Sentences with phrase «after decades of progress»

The achievement gap between white and minority students is widening again after decades of progress, warns a comprehensive analysis of the 50 states that is scheduled to be released this week.

The truth is that, after decades of progress in closing the outcome gaps between white students and students of color, the disparities are just as profound today as they were in the 1950's when the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education was decided.

Some ends can only be achieved after decades of progress.

Consider these facts: After a decade of progress, in Atlanta, eighth - grade reading proficiency is still only 22 percent.

«It is a tragedy that after a decade of progress in reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy, we are witnessing a substantial increase in the number of teens who are getting pregnant.

Not exact matches

The Passmark recent uptick — AMD has increased its share of the tests on the site for four quarters in a row — marks substantial progress after a decade of declining market share.

Mitsubishi Motors is making slow but steady progress after a decade of recession woes in Japan and the U.S., corporate cover - ups and a failed sales campaign to offer «0 -0-0» financing for 0 percent down, 0 percent interest and $ 0 monthly payments for a...

Not only that but this our only shot I starting a streak of at least a trophy each season... it's not the EPL or CL trophy but I think it's important to show that we have progressed on that regard after our decade long drought more so against one of our bitter rivals: It doesn't matter by how much or well we win the game but that ww WIN period!!

The 65 - year - old's thoughts are focused entirely on the Gunners progressing to the quarter - finals of Europe's prestigious competition — even with the tie to be the first time he has taken on his former French employers — over a decade after being dismissed.

After over two decades, global monitoring of infant and young child feeding progress shows that this fourth Innocenti Declaration target is still the most difficult to meet.

«After decades of tremendous progress, the march toward women's equality has stalled,» Hochul said.

Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool programs — programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. - based After School Alliance.

After analyzing reams of publicly available data on casualties from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and decades of terrorist attacks, the scientists conclude that «insurgents pretty much seemed to be following a progress curve — or a learning curve — that's very common in the manufacturing literature,» says physicist Neil Johnson of the University of Miami in Florida and lead author of the study.

After decades of slow progress with doughnut - shaped reactors, magnetic fusion labs are gambling on a redesign.

After a decade of controversy and halting progress, preexposure prophylaxis may finally be about to take its place in the vanguard of AIDS prevention.

After almost a decade of little progress, we reiterate that sentiment.

But after decades of halting political progress, its democracy remains fragile.

After decades of slow progress and massive investment, some fusion power researchers are changing tactics

Over the past few years, after a decade of making inconsistent progress, I cracked the code, and figured out how to finally gain some muscle:

After struggling with building muscle for close to a decade, I've made significant progress in the past few years, packing on 20 + pounds of muscle, learning handstands, and adding 200 + pounds to my deadlift.

Carrey's performance strikes new notes of bitterness both apt for a character who's grown surly in the way of people who don't progress for one reason or another, and «meta» - feeling, given that the actor's essentially landed back at square one after decades of struggling to branch out, though it's important to note that Carrey himself instigated the project and that, whatever frustrations he may have about typecasting, he attacks the role with gusto.

After collecting a decade of information on standards - based education policies, the report this year also takes stock of where states have made progress and where improvements are needed.

Almost two decades after, destruction of material goods are still visible together with many symptoms of traumatized society: high level of organized crime, drug abuse, domestic violence, violence on streets, suicides, poverty and illnesses, feeling of insecurity, fears, anger and hate; difficulties to reach political solutions, reconcile divided groups, make the progress.

Many educators and scholars documented these perverse outcomes over the last decade and, as a result, the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced NCLB, allows states to count English learners in the English learner group for up to 4 years after they are reclassified, so that the overall progress of English learners in schools and districts is more visible in the accountability system.

After all, as I have noted, the Obama administration's waiver gambit does what Sen. Tom Harkin (who chairs the committee) and onetime reformer and former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander (along with traditionalists such as the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) have wanted to do for a while: Eviscerate the Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provisions that have spurred a decade of reforms that have led to more kids escaping poverty and prison without having to explain themselves before the public.

The rate of progress on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation's report card, was actually higher, both over all and for specific demographic groups, during the decade before No Child Left Behind than after it wasprogress on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation's report card, was actually higher, both over all and for specific demographic groups, during the decade before No Child Left Behind than after it wasProgress, the nation's report card, was actually higher, both over all and for specific demographic groups, during the decade before No Child Left Behind than after it was passed.

But I don't believe we'll really need those resources after a couple more decades (or fewer) of progress in synthetic biology.

«After decades of stagnation, fuel efficiency is now making steady progress towards much higher levels,» said Executive Director Steven Nadel.

After decades of delaying any meaningful national climate policy, America was poised to finally enact moderate limits on carbon dioxide emissions from our nation's energy sector — but this executive order threatens to stop that progress in its tracks.

After decades of dictatorships, under which shady financial dealings and corruption perpetuated a vast social disparity and a virtually crippled economy, Brazil held its first free election in 1985 — though remnants of the old system continued to hamper its progress.

In early March, at the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN representatives, politicians, and civil society practitioners gathered to take stock of the progress made towards gender equality two decades after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

«After more than a decade of progress, this reversal is deeply troubling,» says Heather Boonstra, Guttmacher Institute senior public policy associate.

Almost a decade after Closing the Gap targets were agreed by COAG, she said Australia was on track to meet just one of the seven (halving the gap in Year 12 attainment rates), with progress stagnating on life expectancy, infant mortality, education and employment.

The release of the State of Reconciliation in Australia report this month, 25 years after the establishment of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, is a clarion call to rethink our nation's approach to reconciliation after more than two decades of stunted progress.