Sentences with phrase «in years before»

In the years before the Promise was announced, although KPS retained a considerable percentage of white students and students who did not qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, the percentage of both groups of students was falling.

hold on to much of the institutional memory (like remembering things that were tried, but didn't work, in years before), 5.

To construct this figure, we first define the top 5 percent of teachers as «high VA» and the bottom 5 percent as «low VA.» Figure 1 displays average test scores for cohorts of students in the years before and after a high - VA teacher arrives.

Federal, state and community agencies across the nation are working on an aspirational and ambitious agenda for dramatic expansion of high - quality early learning opportunities in the years before kindergarten, including pre-K.

Across the country, communities are putting together ambitious agendas for dramatic expansion of formal learning opportunities in the years before kindergarten.

In the years before he became an A-list superstar, Tom Hanks cranked out one high - concept comedy after another — from 1984's Bachelor Party to 1986's The Money Pit to 1985's The Man with One Red Shoe.

Director Dee Rees and Virgil Williams» screenplay (based on Hillary Jordan's novel) is vast in its ambitions, featuring five major characters — living on a farm in rural Mississippi in the years before, during, and after World War II — whose lives, motives, and hopes are the central concern.

Though Disney flirted with science fiction in the years before and after, The Black Hole is their most sincere effort, and one which seems out of place alongside films like Freaky Friday and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

Understood as a precursor to European fascism, it coalesces into a provocative but unconventional tale of crime and punishment — and a microcosm of German life in the years before World War I.

Michelle Williams will star in «This Is Jane,» Amazon Studios» historical drama that follows women who provided abortion services in the years before legalized abortion.

The project is based on Laura Kaplan's book «The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,» which follows women who provided abortion services in the years before 1973's Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion.

Estranged sisters Ines (Vikander) and Emilie (Green) reunite for the first time in years before taking a trip to «the most beautiful place in the world».

Along with «Law & Order,» «NYPD Blue» was one of the top TV shows in the years before «The Sopranos» changed the direction of television.

Monsieur Verdoux — «A terrific late Chaplin film about a serial killer just trying to support his family in the years before the Depression.

Working backwards, finding Errol Morris's first two films was extremely difficult in the years before DVD and the blossoming of the Internet as the world's finest rummage sale, but the picture made enough of an impression on me that I spent the next six months tracking them down.

In the years before Internet and the vast, instant dissemination of information, there were still such things as the private, the personal.

At its core, it is a derivative film, not only because it is a remake, but it is also very similar to other films to come out in the years before it, including Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it still manages to hold its own through the fantastic action, Ennio Morricone's (The Untouchables) sparse and haunting score, and the lively acting by all of the performers, with especially memorable performances by Kurt Russell (Stargate, Tombstone) and Keith David (They Live, Final Analysis).

Now in middle age, as Sophia examines her troubled relationship with Helen, she discovers the full story behind her mother's miraculous survival in the years before, during, and after World War II.

Synopsis: In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery i...

Ultimately, this becomes less an account of the writing of the Origin of Species and more the story of the enormous personal guilt and severe illness weighing on Charles Darwin in the years before he published his book.

is designed to support educators, parents, and young children in the development of early literacy skills in the years before kindergarten.

Im with you, I have had more soup in the last few weeks then I think in years before.

She visited the city in the years before her death, too.

In the years before and during menopause, the levels of female hormones can go up and down.

Here are some thoughts about my experience working with Nicole: — periods started to get less painful once I realized that endometriosis was probably at the center of the issue — I was sleeping better than I had in years before I got pregnant and even through most of my pregnancy, I'm assuming due to the changes I made to diet / nutrition / vitamins — There were several times in the year prior to conceiving our daughter that I felt like I was pregnant and then had a horrible period a week after my expected period.

The study authors say that pharmacy employees may be confused or misinformed about federal policies, and they point out that the age cutoff for emergency contraception changed four times in the years before it was lifted completely for Plan B in 2013 and for the drug's generic versions in 2014.

Until you've safely quit, here's an alternative: Visit the online Legacy Tobacco Documents Library to read memos and reports tracing the real - life efforts of tobacco companies to advertise and market cigarettes in the years before and after the historic 1964 Surgeon Generals report declaring smoking a health hazard.

But in the latest research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers say that risk for heart disease actually starts to peak in the years before menopause, and the risk is especially great for African - American women.

Most of the common snake species around Fogg Dam are actually MORE abundant now than they were in the years before cane toads arrived, based on a huge amount of information gathered by Dr Greg Brown in his nightly surveys (walking across the Fogg dam wall and recording snake numbers just about every night, for 5 years before and after toads arrived!).

«In the years before paternity testing was available, we didn't expect that the pedigree data would be so accurate, so we were pleasantly surprised,» Wallner says.

As the top layers of fresh snow disappear, old impurities, like dust from erosion or soot that blew in years before, begin to appear, darkening the surface.

Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: November 14, 1914 The tactical use of artillery had been evolving in the years before the Great War: In South Africa in the Anglo - Boer War of 1899 - 1902 the British developed the concept of the «creeping barrage,» where a curtain of shellfire proceeded just in front -LSB-...]

Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: May 22, 1915 Naval technology progressed by leaps and bounds in the years before World War I.

His ratings are currently as low as John Major's were after Black Wednesday, in the years before Labour's 1997 victory under Tony Blair.

McMahon says the report draws on data from the state education department and comptroller's office about the average rates that school and other property taxes were rising in the years before the 2 percent per year tax cap took effect.

However, The Post reported Tuesday that Cambridge Analytica's voter persuasion strategy was guided by conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon in the years before he became Trump's strategist, according to Chris Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica employee.

Most were local people with whom we'd communicated with, helped or worked with at community events in the years before.

As my friend Daniel Kreiss shows in his very interesting forthcoming book on the development of the campaign and the technologies and tools it relied on, many of the innovations we today associate with the 2008 Obama campaign where in fact pioneered, tested, and refined in the years before.

In the years before he entered the City Council, Mark served as Executive Director of Teach For America - New York and as Executive Director of the Center for After - School Excellence at TASC.

He apologises for failing to regulate the banks, but where's his apology for racking up a huge structural deficit in the years before the financial crash?

Macmillan manages to synthesise a consideration of the environmental and structural factors in the years before 1914 with a sympathetic and engaging examination of the particular motivations and characters of the men who took Europe to war in 1914.

AG Andrew Cuomo is investigating eight banks to see if they misled rating agencies to inflate the grades of mortgage securities in the years before the collapse of the housing market.

In the years before his retirement, Mr. Stewart was a self - employed consultant.

We all know how feedings go down, especially in the years before EZPZ suction mats and Grapple High Chair Tethers.

Work - at - home families spend a lot of time together, particularly in the years before children enter school and during the summer.

I watched a lot of A Baby Story in the years before I got pregnant.

«There were other factors too, like them losing a few titles in the years before.

Ruth wasn't a regular hitter until he was 24, but he had almost 800 plate appearances in the majors — and 203 hits — in the years before then, and played until he was 40.

Actually Arsenal made a LOSS last year and also the profits in the years before where not huge, we still have stadium debt to pay off too.

He is, today, maybe more in a more comfortable psychological position because he's accepted and not so much questioned than he was in the years before.