Sentences with phrase «poor quality of the programmed»

The poor quality of the programmed learning is a concern, but beyond that there are two perils — the ongoing data collection while students work on digital devices, and the potential for physical, emotional, and even cognitive harm from the overuse of screens and the wifi radiation.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Complaints about poor selection, especially in Canada, continue to dog the company even though it is producing its own growing catalog of quality programs, including House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.

By Riki Shore A mother recently commented to me about the poor quality of the snacks offered at her daughter's after school day care program.

A mother recently commented to me about the poor quality of the snacks offered at her daughter's after school day care program.

Opponents worry that program takes away valuable instructional time, creates unsanitary conditions, and that the food itself is often of poor nutritional quality.

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

I am sure there are oodles of other kickbacks going on on Capitol Hill where someone is profiting from pushing the poorest quality food America has to offer to our children via school lunch and breakfast programs.

Upon his return from work as a product designer with Mennonite Central Committee's job creation program in Bangladesh, Austin wanted to continue helping to provide employment for the poor of Bangladesh and decided to do so by distributing their high quality handmade products in North America.

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

Statement from Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee «I commend the students of East Ramapo for their non-violent demonstration to bring attention to their concerns and frustrations regarding the poor building conditions and severe spending cuts, which have negatively impacted their access to classes and programs essential to the quality education our state constitution guarantees them.

The voucher program began in the 1970s as a means of breaking up pockets of poverty and allowing poor recipients to move closer to quality schools and job opportunities by offering subsidies to be used on the open rental market.

The physicians also worried that both pay - for - performance and public - reporting programs could cause doctors to shun sick, poor or non-compliant patients and to neglect un-measured but equally important areas of quality.

If you're struggling with any of the common psoriasis symptoms such as cracked skin, itchy skin, bleeding or weeping skin, embarrassment, anxiety, drug side effects, digestive issues, hair, skin, and nail problems, sleeping problems, poor quality of life, etc. — then the Psoriasis Program is DEFINITELY designed for somebody just like you!

When we eat even reduced portions of poor - quality «edible products,» like refined starches, sugars, and processed foods, we are programming our cells to store our food as fat and hang onto every extra pound.

Wrong actors, script writer trying to imitate current events, NBC is so cheap they squeak, they ruined all their networks TV programs with bad scripts, cheap actors, to much SGI... SyFy was good now it's junk, an example of poor management, squeezing out every dollar, no quality at all...

In an interview, he characterized the quality of educational leadership programs as «very poor,» the very weakest of education schools» offerings.

You Can't Be What You Can't See presents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high - quality, out - of - school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini - Green housing project in the 1980s and early»90s.

A recent study of public pre-K in Texas, which is aimed toward poor children and those with limited English proficiency, finds relatively large academic benefits, even though the program itself is not considered «high quality.»

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

When the National Council on Teacher Quality released last month its report on teacher training programs, I was not shocked to read that the vast majority of colleges and universities do a poor job of preparing their students to teach.

Large bodies of research have shown how poor health and nutrition inhibit child development and learning and, conversely, how high - quality early childhood and preschool education programs can enhance them.

Written by Daniela Mantilla, Program Associate (more about Daniela) The national debate on teacher quality has put a spotlight on teacher evaluation — on its importance and the poor state of the status quo in reflecting an evaluation system...

From the so - called gifted - and - talented programs that end up doing little to improve student achievement (and actually do more damage to all kids by continuing the rationing of education at the heart of the education crisis), to the evidence that suburban districts are hardly the bastions of high - quality education they proclaim themselves to be (and often, serve middle class white children as badly as those from poor and minority households), it is clear that the educational neglect and malpractice endemic within the nation's super-clusters of failure and mediocrity isn't just a problem for other people's children.

This report and others also highlight the large amount of quality variance currently present in preparation programs (both TPP and AC), specifically noting the dearth of high - quality programs and skew towards poor performance.

The city boasts a comprehensive ozone management program, which encourages telecommuting, reduced lawn mowing, and the refueling of vehicles during poor air - quality days.

Given the poor quality of life that feral cats typically lead, as well as broader concerns such as environmental impact and public health, the goal of feral cat management programs should be to gradually eliminate feral cat colonies by a process of «aging out» their members.

Poor optimization notwithstanding, as I said, there aren't any bugs worth mentioning, the AI is well programmed, the art isn't low - quality and there are a fair amount of gameplay mechanics which do not clash.

Terraces, hugelkultur, floodbreak (aka windbreak) plantings, diversion channels, maintaining wild wetlands as sinks, building creekbed pathways, using orchards as buffers, impregnating poorer - quality soils with hydrophobic biochar, progressively alternating such features with dykes laid out to fractionally draw overflows and slow flow, proper programs of dredging and berming, and on and on, there is no reason a flood plain could not be made so robust by industrious (as opposed to industrial), intelligent, conscientious (as opposed to council consultant) planning as to be impervious to a 1,000 year flood, and oh by the way, make the land more profitably productive and lucratively livable, and more resistant to drought, wildfire, invasive species and extinction of native species too.

Florida Bar Legal Services Summer Fellowship Program involves the provision of high - quality legal assistance to the poor through various organizations across the state.

The NLADA Insurance Program offers a wide array of coverages designed to address the special needs of legal services organizations, public defender agencies, law school clinics, pro bono programs, public interest organizations, contract defenders, assigned counsel, lawyer referral services, and others committed to ensuring the availability of high quality legal services for the poor and underprivileged.

Google certainly has a lot of things on its plate right now, including the launch of the Google Play Store bug bounty program and the poor audio quality and screen burn - in issues with the Pixel 2 XL.

Such programs would provide parent education classes for divorcing parents, increase the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit for poor working parents, establish paternity and increase the payment of child support, and improve the quantity and quality of time that nonresident parents, especially fathers, spend with their children.

Achievement gaps between the rich and poor can be eradicated by offering high - quality preschool programs to children of color and lower - income families.

As expected, minority and children from low - income family have poor chances of being enrolled in high - quality education programs.

New Jersey The Schumann Fund for New Jersey Early Childhood Development: We support efforts to heighten the chances of academic and social success for young children, especially the urban poor, by supporting programs and policies that provide high quality early childhood education and care to children from birth to eight years old.

When child care is of very high quality (as is the case with model early childhood programs), the positive effects can endure into the early adult years, particularly for children from the poorest home environments.

The kids most likely to skip quality pre-K programs are — you guessed it — poor children, said Greg J. Duncan, a professor at University of California - Irvine.