Sentences with phrase «well the core argument»

Well the core argument in favor is that NCLB forced schools to report the performance of historically disadvantaged groups — minorities, students with disabilities, English language learners and low - income students.

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Consequently, a good argument can be made that the «core fundamentals» are now worse than they were when the gold price was $ 350 - $ 400.

This community has as its core a mystery to the human experience, and a sense that story and imagery can persuade at least as well as logical, more strictly factual arguments.

While I agree that some voters have yet to fully immerse themselves in the debate it is already becoming almost impossible to avoid the core arguments — the arguments are now dominating print and broadcast media, as well as social media.

Of course this is complicated by many circumstances, but the core of Trump's argument remains: NATO membership says 2 % and Germany (as well as most NATO members) do not hit that mark.

A particularly ambitious version of this argument would be to suggest that one of the core functions of opposition is to become better able to lift heavy objects.

Gone Baby Gone is a praiseworthy film with standout performances, very good use of authentic slang and regional dialogue, and a thought - provoking argument at the core of the film about child welfare and well being.

No, a principled, well - reasoned argument has been made by a prominent public intellectual, opening the door to a dialogue that must occur if Common Core is to succeed.

In anticipation of the conference, I spent some time pondering my best arguments for why education advocates should invest their time and political capital in pensions, as opposed to everything else they might want to work on (like Common Core, teacher prep, charter schools, school funding, etc).

What might have gone away, had they never opened their mouths on the topic, is the political argument over Common Core, which was quietly receding into implementation challenges in the states that still acknowledge that they're using those standards — and something similar in places that put new labels on the same (or very similar) content, as well as a few jurisdictions that are still struggling to come up with anything nearly as good on their own.

This is a shame, because they probably have the best argument against the Common Core, at least in their home state of Massachusetts: The Bay State's standards were already excellent and already getting results.

What particularly caught my eye was my good friend Rick Hess's allegation that supporters of the Core (myself among them) were expressing hubris and vanity because we've decided that we need our arguments to be more «emotional.»

In my last post, I made this argument: it seems unfair to me that schools that are wealthier, whiter and with less English learners seem to do better on the Core Index Score, the new measurement for LAUSD schools.

However, when students engage in structured conversations around core texts with their classmates, they think more actively and are better able to develop their own arguments about the content.

The Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program (CAI), Facing History and Ourselves, and The Allstate Corporation announce the launch of the Better Arguments Project, a national series of town hall meetings to encourage Americans to engage each other in better, more productive debates about core American iBetter Arguments Project, a national series of town hall meetings to encourage Americans to engage each other in better, more productive debates about core American ibetter, more productive debates about core American ideals.

Following small group work, the instructor modeled Common Core Mathematical Practice 3, «Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others» (National Governors Association Center for Best Practice & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010) by engaging PSTs in a class discussion.

This might be good for an extremely small demographic that might use this software, but this adds to the argument that RIM is losing sight of its core business values and is spread out to thin trying to compete against the iPad.

Setting aside Potter's curious view of events for the moment, though, I find his core argument truly bizarre: the bobwhite need to be protected from cats so that they can be killed (preferably «25 in a day,» just like in the good old days Potter describes in the Courier News article) by hunters.

There's an argument that a modern - fighting game shouldn't really have to focus on anything outside of multiplayer but if you're going to include it at all, why not do it well and make it part of the core release?

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful:

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful: Read more...

The core of the argument is a disagreement over the issue of private car traffic in the city's streets, with the city hesitant to reduce road space for cars in favor of public transport solutions on the surface, while proponents of surface transit point out that less car traffic in the city center would create better urbanism.

And although many doubted the wisdom of West's investment in technology that could cannibalize its core print publishing business, Opperman appears to have the better of this argument.

Now if you want to look at the value the Nexus 6P brings to the party, you could make a great argument for the 6P — all - metal case, solid design, good camera, QHD AMOLED display, octa - core processor, 3 GB of RAM, larger battery, front - facing speakers and it will receive the fastest Android updates.

Google's lawyers structured their arguments to the four core tenets of fair use, a strategy Astrachan says seems to have played well with the jury.