Sentences with phrase «impact on the achievement of»

Reality: There's some evidence indicating that integrated schools have a positive impact on the achievement of minority students, especially blacks.

However, two recent studies that looked at the impact of disruptive students in individual classrooms found that those students did have a negative impact on the achievement of other students in the class.

Their most important finding is that school closure has significant positive impacts on the achievement of displaced students.

Here at Kickboard, we have seen the impact on the achievement of students when schools effectively use technology as a tool for improving school culture.

``... to conclude that such minimum fees are excluded from scale agreements would result in the SAA having a limited impact on the achievement of Parliament's express recognition that artists should be compensated for the use of their works, including the public lending of those works,» the ruling states.

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The loss of that clause, which liberals had seen as a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights movement, makes it easier for states to adopt voting laws that can have an adverse impact on minority voters.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

To this day, and despite the immense impact of the Hebraic achievement on our psychic life, our imagery and conceptualization is primarily visual.

It was, as a matter of fact, the impact of the Judaeo - Christian tradition on Western civilization that is chiefly responsible for the awareness so prevalent among us today that history presses forward toward novel achievements, that the future is open and full of promise, that man is a free creature whose own decisions and deeds enter into the shaping of tomorrow's world.

The negative impact that abortion would undeniably have exerted upon my own family line confirms that no physician on earth could possibly foresee the life achievements of future descendants of frail parents.

Bolton FC should feel a sense of achievement in seeing 33 year - old Kevin Davies strutting his stuff for England in midweek, and even though the fans favourite didn't quite make the impact intended on Wednesday night as England drew 0 - 0 with Montenegro, the confidence alone just from being called up to the England team at such a late stage in his career will have left Davies in buoyant mood ahead of Saturday's encounter with Stoke, where he should be fired up and motivated to put in a string of pleasing performances from now on in the knowledge that Fabio Capello is watching on intently.

«The impact of financial incentives on student achievement is statistically 0 in each city.»

In this time of big transitions, parents» attitudes about achievement, the examples they set by the way they treat other people, and their parenting style can have a significant impact on their development.

The liability committee is comprised of insurance industry leaders representing insurance companies, insurance agents, claims adjusters and midwives and physicians who are concerned with the impact of liability on achievement of the Home Birth Summit Common Ground Statements.

In 2013, Mathematica conducted the first rigorous study of the impact of EL middle schools on academic achievement outcomes.

Stanford education expert Denise Pope says that the quality of a homework assignment and whether students find it meaningful can have a significant impact on student achievement, homework completion, motivation and even physical health.

«The quality of the homework assignment and whether or not students find it meaningful can have a significant impact on student achievement, homework completion, motivation and physical health, Pope said in a recent interview.

More impact from Geoffrey Canada's recent speech in Minneapolis: The Twin Cities Daily Planet reports that on Saturday, a coalition of local groups announced the launch of the Northside Achievement Zone, inspired by the success of the Harlem Children's Zone.

The majority of home visiting services and research have focused on the period prenatally through 2 to 3 years and thus have not measured long - term impacts on school readiness and school achievement.

A new wave of evidence: the impact of school, family and community connections on student achievement.

Impact of parenting practices on adolescent achievement: authoritative parenting, school involvement, and encouragement to succeed.

But new research that suggests breastfeeding can significantly improve academic achievement later in life is offering food for thought on the impact of neonatal nutrition.

Most evaluations of early education programs show that such programs improve children's school readiness, specifically their pre-academic skills, although the distribution of impact estimates is extremely wide, and gains on achievement tests typically fade over time.

The statement added that the lack of free sanitary towels for schoolgirls «can impact negatively on the Free SHS programme,» explaining that: «As poor menstrual hygiene management can result in absenteeism, poor performance, hamper gender parity in education and the overall achievement of the Free Senior High School programme.»

There was spontaneous applause at her example of the abolition of Section 28 as a big achievement in politics regarding this subject, as it was «so damaging for teenagers» as well as «the impact it had on teachers and fears they felt — not being able to come out or answer pupils» questions.»

