Sentences with phrase «on challenging expectations»

«HTC has built its reputation on challenging expectations in the mobile industry.

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«Where we need innovation and where I think we are going to finally see social entrepreneurs spend more and more time is the public sector, because the big challenge that is facing every community on the planet is that government and public policy are not moving at the pace of technology or even meeting expectations of constituents,» says Blumenthal.

Then, when Zynga officials presented its second - quarter earnings report on July 25, in which the company lowered its outlook «to reflect delays in launching new games, a faster decline in existing Web games due in part to a more challenging environment on the Facebook Web platform, and reduced expectations for Draw Something,» the company's stock price plunged, falling some 35 percent overnight.

While we're expecting a positive reaction from the financial markets to Emmanuel Macron's presidential victory, such a rally will likely be mitigated by the expectations of rising interest rates and a renewed focus on the challenges Macron will face.

For the past year, Olive Garden has been working on strengthening their value leadership competitive advantage by improving affordability for their more economically challenged guests and on updating and evolving key elements of the guest experience to meet the increasing quality expectations of all of guests, especially more economically stable guests.

Forward - looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to the launch timing and success of products based on the BlackBerry 10 platform, general economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding the cash flow generation of its business.

As always, the challenge is to combine the right degree of flexibility in approach with sufficient confidence that the inflation rate will be on a declining path over time as to keep expectations anchored.

Not his challenge of the narrow expectations in his hometown — an attack on parochialism, nationalism or ethnocentrism fits what we know of him.

His parables frequently end with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).

It is the abiding Word of God alone that tests and accompanies all study of Scripture; it challenges and encourages us to continue on this road, critically weighing all human words about God's Word, with the expectation and certainty shared with the church of all ages that the «jewel» of the gospel will not be lost in a new and still unknown future.24

Increasingly knowledgeable customers coming to the table with ever - growing expectations put a tremendous challenge on operators and designers — an exciting one — to ensure dining programs remain nimble while also telling the story of the food and backing it up with information.

Additionally, BI's Vice President of Marketing Randal Kreienbrink and BI's Certified Food Technologist Alison Raban participated in SSW's Summit: Delivering on the Clean Label Expectation with their presentation, «Turning R&D Challenges Into Winning Formulas.»

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

We are poster families for «difference» and frequently face the challenges of people questioning the validity of our families, posing intrusive / offensive questions and imposing expectations of gratitude (on our children,) and heroism (on us, for «rescuing» our kids.)

One of the challenges homeschooling parents face is the temptation to build expectation on a system that will produce good things for us and for our children.

«We are calling on Fayose tore sign from office over his failure to live up to expectation he should come out and defend himself in the N4.7 billion arms deal scandal and we also challenge him to explain to Ekiti people how he had spent six months allocation without payment of workers which has grounded the workforce.

«We're going with expectations that there will be an open and productive discussion on the challenges that are facing the nation from the threat of emerging contaminants.

Lt. General Buratai explained that the security challenges witnessed in the country in the area of Boko Haram insurgency has posed a serious threat to national security, adding that «this has placed great demands on the Nigerian Army which has not relented in living up to the expectations of the nation's citizenry.»

The current expectation seems to be that he WILL be on the ballot automatically but that will be legally challenged by the anti-Corbyn side (who incidentally say it is «absurd» that he has to rely on a technicality to get on the ballot).

The President expressed the belief that all those nominated to serve on the boards have the experience to drive the NNPC into harnessing its potential and fulfil its expectations to the nation, despite the challenging time in the oil and gas industry.

«We wanted to explore how student - athletes at top - tier universities cope with the dual challenges of meeting the expectations of their teams while simultaneously complying with their responsibilities as university students,» says Dr. Lynsey Romo, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

«Now that I think back, I was setting totally unrealistic expectations in my work, but I thrived on the challenge of meeting them,» she reveals.

