Sentences with phrase «of lack of preparedness»

One measure of lack of preparedness to learn is that almost 26 percent of high schoolers — 38 percent of those with the lowest test scores — frequently come to school without paper, pencil, or homework (NCES, 2007).

The economy may end up hurting in the future because of a lack of preparedness.»

Not because of a lack of talent but because of a lack of preparedness to go each game 100 % for 90 + minutes.

Not exact matches

Eventually, that lack of preparedness will show up somewhere, whether it's poor sales, scrambled finances, or mismanagement.

«One of the recurring themes involved the lack of preparedness or the lack of competency in a lot of the existing analytical labs,» he explains.

However, despite growing awareness of the risks engulfing oil companies, the survey revealed a startling lack of preparedness on the part of asset managers.

I'm sickened by the ongoing crisis and the lack of preparedness on BP's part.

wrong team selection wrong tactics Lack of preparedness wrong gameplan non motivation It seems arsenal are okay with losing.There is no pressure on anybody to perform.

After failing to sign a replacement for Halstenberg in the recent transfer window, director of sport Ralf Rangnick blamed the scouting department for an alleged lack of preparedness and the latter also has been pointing the finger at club academy coaches, criticising them for not supplying enough talent for the first - team.

Our lack of preparedness is down to poor planning and an insipid transfer strategy, and it's going to cost us.

This lack of preparedness has also been plain to see when it comes to Brexit negotiations.

Even the Liberal Democrats (please, never call them «The Liberals») should take heed of these lessons: the minor party in 2002 was all but wiped out at the next election as a consequence of them having to take real decisions and their lack of preparedness for office.

Both a lack of preparedness to defend one's home and a delay in evacuating can increase risk to both public safety and property.

«We are reaching the tipping point where preparedness efforts are going to be reversed because of the lack of funding,» she adds.

«Many dialysis patients are unprepared for natural disasters: Study finds patients» disaster preparedness lacking in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.»

Due to the stress and lack of preparedness in setting up a business, a large percentage of NDs who graduate with the skills and knowledge we acquire are no longer practising.

Following extensive research on SME preparedness for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), leading learning provider Litmos Heroes discovers worrying stats on how businesses are preparing for changes, with nearly 27 % of those surveyed citing a lack of confidence around the actions they need to take to ensure compliance.

Secretary Duncan's comments insinuate that the TIMSS 2011 results in some way reflect a lack of STEM preparedness.

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

A major challenge facing students as they pursue a postsecondary degree is a lack of academic preparedness for college - level math, evident by high rates of referral to developmental math and low...

Teaching unions are discussing industrial action and, alongside the Scottish government's political opponents, have complained about a lack of preparedness.

A major hurdle to postsecondary success is students» lack of academic preparedness for college - level math.

Americans are appalled by our plummeting world education rankings, and by our graduates» lack of preparedness for today's job market.

A warning about the lack of preparedness a traditional education will provide in today's economy.

This lack of appropriate preparation perpetuates teachers» feelings of ill - preparedness with regard to technology (Schrum, 1999; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999).

In the last month we've raised serious concerns about the lack of emergency preparedness at many campuses, provided the school district with an application process to pilot restorative practices in our schools, and called on district leaders to expand SAISD's simplistic conception of student success and measure our students in ways that do justice to their social and emotional needs — something absent from SAISD's endless focus on standardized test data.

What's more, the mean age of the survey respondents was just over 50, which demonstrates an overall lack of preparedness among a group that should really start preparing for retirement now — especially since small business owners have no one else to rely on when it comes to putting their retirement plans in place.

Like Diablo III last year, Sim City has had huge server load issues resulting from a lack of preparedness for the influx of players soon after the game's launch.

Sandy was particularly damaging because of the state of major infrastructure and lack of preparedness of New York and New Jersey.

Climate change is causing large - scale changes in the environment, increasing the likelihood of the emergence or reemergence of unfamiliar disease threats.284 Factors include shifting ranges of disease - carrying pests, lack of immunity and preparedness, inadequate disease monitoring, and increasing global travel.

Further, administrative support systems generally lack preparedness measures and are not scientifically robust to understand impacts of heat stress on human health and productivity, they say.

NGOs said a lack of disaster preparedness caused more damage than the disaster itself.

«This lack of emergency preparedness is the fault of the 1996 farm bill which eliminated the government's grain reserves as well as the Farmer Owned Reserve (FOR),» explained Matlack.

Atsuyuki Suzuki, former president of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, and now senior scientific adviser to his successor, listed some of these reports in a talk at UC, Berkeley (start around 8 minutes for a longer list): • country specific - groupthink with consensus first, overconfidence, etc (Parliament) • human caused disaster, lack of emergency preparedness (government) • lack of safety consciousness, ignoring both natural events and worker training (academic)

He specifically referred to the lack of preparedness in low - lying Miami, which was hit by Hurricane Irma and how engineers were trying to raise streets and buildings in a King Canute - like futile gesture to keep the ocean at bay.

Several security pros agreed, noting that the leaks underscore the lack of preparedness among legal firms regarding insider threats.

Parliamentary consideration of the issue resulted in a report from The Standing Committee On Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety And Emergency Preparedness, remarkable for its lack of agreement between the members of the various political partiesThe Conservative members of the Committee (including Vic Toews) made four recommendations: RECOMMENDATION 1: There must be substantive input from all the provinces and territories into the compilation of a list of suitable Supreme Court of Canada nominees.

The next most common reasons for leaving school seem to be a lack of general preparedness, the understanding, or an inability to perform the required tasks / skills.

Do you project the aura of a take charge leader or are you paralyzed by a lack of preparedness and unable to answer critical questions?

It is their lack of preparedness for a child who has been deprived his basic needs that is the problem.

It is this lack of preparedness and readiness for a divorce that either causes marriages to end prematurely or divorces to deteriorate into competitive contests.

There are reasons for that, and one of them is a lack of preparedness.

There are some organizations that, while well - meaning, lack the knowledge and preparedness required to fully tackle the considerable task of reducing their environmental impact.

Conversations with CEOs from across the real estate industry in recent months have revealed a disturbing lack of preparedness for CEO succession.