Sentences with phrase «less preparation for»

Children from low - income families begin kindergarten with less preparation for school than the children of the affluent, they attend schools which face greater challenges with fewer resources, and they score lower on standardized tests.

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The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam has teamed up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education to make test preparation materials available for free starting Tuesday, a move aimed at making the college admissions race less stressful and more fair.

Joseph Lhota, the former chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)-- he resigned just a few days ago in preparation for a mayoral bid — jumped into action after the storm and got the subways running again within less than three days.

This not only boosts existing shareholder trust and support, but also shortens preparation time for new rounds, enables new investors to better assess historical results and leads to less of a need for future data points for validation.

WITH State legislation before the Parliament in preparation for the introduction of Australia's new tax changes — now less than nine months away — there is also a need to ensure the Government is GST compliant by next July.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross plans to ask Congress for a major increase in funding Thursday to salvage the 2020 Census, a program beset by cost overruns, poor preparation and a population of Americans who are less likely than at any point in recent history to self - report their existence to the...

There are a lot of folk who consider this life as the real deal and don't want it dirtied up with others in your face trying to make you enjoy it less in preparation for something else.

I do not wish this statement to be interpreted to mean that there would be less need for preparation.

She just says that preparation for worship should give less thought to people and more thought to the divine.

They are just perfect for this dish and will cut the preparation time to even less if you are really short of time or just want to take a day off prepping.

whether in anticipation of guests for dinner or just the regular preparation for that night, the smell of his home grown fava and cannelini cooking in «odore» (a less hoity - toity word than confit) signaled comfort and a reminder of my roots as a Mangiafagioli.

Lots of preparation but less work than being on a BBQ for the rest of the chicken / beef / patties / corn fritters.

This method doesn't produce apples that are quite as caramelized, but it's still good and requires less hands - on preparation if you're pressed for time.

For now the club haven't walked the talk... they are making all those backroom changes and it ia a good thing if it leads to better preparation, less injuries and better competition within the squad.

I will just point out some of the things a new manager would bring, like... 1) Signings before the last day of the window 2) Better fitness preparation for less injuries 3) New tactics and ideas on how to break teams down and how not to get hammered by top clubs 4) Players that will fill the gaps we've had with the keeper, the defense, and the lack of a good striker 5) Rotations, so we don't wear our team down.

We are less than one year away from FIFA World Cup 2014 and the excitments thrills and preparations for the big event started with the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Brazil which the home side won it and now the countdown begins for the ultimate sporting event, the biggest in the world and in terms of prize money it ranks one of the most paying event.

With the FIFA World Cup less than three months away, qualified teams from around the world are using this week's international break to play friendly matches in preparation for the summer tournament.

Either way it was good preparation for the Derby I guess, which is a game that I am viewing with slightly less dread than before.

The capstone approach may, ironically, lead to worse preparation for marriage, resulting is less marital satisfaction.

Over time the less experienced parent should be given opportunities to «catch up» in the day - to - day parenting; for example, by taking the child or children to pediatrician appointments, by cooking family meals, and by supervising bedtime preparation.

The snow forecast for D.C. was shrinking this afternoon, and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser was growing less concerned about its potential impact when her senior adviser received an unexpected call: The president wanted a briefing on storm preparations.

Emergencies and disasters, and less urgent natural changes and challenges, the preparation for them, the response to them, underscore the need for good science policy connections at the local and national levels,» added Holt, referencing the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico, including Mexico City, on Sept. 19 and the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico's Pacific Coast two weeks earlier.

For myelitis, the conventional treatment with steroid preparations turned out to be less effective than blood purification therapy.

For the past few years, Congress has appropriated less than the agency had requested, forcing officials to eliminate some exercises and skimp on preparations.

People with less time available for meal preparation also appear to value convenience, choosing more often to eat out or to buy fast food and ready - made foods to eat at home.

In preparation for the Olympics, Beijing officials took strict measures in the city and surrounding regions to control air pollutants including particles with diameters less than 2.5 microns.

Limited volumes of the individual samples reduced the sample preparation options (i.e., immunoaffinity depletion and SCX fractionation), and hence resulted in less depth of proteome coverage than possible with the pooled samples, where approximately 20 ml were available for depletion and fractionation.

