Sentences with phrase «lack of consensus about»

The report's obstacles include insufficient awareness, low levels of funding, and poor prioritization, but most challenging of all, it is explained, is the «lack of consensus about valid and reliable SEL measurements,» which is described as «a key concern among stakeholders.»

Multiple studies have reported on the prevalence of these symptoms using self - report questionnaires or clinical interviews but there is a lack of consensus about the prevalence of psychotic symptoms among children and adolescents.

There sure seems to be a lack of consensus about the greenhouse effect.

One section of the memorandum, «Winning the Global Warming Debate,» asserts that many voters believe there is a lack of consensus about global warming among scientists.

-- that by offering a viable alternative to the values of contemporary society, the Catholic high school has a unique niche in the educational scheme of things, especially given the lack of consensus about educational goals characteristic of so many public urban schools.

Not exact matches

«What is striking at the moment is the lack of a broader consensus between policy makers about what monetary policy can achieve and what it should do in the current situation,» said Jan Bopp, asset allocation strategist at Bank J Safra Sarasin.

The consensus on the evolution of primitive life is that simple life forms (prokaryotes, organisms whose cells lack a distinct nucleus) inhabited the Earth about 3 - 4 billion years ago, eukaryotic cells (those with a nucleus which contains the genetic material) emerging 2 - 3 billion years ago.

But on the other, the lack of consensus regarding the content of this «good news» we're supposed to be sharing with the world makes me wonder if we're missing something important about the original meaning and purpose of the word «gospel.»

During the 1890s, Parham had heard much talk about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but he observed a lack of consensus on the evidence for this baptism.

Whatever is distinctive about Judaism has been left out of account either because it does not accord with the liberal consensus or because Jews lack a public philosophy of adequate complexity to mediate the values of their tradition to the culture at large.

After about 1.5 hours of internet surfing I am amazed at the lack of consensus.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

A reader flagged an interesting, yet overlooked, aspect of Jacob Gershman's very interesting WSJ story about the lack of consensus among New York Tea Partiers on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who's banking in no small part on the support of disaffected Republicans to fuel his hoped - for primary victory over Rick Lazio.

The Senate has a threadbare majority and an utter lack of consensus brought about by the voters of this state deciding to vote for who they wanted where without regard to party or who needs enough votes to pass bills.

«It is owned by a small group of people who are not intellectuals and so it lacks legitimacy,» he said, adding that there is no consensus among the Bosniak intellectual community about the need for a new academy.

The hot - spot standoff arises from big gaps in mercury science, according to environmental researchers, and the lack of comprehensive data on mercury deposition means that a consensus about emissions control will not likely emerge soon.

For months, the only consensus about this year's awards race has been that there is an overall lack of consensus.

This episode of the Way Too Indiecast has Bernard and CJ discussing the lack of value in critical consensus and their list of favorite movies about music.

Clifford Adelman, a researcher whose work for the U.S. Department of Education in the late 1990s helped shape the field's thinking about what constitutes sound academic preparation for college, says that although occupational certificates are becoming «the new currency» in the push for more postsecondary education, the value of many certificates is questionable because of a lack of consensus on the competencies required to earn them.

Previously we posted about the potential impact on school funding of the lack of consensus between the governor and GOP lawmakers on how to fix the state's transportation fund.

GRAHAMWe have been struck by the lack of consensus in the whole industry about where e-books are going.

Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far.

Consensus isn't proof, but when one must choose between an opinion shared by an overwhelming majority of experts and one held by but a few (about a field in which we lack expertise of our own), consensus is a very useful means to assess the two choices.

I think it's amusing / interesting that both sides are absolutely convinced about the «effect» of consensus messaging even though they lack evidence sufficient to actually prove anything about that.

But he continued his tired analogy, just as Roberts and his ilk trot out the same old lines about oil - industry - funded - corporate - shills, the scale and the substance of the «scientific consensus», and of course, the equivalence of climate scepticism and conservatism, all of which, many times, have been shown to lack foundation.

If my assessment is above has merit then it would be a reason for me to increase my concern about the lack of integrity in the key climate scientists of the IPCC's so - called consensus.

Bjorn Lomborg and his economist colleagues have produced a fascinating and unexpected consensus, which can start a debate about global priorities: Should we prioritize a costly and uncertain attempt to reduce effects of global warming in a hundred years» time while millions are dying for lack of mosquito nets or condoms?»

Yet, despite advances in our understanding of productivity at the scales of leaves and stands, no consensus exists about the nature of productivity at the scale of the individual tree4, 5,6,7, in part because we lack a broad empirical assessment of whether rates of absolute tree mass growth (and thus carbon accumulation) decrease, remain constant, or increase as trees increase in size and age.

Eugene Meehan, Q.C. speaks to Legal Feeds, the blog of Canadian Lawyer & Law Times, about the need for some disagreement in group decision - making and that some claims as to lack of consensus may be overstated.

Bittrex is concerned about the lack of consensus code, no replay protection, no publicly known developers, and the fact that no business has been provided with adequate code for testing and auditing.

While technically separate statements, both voice their concern about the lack of consensus for the hard fork.

Moving past the comments about the Pixel 2's lack of a headphone jack, the general consensus seems to be that Apple fans are unimpressed.

The main problem with these measures, however, is in the lack of general consensus about the content, number and structure of symptom dimensions.

From a policy perspective, consensus about the importance of and best practices for maximizing school readiness for all children is lacking.