Sentences with phrase «high achieving countries like»

Not exact matches

People like you are the main reason it has become acceptable to pay the highest prices in the country to watch a mediocre team struggle to achieve 4th place every season, line Wenger and the boards pockets.

With the right pair of knee - highs, you can achieve a chic, grown - up country club vibe without looking like a teenager skipping school periods.

It's the entire system that is created in high - achieving countries like Finland and Singapore, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and others, that is very different from what we have in the United States.»

The common critique was that most American grade - level guidelines were «a mile wide and an inch deep,» in stark contrast to the fewer but more intense expectations in high - achieving countries like Japan and Singapore.

Sixty - seven percent also said they would like to have a child of theirs choose a public - school teaching career, and 76 percent believe the country should be actively recruiting the highest - achieving high school students into a career in education.

Opponents of the big Cs» plan pointed out that there was no evidence in Colorado or elsewhere that more funding by itself would raise student achievement, and that the best funded states in the country (like New Jersey [Note: NJ is actually a high - achieving state] or D.C.) often showed the worst student achievement.

Some proponents of teacher evaluation reforms have conjectured that if districts would eliminate the bottom 5 to 10 percent of teachers each year, as measured by value - added student test scores, U.S. student achievement would increase by a substantial amount — enough to catch up to high - achieving countries like Finland.3 However, there is no real - world evidence to support this idea and quite a bit to dispute it.

In high - achieving countries like Finland and Singapore, strong social safety nets ensure that virtually all schools have fewer than 10 % of their students living in poverty.

This type of school culture is found in ordinary schools in high - achieving countries like South Korea, Finland, and Poland, according to Amanda Ripley's fine recent book, The Smartest Kids in the World.

Since industrial nations have far higher per capita emissions than other countries (e.g., US = 20 tons / yr, Europe = 10 tons / yr, China = 4 tons / yr), industrial nations will have to reduce a lot more if some degree of fairness is to be achieved (without which important nations like China or India are not going to join the effort).

Leading states like Massachusetts and Rhode Island have achieved the highest electric savings rates in the country — approaching 3 % annually — demonstrating the potential that exists for cost - effective efficiency investments.

Leading states like Massachusetts and Rhode Island have achieved the highest electric savings rates in the country — approaching 3 % annually.

If that's the best EU can do after all these years and their dedication to achieving it and to be seen as leading the world, what hope is there of countries like Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mogadishu and Somalia achieving high levels of participation?