Among the important factors that could cause Rio Tinto's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, among others, levels of actual production during any period, levels of demand and market prices, the ability to produce and transport products profitably, the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on market prices and operating costs, operational problems, political uncertainty and economic conditions in relevant areas of the world, the actions of competitors, activities by governmental authorities such as changes in taxation or regulation and such other risk factors identified in Rio Tinto's most recent Annual Report on Form 20 - F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») or Form 6 - Ks furnished to the SEC.

Similarly, we know A4e said it was terminating its provision of the contract because it was going to make a loss, but it provided no further information about the «extremely challenging» issues in delivering the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) or the «number of constraints» which had «a heavy impact on learner attendance, completion and achievements».

The UFT is currently interviewing candidates to run an independent assessment of the impact of the Community Learning Schools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating schools.

They highlighted the remarkable achievements of the governor that have impacted positively on their lives such as «prompt payment of monthly salaries / pensions, other allowances to state public and civil servants; absorption of 54 % of total cost of 100 housing units at Elim Estate allocated to workers; payment of outstanding arrears of salaries / pensions / allowances to Local Government Staff, through prudent utilization of 100 % of LG share of the Paris Club Refunds; promotion of teachers and recruitment of over 4000 school teachers as well as elongation of terminal grade of qualified primary school teachers to level 16».

Alabdulkader said the new reports «will provide NSTIP with a precise added value to assess the level of achievement of this program, and its impact on the R&D movements at the national and international levels.»

The study was designed by Robert Plomin of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London and his colleagues, to tease apart the impact of genes and the environment on educational achievement.

We are currently following these same students in the hopes of exploring the long - term impact of parents and children interacting around math on children's math attitudes and achievement.»

«Over the past decade we've been able to identify a growing number of educational interventions that have managed to have notable impacts on students» academic achievement as measured by standardized tests,» West says.

An Iowa corn field today, whatever critics say of its environmental impacts, is an extraordinary technological achievement and produces more food on an acre than almost any acre known in history — certainly any nonirrigated acre.

«One hopes,» Repcheck writes, «that he had at least a glimmer of the ultimate impact of his achievement as he lay on his bed after his stroke in the winter of 1543, waiting to meet his God, whose beautiful creation he had seen more clearly than any human before him.»

Stephanie Anzman - Frasca, Ph.D., of ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Boston, and co-authors used data from 446 public elementary schools in a large, urban school district in the United States to look at the impact of BIC on participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP), school attendance and academic achievement.

What's unquestionable is the richness of Kieslowski's achievement, or the impact the three films have had on world cinema.

It's a comprehensive reflection on the film that celebrates its technical achievements, its adept storytelling, and its impact on the career of Vincent Price.

Still, our bet remains on Casey, based on the sheer impact of his on - screen achievement.

Application of the new methods has also lead to more reasonable estimates of all kinds of important quantities from children's rates of achievement, to the duration of the doctoral career at HGSE, to realistic assessments of the positive impact of the GED on entry into the workforce, the duration of the teaching career, and so on.

The 60 charter schools operating in New York City have provided a unique opportunity for the New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, of which we are a part, to conduct a randomized field trial of the impact of charter schools on student achievement.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.

Evaluating the impact of exit exams on achievement is inherently difficult.

The Stanford Study demonstrates the impact of these and other strategies on the achievement levels of students:

In their analysis, they found that Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound (ELOB) had highly promising and significant evidence of effectiveness (six studies across multiple states) to support the positive impact the program has on student achievement.

Along with University of Munich professor Ludger Woessmann, I have estimated the impact on U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of higher levels of student achievement.

Nathan Atkinson, Head Teacher, Richmond Hill Primary School in Leeds, presented a case study describing his local work on the impact of hunger, academic achievement and food waste issues.

While these excluded studies are not really appropriate for studying achievement, they tend to show little impact of exit exams on dropout behavior or graduation outcomes.