Sentences with phrase «in uneven access»

Mossberg commented that this process has led to the fragmentation of Android versions across devices, which has resulted in uneven access to updates for consumers.

Not exact matches

The lawsuit also describes the extensive public process and overwhelming record used to develop the standards, and details the faulty appeals decision from USDA on the use of «porches» to comply with the existing outdoor access requirements of the standard that have resulted in an uneven playing field.

A national study by researchers at the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health — shows an uneven picture of states» use of Medicaid to help families with young children gain access to mental health services.

However, when the small independent film — which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member — is denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven... Artistic accomplishments in film should not be compromised in an effort to protect the interests of the major studios.»

Publicly funded kindergarten is available to virtually all children in the U.S. at age five, but access to preschool opportunities for children four years old and younger remains uneven across regions and socioeconomic groups.

There are gaps in opportunity and success at all levels — from access to high - quality early childhood education; to segregation and insufficient supports and rigor in K — 12 classrooms; to uneven access, low graduation rates, and looming debt in higher education.

We must do more, and invest more, to address the uneven and inequitable access to STEM education that contributes to the persistent achievement gap, especially among African - American and Latino students, and particularly in math and science proficiency.

She has since been committed to improving educational experiences for students, especially in urban contexts where access to quality resources can be highly uneven and disparity often correlates along socioeconomic lines.

Because the funding distribution is so uneven, critics say, children — depending upon where they live — are denied equal access to their schools, especially in lean budget times.

For example, rural schools face uneven broadband access and infrastructure to support technology - based instructional tools as well as capacity challenges with small staffs in adopting what may be a radically different instructional orientation.

The museum's collection is housed in fifteen buildings spread over a 340 - acre campus, and access to the collection requires spending significant time outdoors in the sun, with walking distances from 0.5 to 1.5 miles on terrain that can be uneven, thorny or rock - covered.

«Past Disquiet» illustrates the tensions within «global» networks and the problems of access and uneven authority that persist in contemporary art at large.

More novel are the sections that ask questions about the «hidden Arctic,» as in «what we may find now that we have access to new areas, new technologies,» says Pfirman, «but also what we may lose forever»; the «managed Arctic» of unprecedented expansion in the land and other resources available to human inhabitants of the region; and the «undetermined Arctic» of uneven research funding, spotty monitoring tools, and other barriers that complicate efforts to study and understand the changes.

Similarly, according to the Independent People's Tribunal of the World Bank Group in India, the role of the World Bank in reducing state subsidies, reduced access to low interest loans for the poor and the «opening up of the Indian economy to an uneven playing field in international trade in agricultural commodities» resulted in the dramatic phenomenon of India's infamous farmer suicides, with an estimated 137,000 farmers killing themselves due to their inability to pay off their loans once their crops failed (for more information, see here and this interview with Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva as well).

A major factor in the wide education gap globally is uneven access to tutoring.