Sentences with phrase «substantial barriers»

Teachers in single - computer classrooms face substantial barriers when attempting to use their computer for instructional purposes.

Over recent decades, changes in labor markets and in family structure have created substantial barriers for fathers in maintaining stable employment and stable relationships with their children.

Even in states where charters can offer pre-K, they often face substantial barriers to doing so.

It's abundantly clear that women and minority entrepreneurs face substantial barriers in the venture and startup ecosystem — including, in some cases, harassment and abuse.

The Himyarites and Sabaeans, the intermediaries in the trade, were the most substantial barriers to direct trade with India.

In addition, the labor law defenses asserted by the NFL would represent a very substantial barrier to asserting these kinds of claims going forward.

The Texas Fragile Families demonstration project, for example, has succeeded in improving workforce participation and employment prospects for young fathers despite substantial barriers — not only in the young men themselves, but in local employment and training programmes which were found to be ill - set - up to support them (Romo et al, 2004).

Unfortunately, it tackles that problem by ramping up the difficulty and erecting substantial barriers to progress.

In a review of the literature on workers» compensation experiences, Dembe (2001) concludes that there are substantial barriers confronting injured workers trying to gain benefits through the system that can result in «significant economic hardship» (Dembe, 2001, p. 408).

In particular, policy and funding allocation decisions which impact accessibility to, and sustainability of primary health care services have a disproportionate impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who experience significantly higher rates of chronic conditions than the general population, and for whom cost is a much more substantial barrier to access than for the population as a whole.

We found that state policy creates substantial barriers to charter schools that are interested in offering pre-k.

Low - income fathers often face substantial barriers to maintaining stable employment and relationships with their children.

And while requiring people to spend months working for free does put a substantial barrier in the way of someone who can't get financial assistance from his parents, requiring someone to spend a year or two paying many thousands of dollars to a school creates a much larger barrier.

Unlike traditional suppliers, organic suppliers are in short supply and face substantial barriers to entry.

Individualized, specific information about performance is especially scarce in the teaching profession, suggesting that a lack of information on how to improve could be a substantial barrier to individual improvement among teachers.

Los Angeles has a growing supply of high - quality school options, but there are substantial barriers that currently prevent many families from high need communities from having access to these options.

However, in both literature and practice, it became clear that there are substantial barriers to novice teacher accuracy in reflection.

«European Union... measures governing the importation and use of GE (genetically engineered) products have resulted in substantial barriers to trade.»

The root cause of the problem is not having a system in place for managing them, and the result is that your firm is losing potential revenue, creating a substantial barrier to your growth.

If you are unemployed, underemployed or just unhappily employed, standing out among dozens, if not hundreds, of highly qualified individuals seeking the same jobs as you can create a substantial barrier to your plans for an adjustment to (or advancement in) your career.

Directed the employment service operations within a refugee resettlement agency; working one on one with clients facing substantial barriers to employment, performing thorough assessments and developing strategies to overcome identified barriers.

The billions in funding losses that would result from Congress's failure to renew the Community Health Center Fund would result in millions no longer able to access care, a loss of jobs for many others, and substantial barriers to community health centers» ability to continue these critical improvements.

Low - income fathers often face substantial barriers to maintaining stable employment and relationships with their children.