Sentences with phrase «lack of good education»

Which in this context can mean lack of good education and pedigree.

Science is the basis of the economy; our lack of good education in the sciences (newsflash: we're way down the list from other countries) is what is driving us into the ground.

Not exact matches

A lack of formal education, as well as investing experience, led to herd - like behaviour with stocks routinely rallying hard as investors followed the actions of others rather than using more traditional investment strategies like fundamentals or technicals.

There's an underlying theme of contempt for institutions — for government, for university education, for lawyers and reporters («the biggest bunch of liars»)-- as well as for «losers» who lack initiative and expect handouts.

I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

A bigger problem is a lack of seekers: athough there are many good Catholic teachers in our schools who are deeply committed and highly motivated, many teachers of Religious Education in Catholic schools are either non-practising Catholics or are not Catholic at all.

Sadly, politicians have not only a lack of education but a spine as well.

Many of the students are homeschooled and threaten you and throw a fit that you are not good enough when you tell them that you see they can not study or do not have school or people skills or can not hold a job due to their lack of real education.

The difference tends to follow common patterns on why people don't get health care in good time: lack of education / socioeconomic ability, access to healthcare providers, etc..

Factors in both the health care and education system, as well as a lack of a culture of postpartum care all contribute to a failure to focus our efforts on prevention.

Education changed, recess and PE were eliminated as well as lack of education of foods toEducation changed, recess and PE were eliminated as well as lack of education of foods toeducation of foods to parents.

Maybe I'm guilty of stereotyping, but in a low income neighborhood, it may be that parents are absent or working or lacking the education to feed their children well.

Though surrogacy is becoming more accepted and well - known, there's still a lot of negative connotations and lack of education within the community at large at what surrogacy entails and the beauty of this family - making process.

I think a lot of the issue with this bill and this entire issue is that there's just a lack of education about the need for it and I think this why not enough has been done yet, but when people do find out about all the struggles and the issues and the real health concerns that go along with women having to pump in places like bathrooms that are unsanitary that people do want to help, that they do want conditions to get better.

General education children meanwhile, struggle with their own often - overlooked learning differences as well as with a lack of exposure to peers with special needs.

From being sure I would nurse her to transitioning to a bottle at 10 days old (due to lack of both education and support), to learning how to bottle feed in the most loving, AP way possible, to navigating the world of baby - led solids and well - meaning family members who would love to shower her with sugar and processed foods — and most recently to weaning her from beloved baba.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

«You have — for lack of a better term, and this might not be the best one — but two masters,» state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, told Robert Mujica on Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate higher education committee.

Now as to organizing that petition, many of the permanently poor are in that situation because they lack the education & skills needed to do better.

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

The final night of voting included some mini-drama — Democrats from Westchester fought for a sales tax increase in Yonkers as well as new hotel levies, and chamber leaders took the rare step of calling off a bill during voting because it lacked support — but was mostly spent approving an omnibus bill for outstanding housing and education issues.

What is lacking in our electoral system is a strict adherence to global best practice in terms of voter education, sanctity of the ballot, a seamless collation of votes and a fast judicial process for those seeking redress.

Apart from welfare issues, the lecturers also lamented lack of well equipped laboratories, toilets for students and poor condition of roads in the two polytechnics and two colleges of education owned by the state.

A lack of quality education in the area combined with a general distrust of the NYPD has contributed to the problem, but better community policing could help ease tensions, Henry said.

Many blame the lack of minority S&E professors on what the Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) February 2004 report, A Bridge for All: Higher Education Design Principles to Broaden Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, calls an «ivory tower» mentality: the tendency of colleges to pursue developed excellence instead of seeking out and nurturing talent.

One crucial outcome of scientific knowledge is to generate new and better ways of being ignorant: not the kind of ignorance that is associated with a lack of curiosity or education but rather a cultivated, high - quality ignorance.

Khrushchev's lack of education was a sore point, a source of embarrassment and frustration — not only to him but to the party as well.

It was clear to me that there was a distinct lack of education as to how simple good nutrition can be.

Another stereotype is that bikers are people who lack a good education and that they are shiftless individuals who only intent to terrorize the lives of other people.

