Sentences with phrase «as academic prowess»
«By making apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people, we are sending a message that technical excellence is as highly valued as academic prowess,» Mr Cameron said.
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When the measure, known as Proposition 42, was approved on a second ballot (after having been voted down only a day earlier), it touched off a fire storm of criticism, mostly from coaches who stand to lose the services of youngsters whose academic prowess has not kept pace with their athletic skills.
Students in the United States, she notes, are more open to the concept of «collective merit» admissions — where a person contributes something to the collective merit of the cohort — taking into consideration factors beyond pure academic performance, such as athletic prowess, race, or legacy status that adds to the overall diversity of the group.
As noted by education professor Vicki Jacobs in her eBook, Vocabulary: The Foundation of Literacy, researchers Bromley (2007) and Graves (2008) found that vocabulary knowledge accounts for much of a student's verbal aptitude, and that a student's verbal prowess is a strong predictor of K — 12 academic achievement.
(Indeed, one academic study attributed Berkshire's performance as much to Buffett's prowess at acquiring new businesses as to picking stocks.)