Sentences with phrase «findings support the opinion»

Would the proponents of school accountability policies such as standardized testing come out on top, or would the findings support the opinions of the critics?

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BHP Billiton's top Australian executive has stepped up the company's criticism of the WA Nationals» planned iron ore tax hike, two days after an opinion poll found high support for the proposal.

An Angus Reid opinion poll released in December found only 25 % of voters supported the Tories, putting them in a tie for second with the Liberals.

In CATA's opinion, finding efficiencies of even 20 % to 30 % and moving the monies over to direct support programs and other indirect support mechanisms would be achievable and would constitute a tremendously important change.

A public opinion poll conducted in May 2003 found the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives neck and neck in public support, with the New Democrats trailing.

A poll conducted by Illinois Policy found 42 percent of active likely voters in Illinois oppose a progressive tax, with 29 percent unsure or having no opinion, and 29 percent supporting.

Kevin Wozniak, a sociologist at UMass Boston, reviewed polls after the Newtown school shooting in 2012 and found that the event coincided with a temporary spike in support for gun control, followed by a leveling off and return to pre-mass shooting opinion by the end of 2013.

While that opinion may be supported by a literal reading of certain portions of the ancient writings which are revered as scripture, I find that attitude to be both deplorable and shortsighted.

«In more recent times, this opinion has found support from the fact that sight impediment - including temporary blindness lasting from several hours to several days - has been observed as being a symptom or result of an epileptic seizure and has been mentioned in many case reports.»

if you can lie to yourself with immunity, you might be an atheist if you think the indifferent support your side, you might be an atheist if you don't think at all, you might be an atheist if you are drawn to religious discussions thinking someone wants to hear your opinion, you might be an atheist if you copy paste every piece of crap theory you find, you might be an atheist if you think you are right no matter what the evidence shows, you might be an atheist if you can't hold your water when you think about science, you might be an atheist if you can't write the word God, with proper capitalization, you might be an atheist if you think your view has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you think The View has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you live in a tar paper shack, writing manifestos, you might be an atheist if you think you're basically a good person, and your own final authority you might be an atheist if you think your great aunt Tillie was a simian, you might be an atheist if you own an autographed copy of Origin Of The Species, you might be an atheist if you think that when you die you're worm food, you might be an atheist if you think the sun rises and sets for you alone, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is Charles Darwin when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is you when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if you attend a church but palm the offering plate when it passes, you might be an atheist If think this exhausts all the possibilities of definition, you might be an atheist.

I find it embarrassing that instead of coming together and supporting each other everyone just has to voice their opinions and feelings and make everything about them.

I also find Hillary Clinton's support of partial birth abortion criminal and her opinion of evangelicals to be bigoted.

Of course, thanks to our founding fathers who a part of a predominantly Christian culture, no one is going to really support your opinion and the majority rules.

Kelly found support from her sister who encouraged her to be firm about her internal compass in the face of many differing opinions: «Your only option is to learn to listen to yourself and know that you know your situation, and what works for your family, better than anyone else.»

«Michelle not only has a heart of GOLD that really cares about your child and YOUR parenting style - her information is PLATINUM in helping you find the tools and tricks that educate and support you (in my opinion) one of the hardest aspects of early childhood parenting!»

In addition to the actual strategies I have learned from being on - the - job, I find that life as a pediatric occupational therapist who works with parents and other developmental professionals simply exposes to me to LOTS more opinions and approaches related to parenting and supporting children.

But if you don't tap the power of volunteers to act in their communities and social circles, you miss a powerful way to find support and influence opinion.

+1, I was hoping someone would find something more to support that opinion of his in that release that I didn't, but I guess we'll just have to wait for more information.

I decided to commission my own research to establish the real state of public opinion: the true level of support for the parties, the underlying attributes associated with each, whether the picture in marginal seats really was different to that in Britain as a whole, whether the Conservatives» 164 - seat battleground made sense, and why the candidates I was helping to fund were finding it so hard to build support.

We will have to wait to find out what Scotland chooses: at the moment, the opinion polls suggest that although there is support for further powers for the Scottish Parliament, creating a new state is something only about one 3rd the Scottish voters actually want.

He said the union is still reviewing the decision, but found some support for its argument in the opinion written by the one dissenting judge, Justice Michael Lynch.

This and other engagements certainly went a long way in contributing to his victory at the polls.It is my considered opinion that the time is right for the President to enlist the support of the sector in finding a way out of the current economic challenges,» he added.

The Conservative report included an opinion poll, which found that 48 % of Londoners support some kind of ban on strike action.

Pre-election opinion polls canvas people via phone and the internet to find out which party they support and whether they intend to vote.