This has surpassed my expectations: some of the highlights have been the first retreat weekend where I connected with like - minded women; Kate's excellence in teaching an role - modeling beautiful coaching, and consistently providing a comfortable yet challenging learning environment with the emphasis on real coaching practice.

Funny Games (1997), his fourth feature, couches those themes in the form of a horror film, but one in which he challenges expectations by twisting the conventions back in on themselves.

For example, the challenging fourth - and eighth - grade language arts and mathematics tests have had a positive impact on teacher expectations and instruction.

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Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study report that sorting students into different levels, or tracking, limits their access to further opportunities; students for whom there are lower expectations often don't take on more challenging work.

School principals who have led significant improvements in low socioeconomic areas often report that their first challenge was to confront low expectations based on students» backgrounds.

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Improvement is predicated on having and promoting high expectations for all the students the school enrols and, in particular, challenging the belief that «you can't expect more of these kids».

At the other extreme, more advanced students often achieve high grades on what, for them, are middling year - level expectations and are not challenged or extended in their mathematics learning.

Again, this is something I never doubted — but I know there are many in this country that seem to believe as long as we «hold high expectations,» add hours to the school day, deliver rigorous lessons and insist that students rise to the challenge, they can overcome everything and go on to college and the career of their choice.

On NCLB, Duncan is a middle - of - the - roader; he supports the law's goals of high expectations and accountability but has challenged Congress to improve it by doubling its funding and amending it «to give schools, districts, and states the maximum amount of flexibility possible.»

The doctoral study had three broad aims: to start with it was to understand the practicum experiences of pre-service drama teachers; then to identify the key issues and challenges of the practicum; then finally I wanted to understand the influence of past experiences of drama on the pre-service teachers» beliefs and expectations of the practicum.

This essay is a product of the larger radio documentary Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core, which you can listen to in its entirety on this website or on our podcast feed (iTunes).

Since the standards represent grade - level learning, curricula and assessments based on them will, by definition, not challenge students who are already surpassing these expectations.

The second wave of reform took the form of school restructuring, and combined three complementary elements: (a) a call for higher and common expectations for ALL students, (b) an emphasis on new and more challenging teaching practices, and (c) dramatic changes in the organization and management of public schools (Elmore, 1990).

Reliance on outside assistance for implementation can be challenging because of the costs, the potential problems of fit with local expectations for practice, and the absence of local expertise to provide timely follow - up assistance in response to schoolspecific needs.

With the rigorous curricula demand, it is challenging when instructional delivery is dependent on technology integration, but the crux of the problem becomes who are determined most important in the building (i.e. math and ELA content) to receive the necessary technology to deliver the desired administrative expectations; although regardless of content, all teachers are held responsible for teaching literacy.

NSCS has maintained many of its philosophical education roots, with its focus on keeping the curricula challenging and the expectations for learning high, while utilizing the help and support of qualified educational assistance and classroom volunteers.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

Excelling With a Diverse Student Population Principal Virginia Minshew of Park View High School in Sterling, VA, talks about how her 1,300 - student school has overcome the challenges of poverty and diversity to exceed all expectations by meeting AYP and by producing significant, ongoing upward trends on state testing.

This course also helps them situate this particular work within the larger context of challenges and innovations in urban education by introducing participants to literature on the achievement gap, the impact of racial identity on school achievement, charter school policy and critiques, and the advent and development of charter schools serving low income students that are based on high support and high expectations.

The biggest academic challenges she is likely to face are course expectations and — depending on where she goes to school — exit exam requirements, and those are largely independent of Common Core tests.

They ensure that the school or district focuses on high expectations and standards, that professional development first focuses on providing time for colleagues to have meaningful discussions about our craft, that all learning is engaging, and that the school provides a healthy, safe, supportive, engaged, and challenging environment for all kids.

The trust, on its website, says it is «committed to raising and sustaining the aspirations, expectations and confidence of students, working with staff and indeed the whole community to address the key challenges of assisting student personal development and enhancing parent and student perceptions of what can be achieved».