Sentences with phrase «lack of financial support as»

«For the 10th consecutive year, Americans named lack of financial support as the biggest problem facing their local schools,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association.

Just this past summer, Americans cited lack of financial support as the top problem facing the nation's public schools, according to the annual PDK education poll.

According to the 2007 Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll, for example, 22 percent of U.S. adults identified a lack of financial support as the biggest problem facing the schools in their community.

This lack of financial support as a postgrad, Hirst says, was the final blow that caused her to leave science.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The limitations of macroprudential policies reflect the potential for risks to emerge outside sectors subject to regulation, the potential for supervision and regulation to miss emerging risks, the uncertain efficacy of new macroprudential tools such as a countercyclical capital buffer, and the potential for such policy steps to be delayed or to lack public support.14 Given such limitations, adjustments in monetary policy may, at times, be needed to curb risks to financial stability.15

Emilia's choice might be affected by lack of adequate financial support and child care options for her as a teen parent.

A pregnant teenager seeking an abortion in Northern Ireland may suffer from stigma and lack of support, as well as financial limitations.

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

The programme was established in 2011 as an open platform for business sponsors to work closely with schools through financial commitment and volunteering support for the benefit of their students who lack support and resources.

As late as April and May of their senior year of high school ~ there is a lack of knowledge among students about how they will pay for college There are substantial gender and socioeconomic differences evident in choosing STEM majors Parents and friends are key sources of support for postsecondary transition planning that need to be fully utilized On average ~ students do nt see college and career readiness counseling services as being as frequent or helpful as do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and schedulinAs late as April and May of their senior year of high school ~ there is a lack of knowledge among students about how they will pay for college There are substantial gender and socioeconomic differences evident in choosing STEM majors Parents and friends are key sources of support for postsecondary transition planning that need to be fully utilized On average ~ students do nt see college and career readiness counseling services as being as frequent or helpful as do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and schedulinas April and May of their senior year of high school ~ there is a lack of knowledge among students about how they will pay for college There are substantial gender and socioeconomic differences evident in choosing STEM majors Parents and friends are key sources of support for postsecondary transition planning that need to be fully utilized On average ~ students do nt see college and career readiness counseling services as being as frequent or helpful as do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and schedulinas being as frequent or helpful as do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and schedulinas frequent or helpful as do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and schedulinas do their counselors and principals in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and scheduling.

A majority of those polled — 62.6 percent — ranked «lack of financial support» as one of their top three concerns; 39.8 percent cited declining enrollment, and 32.9 percent cited parents» lack of interest.

Even if fraud or corruption is not obvious, school, staff, parents and the community should always stay alert for warning signs such as poor record - keeping and a lack of documents supporting financial transactions, different procurement duties being carried out by the same person rather than different people, or a school operating outside its approved budget.

As Agassiz's nemesis in Cambridge, in the councils of organized research, and in the debate over the mysteries of the natural world, Asa Gray seemed conspicuously ill suited - not overmatched intellectually, for Gray possessed an exceptional mind, but in his relative lack of social connections, financial support, and charisma, endowments Agassiz enjoyed wielding against rivals.

Did you know that its statistically provable that anyone daring to even look at working in the creative industries can expect a life of grinding poverty, depression, lack of financial support and opportunities and to die a sad and lonely death, possibly resulting in being eaten by your own pets as a final indignity?

The relative lack of critical and financial support as well as the example of influential postwar artists who left to advance their careers — Golub and his wife Nancy Spero, Westermann, and June Leaf had all moved away by 1961 — contributed to an inferiority complex that prevented Chicago from seeing itself as a major contemporary American art center.

Uncommitted policies (S2), the second type, may lack detailed implementation plans or firm financial support, but have all been proposed, such as new efficient and zero net energy building targets, construction of the high - speed rail system, and initiatives by various agencies to, for example, increase biofuels use and continue progress in improving vehicle efficiency.

As a result, the Arizona Court of Appeals indicated it intended the cost of private tuition would be included in the child support calculation unless the judge found the parents lacked the financial ability to pay the private tuition.

Furthermore, the absent parent lacks the financial resources to afford to care for the children during stay over access as a consequence of the higher support payments to the custodial parent, (where previously the payments were lower, or non-existent as a result of a freely negotiated agreement between them).

These results seem to support the hypotheses that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence perpetration by the problem gambler as a manifestation of financial stress and crisis within the home (Afifi et al., 2010; Korman et al., 2008; Muelleman et al., 2002) and that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence victimisation towards the problem gambler as a manifestation of family conflict related to stressors caused by problem gambling activity, such as lack of trust (Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008).