Sentences with phrase «confusion over»

It's fun to be someone else for a minute, but when it comes to writing and publishing a brand - building and business - boosting book, you probably don't want any confusion over whether somebody's talking to Julie or Jane.

I don't think I can ever remember a time when there was so much confusion over the price of a mobile device like there has been over the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The system finds music and photos on such devices quickly, there's no confusion over what you're copying, and transfers are very quick.

The weird positioning at the base of the dashboard is awkward ergonomically and its proximity to the lower display and resemblance to a big volume knob created all sorts of confusion over the first few days.

To buyers, there's often confusion over whether you want the Nissan Altima or Nissan Maxima.

Suspending my confusion over BMW's new numeric naming convention — why this four - door hatchback is labeled a 4 Series (the even number supposedly designating a two - door coupe)...

The court ruled that it was reasonable for DOT to require airlines to add government fees and taxes to the base fare and disclose these together as a total price, prominently displayed to prevent confusion over the total cost of their travel.

Chris Keates, leader of the Nasuwt teachers» union, warned that: «Schools, parents and pupils are being thrown into further confusion over yet more reform to the qualifications system.»

(from the New York Times) Confusion over actual college costs and concerns over mounting student loans have inspired bipartisan legislation — three bills, in fact — aimed at making the cost of higher education more clear to students before they apply to a school, before they select a school and...

This confusion over the value of GCSEs comes against a background in which Education Secretary Michael Gove is preparing to overhaul the GCSE system for pupils in England.

An earlier application for approval in Connecticut was similarly denied in March 2016 because of the lack of depth and breadth of its curriculum, misalignment with Connecticut and national standards, confusion over the type of training Relay would provide, the absence of fieldwork and clinical experiences, and other significant flaws.

Michigan is once again moving ahead with the Common Core after some legislative confusion over it.

According to a new report, it means that there's some confusion over the definition of equity in U.S. schools, particularly when it comes to high - achieving students.

Despite confusion over how much New York students are improving, New York City's small gains in proficiency (almost 5 percentage points in math and 1 percentage point in reading) appear to be real progress, experts say, because they mirror similar improvements on national tests (specifically the Trial Urban District Assessment portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-RRB-.

It also potentially undermines state authority, creating confusion over who is ultimately responsible for school accountability and improvement, and unearths issues related to the department's capacity to oversee multiple district applications and reform plans on top of the dozens of state waiver plans that it has already approved.

Today they tried to address the statewide confusion over what must be included in teacher evaluations next year, voting not to require (but to still allow) districts to use SBAC scores in teacher evaluations for the 2016 - 17 school year.

There was some confusion over how many of those teachers let go were actually deemed «ineffective»; the Washington Post's Bill Turque has the breakdown: In addition to the 75 teachers with «ineffective» -LSB-...]

A High Court judgment in November has caused confusion over the new religious studies (RS) GCSE.

Related: In New Orleans schools, decentralization creates confusion over who exactly is in charge when there's a problem

Coral Springs Police discuss their response to the Stoneman Douglas shooting and the confusion over a miscommunication about a security tape delay.

Schools are demanding copies of pupils» passports, and asking parents to confirm if their children are asylum seekers or refugees amid confusion over a new legal duty requiring...

Confusion over the exemplification materials for writing assessments has caused anger among the profession and the teacher unions.

The government source also accused Labour of confusion over what powers should be devolved to schools.

This included sabbaticals for experienced teachers and plans to remove confusion over when schools would be classified as underachieving.

And a few outlets found unusual angles, like MSN's story on the public's under - estimation of what teachers make (under a new contract, rookie Detroit teachers will make more than their suburban counterparts) and The 74's story on public confusion over what opting out means.

Under Dixon, Victorians have witnessed the chaos and confusion over Special Religious Instruction in schools, with Dixon seemingly beholden to fundamentalist religious groups over the wishes of principals and parents.

Confusion over routes into teaching needs to be addressed and action needs to over the supply agencies that are taking such huge profits out of our public education system.

In fact, there is even confusion over whether a district can require a charter applicant to provide any information about its parent organization, according to Alice Miller of the California Charter School Association, which is helping MPS protest the closures.

The Education Next report concludes that Common Core proponents need to clarify confusion over the initiative.

Last month it was revealed more than half a million pounds of public money is to be spent on explaining the new numerical system, following widespread confusion over what the changes mean in real terms.

The State Board of Education will be able to disentangle competing math standards that have been creating confusion over what should be taught in eighth grade, under a bill headed to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

In a telephone survey conducted during the summer of 2003, public school parents routinely expressed confusion over basic points of fact.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

There are warnings of confusion over university admissions from changes to GCSE exams in England which will create two different pass grades.

«We've seen everything from unexpected financial challenges to confusion over paperwork that leaves families feeling overwhelmed.»

How the U.S. Department of Education should respond to the confusion over what states can and can't do in their ESSA plans.

The guests (Kelsey Grammer, notably) and old gang save the day, especially Efron, whose bond with his gay buds and sweet confusion over boiling eggs show a rare light touch.

Sam Adams over at CriticWire summed up the confusion over how to deal with the overt philosophizing of this movie»» it's like a giant dramatization of moments taken at random from episodes of Morgan Freeman's Through the Wormhole»» by saying that Lucy is either «the summer's smartest dumb movie, or its dumbest smart one.»

Between his confusion over what «scientists» look like to huffing paint fumes the dude brings this manic energy on screen every single second.

5 days 14 hours ago - Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm deal with confusion over a possible Lando spin - off, and we have sad news for both Shenmue III and PlayStation Vita.

But despite all the reasons it really should not work, the film's final sequence stayed with me long after the fuzzy knowledge of what exactly each Infinity Stone does and the confusion over why Tessa Thompson wasn't in this movie had faded away.

For various reasons, starting with inevitable viewer confusion over the aspect ratios, Brainstorm demands some sort of supplemental material to put the film in perspective.

Her attraction to Kyle results in confusion over her relationship with nice guy Danny (Lucas Hedges, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA).

After Season One of HBO's Greatest Series of All - Time True Detective, it's definitely up high, there was initial confusion over whether we'd continue with...

Davies highlights his own confusion over this major event — Robert refuses to see his father's body, and hides his face in the bedroom curtains as the hearse arrives at the house.

It's worth mentioning that while there was no confusion over the sexuality of Benedict Cumberbatch's Alan Turing, The Imitation Game was widely criticised for playing down his homosexuality, instead romanticising his friendship with Kiera Knightley's Joan Clarke to the point that it took the form of a chaste relationship.

Which means the full import of Gale's revelation that District 12 has been obliterated loses some of its power, purely because there's still some lingering confusion over what's just happened, which in turn makes the necessarily mid-air ending (it's roughly the same endpoint as the book, if we recall correctly) even more unsatisfying.

«Tangerine» keenly addressed the divide between its leads» insular world and the harsh way society ostracizes them, but it never turned the confusion over their sexual identity into a joke.

The confusion over The Batman «s place in the DCEU was thrown into quandary this week when director Matt Reeves revealed that the film wasn't part of the extended universe.

Garland just wants to ask questions and stir the pot, to make us think about everything from: privacy and the internet, to what we really want out of a partner, to the joys of pleasure, to the importance of and confusion over emotions and if they're real either.