Sentences with phrase «era of higher»

So what's the interim solution during this era of higher fees?

Sober forecasters like those at the United States Agriculture Department now expect the era of higher prices to extend into the foreseeable future.

Storm surges from hurricanes would wreak even more havoc in the era of higher sea levels, potentially swamping entire bases, including Naval Station Norfolk, Udvardy said.

In an era of higher returns, notes Sibears, you may have been able to invest very conservatively and still meet your income goals.

At the same time, a new era of higher academic standards has been sweeping the country in recent years.

Voya is looking to reduce exposures to generous guaranteed minimum income benefit (GMIB) riders sold to individual customers through early 2010 during an era of higher interest rates.

That is probably good advice, but still — in this post «fiscal cliff» era of higher income tax rates and new healthcare reform - driven investment taxes, it makes sense to at least look at the tax impact of your savings choices.

Google is hardly the first company to run into cost issues while trying to provide consumer Internet and cable TV service, even before the era of high - speed fiber optic connections.

We should also recognise that, in an era of high resource prices, better operating efficiency, improved resource management and products with a more sustainable environmental footprint make commercial and social sense.

In tandem, the era of high oil prices prompted an increase in saving among oil producers... Using the increase in emerging markets» current account surplus as a guide suggests the desired saving schedule has shifted to the right by 1pp as a result of the EM saving glut, which lowers the global real rate by round 25bps.

In the era of high patient deductibles, we help take on the heavy lifting of gathering both eligibility and benefits before the patient visit.

In an era of high child mortality and chronically poor health, as well as rapidly changing norms for childrearing, the bureau was seen as a salvation.

He said although the era of high oil prices might not be here now, the petroleum industry remained critical to the nation's economy now and in the future.

«For many biotech firms, this has been an era of high instability,» he says.

The War on Fat began in the late 1980s and ushered in an era of high - sugar, high - carb, low - fat, and fat - free snack foods.

Modern Approach: In the era of high — speed internet and professional services, it is advised that you take help of specialist review sites.

He then answers: «In this era of high - speed digital editing, the better question is: Why not?»

Vince Carter and the Slam Dunk's Day of Reckoning — Sam Riches notes that after 20 years in the NBA, the most influential dunker of all time is winding down his career and the game is preparing for a new era of high - flyers.

In an era of high - tech CGI, Park uses the beloved traditional form of stop - motion animation.

Along with Ronin, The Bourne Identity heralded a new era of high octane grittiness for the action thriller and a decade on, it actually stands up pretty well.

This also allows Wright to pepper the film with now - classic songs from the era of high Brit - pop, including tracks from Blur, Pulp, the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays.

In a 2009 study, the Center for Public Education released Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability, a national research report indicating that «most professional development today is ineffective.»

In this era of high - stakes testing, Perkins cites a school that has emphasized diagnostic testing as a tool for individual students to understand their progress and to determine what to focus on next.

The era of high standards and accountability for schools, teachers, and those who train them — an era that never entirely gained traction in New York — was over.

In this era of high - stakes testing, be wary of score inflation; improvements in scores, particularly very large and rapid ones, may be illusory.

Soon after, states and the federal government embarked on an historic era of high school reform.

This, too, is not surprising in an era of high - stakes testing under the No Child Left Behind Act.

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.

In an era of high teacher unemployment, is it still?

Consider this: In 1977, 25 years before No Child Left Behind ushered in the era of high - stakes testing, elementary school teachers spent only about 50 minutes a day on science and social studies combined.

In this era of high - stakes teacher evaluations, it is critical to use a model that provides the greatest potential for helping classroom teachers improve their pedagogical skills and raise student achievement.

For example, today, we are transitioning out of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era of high - stakes accountability and saying hello again to continuous improvement — but with a twist.

In an era of high stakes accountability, testing, and standardization in education, Dr. Robert Dillon attempts to bring the student back into the center of the learning.

Today's schools must serve an increasingly diverse student body in an era of high - stakes accountability with rigorous standards, utilizing technology that is expanding exponentially while preparing students to be ready for jobs that haven't been invented.

And, as I've said before, there is plenty of room to hold Obama accountable for «Race to the Top,» which follows on the same path as No Child Left Behind's era of high - stakes standardized tests.

Vulnerability is essential for creating a space for change, yet in an era of high - stakes, data - driven accountability, it is deeply counter-cultural and more often punished than rewarded.

The era of high - stakes testing ended with the passage of the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA).

In this era of high - stakes testing and high drop - out rates, public schools are focusing heavily on reading, writing and arithmetic.

NCLB brought an unforgiving and continuing era of high stakes testing infused with constantly moving, often unattainable «goals.»

Rationale Attracting, retaining, and developing quality teachers is essential in the current era of high - stakes accountability.

If we let current policies answer this question for us, we're back to test scores; after all, nothing else matters in an era of high - stakes accountability.

But urban superintendents are hard to come by in an era of high - stakes testing and widening achievement gaps.

In this era of high - stakes accountability, the pressure has never been greater for principals to excel also as instructional leaders.

In an era of high stakes testing, the stakes will never be higher than they will be with the Common Core.

Teaching the teachers: Effective professional development in an era of high stakes accountability.

Since the era of high - stakes accountability initiated in the early 1980s has not, in fact, closed the achievement gap, can you commit to ending accountability - based education reform, including a significant reduction in high - stakes testing, and then detail reform based on equity of opportunities for all students?

In the era of high - stakes national, state and local accountability, and with the advent of common core standards and NCLB, teachers across the nation face the daunting task of ensuring mastery of increasingly rigorous learning standards in increasingly diverse classrooms.

In the era of high - stakes testing, formative assessment has given way to an over-reliance on summative assessments and too often resulted in misuse of assessment results.

For all its good intentions, NCLB will be remembered for ushering in an unprecedented era of high - stakes testing — and for saddling public education with a federal mandate on school accountability that had all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

Watch an archived video of education experts debating global education policies and practices, including ASCD CEO and Executive Director Dr. Gene R. Carter, who explained why he supports rigorous standards in schools, how educators can maintain their positions as leaders during the era of high - stakes testing, and the importance of whole child education.