Sentences with phrase «than our counterparts across»

Overall, Leading Educators reports, students taught by teams led by Leading Educators fellows achieved five times more improvement on state standardized tests than their district counterparts in Kansas City in 2011 — 12, and 12 times more than their counterparts across the districts they serve in New Orleans.

Even though College Success Arizona students are often considered «at - risk,» they have a 71 percent graduation rate; significantly higher than their counterparts across the state.

Taking a look at the prices that are being offered on the US and UK Priority Pass websites I couldn't help but notice that flyers in the US appear to be paying more than their counterparts across the Pond.

Despite being less brash, less kitschy, more romantic and more nostalgic than its counterpart across the Atlantic, British Pop - art during the early and mid-1960s was strongly influenced by a US pop culture which it regarded as being more up - to - date and more exciting than the home - grown variety.

Not exact matches

In our new book, A Great Place to Work For All, we discovered that organizations that foster the most consistently great experience across all demographic groups grow revenue three times faster than their less inclusive counterparts.

On a global scale, women are 32 % more successful than their male counterparts, according to the study, which analyzed more than 450,000 seed crowdfunding campaigns across the globe.

Data provider Spins found that sales of natural products across nearly every category are growing in mainstream retailers, while more than half of their conventional counterparts are in decline.

Moderate rise in prices across the country, with input prices rising faster than their output counterparts.

Many Americans assume that because we are the richest country in the world, with real G.D.P per capita higher than that of other major advanced countries, Americans must be better off across the board - that it's not just our rich who are richer than their counterparts abroad, but that the typical American family is much better off than the typical family elsewhere, and that even our poor are well off by foreign standards.

Surveys show that across pretty much all demographics they are viewed as less intelligent and less trustworthy than their white counterparts.

They're much easier to tote than their over-the-shoulder counterparts, and this lightweight version comes equipped with 12 pockets for every pacifier, lovey, and vacation treasure you come across.

Those living and working in rural areas across England face a greater challenge getting from A to B than theirurban counterparts.

Women across the world know less about politics and current affairs than their male counterparts, even under the most progressive gender equality regimes.

Vinal joins more than a dozen counterparts across the state, in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Saratoga, Yonkers and elsewhere.

That's the message of a new study that shows that shellfisheries across the U.S. are more vulnerable to climate change's less considered counterpart than previously thought

East Asian nations like Japan and South Korea now spend more on R&D as a percentage of GDP than many of their Western European counterparts and a culture of entrepreneurship is taking hold across much of the region.

However, according to a new survey by PARSHIP, unlike their European counterparts who would choose an unformalised long - term relationship over marriage (across Europe an average of 35 % favour a long - term relationship and 17 % a marital commitment)-- UK singles would go for wedding rings (29 %) rather than simple cohabitation (24 %).

Generally, they will be less upfront than their younger counterparts and may come across as more preserved.

Alessandro Nivola mostly just scowls as Terry Hobbs, whose wife, Pam (Reese Witherspoon), serves as the movie's emotional fulcrum, while firebrand John Mark Byers (Kevin Durand) comes across as far less demonstrative than his real - life counterpart.

Similarly, in Louisiana, research after the first and second years of the program found voucher students performed worse than their public school counterparts, but after three years, performance was roughly similar across both groups.

Across both states, we found that women typically earn lower salaries than their male counterparts.

Common (and unfortunate) across many sectors: women tend to be paid less than their male counterparts for same position or work.

Five years ago, one group of researchers found that charter school students across Chicago and the whole state of Florida scored slightly worse on math tests than their public high school counterparts.

«Several high - quality charter schools across the country are making an amazing difference in our children's lives, especially when charters in inner - city communities are performing as well, if not better, than their counterparts in much wealthier suburbs,» Duncan said.

Novice teachers are let loose into classrooms across the nation expected to perform the same duties as their more veteran and competent counterparts armed with little more than bright expectations and a desire to improve society.

Students in publicly funded and independently managed online charters across the country made far less progress than their counterparts in traditional public schools.

Female teachers tend to be absent more often than their male counterparts, a finding consistent across employment sectors and with links to highly gendered family responsibilities.

Those charter school teachers — and most of them are amazing professionals — have at least one fewer burden than their counterparts employed at neighborhood public schools down the street or across town.

The charter school student body is always going to be easier to manage than its public school counterpart, because charter schools do not have a legal responsibility to accommodate any and all children who step across the threshold.

Overall, e-paper displays are decidedly dimmer than their LCD and OLED counterparts, so keep that in mind when you're comparison shopping across different types of smartwatches.

Normally, across species, larger mammals live longer than their smaller counterparts; for instance, elephants can get up to 70 years old in the wild, while house mice reach only 4 years.

Americans are more likely to engage in these types of adventures than their European counterparts across the board.

The FlightStats» award is based on its analysis of tens of million flights operated by hundreds of airlines globally in the past year — which showed that oneworld members collectively maintained a more punctual operation across the 12 months than their counterparts in the other global airline groups.

Despite being beefier than in N64 counterpart, in 2016 it comes across as very slim on content.

Notaries Public in British Columbia enjoy a more expanded scope of legal service than some of their counterparts across Canada that has allowed them to handle certain real estate, commercial and wills matters.

Virtually everyone uses verbal fillers, though the frequency can vary greatly from person to person.18 A study of one language database showed that speakers produced between 1.2 and 88.5 uhs and ums for every thousand words, with a median filler rate of 17.3 per thousand words.19 Other databases show anywhere from three to twenty uhs and ums for every thousand words, placing uh and um thirty - first in a ranking of most commonly used utterances, just ahead of or and just after not.20 A British study showed that, contrary to popular expectations, the use of verbal fillers does not indicate a lack of education or manners; instead, the use of uh and um increases with education and socioeconomic status, a finding with particular implications for the legal profession.21 Older people use more uhs and ums than younger people, and, curiously, men consistently use verbal fillers more often than women — a finding that has been replicated across several studies.22 Women, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparts.23

The stout cabinet is more conspicuous than most of its entry level counterparts, standing over 14 inches high and 11 inches across, and weighing better than 15 lbs.

Many women are still getting paid less than their male counterparts across all professions.

These studies have consistently found that PR monkeys exhibit more anxious behavior across development (e.g., social withdrawal and self - directed and stereotypical behaviors; see Barr et al. 2003; Dettmer et al. 2012; Stevens et al. 2009; Suomi 1997, 2004) than their MPR counterparts, whether they are housed in their iso - rearing conditions (Clarke and Snipes 1998; Suomi 1997) or in response to new social group formation (Clarke 1993; Dettmer et al. 2012) or other acute stressors (Barr, Newman, Shannon et al. 2004; Nelson et al. 2009).

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

Generations and genders, geographically Looking across the generations, Matures are less likely than their younger counterparts to consider relocating their way into a better climate (54 percent Millennials, 51 percent Gen Xers, 55 percent Baby Boomers, 39 percent Matures).