Sentences with phrase «central finding»

Accountability has been a central theme of education reform for almost two decades, driven by the unchallenged central finding of James Coleman's seminal 1966 study: Although some interventions are demonstrably more effective than others, there's no direct link between what goes into a school by way of resources and what comes out by way of student learning.

An analysis by Climate Central finds nearly half of Europe's «renewable» energy comes from burning wood, a practice many scientists say is not carbon neutral.

Android Central found the Lollipop statue en route to the lawn outside Building 44, and the site snapped several pictures of it in the process.

In Norwich North (2 point Labour lead), Pudsey (1 point Tory lead) and Wirral West (3 point Labour lead) he found little difference from his previous polls, in Croydon Central he found better news for the Conservatives, with a four point Tory lead compared to a four point Labour lead in March.

One large - scale study published in BioMed Central found positive results when researchers looked at whole - grain consumption and death from chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and more.

[3] Other reviewers disagreed, with Jason Strohmaier of Soundtrack Central finding it to be an underrated album, while Jeremy Althouse of Soundtrack Central felt that it was on par with Uematsu's other works.

In recent years, scientific evidence has solidified around central findings, showing that sea level rise is likely to be far more severe during the rest of this century than initially anticipated, and that key temperature thresholds may be crossed that make life difficult for some kinds of plants and animals to survive in certain places.

The interesting, central finding of the theory paper is that when a «fortune» (available resources) fall below a certain critical level (determined by the cost per unit time of surviving, and the stochastic return investments available to the investor), the optimal policy becomes what economists call a «risk - seeking» one, where the investor should place relatively large bets on relatively high payoff, low probability of payoff gambles.

A July 2016 analysis by Climate Central finds that most major cities in the United States — an estimated 76 percent — have seen an overall increase in days conducive for mosquitoes from 1980 to 2016, and many regions have seen the mosquito season increase by half a month or more.

Android Central found the Lollipop...

Their central finding?

Beyond all this, the survey's central finding was the way that millennial wealth behaves differently to that of older generations and in particular the rise and rise of the experience economy, «where consumers increasingly prefer to live large rather than to own more.

The central finding of this case study is that small - scale NTFP producers can form second - tier enterprises that can achieve financial viability and significantly improve incomes for members.

A Civilian Complaint Review Board report on the use of Tasers by the New York Police Department was scrubbed of language highlighting a central finding in an earlier - circulated draft report: that in most Taser encounters reviewed, officers used the stun guns on unarmed people.

One of our central findings in that book was that we could understand a great deal about China's (and America's) levels of behavioural consistency with global order norms by focussing on the domestic saliency of the global norm in question, and then the extent to which domestic norms aligned with those at the global level.

In an accompanying article published yesterday in Nature Energy, Alice Grønhøj, who researches consumption and the environment at Aarhus University in Denmark, praised the study for its «methodologically robust design» that «attests to the credibility of the central findings.»

«But there's growing evidence that the combination of foods in your diet impacts your disease risk more than any single nutrient, so we think our central finding that healthier diets cost about $ 1.50 more has the most public health relevance.»

That is the central finding of the paper that has now appeared in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and which arose from the dissertations of the three medical students Lena Hübl, Stephan Leick and Lukas Güttl under the supervision of Kutalek at the Center for Public Health.

The journal said it checked the data with independent experts, «who concur that the data in Figure 1 are flawed, but agree that [the retraction] does not negate the central findings of the paper.»

Charlotte Helfrich - Förster sums up the central findings of these experiments as follows: «Our analyses show that PDF neurons head for brain areas that are essential for learning, memory and orientation to the sun.

After three meetings, the 13 - member commission's central finding is that synthetic biology offers promise for producing biofuels and new medicines but doesn't yet pose serious risks to the environment or health.

That is the central finding of the first Austria - wide epidemiological study into the prevalence of mental health problems in Austria, conducted under the supervision of Andreas Karwautz and Gudrun Wagner at MedUni Vienna's Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in collaboration with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research and published in a child and adolescent psychiatry journal.

One of the central findings in the study is that in these data, men who survived abuse were more likely than women to use throwaway accounts to tell their stories and seek support.

In a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, there are two central findings that illustrate how important the internet has become for those seeking romance in 21st Century America: First, among the relatively small and active cohort of 10 million internet users who say they are currently single and looking for romantic partners, 74 % say they have used the internet in one way or another to further their romantic interests.

The central finding is that exit exams do not have a statistically significant effect on test scores.

[5] This central finding, together with our study, only reinforces our ultimate conclusion: it is critical to consider what kinds of choices we are offering families in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country, and in charter or traditional public schools alike.

The central finding — that 30 percent of youths are involved in bullying — depends on three manipulations, three methodological choices.

One of the central findings of my work with well over 100 schools in the last several years is that, relative to the really hard obstacles and events in life that we all face, changing most school organizations is not hard — it is uncomfortable.

Lightbourn lamented the study's central finding that, despite the impressive array of school choice options available to Milwaukee parents, «only 10 percent have been the active consumers that would exert market - based influence to [sic] the school system.»

«A central finding of this evaluation is that the technical assistance had limited impact in these [participating] schools,» says the study.

But that conclusion does not undermine — rather, it reinforces — one of the central findings of school integration research: that having motivated peers and parents in a school community benefits all students.

It did not take long for Risk «s analysis and central findings to win acceptance among the general public, editorial writers, business leaders, governors, and other elected officials at the national, state, and local levels.

And yet, much of behavioral economics seems to pay little heed to this central finding as practitioners in the field move full steam ahead in devising solutions for other people's irrationality.

While the study's authors concede the difficulty of conclusively ascribing outcomes to the UTeach model — as opposed to other institution - level effects — the central finding is clear: school leaders who hire UTeach grads are making a pretty good bet.

Instead of torturing teachers and school administrators with more useless regulations and policies, education policy makers could at least try to address the central finding of the 1966 Coleman Report.

In an article this past March on the National Pulse web site, the author discusses the bad effects on students with missing fathers, which also highlights the central finding of the Coleman Report.

Beginning with the efforts of education researchers themselves, we find references to the Coleman Report and its central findings suggesting that many researchers do not understand the thrust of the report.

Many of the works included in Made for Whites by Whites, on view at 513 West 20th Street, have formal similarities to the Rescues in that central found objects are presented within elaborate armatures built up with items from Cave's familiar lexicon of ceramic birds and flowers, porcelain fruit, and copies of Capodimonte.

New analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council bolsters the Climate Central findings and focuses on the dizzying growth in this wood trade:

The Hockey Stick's central findings were upheld by exhaustive congressional reviews and a National Research Council panel, among others.

One of the paper's central findings is that companies need to pursue capital discipline, focusing investment on high return projects and limiting exposure to low return ones.

Contrary to the report's central finding, the rate of major environmental accidents in Pennsylvania has increased since 2008, according to an analysis by Connor's group.

Of course, I tend to mean by «sceptics», those who have serious, considered, reasonable and intellectually justifiable doubts about any one of the central findings of AR4.

It's a complicated question, but Climate Central found the answer.