Sentences with phrase «increasing the skill gap»

«We believe that the early superiority in the reading skills of the children who were screened may have enabled them to read more demanding material more frequently than their peers with later confirmed hearing difficulties, thus increasing the skill gap between the two groups.

Its ability to increase the skill gap between new players and experienced vets who took the time to learn made me uber - focused in every match to master them and try out new tactics.

Not exact matches

«Promoting Internet access nationwide and increasing STEM education will ensure Canada's workforce has the skill set needed for a 21st Century economy and help Canada close the competitiveness gap that exists with other G20 nations.»

[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.

Researchers concerned with academic - achievement gaps have begun to study, with increasing interest and enthusiasm, a set of personal qualities — often referred to as noncognitive skills, or character strengths — that include resilience, conscientiousness, optimism, self - control, and grit.

Four areas - establishing a plan to fill skill gaps in the civil service, increasing secondments with the private sector, «creating a modern workplace» and sharing expert services across government - are judged to be «significantly delayed» or «significantly off track».

An increasing gap was noted between the actual requirements of a rapidly changing and increasingly flexible society and the skills that are taught at the university.

As the ranks of children in Norway's universal child care program increase, the language skill gap between rich and poor children narrows, according to the study of more than 60,000 children.

Another good idea in the report, Cappelli says, is the recommendation to increase DOD's capacity to rapidly train educated, though not necessarily STEM - trained, soldiers and civilians in the skills needed to fill skills gaps that arise suddenly.

With increased instruction in academic language, and increased attention to understanding of morphology and connectives, Lesaux hopes to close the gap between students» reading skills and their comprehension.

At a time when the Government is working to reduce the current skills gap between the number of technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them, the research has revealed a significant increase in expenditure on technology, with schools currently realising an increase in their budgets of 6.6 per cent.

There can be different levels on which ROI is calculated including reduction in errors, time to effectiveness, reduced training cost, centralized distribution and monitoring of L&D activities, increased productivity, meeting corporate objectives, ability to perform new tasks, increase in role promotions and reduction in skill gap etc..

Right now, poor ICT results aren't prompting children to take up further computing education and we are in danger of seeing the skills gap increase in the coming years.

The growth in the wage gap between dropouts and high school graduates, particularly during the 1980s, stemmed largely from changes in the economy that increased the demand for particular skills during a period in which the supply of workers possessing those skills grew more slowly.

With early childhood education recognized as an effective strategy for raising school achievement and reducing achievement gaps, there is increased demand for skilled, knowledgeable education leadership for infancy, preschool through third grade (P — 3).

The focus of the class is to teach strategies and skills to close the gap and increase students skills and confidence in language arts.

Unique Blended Learning Programs Incorporate Social - Emotional and Noncognitive Skills Development Into Core Math and Science Instruction to Increase Achievement, Close Achievement Gaps WASHINGTON, DC --(Marketwired — Jan 21, 2016)-- The Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) announced today the selection of Agile Mind as its latest company partner.

In this workshop, we'll explore a new tool that provides ready - made, strategic scaffolds for teachers engaged in addressing students» skill and knowledge gaps, while simultaneously increasing the rigor of the texts and tasks students engage with.

The gap between the skills with which students graduate from high school and what colleges expect them to be able to do has come under increased scrutiny, as federal policymakers push states to increase college graduation rates.

At both the elementary and middle school, the team is increasing data transparency to drive personalization of instruction and purposeful student choice so that students can simultaneously close academic gaps in math and reading and develop the necessary student agency skills to drive their own learning.

With an increasing call to address disparities of outcomes among student groups and to eliminate predictable achievement and success gaps, educational leaders will benefit by using the LEAD Tool to reflect on their practice, assess their skills, and develop their strategies for equity.

Especially, Grapple worked as an exclusive Crowd Control mechanic which further increased the gap in unfair advantage among classes who owned the skill against classes who didn't.

Not only would this help to fill the growing skills gap here in the UK, but it would increase the number of strong female role models across the business community.

In a recent article on law.com, Ford & Harrison's managing partner said the program aims to close the practical - skills gap of law school education and increase value to clients, and hopefully enable associates to handle meatier matters more quickly.

The largest driver of Australia's tightening labour market is the increasing gap between wages in high - skill occupations compared to lower skill ones, relative to the past.

Wage growth in lower - skilled industries has slowed, increasing the gap between high - skill industries and lower - skill ones.

As the recently launched Hays Global Skills Index illustrates, many companies are suffering from skills shortages, and increasing the diversity of their workforce will help to address these skillsSkills Index illustrates, many companies are suffering from skills shortages, and increasing the diversity of their workforce will help to address these skillsskills shortages, and increasing the diversity of their workforce will help to address these skillsskills gaps.

The large increase in Denmark's overall score has been driven by a greater wage gap between high - and lower - skill industries.

To put it simply, in the midst of increasing technological skills gaps and growing economic uncertainty — contractors are the perfect solution for businesses around the world.

Many companies realise they have stretched resources as far as they can and are now prepared to start hiring to increase headcount and to plug any skill gaps.

Practiced in clarifying business requirements, performing gap analysis between goals and existing procedures / skill sets, and designing process and system improvements to increase productivity and reduce costs.

Operations Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Oversee organizational engineering initiatives aligning business resources and processes with organizational goals Identify and close knowledge, skill, process, and resource gaps with appropriate, sustainable solutions Train clients for sustainable change, meaningful innovation, increased engagement, and alignment with organizational goals Serve as an integral member of sales and marketing team, presenting technical information to 100 + customers worldwide Technical expert for the world's largest producer of anti-dandruff shampoo, an account providing 80 % + of biocide revenue Direct product development research and communicate technical product attributes to customers Design and implement the Quality Department, including all policies, processes, training, and client communications Champion quality process initiatives globally while managing team of 14 professional and support employees Manage global quality in product innovation, including working with internal product development teams Mentor junior team members and peers in quality processes ensuring the highest standards for company endeavors Serve as executive director of the global R&D operation for Kemin Food Technologies Oversee research and quality laboratory personnel in the US, Europe, Singapore, China, and India.

High - quality pre-K programs produce both short - and long - term benefits for children and can also contribute to narrowing the achievement gap through building increased academic skills among disadvantaged groups.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

Additionally, high - quality pre-K programs can contribute to narrowing the achievement gap through building increased academic skills among disadvantaged groups.

Executive function skills also have been successfully targeted through school - based curriculum in preschool26 and Head Start classrooms.4, 34 Experimental evidence suggests early childhood classrooms, like Head Start, can successfully build executive function skills by providing more self - regulatory support in a classroom (e.g., implementing clear rules and routines, redirecting or rewarding children's behaviour).34 Increasing attention to executive function skills in early childhood programs may reduce the achievement gap that is apparent before school begins and persists throughout the school years.

Communities First, 27 a Welsh Government programme introduced throughout Wales in 2001, increased investment in the most deprived areas with the aim to tackle poverty by narrowing the economic, education and skills, and health gaps between the most and least deprived communities.

A trained counseling can assist the couple in identifying gaps in their skills and can teach them strategies to increase the likelihood of marital success.