in state aid by both Democratic and Republican state governments, much slower than anticipated growth in property values,, the opportunity to cut staff compensation under the threat of union busting, dramatic cuts to the revenue limit base — but despite all of these changes, if you go back to the principles and the details of Partnership Plan used to sell the 2008 Operating Referendum (which passed overwhelmingly) I think you can find plenty of justification for increasing property taxes in order to achieve the mission of the district.

These assume a continuation of the past exponential growth rate of atmospheric CO2 of around 0.5 % per year despite a dramatic decrease of the population growth rate to less than one - third of the past rate so, even if the world per capita fossil - fuel based energy use increases by 50 %, these are most likely «upper limits» themselves.

This growth comes despite a dramatic increase in the volume of negative user ratings for the app, as well as headline - making social media backlash to the changes.