Sentences with phrase «competing priorities for»

Young people exhibit relatively high levels of reported concern on climate change, but there are competing priorities for their attention and the issue remains a low priority.

Still, saving can be difficult when there are so many competing priorities for your dollars.

And, as usual, I've competing priorities for cash & other potential buys.

When you get your first job out of college, retirement can seem far away and you likely have other competing priorities for your paychecks.

It is easy for students to become overwhelmed and to struggle - especially in the later years of school when there are competing priorities for your time and attention.

After many years of reduced budgets, school districts are faced with many competing priorities for their funds for 2014 - 15.

Work with bus providers and other local partners to build complementary rather than competing priorities for the city region.

Not exact matches

In this video, Young Entrepreneur Council Founder Scott Gerber discusses his two favorite task management apps for wrangling competing projects and priorities.

Once you've made these decisions, it's safe to discuss competing priorities, adjust the various parameters... and cut a deal that makes sense for both parties.

Furthermore, if situations arise in which academic interests compete with concerns for students» «piety» for added time or financial resources, the response characteristically shaped by this ethos would be to assign to the «churches» responsibility for «piety» and to assign priority within the school to the academic interests.

But moving from commitment to action can be difficult when there are alternative priorities competing for budget.

For about a decade, Halliday - Sharp juggled motor racing and three - day eventing, but just this year she decided to make training and competing her horses the priority.

We need to compete in every competition according to our priority and for me the priorities are....

«For sure, my priority was to compete for a drive but in the end I needed to be involved in the technical siFor sure, my priority was to compete for a drive but in the end I needed to be involved in the technical sifor a drive but in the end I needed to be involved in the technical side.

We play a high - risk high - reward offensive game, so we need incredibly capable and reliable CBs at the back, for all the the talk about buying a CF or even DM... The main priority for me to compete for the title would be getting a CB, unless Gabriel is going to be that man (that tackle on Lukaku was a great preview of his ability)

we need two world class attacking options to compete with the best at home and in europe next season... giroud, walcott, ox iwobi, campbell do not provide that in any combo... more important for me than anything else... if we repeat defensive stats of last season and add the kind of goal tally a top team needs we will be there or there abouts... that said i would like mert to leave and an alternative found just not a priority

He will compete in a long distance event next week before switching his focus to triathlon's World Series, with his home race in Leeds the main priority for the season.

Whether it's a casual night of watching your favorite countries compete or you are hosting a World Cup party for all of your friends, food safety needs to be a priority.

While social and environmental objectives are not necessarily in conflict (indeed action to meet green objectives through domestic heating and insulation improvements represents the definitive policy in eradicating fuel poverty), a range of factors mean that they are nevertheless often seen as competing for political priority and resources.

He will say: «I am clear that the priority for expansion of university places must be based on assessment of what Britain, our young people and our businesses need in the future when we will compete with the rest of the world on quality, innovation, science and skills.

He proposed $ 750 million for an eighth round of Regional Economic Development Councils, which set regional economic development priorities and compete against each other for funding allocations.

Teaching is a top priority, and faculty members compete for exposure to students.

The freed up $ 65 million will go into a «common pool» for AIDS research that institutes can compete for based on the new priorities, Collins says.

«But there are a lot of competing science priorities for Webb, and peer reviewers will ask whether Proxima b is really the best object to investigate like this using so much time.»

Approved in 2007, the original COMPETES legislation committed the government to providing healthy funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, while also setting government - wide spending priorities to be coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Although Hall has so far declined to discuss his priorities for the committee, he laid out his strategy for possibly revising the COMPETES bill in describing what he didn't like about it.

Despite the benefits of social status on their reproductive success — higher - ranking females appear to have access to better food and higher infant survival than their low - ranking counterparts — the tendency of female chimpanzees to «wait their turn» rather than fighting for rank reveals the competing priorities males and females face when ensuring the success of their offspring.

If there are conflicting / competing requests for access to services, priority will be given to Research Components and Pilot Projects directly supported by the P50.

Specifically, the anti-stress hormone cortisol and the sex hormone progesterone are often forced to compete for top priority in the body.

However, to cut through the confusion of thousands, even millions, of online dating sites competing for your attention and so make the top ones relatively easy to find, there are certain basic criteria that any web site looking for the title of «best online dating site» must have as a priority.

Of course, this one will have to compete with the various possible movies competing for Scott's typically busy schedule, but Deadline's report makes it sound like he's making this a priority, particularly given the people involved.

High schools are seeking to build systems that ensure success for every student; this is being further emphasized by the Obama administration, which has identified the following four Race to the Top priority areas in the Race to the Top Executive Summary (2009): «adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; cultivating effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and turning around struggling schools» (p. 1).

«Ideally, the PD is aligned with school and district priorities, providing a coherence for teachers, as opposed to having PD compete with differing school and district priorities.»

He said both education systems deserve more resources, but tying them together gave lawmakers the political cover to fund other priorities while schools competed for limited income tax resources.

No doubt teachers can make a huge difference for students, but there are multiple, competing and sometimes contradictory priorities that teachers have to contend with.

Too often, the process for recruiting and selecting teachers — into both teacher preparation programs and district teaching positions — is an afterthought or something that falls behind other competing priorities.

To our District leaders, thank you for providing us with the freedom to prioritize family engagement amidst the other competing priorities in this day to day work.

For nearly six years as a founding leader of the ASD, I have had the privilege of working alongside just such dedicated warriors: educators, school operators, district and state leaders, community members, and student support providers all helping families zoned to TN's Priority schools get the attention they deserve; to be heard above the din of competing zoning, funding and political priorities that if left unchecked can perpetuate systemic injustice.

K - 12 Fights for Airtime as Presidential Election Issue Competing concerns, candidate priorities may tamp down topic's profile

How to make career readiness a greater priority for all students without in any way diminishing or competing with college readiness goals?

how to finance the reform efforts (e.g., reconfiguring existing organizational structures and budgets, granting policy waivers, doing away with programs peripheral to the district reform priorities, raising funds through local bond elections and community contributions, competing for government and foundation grants);

Education is full of priorities: getting kids ready for kindergarten, getting children reading on grade level, developing students» STEM skills, building social - emotional skills, addressing nature deficit disorder (children spending too little time outdoors), developing thoughtful citizens, training future workers to compete in a global marketplace, and so on and so forth.

Graphics seem to be a new priority for Amazon, maybe because they're hoping to compete with Apple's iPad tablets.

Given the competing financial goals we face — buying a house vs saving for our children's tuition vs saving for retirement — it can sometimes be difficult to work out our priorities.

Competing financial priorities are keeping people from saving for retirement what they know they should, a survey finds.

«We made the strategic decision to exit the reverse business due to competing demands and priorities that require investments and resources be focused on other key areas of our business,» said Doug Jones, consumer sales and institutional mortgage services executive for Bank of America Home Loans.

We take a look at the whole picture, balance all of the competing priorities - your retirement lifestyle, your business or personal assets, your need for income, your family's special needs, your health ---- and provide a practical approach to making your retirement dreams come alive.

These competing priorities are typical for people in their 30s.

But competing financial priorities — for example, needing a bank that offers student loans if you have children as well as investment services to protect your family's future — can make choosing the right bank complicated and time consuming.

A long list of competing financial priorities — credit card or student loan debt, saving for a child's education or low wages — are cited as obstacles to saving for retirement, says Cameron Huddleston, Life + Money columnist for GOBankingRates.