Sentences with phrase «survey released»

Nearly one in three millennials have no money saved for retirement, and a quarter of millennials — people between the ages of 18 and 34 — report owing more money than they have currently saved, according to a survey released by the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council (IALC).

That seems pretty clear from a Pew Research Center survey released last week, which showed that the percentage of Americans who read digital books hasn't risen since 2014.

In the 2016 Smashwords Survey released in April, we found that only 13.5 % of authors were taking advantage of preorders.

Tablets and e-books were a hot gift item over the holidays, as the number of Americans owning tablets nearly doubled from 10 % in mid-December to 19 % in mid-January, according to a survey released by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.

A comprehensive survey released last month by the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group revealed that while the publishing industry had expanded over all, publishers» mass - market paperback sales had fallen 14 percent since 2008.

Below is Part I of the results from our book buying survey released in the spring.

Below is Part II of the results from our book buying survey released in the spring.

If it works, it could open up a big new market: According to a Pew Research Center survey released last fall, 27 % of American adults said they had not read a book in the past year.

The irony in this news comes from the survey released last month from Library Journal «s Patron Profiles.

WASHINGTON - The most likely book readers in the United States are high - school students, college - age adults and people in their 30s, with e-book use highest among 30 - somethings, a survey released on Tuesday showed.

One - third of computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 were tablets, according to a survey released Wednesday.

GASOLINE PRICES fell 0.1 cent a gallon this week, according to a national survey released Tuesday for the American Automobile Association.

Ironically, results from J.D. Power's 2012 initial quality survey released earlier in the year put Jaguar in the most - improved category, along with Porsche and Cadillac.

A survey released in 2012 of 10,000 educators found that, on average, teachers felt it was reasonable to work 5.4 years before being evaluated for tenure.

Hispanics strongly support privately operated school choice options, at rates higher than the national average for all groups, according to the results of a new national survey released today.

Another survey released in 2015, sponsored by the pro-reform group Teach Plus, found that 65 percent of California teachers think that a probationary period between three and five years makes sense for administrators making tenure decisions.

It comes after a survey released during anti-bullying week in November revealed that seven in 10 teachers said they felt «ill - equipped» to deal with mental health issues stemming from bullying.

Higher rates of transience can lead to less cohesion and more disciplinary issues within a school, taking away time administrators could use to supervise teachers — a far - reaching complaint, according to a district «climate» survey released in October.

A majority of Louisiana voters support charter schools, according to a recent survey released by the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS).

A Gallup survey released a week later found growing partisan divides on charters, with Democratic support standing at 48 percent, down from 61 percent in 2012.

Meanwhile, a new survey released last month could serve as an ignition point with findings that most schools — still — are not complying with the state's existing teacher evaluation law that, while flawed, does include a student performance component.

WASHINGTON — Expanding charter schools around the country is losing support among Americans, even as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to push for school choice, according to a survey released Tuesday.

A common challenge cited by K - 12 educators is insecurity about their ability to effectively use technology and student data in the classroom, according to a survey released this week by the Software and Information Industry Association.

UTLA Delivers No - Confidence Vote to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy LAUSD's teachers union issued an overwhelming vote of no - confidence Thursday in the leadership of Superintendent John Deasy as he finishes his second year, while a rival survey released by civil rights groups showed strong support for his reform strategies and called for an even more aggressive...

According to a US federal Department of Education survey released on Tuesday, 94 per cent of public school teachers in the United States reported paying for supplies without reimbursement in the school year that straddled 2014 and 2015.

People rely mostly on family and friends for reliable education news, just a notch above newspapers, according to a survey released Tuesday from the D.C. - based Brookings Institution.

A majority of school officials responsible for implementing the Common Core State Standards say the new national academic benchmarks are more rigorous than their previous state standards and will improve the skills of students, according to a new national survey released Wednesday.

Teaching assistants, school administrators and other support staff are having to work overtime to cope with the increasing workload as schools cut staffing to cope with budget cuts, according to a National Education Union survey released today by the ATL section of the union at its annual conference in Liverpool.

Rape is a «tragedy of youth,» with girls younger than 18 years old accounting for more than 60 percent of all victims, according to a federally funded survey released last week.

Slots in the federal Head Start program are being trimmed from the program, and directors are being forced to cut hours and benefits for workers, according to a survey released last week by the National Head Start Association.

African - American parents, by an overwhelming margin, want the public schools to focus on achievement rather than on racial diversity and integration, a survey released last week says.

Most of the schools that contain friable asbestos are trying to cover or remove it, but few schools have complied fully with federal regulations, according to a national survey released last week by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Results from a survey released last week showed that support for charter schools has come back up after a sharp drop last year.

«Yesterday's annual report from Ofsted made this clear, and our own recruitment survey released in November confirms that schools are struggling to recruit.

Most states report that funding for public schools will be their top priority — and their most significant source of long - term financial pressure — in 2007, according to a 50 - state survey released here this week by the Denver - based National Conference of State Legislatures.

Nationwide, such instruction has declined under pressureto emphasize subjects tested under the No Child Left BehindAct, and the impact has been severe in elementary schools.A survey released in 2007 by the independent Center onEducation Policy found that since the law passed, 44 percentof districts have cut time in the elementary grades fromuntested subjects.

A survey released by Public Agenda (PDF) found that nearly half of teachers believe such documentation «goes beyond common sense.»

Seeing a parent drunk dramatically increases the likelihood that a teenager will drink, use marijuana, or smoke cigarettes, according to a national survey released last month.

Washington — More than 2.4 million incidents of child abuse or neglect were reported to child - protective - service agencies last year, a 10 percent increase over the previous year's total, findings from a state - by - state survey released here last week reveal.

Some 71 percent of high - school juniors and seniors rate their teachers as «excellent» or «good,» while only 36 percent give their schools similarly high marks, according to a survey released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Sylvan Learning Centers.

Most public high school parents and their children's teachers say breaking up large high schools into smaller ones would help educators identify troubled students and make the schools more welcoming places, according to the results of a survey released last week.

A survey released here at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures reported that revenues flowing to state coffers over the past year almost doubled predictions, allowing most states to close fiscal 1995 with healthy budget surpluses.

More than a third of students who identify themselves as being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender say they have experienced physical harassment at school based on sexual orientation, according to a survey released by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.

A survey released today by Common Sense Media finds that the vast majority of young children in the U.S. are using mobile devices (like tablets and smart phones) and for much longer periods of time.

Despite debates in the media over whether American students are academically overburdened, 85 percent of parents believe their children are doing the «right amount» or «too little» homework, and three - quarters of students say they have enough time to complete their assignments, according to a survey released this week.

But in the court of public opinion, vouchers are waging something of a comeback, according to results from the Education Next - PEPG Survey released in this issue.

State budgets are the healthiest they've been since 2000, partly because of improved tax revenues, but also because legislators are showing more discipline in targeting spending toward their biggest priorities, according to a survey released this month at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

But an Education Week nationally representative survey released in December indicated that classroom teachers, principals, and district superintendents are highly skeptical of vouchers, charter schools, and tax - credit scholarships.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Both Republicans and Democrats can take comfort in the latest findings about political independents contained in the most recent nationally representative survey released today by the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University (PEPG).

The survey released last week by the Los Angeles - based Josephson Institute of Ethics asked more than 43,000 high school students whether they'd been physically abused, teased, or taunted in a way that seriously upset them.