Sentences with phrase «much bigger achievement»

Not exact matches

United didn't always entertain as much as we'd like last season, but there were some great performances against our biggest rivals, and whilst Di Maria and Falcao were hugely disappointing, Van Gaal's reinvention of a few players he inherited was a remarkable achievement in itself.

After much ballyhooeing by Repubs this factor of 100 was diminished to 28 times as bad, which everyone thought was a BIG achievement.

The biggest issue I had was that the game never really gave much incentive (outside of I suppose achievement points) to continue through.

He delivers a couple of «big speeches», with the lifetime achievement one coming much earlier than you might think.

The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus school policy on what really matters: classroom learning.

As we've seen in New York, which is a few years ahead of the curve when it comes to making its tests much harder, a higher cut score will make achievement gaps look much bigger, and the achievement of most high - poverty schools look much worse.

To me, the biggest issues are the achievement gaps, as you said, and the achievement gaps are still there, according to socioeconomic background — disadvantaged students are still achieving at a much lower level than advantaged students or affluent students — and Indigenous students are still performing at a much lower level than non-Indigenous, and rural and remote students are still not achieving at the same levels as metropolitan students.

But, the big theme of the book is that kids» moral development is a matter of their relationship with adults,» especially their parents,» and it's decided not so much in moral talk as it is in how parents handle closeness, achievement, their own errors and transgressions, and whether they are able to listen to children carefully and assert their own values.

To not disconnect themselves from the big picture if you like, from the nation as a whole and from the importance of standards and levels of achievement, but have a much more responsive approach to things, which could also lead into opportunities for entrepreneurship at a local level.

In my book, The Collapse of Parenting, I share data from many sources — including the National Institutes of Health, international databases such as the PISA program, scholarly papers by researchers such as Professor Jean Twenge, and many other sources — showing that American kids are indeed more likely to be obese, less likely to be physically fit, more likely to be anxious and depressed, compared with American kids 30 years ago — and in the case of academic achievement, doing much less well compared with kids in other countries, again a big change compared with American kids 30 years ago.

But, the big theme of the book is that kids» moral development is a matter of their relationship with adults — especially their parents — and it's decided not so much in moral talk as it is in how parents handle closeness, achievement, their own errors and transgressions, and whether they are able to listen to children carefully and assert their own values.

The aim of the study was to analyze as much research as possible to rank the practices that have the biggest effect on student achievement.

She doesn't view standards and accountability as I do (or as I think much of the country does) and is overly impressed by the achievements wrought by some big - spending interventions (such as New Jersey's «Abbott districts»).

The biggest part of your leadership practices — say approximately 80 percent — will be so much less impactful that they will produce only 20 percent of your effect on learning and student achievement.

That doesn't sound like much, but if you're familiar with how small the sample size for the annual achievement tests are, you began to understand what a big deal this actually is.

They focus so much on their own needs to achieve that they often miss their biggest achievements: the ones that happen on the journey, not at the destination.

The puzzles, on the whole, are pretty lame, far too easy and uninspired, coupled with a combination of the previous two complaints they can lead to cheap deaths which seem to serve only to address the biggest problem with «Dante's», the fact that it's just far too short, a play through on the normal difficulty setting can be done without much trouble in around 6 hours and with no achievements for completing the game on harder difficulties, there's little incentive for doing it again.

It's an incredible achievement, and a graphical showpiece up there with Rage HD on the iPad, but much like id Software's iOS big gun, there are far better games for this particular format.

Peggy's achievements are much bigger than people realise.»

I certainly believe his achievements should be recognized, but as to his being elected — first he broke what is the biggest rule in baseball, second he lied about doing it and thirdly he has pretty much refused to show any true contrition about it.

Nowadays, branding plays a much bigger role in promoting a job seeker's candidacy and this is accomplished through summary paragraphs, testimonials, achievement snapshots, pedigree proof and core competencies.

Which is why it can be tempting to big yourself up a little too much when you're detailing your achievements, grades and past working experiences on your cover letter and CV.

Finishing a MOD is always a big achievement, and the Medical Assistant students were thrilled to be that much closer to their future goals.