Not exact matches
But — without diminishing the
achievement of those two
great men — this is to overlook and slight Isaac's
earlier visit to the Vatican, and the decade of fruitful activity that followed.
One of the
greatest achievements of New Testament criticism in the last century has been to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the gospel of Mark formed one of the principal sources used both by Matthew and Luke, and that it is both the
earliest and in some ways the most important of our gospels.
To celebrate this
achievement, a 15 year celebration was held at the winery
early in December this year with local foods, fine organic sparkling wines and local dignitaries...... A
great evening!
The narrowing of
achievement gaps has been
greatest in low - income Norwegian communities that made large increases in the number of children attending
early childcare centers
Participation in high - quality
early childhood programs at ages 3 and 4 years is associated with
greater school readiness and
achievement, higher rates of educational attainment and socioeconomic status, and lower rates of crime.
Characters that gave the
earlier films their spark - the eager - to - please Donkey, one of Eddie Murphy's finest vocal moments, the debonair Puss in Boots, a
great Antonio Banderas
achievement - are wheeled on and off for what seem like guest spots.
Tracking young Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from childhood to college, the near - three - hour picture «feels much less like a
greatest hits package and more analogous to being in the moment,» according to Rodrigo Perez's review, proving to be «warm, soulful, funny and quietly insightful,» and something of a crowning
achievement for the filmmaker, feeling «disarmingly light on its feet, sweet, funny and playful in the
early years not unlike the director's movies about kids, but as they mature, so does the movie.»
Whilst we don't encourage late night /
early morning learning binges, this
achievement does act as a
great conversation piece.
In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic
achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the
early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding
greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.
«The impressive
achievements of these
early - stage scientists and engineers are promising indicators of even
greater successes ahead,» President Obama said.
Early education yields results in terms of later academic
achievement that are
greater and last longer than do educational interventions that begin after failure in school.
The 1998 study by Meredith Phillips and her colleagues, mentioned
earlier, had the
greatest success in explaining racial differences in
achievement, yet the unexplained portion of the
achievement gap on the vocabulary test used in their study was still so large that it nearly exceeded the raw gap in reading and mathematics we found in the
Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey data.
The nation's public schools can dramatically raise academic
achievement among struggling students over the next two decades with a coordinated strategy that puts
greater emphasis on accountability, urban schools, and
early - childhood education, argues a report released here last week.
Despite the disadvantage, black students in
earlier grades have made
great strides in closing the so - called
achievement gap between black and white students, particularly in reading.
Kaleem Caire, former CEO of the Urban League of
Greater Madison and founder of One City
Early Learning Centers, unsuccessfully proposed a charter school in 2011 in an effort to address a stubborn gap in academic
achievement between black students and their white peers.
A
great deal of focus, both at the federal and state level, has been placed on expanding access to
early education programs — including preschool and kindergarten — as a way to close
achievement gaps between student subgroups.
Research shows that parent and family engagement in
early education and later grades is connected to
greater academic
achievement and is a significant factor in K — 12 school improvement.
We have a certified
Early College which has been
great for raising expectations and
achievement for students from the elementary to high school students.
In particular, children who participate in high - quality
early childhood development programs tend to have higher scores on math and reading
achievement tests and
greater language abilities.
It is clear that ESSA provides
great opportunity for districts to prioritize
early learning as a key strategy to ameliorate
achievement gaps.
What I thought was «the interest deduction would offset my income, the condo was only 5 minutes from work thus
great time saved and to have a major
achievement early in life).
Buffett's first
great investing
achievement was to sell all his holdings in 1969, just prior to the
early 1970s market downturn.
Early proponents of concrete art such as Max Bill, Judith Lauand and Lucio Fontana were working during a period of
great technological
achievements which opened a broad perspective to objective thinking and modernist ideas.
Jewish Museum Members are invited to an
early Members - only viewing of Chaim Soutine: Flesh, featuring Soutine's remarkable paintings depicting hanging fowl, beef carcasses, and rayfish, imbued with the unique visual conceptions and painterly energy that the artist brought to the tradition of still - life, considered among his
greatest artistic
achievements.
But his portraits of the late 1940s and
early 1950s, such as the one of Herbert Read, were not successful, and the big compositions, like Christmas Eve and Harbour Window With Two Figures, were only doubtfully so, though it is unlikely that Heron himself, a
great protagonist for his own
achievements as well as those of the other painters he admired (Matthew Smith, William Scott, Peter Lanyon and Roger Hilton foremost amongst the British) ever thought so.
«Raw Color: The Circles of David Smith» (through Oct. 19) The best way to grasp this
great American sculptor's multifaceted
achievements is with highly focused viewings of specific series, like his painted steel circles from the
early 1960s.
The exhibition will survey Hopper's significant and underappreciated
achievements as a draftsman, and will pair many of his
greatest oil paintings, including
Early Sunday Morning (1930), New York Movie (1939), Office at Night (1940) and Nighthawks (1942), with their preparatory drawings and related works.
For example, in one study, neglected children had a smaller corpus callosum relative to control and comparison groups.8 Compared to their non-maltreated peers, children in another study who experienced emotional neglect
early in life performed significantly worse on
achievement testing during the first six years of schooling.9 Furthermore, although both abused and neglected children performed poorly academically, neglected children experienced
greater academic deficits relative to abused children.10 These cognitive deficiencies also appear to be long lasting.
Studies consistently suggest that exposure to trauma or chronic
early life stress may impair the development of executive function skills.6, 7,9,10,11 These skills appear to provide the foundation for school readiness through cognition and behaviour.3, 12 Children with better executive function skills may be more teachable.3 Indeed, in a high - risk sample, children with better executive function skills at the beginning of kindergarten showed
greater gains in literacy and numeracy than children with poorer initial skills.12 Considering there is evidence that the
achievement gap persists and may even widen across the school years, 16,17 it is critical that high - risk children begin school with as successful of a start as possible.
Professor Heckman's economic analysis of these programs reveals that investing in
early childhood development for disadvantaged children provides a
great return to society through increased personal
achievement and social productivity.