Sentences with phrase «low a bar for»

Finally, and perhaps most counterintuitively, Achor points out that comparison dressed up as praise actually also sets a low bar for excellence.

Too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of combating impostor syndrome by purposefully lowering the bar for themselves.

(Previously, some banks were assuming that the principal was being repaid over the entire life of the loan, which was clearly a lower bar for the borrower to meet.)

The possibility that the minimal exertion of standing more and sitting less improves brain health could lower the bar for everyone.

The interesting, counterintuitive part about that, as Dave Parkinson points out, is that the bigger the rebound the BoC sees for Q2, the lower the bar for an additional rate cut becomes.

Since I'm still getting used to the expenses associated with my new home and the possibility of growing my family this year I'm setting a low bar for contributions.

Please inform yourself before you write.This article lowers the bar for CNN way below its reputation!

I'm confronted with the fact that, if I don't try to change the hurt and hypocrisy, I'm setting a pretty low bar for the Church.

Boy you guys sure have lowered the bar for what qualifies as a god.

Note the low bar for entrance into the program.

As for the AAA Sustainable Quality program, see this post for an overview of the environmental and social requirements for producers in the Nespresso's AAA Sustainable Quality Program, with its low bar for inclusion.

12 years of failure have lowered the bar for you to have bought into the story that 4th place is a successful season.

It has to do with lowering the bar for the honor.

Gibson is the pitching equivalent of stale white bread he's a success if you've got a low bar for success.

not sure if I'm missing any but generally i think there is an incredibly low bar for baseball managers.

Trainers lower the bar for female athletes resulting in bad eccentric strength, which in turn makes them bad decelerators and greatly increases potential for an ACL injury.

Im intrigued because the idea being sold by the manager is that we have been bridging the gap, but if intelligent fans such as yourself set such a low bar for players replacing proven quality the calibre of Eduardo and Adebayour, then when do we see the fruits of our labour, when do we ask more of him?

This is a low bar for openness in adoption.

You set a mighty low bar for the president then.

Lemmon, as chair of his department, wants to lower the bar for researchers to use all the methods they need, so he and six other labs at Penn have signed on to SBGrid.

Modified pullup: Using a low bar for support, grasp the bar and step your legs underneath it, extending your arms and legs fully so your shoulders are under the bar.

This means that you are slowly lowering the bar for 2 seconds, pause with the weight on your collar bone for 1 sec, and then EXPLODE up.

In short, this movie sets a ridiculously low bar for itself, and it can't even graze the bar with its stupid, self - serious paw.

We sincerely hope that he reconsiders, but if that does prove to be the case, the silver lining is that he's significantly lowered the bar for the last two.

The Buzz: Films adapted from comic books tend to fall somewhere between terrible and awful, and not only does «Ghost Rider» look like no exception, it might actually lower the bar for Marvel - derived suck.

The very fact that these movies succeed is a reflection of the fact that audiences definitely do not read them or care about the longevity of the entertainment they support, even if their patronage is instrumental in lowering the bar for everyone and reducing the intellectual level of «mainstream» entertainment with each successive blockbuster.

I think men might find it worthwhile if they maintain a low bar for comedy and if they would like almost anything featuring Amy Schumer as the go - to girl for broad (so to speak) comedy.

Meanwhile, supporters have glowingly packaged this federal grant program as a transformational initiative, while setting a remarkably low bar for what the administration needs to do in order for the effort to be branded successful.

These findings contradict the standard view of race - conscious admissions, which is that it lowers the bar for students of color and makes it easier for them to attend the more exclusive institutions.

This strikes us as a case of teachers setting a remarkably low bar for what they expect their students to be able to learn.

When children do not prioritize caring and fairness in relation to their self - concerns — and when they view their peers as even less likely to prioritize these values — there is a lower bar for many forms of harmful behavior, including cruelty, disrespect, dishonesty, and cheating.

«Current accreditation systems are set up to be honest brokers about school quality and set a low bar for what that looks like,» said Chad Aldeman, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners.

Truth be told, many parents like this low bar for college admission because it means that their children will be able to attend some institution of higher education.

In eighth grade reading, Missouri had the highest standards, though its proficiency rating was well below NAEP's, while Texas set the lowest bar for proficiency.

report today on the New York State Board of Regents» decision late yesterday to further lower the bar for students with disabilities.

Teacher education programs have long set a low bar for students seeking to enter the profession.

In response to New York State's decision to eliminate the Academic Skills Literacy Test for teacher certification, Education Trust Executive Director Ian Rosenblum stated on Tuesday, «it is deeply disappointing that the Regents and State Education Department are lowering the bar for teacher literacy skills... We should be focusing on ensuring that prospective teachers receive the support... Continue reading Ed Trust Needs To Take Several Seats in the Back of My Classroom!

«Small schools, with some noteworthy exceptions, seem to be successful at getting kids over a low bar for graduation,» said Clara Hemphill, co-author of the study and founder of Insideschools.org at the New School's Center for New York City Affairs.

Less than one - third of states currently require these exams for licensure, however, and many states that do still tend to set a low bar for passage.8 In sum, many licensure exams do not include a performance component and do not assess the types of skills that make for great teaching in the classroom.

Instead, your editor is more than a tad concerned with Petrilli's general penchant for small - ball thinking, in this case, his viewthat setting a low bar for improving student achievement should even be acceptable.

On the academic side, demands issue to eliminate tracking, dismantle honors classes, dumb down and «diversify» the curriculum, revise or water down the grading system, and lower the bar for AP classes.

«A «rational basis analysis» is a low bar for the government to satisfy, and a very hard one for plaintiffs to overcome.»

They also argued the rankings set a low bar for academic quality by comparing charter schools with local public districts, many of which are struggling urban schools, rather than with top - performing schools elsewhere.

In short, Relay would lower the bar for teacher preparation in Connecticut, increasing the likelihood that students in districts such as Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven would receive teachers who have not met the same standards of preparation as those in more affluent districts.

«As states faced NCLB's 100 percent proficiency rate requirement, they just lowered the bar for what test score would indicate proficiency,» Fuller explained.

I'm describing a very low bar for effective instruction.

If ESSA plays out like NCLB, then schools and districts will be working mightily to stay just above the line that triggers a turnaround — an aspirational low bar for sure.

Teachers and school leaders set a low bar for the agency.

Low bar for the top 300 is again another indication that things are far from peachy keen.

As demand went up for just about everything in the last ten years as consumers spent more with credit, it seems traditional publishers met that demand by publishing even more books, which seemed only to add to the number of bad ones (increased demand always lowers the bar for entry into a market).