Sentences with phrase «individual merit»

Revised editions of previously published titles and newly published versions of titles long out of print are usually determined out of scope but may be considered based on individual merit.

This matches the trend in the private sector, where workers are organized into teams and group awards are rapidly replacing individual merit pay programs.

We prefer students to be employed when applying to, and while enrolled in, the program but will consider each candidate on their own individual merits.

They will have to embrace individual accountability and reward individual merit in public education and throughout public agencies.

Still, each film is worth seeing on its own individual merits.

For a few examples: the protection of the unborn, the handicapped, and the dying; parental choice in education; tax and other policies supportive of marriage and the family; the defense of individual merit against quotas and related discriminations; the defense of property, civil, and religious rights against expansivist government control; and the vigorous affirmation of the achievements of Western culture, in opposition to multiculturalist fashions.

Although a true story the film plays out as one big cliché with the characters playing to a general type instead of any with individual merit, this unfortunately overshadows any room there might have been for character development.

The Governor's speech was warmed - up Bloomberg leftovers — ignore the real problems, blame the teachers for everything that's wrong, and toss in a few failed schemes like individual merit pay.

Individual merit makes for a better story — a better After School Special if you will — but the context in which students are learning makes a significant difference to the level of success possible.

McDonald's employs people on individual merit who have the right characteristic, and so considers applications from graduates from any discipline.

It can not be based on individual merit.

More than 1,000 delegates voted to adopt a resolution which noted that «studies conducted by prominent researchers and renowned education experts show that individual merit pay plans have not helped to significantly improve student achievement in any of the United States school districts where they have been implemented.»

They claim to be different from pickup artists, as they concentrate on the client's individual merits in order to bring up their potential, instead of turning you into an egotistic keyboard jockey.

The chipmaker stocks, having benefited from buzz around certain tech developments, will now be judged on their individual merits, said Bapis.

Generally speaking, the culture at boutiques works more in favour of clients than the big firms, but there are some terrific funds at the big firms — ultimately you need to study each fund in turn and decide on their individual merits.

For each of these applicants, the President considers the individual merits of each application to determine that an applicant is ready to make use of his or her second chance.

In each of these cases, the President examines the application on its individual merits.

The true test of an individuals merit comes from an assessment of their behaviors if they were never informed of your god's so called «existence».

The Home Office told Premier it did not «routinely comment on individual cases» but «each application is considered on its individual merits based on the evidence provided and in line with the UK's Immigration Rules.»

Those individual merits are very important to him and I wouldn't expect someone to mock him because of those important symbols.

You can argue the individual merits of those values all you want — neither will cease to be values.

Reid and Ogbonna have never entirely convinced me as a partnership, although I can see the individual merits of both, and perhaps the addition of Kouyate alongside them will bring out the best in both of them.

However, Congress would have to demonstrate at least a rational basis (perhaps even more in the view of the Court at that time) to justify the law and that interpretation will need to be made by the Court at that time on its individual merits.

By treating free schools on their individual merits he allows Labour to embrace them and woo their parents» votes.

«Each project is assessed based on its individual merit and unique circumstances to ensure that it meets our strict environmental, health and safety standards.»

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said: «Delegates representing every part of the teachers union got a chance to have their voice heard on this issue and their message is clear — individual merit pay hasn't worked and doesn't work for schools and kids.»

Delegates unanimously rejected Mayor Michael Bloomberg's call for an individual merit pay plan for New York City public schools.

Each MP who is elected should be the local choice, elected on individual merit, not because he or she sports the right party credentials.

The members of the Delegate Assembly, the highest policy - making body of the UFT, on Feb. 15 roundly rejected Mayor Bloomberg's call for an individual merit pay plan for New York City public schools.

«Because we should be taking up bills on their individual merits.»

«All cases are carefully considered on their individual merits, in line with the immigration rules and based on evidence provided by the applicant.»

In most modern Western societies — including the United States — most people strongly believe we should judge people based on individual merits.

And he says he's going to back candidates for the Senate based on their individual merit.

While this guidance helps inform asylum decisions, every application is considered on its individual merits.

In his State of the State address on Jan. 21, Governor Andrew Cuomo tied $ 1.1 billion in additional state education aid to the passage of his «reform» proposals in the state budget: individual merit pay, more charter schools, punishing struggling schools, and making teacher evaluation hinge on state test scores.

The emphasis on individual merit is critical.

It's not that the performances given by Oldman, McDormand, Rockwell and Janney — wonderful actors all, it scarcely needs mentioning — are without their individual merits.

February 28, 2013 • No rational person would try to cut nearly all government spending by a fixed amount, regardless of the individual merit of any given program.

When they were first released, Halloween II and Halloween III: Season Of The Witch were guaranteed a hostile reception, regardless of their individual merits, but for different reasons.

Mostly women, they teach for a few years, then leave the profession to raise a family, or take an out - of - state teaching position (again, often for family reasons), or pursue another occupation — perhaps a career where salaries are not lock - step increments handed out with no regard whatsoever to individual merit.

Its self - regulated community deals out rewards and titles according to individual merit.

The Chilean government also instituted a collective and individual merit - pay program, which provides monetary incentives to teachers who work in the highest - performing and most rapidly improving schools, after adjusting for student demographics.

Every lawsuit, she argued, succeeds on its individual merits.

A: Accreditation by AdvancED certainly helps to establish credibility with colleges all over the country, but acceptance ultimately depends on standards specific to each college, and the individual merits of each student, including grades, ACT or SAT scores, and service criterion.

«Voucher Expansion» --(Oppose) Passed SB 850 Voucher Expansion attached to «train» bill — Four separate bills in one, SB 850 features two voucher expansions that could not pass separately on their own individual merits.

Selected on individual merit, this disparate grouping nonetheless suggests a pattern: truth.

Despite many people's perception that success in life hinges on entry into the «right» college, admissions deans and high school guidance counselors spend countless hours each year reminding students (and parents) who have been rejected or wait - listed for the top colleges that there are many other excellent colleges available and, most importantly, that rejection is often about the overwhelming numbers, rather than a candidate's individual merits.