Looking
at differences among classrooms and between schools often yields new understandings of problem areas as well.
But hardly any study looks
at differences among the voucher schools, and none has examined differences between private schools in networks and those that operate on a stand - alone basis.
We looked
at differences among the states in terms of their placement rates into special education — often one way to exclude students from state tests — and at whether these differences were related to the introduction of state accountability systems.
Another approach is to look
at differences among states.
Not exact matches
However, the national measures obscure substantive
differences at the state level and the additional data released today show clear
differences of distress
among the select states for which we show data,» said Wilbert van der Klaauw, vice president in the Research and Statistics Group
at the New York Fed.
Executives
at GM have expressed frustration that comparisons of monthly U.S. sales results
among rival automakers are distorted by short - term discount programs, and by
differences in strategy for selling vehicles in bulk to rental car fleets.
Altizer's thought
at this stage remains in mystical and mythical categories; furthermore, he sees no real
difference among the higher religions of the world.
In regard to the comparatively minor moralities of life, there is a wide
difference among men, but the thief who rejects Christ and the honest man who rejects Christ are alike condemned
at the great point of what they do with God's Son, and this is the point that the Holy Spirit presses home.
Rather than looking
at Santa on Christmas morning, consider the effects from the
differences among the thousands of denominations of Christianity in the U.S.:
That is good that you, and your children give to those who do not have during the holidays, but as I said to another here
at this site, if the imposed poverty, the greed, and the in
difference,
among other wrongs done to the majority of the poor, would not exist, then there would be no need for these handouts.
This means,
among other things, that even the
difference between human creatures such as ourselves and other creatures not similarly capable of self - understanding and moral action is
at most a relative, not an absolute,
difference.
There have to be criteria for
at least plausibility, if not truth claims, to settle
differences among postliberal (and any other «school» of) theologians.
A third lives very much in the world, mixes with nonchurchgoers
at the country club, and makes its witness without emphasizing the
differences among various groups.
All tell of the finding of the empty tomb (Mk 16:1 - 8; Mt 28:1 - 10; Lk 24:1 - 12; cf. Jn 20:1 - 18), with just enough
differences among them to prevent an assured reconstruction of exactly what happened, while
at the same time demonstrating the existence of independent traditions.
Though we can not now resolve the
differences among religions
at this level, religions may prove able to reciprocally recognize the actuality of multiple religious ends.
At that time, there was a consensus
among the medical and nursing professions that it was wrong to cause or hasten death, and we knew the
difference between ordinary and extraordinary treatment decisions.
There is a
difference of opinion
among scholars as to whether the gospels may not have been first written in Aramaic, the language which Jesus and his disciples and the people of Palestine
at that time generally spoke as their native tongue.
He is clearly the only superstar
among the talented Knicks, but in his mind
at least, there is no
difference between him and everyone else.
Following his departure after the team failed to win its 17th NBA title, the team moved away from the triangle offense
at Jim Buss» direction and made wholesale changes
among the staff to reflect the
difference in philosophy.
are
at odds with what the underlying numbers would predict (hint: there ARE skill
differences among these teams), and 2) that maybe these models are not quite
at the level of sophistication
at which we can say with any certainty that, hey, forget the standings (they lie) and that whole 82 games over six months thing... it's all about the successor to Corsi.
Ranking the free agents
at each position, and assessing who
among them could be a
difference maker for a new team
In a year with an unusually high number of quarterbacks on the market, ranking the free agents
at each position, and assessing who
among them could be a
difference maker for a new team
I look
at annual coaching overachievers and underachievers each year using second - order wins — basically the
difference between what the stats think your win total should be and what it actually is — and while three years is a small sample,
among the 223 FBS coaches with
at least three years of head coaching experience between 2005 - 17, Martin's number is 10th - worst, with an average record 0.9 wins below expected totals.
They also rewrote a raft of other single - season top - flight records,
among them the longest winning sequence in a season (14), the best start (eight wins), the most away wins (14 by early May), the longest spell without conceding a goal
at the start of a season (495 minutes) and the biggest goal -
difference (+76, with three games to go), not to mention the most points and the most wins.
I've been alternating between feelings of discouragement
at the little bit of
difference one person can make and outrage
at the seeming lack of concern
among others for months now.
According to Robert Hall, professor of pediatrics
at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Kansas City, there was no statistical
difference in growth, language development, vision or cognitive development
among the children studied, although in most categories the breast - fed infants did show slightly better performance.
