Sentences with phrase «meant less attention»

Has a focus on reading and math proficiency, and on boosting graduation rates, meant less attention and support for the «talented tenth»?

(Indeed, Mr. de Blasio has been lucky that all eyes are on the primary: It has meant less attention is being paid to reported investigations of his campaign contributions and his administration's role in a controversial property sale.)

CAP has praised states in the past for lowering their n - sizes, but their plan to have fewer students «count» toward a school's accountability rating would mean less attention on important subgroups of students.

Some accountability supporters get concerned when there's talk of «testing reform;» that can be a euphemism for «testing backtracking,» meaning less attention to the educational needs of underserved kids.

There's always the question of whether devoting resources to multiple versions, particularly in a relatively small team, will mean less attention for any particular platform, and Magnuson acknowledged that can be an issue.

Not exact matches

Alternative lenders tend to offer less wiggle room on their terms, so Brookes said that means you should pay special attention to another dangerous term she's seen slipped into mortgage contracts: the sale - only clause.

Fewer startups mean less competition for money, people, attention, and customers.

Less face - to - face interaction means employees can get away with not paying attention during conference calls.

For instance, because parents focus less on the actions of the youngest, that also means that we have to do more to gain attention.

But while that is a crucial national conversation, the heated pipeline debate sometimes means we pay a lot less attention to the kinds of things we should build in Canada if we're serious about reducing carbon emissions.

That means people potentially pay less attention to the cost of what they're buying — and make more impulse purchases.

Maybe if you «quoted» others a little less and yourself paid a little more attention, you would have noticed, all by yourself, that nothing that happens has any inherent meaning, other than the one we give it.

Not like we really want to be strutting around like prize cocks all the time ya know, we kind of wouldn't mind being ourselves but that means being placed back in the pecking order and getting less lady attention so we try to act like we own it all, because we have to.

But Richard A. Shenk points out in his new book, The Virgin Birth of Christ: The Rich Meaning of a Biblical Truth, that in Evangelical churches, the why of the virgin birth receives less attention than the fact of it.

It may be, therefore, that less attention should be given to the idea of subjective meanings and more research should be devoted to the socially constructed categories used in discourse about these meanings.

The failure of traditionalism, moreover, is less in its lack of adjustment to changing conditions than in the confusion of the spirit with the letter and in blindness to the actual shift of attention from meaning to symbol that has taken place within the church.

Pay less attention to judging people, a task that the church and its people were never meant to hold in the first place, and start focusing more on caring for others, a task that is specifically given to everyone.

I mean, if I cared less about someone, I wouldn't even know he or she is there but when I keep insulting & talking at you, I'm definitely seeking attention even if I don't know it.

A situation like that means the mother needs more attention and assistance not less.

But, that means that my precious 5 year old girl is getting less attention than she used to.

Watching the kids first means that other things may garner less attention, so orderliness and meals may not turn out perfectly.

She was less inclined to get upset over her normal toddler tantrum triggers and less in need of a big reaction from me, whether it was anger or excitement, which probably meant that she was getting more quality attention throughout the day.

Too many children and not enough adult supervision means your child is likely to get less attention than he needs and deserves.

You feel less than attractive, but there are ways and means to draw the attention away from your symptoms.

I think that honestly, now that I look back on it, the priority needs to be the toddler because they're taking in so much and as long as the baby, the new born is nursed and happy, I really recommend baby wearing for this because the, you know, the baby is going to be happy and content in there and just giving that attention to your toddler because you'll notice less tantrums, less fits, a happier toddler means a happier house.

Stevens also underlines that the fragmented media environment - with national papers covering the big political issues and the Brussels «trade» press covering the daily policy grind - means that the media get a lot less attention from public affairs professionals.

And for those of us with short attention spans, that means that I'm taking in a lot less from the speakers than I could.

While philosophy has been preoccupied with the meaning of human dignity for decades, its specific role in good governance has received less attention.

The results were quite interesting — most of the answers supported moving the party towards the centre ground, the public wanted to see the Conservative party move towards the Centre (net approval of +41), giving more help to the less well off (net approval of +64), paying more attention to the economy and public services and less to immigration (+41) and opposed promises of big tax cuts if they meant cuts to public services (net disapproval of -42).

A pair of recent, unrelated developments in Massachusetts highlights that postdocs are even more vulnerable to the vagaries of professorial decisions and often have far fewer and less effective legitimate means of drawing institutional attention to treatment they consider unjust or unreasonable.

This area of the insula is likely involved in cognitive control and salience, meaning that participants were paying more attention to food choices and selecting the less desirable or healthier options over the highly desirable or less healthy options.

Swaisgood had previously shown that giant pandas pay more attention to handstand scent marks than those left by less acrobatic means, but he had never compared the effect of handstand marks of different height.

By no means does this mean that the lymphatic system should receive any less of your attention.

That means more fat and calories, less chewing, quicker eating, little attention paid and as a consequence — much more of a chance that you'll eventually be significantly overweight or obese — all because of that regular soap, hospital drama, DVD or criminal series you just can't live without.

Your attempt to draw attention with your «in - your - face shock value» seems to be a means of detracting attention from your less than stellar writing ability and clinically controversial nutritional claims.

Aging doesn't necessarily mean getting sick or feeling less than our best — if we pay attention to a few key factors and make a few important shifts, we can age healthfully and feel as optimal as possible.

which meant a lot more cooking, and a lot less writing about it, a few little vacations in the mix, and the backyard needed some love and attention.

This meant for most of my adult life I felt paying attention to my looks and style was a lesser priority and almost needed to be on the dowdy side to be seen as acceptable.

What this means for a lot of guys (and less attractive women) is that only a small percentage of online dating users get all the attention.

That split can lead to some controversy (as it did already this year with the characterization of Get Out as a comedy), but it also means that comedies and musicals, which get much less prestigious awards attention than their dramatic cousins, can get a little love, too.

«It's the equivalent of cutting one in seven teachers — it means less one - on - one attention for our kids, less focus on the basics.»

According to the National Education Union (NEU), the cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

Pupil teacher ratios are rising which means bigger class sizes and less attention for individuals.

Increases in class size mean less individual attention for children, but they also increase workload for teachers and support staff — driving more people away from teaching and intensifying the recruitment and retention crisis that has developed.

In schools, this means that parents that do not act in a socially acceptable manner are not easily accepted in the school community, and their children receive less attention than those of more «appropriate» parents [x].

The cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

Despite the proliferation of new automotive assistive safety technologies meant to ease driving stress and curb the amount of attention needed in select situations, the irony is that the growing popularity of partial automation systems means that more driver education is necessary, not less.

That doesn't mean they deserve less of our attention, so here's my list of five Bertone - designed works of art that deserve more praise.

The wide range of capabilities that Siri can access could become a liability, and mean more distraction in cars, and less attention to the road.

For some, it meant hashtags and author chats in an ebook, while for others it was pushing their brands into spaces like Pinterest; in almost every instance, though, there were few answers for what value would be be added to the reading experiences, and even less attention given to the differences amongst various reading communities.