Sentences with phrase «out of step with»

As a 2007 Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Alley Cat Allies (PDF) revealed, such methods are out of step with public opinion.

For cat lovers, these views were patently inhumane and out of step with the â $ œhumaneâ $ mission of these organizations.

He advocates that our government should be concerned with what it does not do — this is very out of step with the American psyche — action is always preferred to inaction, as opposed to the Hippocritean «First do no harm.»

Though he was occasionally out of step with the rest of the FOMC, he always spoke his mind, which was usually more hawkish than the rest of the FOMC.)

Emerging market funds usually move in ways that are out of step with Japanese equities, Canadian financial services or even Canadian balanced funds.

The fund has been badly out of step with the market in recent years, which is reflected in the fact that it has one of its peer group's best ten - year record and worst five - year records.

Value investing thus requires not just patient managers but also patient investors, those with the temperament as well as intelligence to feel comfortable even when sorely out of step with the crowd.

I know this piece is nonstandard — out of step with the current «reality.»

Wall Street analysts employed in the research departments of broker / dealers and as money managers running mutual funds seem out of step with the rest of the world when it comes to corporate valuations.

It is possible to spend too much on a kitchen upgrade for example; if you make the kitchen too nice, out of step with the rest of the home, you probably won't get your money's worth when you sell.

To measure the world's yield curve, we'll use the countries of the G7, excluding Japan, which has been out of step with other large economies for more than a decade.

Both funds posted wretched performance in 2014 and 2015 which might be a sign of disciplined investors out of step with an undisciplined market.

It appears that when it comes to market timing, many owners are out of step with the markets.

While our emphasis on higher - quality, large - cap stocks with above - average dividends was slightly out of step with a momentum - driven environment, we believe it is a prudent strategy from a longer - term standpoint.

Baker said he knows his views are out of step with the publicity surrounding Kindle, which got a November boost from Oprah Winfrey that goosed sales just before Christmas.

The icons are now looking rather old fashioned and childish, somehow out of step with this sophisticated hardware, though recent Samsung tablet announcements at CES (including the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro and Samsung Galaxy Note Pro) tell us we won't have to wait long for an update to the software's look.

Most people who claim their stuff is good but out of step with their fellow humans are really just writing stuff that can't connect.

Sometimes, particularly when we're young or old, our expectations can be out of step with reality.

That's what her plain white linen trousers were for, her blue - and - white - striped «Breton» T - shirt, her frayed espadrilles, her severe and beautiful African head - everything so plain, so understated, completely out of step with the spirit of the time, and with the place.

British novelist Sadie Jones has earned literary acclaim with her two previous novels, both historical tales featuring characters who are a bit out of step with the rest of the world.

Such love for the superficial and luxurious may have been out of step with the austerity of the 1930s, but it foretold the direction of much of 20th - century...

You're out of step with the times» [p. 40].

«And this,» says Cooper, «destroys swathes of value in the industry and feels out of step with everything a modern industry should be thinking about.

The IDPF has moved out of sync with the realities of the e-reading market — not unlike when the W3C released XHTML, which was out of step with the realities of the browser market.

Stylistically out of step with most of its competitors,...

However, CVTs can also induce unexpected sounds from the engine, letting it wind up in manner that seems out of step with the way you are applying acceleration.

Trucks seem out of step with other vehicles when it comes to prices.

In a world where $ 70,000 pickups with back massagers and two - tone leather appointments are the new norm, the Power Wagon is commendably out of step with the times.

The premium large SUV segment is populated by thirsty, often cumbersome vehicles that seem somewhat out of step with the needs of most buyers today.

Mercedes - Benz has an answer to all those who have said it has fallen out of step with the times, that its cars lack value and that the Japanese now are building the world's best luxury cars.

The overall interior design is fresh and premium in most respects; a low - point would be the vertically stacked drive - selector buttons which are made of cheap - feeling plastic and appear out of step with the rest of the cabin — they're also a little awkward to get used to.

That might be out of step with the gadget - obsessed target market of younger folks, but performance comes first in our book.

This car's square - sided, plush - but - purposeful utility flavouring may be out of step with the direction its maker has recently departed from with the Evoque, Range Rover Sport, Discovery Sport and the 2017 Discovery, but this car has a lot to offer — particularly to those who like their 4x4s large, old - fashioned and unadorned, to serve as genuinely versatile and hard - working pieces of kit.

OK, the old - timers are one thing, but I am especially flummoxed by second -, third - and fourth - generation dealers who continue the control / negotiation approach when they must know they are out of step with what today's consumers look for when they shop: transparency, speed, simplicity, fairness and the customer in control.

In the latest tiff between public - employee unions and cash - strapped governments, more than 350,000 Chicago children were shut out of classrooms for a second day Tuesday by striking teachers pursuing goals that are out of step with reality.

These findings are important as they document large improvements in the joint productivity of teachers in low - performing schools, a finding which is out of step with current federal efforts to improve schools that implicitly assume teacher productivity is essentially fixed over time.

The new poll — commissioned by the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education — reveals the proposed education reform is sharply out of step with public opinion.

On top of that, the state had been utilizing a principal salary schedule that had become out of step with its teacher salary schedule.

-- «The Civil Rights Project report on charter school diversity is out of step with the reality of today's schools and students» needs.

And some suggested it is no accident that the draft report card templates are so out of step with the current philosophy of the Primary Program.

Policy decisions were out of step with

Earlier this month, in an open letter to college presidents and education school deans, Duncan said, «The system we have for training teachers lacks rigor, is out of step with the times, and is given to extreme grade inflation that leaves teachers unprepared and their future students at risk.»

But opponents said repealing the standards would have put Kansas out of step with the rest of the nation, and would have put Kansas students at a disadvantage when taking college entrance exams that are designed around the Common Core.

Despite this, critics say that the curricula and methods at the majority of the nation's 500 - plus university - based principal preparation programs remain subpar and out of step with district needs.10 A growing number of districts have become more assertive with universities and other training providers about improving their offerings, because district leaders want enough well - prepared leadership candidates to meet local learning goals and to lessen the expense and damage of early turnover among poorly prepared novice principals.

On the surface, some survey evidence seems to suggest that the unions are out of step with their members.

It is now more - concerned with aiding and comforting its teachers union allies (and assuaging old - school members out of step with the times) than with addressing the most - critical economic and civil rights issue of our time.

Jason Crye of Hispanics for School Choice argued that the way race gets framed in education debates can feel out of step with the real world.

These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.

From this work three particular aspects of Gardner's thinking need noting here as they allow for hope, and an alternative way of thinking, for those educators who feel out of step with the current, dominant product orientation to curriculum and educational policy.

«The funding increase is out of step with education minister Simon Birmingham's repeated claim that funding does not matter as much as other features of schooling such as curriculum or quality teachers.