Sentences with phrase «about current standard»

But judging schools by the «performance» (however defined) of their former pupils several years after they've left school tells us nothing about the current standard of education in that school.

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Overall, though, I don't regret the decision, and the more I hear about the current standards in publishing, the less I regret it.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, Facebook announced a new set of community standards and a revamped appeals process, which Zuckerberg called a «first step in this direction is creating full transparency about our current rules and how we enforce them.»

The WPA2 security protocol is the current, modern standard and has been for about a decade.

Show your employees that you care about them and their ability to do their jobs well by arming them with tools and technology delivered through multi-tenant, public cloud systems — the ones that do the best job of keeping current with consumer - grade standards.»

Moreover, a number of features of the US sub-prime market which have contributed to its current problems are not present in Australia, including large teaser rates, a marked decline in lending standards, and an originate and distribute model where the originator has a reduced incentive to care about the quality of the loan written.

Adding to the concerns about valuations is that by historical standards, the current bull market is no spring chicken.

(II, 1.2, # 18) This judgment, offered in the context of his larger teaching about the irresistible authority of common opinion in democratic times, indicates that despite their adherence to the Bible and other standards of doctrinal authority, the Americans could abandon or adapt Christianity whenever the gradual working of democratic currents made such changes attractive to a majority.

One standard cause for indignation in the current generation of young Catholics is: «We didn't get any proper teaching about the Catholic faith at my Catholic school.»

For information about current worldwide gluten - free standards, see celiac.com's explanation.

He also spoke about their being a fair few Frenchman in the current squad which would help him to settle, but Coquelin has played a bigger role than that, as an Evening Standard report explains, as the two have kept in contact since those international days and are clearly quite close, so Coquelin has had the chance to put in a lot of good words for the Gunners.

(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few of our players are good enough at their preferred position let alone relying on them in whatever position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much like Jose last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes

we can't even get rid of players that have barely mannered to us for several years... which is incredibly annoying considering that our beloved owner would never risk his own financial resources whether he brought in some new blood or offloaded several failed Wenger projects for less than market value... he would simply make a little less and the burden would fall squarely on other sources of income, primarily us... I don't know about you but I would gladly use all the money they have been stockpiling to rid ourselves of those that don't meet acceptable standards and to replace them with a few higher priced gems... I know, I know, Wenger and his minions have been scouring the globe for years now to find anyone that was as good as our current lot to no avail, but I've just got to believe there must be two or three guys somewhere out there that can play this crazy game

«The great thing about the current Bayern squad is that I can make three, four or five changes to the starting line - up without standards suffering.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 35 babies every year suffocate or strangle in cribs that don't meet current safety standards or when they become trapped between broken crib parts.

This new regulation will run in parallel with the current ECE R44.04 standard until round about the end of 2018.

I shared blog posts that: offered a plaintive farewell to Michelle Obama, a champion of child nutrition; expressed my deep fears about the fate of hungry kids under President Trump; told you how the current House Freedom Caucus wants to gut school food; introduced you to Trump's Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue; explained that Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, isn't ending the school lunch program (rumors to the contrary); and analyzed some recent rollbacks to the Obama school meal nutrition standards.

Constandinos spoke about the current ECE R44 standard and also about the new I - Size standard.

This new regulation will run in parallel with the current R44 / 04 standard until round about the end of 2018.

This new regulation will run in parallel with the current 44/04 standard until round about the end of 2018.

Under the current rules, only the prime minister can refer a minister to the independent adviser, unlike the commissioner for parliamentary standards, who can assess complaints about MPs if a member reports a concern.

However, the test fails to detect cancer about half the time, leaving high - risk surgery as the current gold - standard means of diagnosing pancreatic cysts.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is beginning a two - year, $ 16 million study of the twin - tower collapse that will address three pressing questions: whether current testing standards and building codes are adequate to resist catastrophic fires; whether building codes sufficiently take into account what engineers call progressive collapse, the chain reaction that leads to extremely rapid collapse (in the case of the World Trade Center towers, about 10 seconds); and how existing buildings can be made less vulnerable to terrorist attack.

«What's fascinating about this study is it does make a recommendation of 2,000 international units of Vitamin D a day, which is much higher than the current recommended standards, more than twice, for older people, especially.

