Sentences with phrase «class on stake»

The only sour note at this extremely successful show was again the inclusion of the fancy - pony turnout class on stake night.

Not exact matches

In September, in the most worrisome setback yet for 1099 - reliant sharing - economy companies, a federal judge granted class status to Uber drivers, vastly upping the stakes on its legal defense and the likelihood it will have to settle.

Once you get past the plugs for the training classes, however, these books — read together — will help you analyze the buyer's economic and emotional stakes and capitalize on that knowledge.

And with the company's stock tanking, legislators demanding answers, and class - action hell on the horizon, the stakes have never been higher.

After watching Mr and Mrs Romney on the Piers Morgan show, I'd say there's no comparison between them — Romney wins in the «Class stakes by a mile!

We started out with the proposition that the ideal of a fraternal organization of society will remain powerless if it is supported by idealists only; that it needs the firm support of a solid class whose economic future is staked on the success of that ideal; and that the industrial working class is consciously or unconsciously committed to the struggle for the realization of that principle.

Getting Essential Core Skills, with Tenure at Stake 15 July 2005 Our CareerDoctor advises an assistant professor who, after three years and a half, feels that all her precious time is going into committee meetings and classes — leaving her in the impossibility to work on her own research, let alone think about it.

It is based on the memoir by Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who was targeted by the FBI after she began running a high - stakes poker game.

The film marks Sorkin's directorial debut and is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran a high - stakes poker game for celebrities and business tycoons.

Similarly, we ask students to reflect through low - stakes assignments about how they did on a test, how they functioned in a group, or why they got kicked out of class.

And unlike many urban schools where teachers spend the bulk of the day on scripted lessons, drilling classes on basic skills for high - stakes tests, LACES teachers spend very little time prepping students for California's state tests.

In Kobialka's science class, they share their low - stakes writing assignments with each other and then make annotations on that writing based on the group discussion.

The classes perform team - building exercises and develop comfort and familiarity through peer critiques on small, low - stakes assignments.

For challenges like large class sizes, high - stakes testing, and intense focus on teacher and administrative accountability, increasing success by all students means we must engage them into the learning dialog.

Teachers recognize test preparation as necessary in this era of high stakes standardized exams, but most can't afford to spend much precious class time on test preparation activities.

He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education related topics.

And all this work has to happen in 50 minute class periods while teaching an enormous curriculum and being held accountable for student performance on a high stakes, knowledge driven end of grade exam.

While the issues at stake vary by state, a number of elections this cycle will hinge on a variety of education - related questions, including recent cuts to public schools, growing class sizes, Common Core State Standards, access to pre-K education and the availability of state - funded student loans for college.

«Collective bargaining rights allow educators, like me, to speak up for their students on important issues such as class sizes and high - stakes standardized tests,» said CTA President Eric C. Heins.

Common Core Standards thus infuse classes at the school, and helping students achieve on high - stakes tests is a priority.

Would you want a child in that class engaged in that activity even if there were no high - stakes test on the horizon?

She also said parents have discussed that they would like to see more after - school sports programs, career and technology classes like cosmetology and automotive mechanics, regular on - site medical care and a reduction of high stakes testing.

A hallmark of the Broad - style leadership is closing existing schools rather than attempting to improve them, increasing class size, opening charter schools, imposing high - stakes test - based accountability systems on teachers and students, and implementing of pay for performance schemes.

A dozen working - class folks, both genders, they'd staked out a spot on the cement with a prison - window - sized view of the hairpin.

Saturday's event has high stakes for the factory Corvette program in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes with the Drivers Championship on the line.

Anonymous, I have no stake in any of these firms (or in any firm in this domain) but I like all three of these firms for what they are doing: Wealthfront for its sensible focus on index funds, Betterment for its advancement of diversification across asset classes and Robinhood for reducing trading costs.

I hope GaijinWorks and Monkey Paw Games have a contingency plan for if Class of Heroes 2 bombs and they're not staking the future of their companies on it.

A Martindale - Hubbell AV ® rated attorney, Frank concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation and electronic commerce, with an emphasis on trial work, class action defense, and high - stakes commercial matters.

For the many district courts whose dockets are already overflowing, the notion of bringing all resources to bear on a dramatically increasing class of complex, high stakes, and technically demanding disputes raises serious questions about judicial resource management.»

High - stakes products litigation typically requires our clients to mount their defense on multiple fronts, which may include class action litigation, multidistrict litigation, individual personal injury actions at the state and federal level, consumer fraud actions, actions by health care providers, False Claims Act litigation, actions by state attorneys general, government investigations, and internal reviews.

In April, Westfield Group sold a 90 percent stake in six of 17 Class B malls it had on the market to Starwood Capital Group.