Sentences with phrase «alarming rates over»

Walnut Valley Unified (WVUSD) has seen enrollment decline at an alarming rate over the last ten years.

Yet, New Jersey schools have been dismantling these proven programs at an alarming rate over the last 8 years.

Student loan debt has been increasing at an alarming rate over the past couple years; in fact, the debt tally has surpassed $ 1 trillion which makes it one of the largest types of consumer debt second to mortgages.

As a result, the Earth has warmed at an alarming rate over the past century, with average temperatures increasing by more than 0.8 °C (1.5 °F).

The divorce rate among military members has reached an alarming rate over the past few years.

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«You've got a terrorist problem on two sides, a serious problem with Sudan and Ethiopia over Nile water that could turn into a shooting conflict, and a pretty poor population that is growing at alarming rates.»

In 2006, a physician working at a clinic in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., raised the alarm over what he considered high rates of cancer in the community, the result, he surmised, of water contamination from the oilsands operations upstream.

More alarming still, for 50 large companies in prolonged stall - out, we found that the onset had usually been sudden: Momentum fell sharply over just a year or two, with growth rates dropping from double digits to low single digits or even negative numbers — a finding consistent with past research (see «When Growth Stalls,» HBR, March 2008).

But over the last decade, both native and honey bee populations have been declining at alarming rates, raising concerns about the impact on our global food security.

The 21 - year - old Danish International has adapted to life in Spain at an alarming rate and recently scored the opener in Celta's deserved win over Barcelona.

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has expressed concern over the alarming rate of the spreading of breast cancer among Nigerian women, saying some people still attribute the disease to a spiritual attack.

The Network of Civil Society Organisations in Borno State, has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of prostitution by female internally displaced persons in the state.

Such figures cause conservationists alarm, as the study shows over 54 percent is a level of poaching that elephant birth rates are unable to overcome and will lead to population decline.

Indeed, the alarming rate — almost 0.5 meters a year — at which the invasive grass Sorghum halepense has invaded the tallgrass prairie, formerly dominated by the native little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), over the last 25 years, and the complete dominance of that invasive was the ideal situation in which Rout could test her ideas.

On the other hand, the case of the northern pintail caught continues to cause alarm since over 70 % have shot in their gizzards, a rate similar to that seen three decades ago.

With warming rates of 0.5 to over 1.3 degrees C per century this has caused considerable alarm for many.

Over a decade later, incidences of these diseases continue to rise at an alarming rate.

It doesn't take long before these Mogwai turn into the fearsome Gremlins, who begin to multiply at alarming rates, taking over the entire edifice.

Looking at the data available we see a decline in the representation of male teachers over the last 50 years, and what's alarming is the rate of this decline.

It bemoans the fact that local authorities faced with crippling budget cuts are closing public playgrounds at an alarming rate — over 200 have already been closed and a further 200 + are earmarked for closure.

Most studies that have fueled alarm over the attrition and mobility rates of high - quality teachers have relied on proxy indicators of teacher quality, which recent research finds to be only weakly

Wake County recently held a press conference to raise the alarm over its high teacher turnover rate — that county experienced a 40 percent jump in mid-year resignations.

One proposed regulation that exemplifies this conflict over federal versus state control of ESSA implementation details — and also alarmed educators who testified at the hearing — is the single, summative rating for every school, which the law does not require.

Over the years, the public education system became vulnerable to education fads - methods of teaching that were unproven but widely adopted, and recent studies are showing us an alarming rate of decrease in math test scores READ MORE HERE.

Most studies that have fueled alarm over the attrition and mobility rates of high - quality teachers have relied on proxy indicators of teacher quality, which recent research finds to be only weakly correlated with value - added measures of teachers» performance.

When Daunt first became the CEO, readers were switching over from physical books to Kindles at an alarming rate, with # 100m of sales disappearing in a 18 - month period.

When Daunt joined Waterstones, readers were switching over from physical books to Kindles at an alarming rate, with # 100m of sales disappearing in a 18 - month period.

While inflation is a concern, worrying over a 2 % or 3 % inflation rate shouldn't be alarming.

And as a bystander with children and pets, I'd like to add that the reason anti-pit bull groups are gaining favor and becoming more widely known is because the attacks by pit bulls and their owners are happening all over the country at an alarming rate.

With the alarming rate of the cases submitted, over the continued use of salt on roads by credible institutions, alternatives to road salts like is the way to go.

Over population of dogs and the rate that they are being relinquished to shelters and euthanized are alarming.

For our planet's wildlife, creatures which evolved over millions of car - free years, these mechanical monsters must seem like a puzzling new arrival to their local habitats — fast - moving threats which appear to be multiplying at an alarming rate.

A threat for the obvious reasons: Bolivia is extraordinarily dependent on glaciers for its drinking and irrigation water and those white - capped mountains that tower over its capital were turning gray and brown at an alarming rate.

A claim that one glacier was retreating at the alarming rate of 134 metres a year should in fact have said 23 metres â $ «the authors had divided the total loss measured over 121 years by 21, not 121.

Most strikingly, extreme seasonal ozone depletion over Antarctica seems to explain why the Antarctic Peninsula is warming at an alarming rate while the rest of the continent has actually cooled over the last 30 years.

If the user's heart rate goes over a certain level, or if it is removed from an officer's wrist, it triggers an alarm and officers will scramble to support their colleague.»

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Service Dispatch Assistant — ADT, Wichita, KS — June 2011 — March 2013 • Answered inbound customer calls • Secured customer verification • Worked successfully in high - intensity and high - stakes environment • Responded to over 1000 alarm system alerts • Achieved a 96 percent accurate verification rate with optimal response timing • Maintained consistently high call quality standards • Received and processed automated system notifications • Forwarded verified emergency requests to licensed operators • Notified customers about non-emergency signals

Pediatric overweight and obesity have dramatically increased over the years, and current prevalence rates have reached alarming proportions.1, 2 Because of the impact the condition exerts on physical and psychosocial health, 3, — , 5 effective treatment is urgently needed.