Current conversations about creating a common national standard largely focus on the substantive curriculum to be taught at various grade levels.

She says nothing about which books they should read, the right use of standards, the acquisition of 21st - century skills, and other current topics.

I'm increasingly of a mind that the current «tight - loose» approach (common standards and assessments but state / local control of just about all else) was a good post-NCLB opening bid but ultimately inadequate.

Current state plans quite properly put local educators on notice about local performance against state standards.

That lesson from No Child Left Behind, combined with the continued concern about America's economic competitiveness, set the stage for the current Common Core Standards Initiative — an initiative by state leaders now convinced that individual state silos are not the way to go when it comes to setting standards.

8:30 AM — 9:15 AM Keynote: Dr. Joshua Starr, CEO, PDK International Understanding Public Attitudes About Schools During this presentation, Dr. Starr will discuss new polling data that shows the public's current attitudes about public education; the overall quality of local schools; curriculum and standards; school funding and taxes; homework and testing policies; school choice; and About Schools During this presentation, Dr. Starr will discuss new polling data that shows the public's current attitudes about public education; the overall quality of local schools; curriculum and standards; school funding and taxes; homework and testing policies; school choice; and about public education; the overall quality of local schools; curriculum and standards; school funding and taxes; homework and testing policies; school choice; and more.

In our experience, both novice and veteran teachers are highly motivated to acquire practical knowledge about how the brain learns and to apply frameworks and strategies to guide students to attain current standards and to be prepared to thrive in the 21st century global knowledge economy.

Q: There has been a lot of talk about the standards calling for students, starting around third grade, to read complex texts above their current reading level.

Current thinking about the school library as a learning commons, exemplified by Ontario's Together for Learning (Ontario Library Association 2010) and new national standards, Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada (Canadian Library Association 2014) is inspiring educators about realizing new potential for leveraging instructional leadership from the library learning commons.

Known as the Common Core, the new standards adopted across the country and in New York City classrooms this year have become a platform for opponents of school reform to sound off on everything else they dislike about the current education landscape, from teacher evaluation to testing.

Graduation rates are still important, but if you're trying to make a judgement call about your current school or one you're interested in, try to get other information like how many kids are actually reaching the standards in reading, math, and science, and which groups of kids are making progress or falling further behind.

As public debate over the use of Common Core standards in U.S. schools gathers steam, parents and policymakers need to know more about current proficiency standards for reading, mathematics, and science — and brace for some surprises.

The 67 - question survey included a range of questions about the current state of the teaching profession, new college - and career - ready standards and state assessments to measure mastery of the standards, time spent on testing and teacher evaluation.

In the current landscape of rigorous standards implementation, teacher leadership is gaining increased attention and interest as a school Read more about Forging Partnerships — A Model for Teacher Leadership Development -LSB-...]

About half the states in one testing group using controversial Common Core standards will spend more than they already do on their current exams, new figures released Monday show.

These standards from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) reflect current knowledge, research and shared beliefs about high - quality early childhood care and education.

However, despite the genres lack of emphasis in current learning standards, the rich and varied experiences students have with poetry will prepare them to think critically about all texts.

If you are concerned, you should check your current catering contract to make sure there are clauses about food standards and quality.

Second, Flowers clearly does not know much about current standardized tests in that they are all constructed under contract with the same testing companies, they all include the same types of items, they all measure (more or less) the same set of standards... they all undergo the same sets of bias, discrimination, etc. analyses, and the like.

«The consequence is so great for me personally, I feel like I used to have days where we could react to current events and talk about it without, «I have to tie this back to standards,»» she said.

«The current law that sets the bar at 20 percent before needing additional performance review is adequate, and increasing this threshold to 30 percent would be a loosening of the standards and accountability when the discussion this week on many bills has been about increasing accountability,» said Jewell.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

The answer is not to back down on standards, defer accountability, and «dumb down» the curriculum, but to tell the truth about the current state of the educational preparation of our children.

The current Audi A3 Sportback e-tron ® battery can be charged in about 2.5 hours with the 240 - volt charging unit that's standard with the vehicle.

About 20 percent of U.S. SLK buyers have opted for the current standard five - speed manual, Mercedes officials said.