2007 James Hansen is honored for his courageous and steadfast advocacy in support of scientists» responsibilities to communicate their scientific opinions and findings openly and honestly on matters of public importance.

New findings from Western University support the scientific opinion that mercury is one of the determining factors for the dramatic declines of many migratory songbird populations across North America.

I've always found strength and conditioning research fascinating, but some lifters let studies and research go beyond just an opinion with support and let them become indoctrinated dogmas in which there's suddenly no other way of thinking.

People tend to have very strong opinions about low carb diets and you can easily find as many articles supporting low carb diets as those opposing them.

Herpes Dating sites not only provide you the service to find a companion, but also offer you support groups, medical opinions and dating service.

My opinion is that if you find one, just send report to the support and that's the last time you saw that scammer.

I've held the unpopular opinion for a while now that Leonardo DiCaprio finds himself in similar positions often, where he's a perfectly fine and solid actor, but is often cast across from much better actors in the supporting role and tends to seem underwhelming as the lead of the film.

National Poll Finds Waning Support for Charter Schools (The Atlanta Journal Constitution) Charter Schools Take a Hit in Nationwide Poll (EdSource) Public Support for Charter Schools Plummets, Poll Finds (Education Week) Enthusiasm for Charter School Formation Takes Hit, New Poll Finds (The Christian Science Monitor) New Poll Shows Sharp Decline in Support for Public Charter Schools Over Past Year (The 74) National Support for Charter Schools Has Dropped Sharply in Last Year (Chalkbeat) People Think Teachers Are Underpaid — Until You Tell Them How Much Teachers Earn (Time) Marty West co-authors the annual EducationNext survey of American public opinion on timely education issues such charter schools, higher education, and the impact of the current administration, among others.

Note that I say «valid sources», because, in this digital age, it is all too easy to find arguments to support our own opinion.

National opinion polls routinely find very strong support for DB pensions, as individuals who do not like risk prefer to have some income guarantees for themselves and their families when they retire, become disabled, or pass away.

Public Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for the idea.

The most recent Education Next survey of public opinion found little public support for the «opt out» point of view.

The fall - off in support is to be found among Republicans (from 57 % to 43 %), while Democratic opinion is essentially the same no matter which way the question is worded, a sure sign that partisan politics is playing a key role — especially since Republicans remain as supportive as Democrats if asked the plain vanilla version of the question.

In 2013, an Education Next poll found that even though half the public supported charters, and just a quarter opposed them, another quarter had no opinion at all.

For instance, our poll asked those with some awareness whether they supported the standards and found 44 percent supported and 51 percent opposed (last year we found approximately 47 percent support among those stating an opinion).

Sixty Four Percent of Americans Support Affirmative Action The public opinion polling on behalf of AFC found that 64 percent of Americans support overall affirmative action for women and minoSupport Affirmative Action The public opinion polling on behalf of AFC found that 64 percent of Americans support overall affirmative action for women and minosupport overall affirmative action for women and minorities.

Survey Findings STF members carry over 16,255 school groups annually and our work to conduct surveys on teachers» concerns and opinions over school trip planning is a major factor in steering the support our members offer to teachers from start to finish.

However, CCSA's own public opinion polling has found much higher levels of support for charter public schools in California than EdNext's poll found at the national level,» he wrote.

This article examines the results of a national opinion poll by PDK and Gallup, which found strong public support for Board certification for teachers.

Education Next found that opposition to Common Core remains the minority opinion, with nearly half of adults (49 percent) supporting Common Core.

Learn what the research says about how to develop expertise in this genre of writing — building an understanding of (persuasive) schema; developing stronger writing prompts for the 3 argument types (fact - based, judgment - based, policy - based); and teaching students how to find and use the most relevant evidence (text, data, etc.) needed to support each argument / opinion type.

Until we have comprehensive research findings on the many recently implemented state supports and interventions, the expert opinions of SEA personnel are our best sources of information.

A poll of NEA members taken last spring found that 26 percent supported the standards wholeheartedly, 50 percent backed them tentatively, with reservations, and 13 percent said they didn't know enough to form an opinion.

# 2 — The conservative upheaval finds little support in public opinion — Public opinion remains generally in favor of more investment in public education, a higher minimum wage, stronger gun laws, reproductive freedom, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tougher environmental protection laws and opposed to school vouchers, tax cuts for millionaires and weaker consumer protection laws.

Reading Skills Practice: Comparing and contrasting, determining fact vs. opinion, finding the main idea, using context clues to understand vocabulary, sequencing, making inferences, and determining supporting details

That same month Education Next, an education policy journal, released its eleventh annual public opinion poll, finding a dramatic 12 - percentage - point drop in support for charter schools between spring 2016 and spring 2017.