In other words, there was no
difference in severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) between home and hospital
among nulliparous women and a slightly lower rate of SAMM for parous women
at homebirth.
In fact,
among the breastfed infants, there was little
difference in the rates of obesity between those who started solids before four months of age, those who started between four to five months of age, and those who started
at or after six months.
Most studies of homebirth in other countries have found no statistically significant
differences in perinatal outcomes between home and hospital births for women
at low risk of complications.36, 37,39 However, a recent study in the United States showed poorer neonatal outcomes for births occurring
at home or in birth centres.40 A meta - analysis in the same year demonstrated higher perinatal mortality associated with homebirth41 but has been strongly criticised on methodological grounds.5, 42 The Birthplace in England study, 43 the largest prospective cohort study on place of birth for women
at low risk of complications, analysed a composite outcome, which included stillbirth and early neonatal death
among other serious morbidity.
Among 64 538 low - risk women, of whom more than 16 000 planned a homebirth
at the onset of labour, no
difference was found in the adjusted odds between obstetric units and other birthplaces, including homebirth.
Women with Low - Risk Pregnancies Can Safely Give Birth outside Hospitals with Midwives A new study in England shows little
difference in complications
among the babies of women with low - risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives
at home or in birthing centers.
A new study in England shows little
difference in complications
among the babies of women with low - risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives
at home or in birthing centers.
Breastfeeding initiation rates were significantly lower
among black infants in 23 states; in 14 of these states, the
difference was
at least 15 percentage points.
But a comparison of «low - risk» women who planned to give birth
at home with those who planned to give birth in hospital with a midwife found no
difference in death or serious illness
among either baby or mother.
These women supporting work
at the Nature Museum are
among many in the Chicago region making a
difference to nature and conservation.
The interest in considering TOLAC varies greatly
among women, and this variation is
at least partly related to
differences in the way individuals weigh potential risks and benefits (1, 134 — 136).
This second basic dynamic refers to a physical characteristic known as breast storage capacity, which varies
among mothers.2 This physical
difference explains why feeding patterns can vary so much
among mothers and why one breastfed baby does not need to breastfeed
at night while another one does.
There was no significant
difference among the three groups
at discharge from hospital, two weeks, three months, and six months after delivery.
For more on how individual
differences among mothers affect this and how to use this info to keep up milk production after you're back
at work, see my posts on the Magic Number concept.
«Our purpose here tonight is to highlight and examine the
differences among the three Democratic candidates,» Holt said
at the start of the debate.
He knows the
difference it makes to unite action
at the local, state and federal levels, and why it is important to build strength
among City Council members and other local elected officials.»
Meanwhile, worried by the festering crisis
among top party members ahead of the 2012 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the PDP
at the national level has set up a reconciliatory committee, with the mandate to resolve all the
differences within the party, Nigerian Tribune investigation has revealed.
Whilst calling on the President to remain focused on delivering on his mandate to the people of Ghana, the Cadres appealed to the National Executive Committee to work hard to resolve all the
differences among some of the Parliamentary candidates
at the just ended NDC primaries and urged them to work hard to ensure the party's victory in the 2016 general election.
There has in fact been a persistent puzzle
among economists, especially the variety that believe that all human behavior is rational, concerning why it is that people vote in such large numbers when their vote almost never make a
difference, not only
at the Presidential level, but even
at the level of local elections.
The study comes
at a time when use of electronics is rapidly expanding
among this age group and adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that - because of structural
differences in their eyes - children may be more vulnerable to the impact light has on sleep and the body clock.
The disagreement stems from big
differences in the perception of risks and benefits
among many developed and developing countries, says David Heymann, chairman of the board of UK Health Protection Agency, and former Assistant Director - General for Health Security and Environment
at the WHO, where he also oversaw efforts to eradicate polio.
«I've spent a lot of time over the years looking
at other isotopes from a diversity of fauna on the island and have answered all sorts of questions about animal interactions and ecological change, but big questions remain unanswered about
differences in mobility
among organisms as well as changes in their mobility over time.»
At least some of the regional
differences in emission rates can be attributed to the
difference in controller type (continuous vent vs. intermittent vent)
among regions.
«By doing counts
at varying distances throughout the summer, we were able to evaluate
differences in abundance between the edge and the center of the burn units and
among the different units themselves.»
«Children's free play in this context revealed many similarities, but also some compelling
differences among the communities,» said Sandra Waxman, the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
at Northwestern and faculty fellow in the University's Institute for Policy Research.