Sentences with phrase «pretty good job»

What we're finding is that districts in metro Milwaukee are doing a pretty good job filling the gaps, but their continued ability to do so hinges on a steady stable supply of new teachers.»

And we think we did a pretty good job of predicting this year's big stories: Glenda Ritz, Tony Bennett and Common Core, to name a few.

«We're still doing a pretty good job of getting kids in the right classes, but I wouldn't call it a disaster.»

If the students are improving, my feeling is the teacher must be doing a pretty good job.

The point being: teachers can only do so much with limited resources and our state has done a pretty good job of limiting the resources.

I think most people would argue that John has done a pretty good job of implementing it, and that Common Core implementation has gone better in Louisiana than it has in a lot of other places.

You shouldn't underestimate eLearning skills and their role in your career; on the contrary, such skills and background in this field offer pretty good job perspectives.

Todd thought Drew was doing a pretty good job.

Common Core does a pretty good job with arithmetic, even a very good job with fractions.

«We do a pretty good job of getting students excited about school.

«The word is out that they do a pretty good job,» said Ron Iarussi, superintendent of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center.

And you know, I would be doing a pretty good job — I'm exciting, engaging, and the students are learning the content.

Nonetheless, Wilson views Common Core math as a vast improvement over existing standards in more than 30 states, doing «a pretty good job with arithmetic,» and ranking in terms of quality in the top 20 percent of current state standards.

So at the high school end, we tried to boost standards — and some places did a pretty good job of it — but even much - praised Massachusetts wasn't able to raise its high school exit standard to equal college readiness as traditionally defined.

And it was worth seeing once, I suppose, because director Tobe Hooper (who has never impressed me much, sorry, folks) does a pretty good job of capturing that seedy carnival essence and puts a lot of weird stuff on display, so you do get a quick tutorial on a slice of Americana which thankfully seems to have died out.

I read that QT did everything possible to make Samuel L Jackson look like Lee Van Cleef, looks like he did a pretty good job!

They did a pretty good job playing parents trying to juggle the threat of foreclosure and alien invasion.

Super Mario Maker sold 56 percent of its shipment, which means that Nintendo did a pretty good job at estimating sales of the game — there's plenty of demand, and there is plenty of stock to meet the demand.

But for being pretty inexperienced, he did a pretty good job with the stylization of the film.

As a man I can tell you that I wasn't distracted:p But still I think he did a pretty good job.

Tommy Lee Jones does a pretty good job in the role of Colonel Phillips, Steve's commanding officer, but then, he could play this sort of world - weary wisecracker in his sleep.

Ellen Page does a pretty good job as Jodie, although she isn't asked to do a lot of challenging work.

Michael Clarke Duncan (R.I.P) does a pretty good job.

Ferrell does a pretty good job, although it does feel like he's simply impersonating his character from the first film.

Adrien Brody does a pretty good job staying on screen for the entire film by himself much like James Franco in 127 Hours and Ryan Reynolds in Buried.

Of course, there are many historical inaccuracies in the script, particularly in the conflation of time, but in the broad strokes, Tombstone does a pretty good job of covering the period in which the Earp brothers rode into Tombstone, Arizona looking to thrive financially but winding up in trouble with a variety of outlaws.

Advising her «Don't tell me how to run your life — I been doin» a pretty good job of it,» he warns her not to «go nutsy on me again» and runs her through a rote rehearsal of their partnership, Barbara Jean's answers coming in barely audible breaths: «Where'm I goin»?»

Tom Cruise has always done a pretty good job of letting his acting career dominate any doubts that the public may have with regards to his involvement with the Church of Scientology.

As far as variation goes, the classes do a pretty good job of being distinct from one another.

OTTTD (or «Over The Top Tower Defence») does a pretty good job of living up to its title.

There is quite a lot of plot to work through in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Thor: The Dark World, the Narnia films) generally do a pretty good job at keeping the pace brisk and the exposition inventive.

The film is introduced with the atypical title «William Friedkin's Film Of Tracy Letts» «Killer Joe,» «suggesting that it'll be a no - frills adaptation of the play, but that's not quite true; it's plenty faithful to the stage version, but Friedkin and Letts (the latter of whom adapted the screenplay himself) do a pretty good job in making the play cinematic, certainly more so than either «Carnage» or «A Dangerous Method,» adding some striking locations (including an abandoned rollercoaster) and even a chase scene.

But in this instance, Geremy Jasper has done a pretty good job, directing a warm and quirky drama about a young woman from a working -...

We'll never know, of course, but this «retro» trailer does a pretty good job of painting a picture of what that movie might have looked like, at least.

The following YouTube video does a pretty good job of demonstrating that.

Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) teaches the third grade, and we see her doing a pretty good job of it, until she is overtaken with a sudden spasm of vomiting.

It really didn't have much going for it, so this was something Volition really had to concentrate on this time around, and for some things they did a pretty good job on, but on others it's just a flashback from the past.

Our two primary leads are Julia (Matilda Lutz, doing a pretty good job of hiding her native Italian accent) and Holt Anthony (Alex Roe), a good - looking couple about to part ways for the start of a college semester.

Each character has his or her own agenda to push forth, and the film does a pretty good job of creating character through this structure, letting them define who they are through these interviews and flashbacks (that often have a cheesy re-enactment feel to them).

The first trailer for Craig Gillespie «s remake of Fright Night did a pretty good job of getting across the basics: Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), his mom (Toni Collette) and his new girlfriend (Imogen Poots) have to deal with a little problem when a vampire (Colin Farrell) moves in next door.

And even Malin Akerman does a pretty good job, which is impressive considering she's usually the weakest part her films.

I think they did a pretty good job.

But for the most part, The Dark Knight did a pretty good job living up to the positive reviews.

Bad Example Productions does a pretty good job of showing an audience a good time on a bare stage with Cannibal!

Though, to its credit, the trailer also does a pretty good job setting up the next step in the relationship between Mickey's roommate Bertie (the very funny Claudia O'Doherty) and Randy (Mike Mitchell), a guy who just can't seem to get his life on track.

Yes, Teller is channeling Vince Vaughn with this performance, and doing a pretty good job of it.

I was one of those crazy people who thought Katie Holmes did a pretty good job in Batman Begins.

Audio: The 5.1 DTS - HD Master Audio track does a pretty good job.

Granted Dishonored 2 does a pretty good job with catching you up and not leaning too heavy dialogue wise on the original game, but the lore is actually well - written and totally worth your investment.

Lilly has a fetching presence, and does a pretty good job with a performance that entertains a more physical approach, but she isn't given a great deal to do but be manipulated by the men around her, though she does retain an independent spirit that allows her a modicum of breathing room.