But Tammy's slovenliness, minimum - wage job, and obvious lack of education — she doesn't know what «pattern» means — contrast sharply with details like the good housekeeping of her home, Faxon's zombie - like unflappability, and the mis - typecasting of Allison Janney in soccer - ready Solondz mode as her mom.

Forced to reevaluate everything from his understanding of love and marriage, to his religious commitment, Tevye's abundance of good humor, long standing relationship with God, and moments of profound insight (despite his lack of education), help him rise to each new challenge.

The most obvious error in the Review is the statement that there is a «lack of research - based evidence on what works best in education» (p.ix).

Egypt, Tunisia and Libya have in time scored very well on MDGs figures when it comes to education, but on the other side, the political climate of fear and lack of accountability ended up siphoning opportunities that the young people, with formal education and skills could have benefited from but Mo - Ibrahim - Foundation (November, 2012) is worthing thinking about; -

One of the biggest hurdles for the government to take quality education to the remotest location of the country is the lack of good teachers.

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

Indeed, all of the demographic characteristics considered in our report, as well as the lack of pre-primary education, increase the probability of low performance by a larger margin among disadvantaged than among advantaged students, on average across OECD countries.

But the somewhat better attention to merit incentives in colleges has helped make our higher education system the envy of the world, while our K — 12 public schools, almost entirely lacking external incentives, are not.

Sugata Mitra's «Whole in the Wall» experiment teaches us that children left alone with tech will learn on their own which kind of addresses the one big deficiency in the education system — lack of good teachers.

eLearning is the best possible solution for democratizing higher education in Africa and ensuring that access to quality higher education is not limited by geographical location, tuition fees, or lack of access to academic resources.

While improvements in access to education has meant young people in Kenya are better educated than ever before, 67 % of young Kenyans between the ages of 15 and 24 are thought to be out of work and millions more enter unstable employment each year.i The mismatch between what is learnt at school and the skills required in the 21st century labour market, along with a lack of access to information about jobsii, are among the most frequently cited causes of youth unemployment.

There can be little doubt that education shortcomings in the United States spread well beyond the corridors of the inner city or the confines of low - income neighborhoods where many parents lack a high school diploma.

«The lack of proper careers advice in schools and the sheer complexity of the post-16 education and training system make it particularly difficult for lower income young people to translate their attainment at school into qualifications that are well rewarded in the labour market.

In an open letter to Education Secretary Justine Greening, Riddell, author of Goth Girl, made a passionate plea for the Department for Education to better support school libraries, claiming that provision is «wildly inconsistent» across the country, with many lacking the investment they need.

Interviews were carried out with teachers, headteachers and other stakeholders and concluded that there are four main perceived challenges for schools when considering the introduction of postural health education and ergonomic furniture: There is sometimes a lack of awareness of the issue in general as well as about the ergonomic furniture options available.

So the lack of quality studies may raise an eyebrow, but unless there's a drug being tested by a company with deep pockets, it's hard to get the best quality for studies in education.

The role of the chief technology officer in school districts is evolving into one of the most important leadership positions in education, yet many who currently fill that job lack the skills and background to make the best decisions for the educators and students in the districts they serve.

«Too often, within schools, the focus is on when students do not do well, the skills they lack, the areas they struggle with, and on how their families are not involved with the education of their children in expected ways.

Study: Broader Data Use Could Improve Parent Involvement Education Week, May 30, 2013» «Unfortunately, because of a general lack of expertise in using data to guide strategy, sensitivity to releasing performance data publicly, and the political unpopularity of using scarce resources on analysis and [information technology] systems, relatively few large agencies have fully tapped the power of the data they have to better manage the performance of their schools,» says Jon Fullerton, the executive director of Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research.»

Report authors, Prof Peterson, Eric Hanushek at Stanford University and Ludger Woessmann at the University of Munich, wrote in Education Next magazine: «Lacking good information, it has been easy even for sophisticated Americans to be seduced by apologists who would have the public believe the problems are simply those of poor kids in central city schools.»

It's good to hear that Minister Halfon is considering «toughening Ofsted» over schools careers advice.In 2013, House of Commons Education Committee, 23 January 2013 indicated «Too many schools lack the skills, incentives or capacity to fulfil the duty put on them without a number of changes being made.