Avoid settling for a less effective workout with a little extra preparation — strategically time your gym session and have a plan B. Generally, fitness floors are at their busiest in the early evening on weeknights and weekend mornings between 9 - 12.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups raw cashews or macadamia nuts (or half of each) 1 1/2 cups water (use less water for a thicker dressing or to make a dip, use more for a thinner preparation) 3 TBSP fresh lemon juice 1 - 2 cloves garlic, pressed 1 tsp sea salt 1/4 tsp oregano 1/4 tsp basil (or 2 fresh leaves) 1/4 tsp thyme 1/4 tsp mint (or 2 fresh leaves) 1 stalk celery,... Read More»

The truth is you make less estrogen than is necessary for the monthly preparation of endometrium for pregnancy.

It's likely less expensive than you think, and will save you a few hours at the grocery store so you can use that time for meal preparation.

For example, when you soak and boil your beans, you'll only lose about 10 % of the biotin during preparation, much less change than you'll see with most other B vitamins.

i turned to if for cutting and it is great however like you i want to get na optimal approach to building muscle now for the bulking phase.If i don t notice any major difference with the 60 - 80 carb pre workout meal in strenght gains i will probably stay with IF just for convenience (less preparation) however is there any disavantage of not eating breakfast in terms of protein synthesis?i usually eat 80 - 100gprotein lean meat dinner or some good amount of cottage chesse or egg whites... i think you say on one of your awesome vídeos that you don t recommend IFbulking because eating protein every 4 5 wakinghours is more anabolic

It requires little preparation and making soup is a lot less intimidating once you've done it and realize it's literally throwing ingredients into a pot and waiting for them to cook.

It follows, in linear fashion, Mäki's preparation for and eventual participation in the big fight, generating anticipation with its very narrative structure, but the stakes have less to do with whether or not he'll come out victorious than with how exactly he will fail.

«If anything, schools would likely find these hours easier to manage, as there is more time in the morning for administrative preparation and the day then finishes more or less in line with regular work hours.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

In another, though, disorder means a measure of freedom people in more regulated environments don't have... One can do minimal preparation for class, skip committee meetings, make a practice of not coming in on Fridays — generally blow off the less pleasant aspects of the job.»

Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»

This particular opportunity allowed students to experience the thorough preparation that is necessary for events of this size, which hit home even more when the food was devoured in less than an hour.

Estimated teacher hires for the 2015 — 16 school year increased by 25 percent from 2014 - 15, while preliminary credentials issued to fully prepared new teachers increased by less than 1 percent in the previous year, and enrollment in UC and CSU teacher preparation programs increased by only about 3.8 percent.

The expansion of charter schools, less university - based teacher preparation, and putting digital technology before superb teaching as a way to personalize learning for students do not characterize the policies of international educational leaders like Canada, Finland, or Singapore.

This common preparation means that less time is spent on review for previous grade level standards and more time to assure student learning of the essentials.

While there is certainly a place for standard books and classes, new technologies have made it less expensive for students to get the education or exam preparation that they need.

Art, music, time with nature, exercise, play, awareness of beauty, and the development of personal character are considered less important than preparation for state achievement tests.

More frequently, studies were designed to examine the effect of a comprehensive preparation program, yielding findings of value to those interested in replicating the entire program, but with less utility to those interested in understanding which knowledge and skills mattered for which teacher leader roles.

A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, released June 25, found an average of 64 percent of U.S. teachers work in schools where more than 30 percent of the students come from poor households and they have far less time for daily preparation and collaboration.

«For the schools that were well prepared and had done a bit of marketing it was absolutely fine but those that had done less preparation struggled a bit.»

Organized by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), «Walking the Talk: Teacher Preparation for Deeper Learning» highlighted findings from a national study of seven teacher preparation programs that are organized in ways that align with deeper learning approaches — meaning less emphasis on rote learning and more on experiential, innovative, collaborative, and equity - focused pedagogy.

But those efforts targeted at preparation programs (which include long - standing university - based schools of education and less - traditional programs like Teach For America) have gone comparatively unnoticed and unexamined.