Sentences with phrase «culture of low»

Though Diaz did not mention it, one can't help but connect the history of production behind Calder's fiber - based work (some crafted by 100 Nicaraguan laborers at four times the usual rate) to the culture of low - wage immigrant labor in which Diaz grew up.

«This lack of trust has contributed to a culture of low expectations.»

It will challenge a culture of low expectations and low achievement in the area.»

«These people represent the powerful and badly misguided lobby who are responsible for the devaluation of exams and the culture of low expectations in state schools,» he said.

Yet, even in the few findings presented here, we have been able to build a better understanding of a culture of low - income families that are working together with schools and supportive organizations in their communities to produce very high levels of achievement in terms of high school graduation and college attendance.

The line from the study that jumps off the page is that the findings suggest «a pervasive culture of low expectations for teacher development and performance.»

What can be done about a culture of low expectations?

We are committed to overturning a culture of low expectations that for too long discouraged capable pupils, predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds, from studying the core academic subjects that open doors to their future.

Dr. Leslie «s first priority was to change the prevailing culture of low expectations among educators in the district; his second was to improve student achievement through increased rigor, alignment of state standards to classroom practices, and implementation of mathematics standards higher than those set by the state.

The state is now engaged in systemic reform, which seeks to change the culture of low expectations in state, to prepare all students with rigorous coursework at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

He concluded: «We are committed to overturning a culture of low expectations that for too long discouraged capable pupils, predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds, from studying the core academic subjects that open doors to their future.»

They have sustained a culture of low expectations on both sides of the teacher's desk.

But isn't the greatest disadvantage of all being written off by those so in hock to a culture of low expectations that they have forgotten what it's like to be ambitious, to want to transcend your background, to overcome circumstance and succeed on your own terms?

We also know that these attitudes — which help foster cultures of low expectations in dropout factories, failure mills and mediocrity warehouses — are manifested every day.

Riley and others also ignore another culprit: Low - quality teachers and lackluster school leaders — or, «the other knuckleheads, as Fordham Institute scholar Peter Meyer calls them — who perpetuate cultures of low expectations by failing in reading instruction and failing to properly manage classrooms.

This, in turn, explains why so many schools and districts become mired in cultures of low expectations in which moral and educational misbehavior is rampant and tolerated until the spotlight is shown on them.

But time — along with the fact that half of all fourth - graders on free - and reduced - cost lunch in suburban schools are functionally illiterate — has proven that integration on its own doesn't deal with the systemic problems of low - quality teaching, shoddy curricula, lackluster leadership, and cultures of low expectations (especially for poor and minority kids) that plagues American public education even when those kids are put into suburban middle - class schools.

I suggest that individuals can vote with their pocketbooks for a culture of lower executive compensation by buying Chinese or Japanese products.

Not exact matches

Closer to the present day (and with much lower stakes), companies with whimsical office cultures have chosen to follow Caligula's lead and appoint some four - legged executives of their own — in this case, dogs.

At that point in the run of «Breaking Bad,» Odenkirk wasn't even sure if the show or his character would make it to season three, given its low ratings and the fact that it wasn't yet at the top of pop culture conversations.

Many reasons can include but aren't limited to a bad strategy, a weak culture lacking trust and accountability, poor communication, low levels of buy - in, change fatigue and competing priorities.

«I'd also have everybody kind of get focused on a similar mission and drive a culture to improve health care costs by lowering them, drive greater levels of effectiveness overall and making sure that we are driving a great deal of consumer satisfaction.»

First: widespread layoffs, lower budgets, new levels of austerity, and a shift in the corporate culture.

Just to work another pop culture reference in there, the «very high» to «low» suspension options will now range from a «depth» of 0 to «20,000 leagues.»

A flawed democracy is a country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, according to the EIU.

In the bottom right quadrant put the names of your low performers who are committed to living the principles of your desired culture.

«We expect management to aggressively pursue incremental high - margin business based upon the railroad's new low - cost footprint, innovative new service offerings and a reinvigorated culture of success,» he wrote.

The success rates of massive scale technology mergers are extraordinarily low because of the complexity of the integration, the culture matching of completely different institutions, the leadership challenges of trying to bring together different leadership teams.

Not surprisingly, the risk of retaliation for corporate whistleblowers is far lower at businesses that have already created a strong ethical culture in the first place, the study found.

With a low cost of living, picture - perfect white - sand beaches, friendly locals and fascinating culture, Southeast Asia are so much more than exotic vacation spots.

They're building tech brands and innovation cultures in smaller population centres, which offer lower costs and a different quality of life.

Moving abroad to where the weather is warm, the cost of living is low and the culture is one of friendliness — is too good to spoil with fussing and fighting.

Sicupira also incorporated some of the Garantia culture, lowering executives» base salaries, cutting perks, and implementing big, target - based stock incentives.

Because the weather is warm, the cost of living is low, the culture is one of friendliness and mutual support, and life is too short — and too good — to spoil with fussing and fighting.

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

While Canada boasts historically low default rates, there is still a strong culture of insuring against the risk of default from borrowers.

«It has a one - of - a-kind culture that I have searched high and low and have not found a close second on any continent.»

One scene is set with a full moon hanging low over a grove of pine trees that's almost cut and pasted out of E.T. Where Stranger Things wanted to remind viewers of their childhoods (or of the media their parents and older siblings loved) Guardians 2 seems to want to compare itself to every piece of 1980s pop culture, and come out on top.

Babylonia, situated on a broad low plain between the rivers at their widest points, was very fertile and had developed an advanced culture as early as 3500 B.C.. From this region comes the famous Code of Hammurabi which, dating from long before the time of Moses, shows high ethical discernment regarding the establishment of justice in human relations.

As they ask questions they are taking in the responses and reconciling them with what they know to be true, often times helping people to find a true north in a culture full of relatives, toxicity and low standards.

For example, referring to the «institutional field of cultural production» that «rapidly and radically transformed... the rigid dichotomy between «high» and «low» «(for academics like Professor Rainey, dichotomies are always «rigid» and high art always needs scare quotes), he tells us that «Modernism's ambiguous achievement... was to probe the interstices dividing that variegated field and to forge within it a strange and unprecedented space for cultural production, one that did indeed entail a certain retreat from the domain of public culture, but one that also continued to overlap and intersect with the public realm in a variety of contradictory ways.»

Each of us contributes more to the common good when we dare to undertake a journey into our own particularity (this family, this community, this people, this culture, this religion) than when we attempt to homogenize all differences in favor of some lowest common denominator.

Many representatives of non-Western cultures see it as an insulting form of condescension» Westerners judging them by a standard lower than their own and even treating them as cases of diminished responsibility.

Thanks to the oppressiveness of the Hindu caste culture, the Christian converts from the depressed and low castes saw conversion as a liberation from caste oppression.

In the modern age an interest has been awakened in the study of existing lower cultures, and as a result much of their legendary lore, their songs, their rituals, their laws, are being translated into modern languages and published.

If not, what kinds of regulatory standards could also facilitate a «low» policy that respects existing cultures, encourages critical discourse, values history and empowers even religious institutions?

In a digital world, we may all witness the collapse of formerly compelling distinctions between high and low culture, theological education and spiritual formation, and theory and praxis.

Lower levels of binge drinking and participation in the hookup culture may also lead to higher graduation rates and a more academic atmosphere on campus, increasing prestige, which boosts enrollment.

This is probably a lower - than - real number as well because there are many who identify as believing in God because of their culture, but in actuality probably do not.

The perennial plight of established religious bodies is reaching for the lowest common denominator, muting faith's distinctives, softening the edges of anything that might create tension between faith and culture.