Sentences with phrase «than the general public as»

A 2014 Education Next poll found that 34 percent of teachers chose charters, private schools or home - schooling for their own children — a higher percentage than the general public as a whole.

Scientists are also considerably more inclined than the general public as a whole to see climate change as a problem.

As to your question @Will Barnard, just about anyone who can testify with more knowledge than the general public as to industry standards and what is generally accepted practice that the court accepts may be viewed by the court as having expert testimony in a specific area.

Not exact matches

Right now we're in competition with the Internet and the general public has become as creative if not more creative than agencies.

With celebrity declarations of gayness — such as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper's recent admission — now being greeted with little more than a shrug by most viewers, being gay finally seems to be beginning to lose its stigma with the general cookie - consuming public.

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groupAs such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groupas a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

I am sure this is much more difficult as these people are much more protected than the general public but in my opinion Osama took the cowards way out and died a hypocrite.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

In extenuation I should plead that in a series of four lectures, intended in each instance of delivery for a general educated public rather than for philosophical and theological experts, of necessity one must be brief and must deal with the topic in a broad way; furthermore, I have not intended to claim that every representative of process - thought would agree with what I have selected as significant nor would find my use of what in fact has been selected compatible with his own particular approach or his own individual conclusions.

The classic study in the 1980s by Robert and Linda Lichter and Stanley Rothman of the media elite (major reporters and executives at ABC, CBS, and NBC news, Time and Newsweek, and the New York Times and Washington Post) confirmed what everyone who pays attention to such things had already known: the men and women who give us the news are, as a group, politically more liberal, morally more permissive, and religiously more indifferent than the general public.

As an institution, marriage is ordered toward public recognition, which makes its redefinition something different and more threatening than the general attitude of license.

I had a theory that Washington was more religious than most people thought, but I was basing this only on his public, official statements as General and President.

Never mind the general public... Some examples: 1) the passenger in front of us on our first flight, whom when my daughter was crying while we waited to take off and I said something aloud such as «I'll nurse her once we take off and then she'll be quiet», had to tell everyone around us that she was a nurse and that I was essentially a bad mom to not nurse my baby during takeoff (sorry lady, but the reason I bought her a seat was for her to be in her car seat during takeoff as it's much safer than in my arms nursing).

There will always be a party that can blame immigrants more than us — but as the general public have recently found out from the EU referendum, these promises are soon broken.

But it's about more than that — it's about persuading the general public that they aren't nearly as shut out from everyday politics as they are from the stage - managed bore-fests of this interminable campaign.

The FT disapprovingly quotes our manifesto «The conservatives often talk about economic and social crises as if they are unavoidable, a law of nature... Conservatives have pursued a policy of blind faith in the market - serving the interests of the few rather than the general public...».

Speaking about politics and about «public service,» Spitzer continuously pointed to his time as attorney general — rather than his time as governor — as the office of record he hoped voters would examine.

They are also less likely to feel as though they can influence political affairs — something which, incidentally, is much more widespread among party members than among the general public.

Politicians, who as a general rule are better than most at public speaking, rarely deliver lines so agonisingly and cringeworthily terrible that journalists drop their pens in disgust.

«The Nigeria Police Force hereby implores members of the general public to disregard and discountenance the claim of plot by the IGP against the Senate President as a ruse, unfortunate and an attempt to divert Police investigation into the killings of more than Eleven (11) innocent people from kwara State and other States of the Federation in the recent past by the killer squad who operate under the guise of a cult group.

And that the citizens of this commonwealth may be assured, from time to time, that the moneys remaining in the public treasury, upon the settlement and liquidation of the public accounts, are their property, no man shall be eligible as treasurer and receiver - general more than five years successively.]

Emotion is seen by many as a less - reliable basis for creating public policy (and decision - making in general) than reason because...

Asked which 2014 events mattered most to them by Ipsos Mori, the general public was twice as likely to choose the World Cup than the European elections.

The next Labour leader must be able to appeal to the general public rather than just party loyalists, Harriet Harman said as she criticised the process that led to Ed Miliband's election.

Following what he described as the public's concern about the less than professional working ethic, unorthodox dress code and accusation of flagrant abuse of human rights its operations, Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, yesterday launched a rebranded, re-kitted and re-equipped Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the new Nigeria Police Complaint Response unit (CRU).

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

Following what he described as the public's concern about the less than professional working ethic, unorthodox dress code and accusation of flagrant abuse of human rights its operations, Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, yesterday launched a rebranded, re-kitted -LSB-...]

In an email, he cited her «more than 20 years of public service... including seven years as an assistant district attorney in Erie County, three years as an assistant attorney general, and two years as executive director of JCOPE — a unique blend of legal, policy and criminal justice experience that is unparalleled and will greatly serve the state and all New Yorkers.»

Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, Ms. Biben served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office for more than 10 years, the last five years as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Rackets Bureau where she investigated and prosecuted organized crime, money laundering, tax evasion, public corruption and other forms of racketeering.

But it is far from clear that the general public are convinced so far that, as the unions believe, that George Osborne's cuts are a choice rather than a necessity.

If a charitable, tax - exempt nonprofit — which are designated as 501 (c) 3 organizations — gives more than $ 2,500 to a covered 501 (c) 4, the charity will have to disclose all of its donors during that six - month filing period to the state Attorney General's Office, which will review the donors» identities for privacy issues before disclosing them to the public.

«For more than three decades, Attorney General Schneiderman has fought to combat public corruption and champion a range of reforms — from his sponsorship of dozens of anti-corruption bills as a State Senator, and as Attorney General, where he's prosecuted more than 70 officials and their cronies for abusing the public trust.

They found of that group, those who own businesses or patents received up to eight times more exposure to the arts as children than the general public.

The second part of the sum concerned nonfatal health problems, weighting each on a scale from 0 (perfect health) to 1 (death)-- blindness being worse than deafness, moderate dementia being worse than autism, neck pain being worse than infertility and so on, as rated originally by a panel of experts and now by statistically representative surveys of the general public around the world.

«In general, life gets better as you age in the sense that older adults on average have fewer hassles — and respond to them better — than younger adults,» said Carolyn Aldwin, a gerontology professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University and lead author on the study.

These findings show how those who design health messages, such as health care professionals, will be impacted by them differently than the general public.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

In a research measure called the Profile of Mood States (POMS), researchers have found that most exercisers will have higher vigor as well as lower tension, depression, anger and fatigue than the general public.

However, this can reverse during overtraining in which exercisers and athletes have shown lower vigor as well as higher tension, depression, anger and fatigue than the general public.

As in most cases, our general practitioner expressed some mild concern but continued with the wait - and - see approach until she was almost two and her expressive speech was less than five words, at which point we received a referral to public health for a speech assessment.

Anything that even takes after a major ladies dating web page has more centrality than the vast majority acknowledge, both to web - based dating and our general public as we know it.

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As a critic, I have the privilege to see films earlier than the general public on most occasions, which allows me to avoid the never - ending hype train that can sway opinion whether intended or not.

To find out, we at the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance have asked nationally representative cross-sections of parents, teachers, and the general public (as part of the ninth annual Education Next survey, conducted in May and June of this year) whether they support or oppose «federal policies that prevent schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates than other students.»

Student achievement at schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as measured by scores on standardized tests is considerably lower than that of public schools, according to a report by the federal General Accounting Office.

Though no one at the school was willing to say that Whitefield youth are perfect, there seemed to be a general agreement that, as biology teacher Christopher McDonald puts it, «You would find a much lower incidence of drug use and sexual promiscuity here» than at other local private and public schools.

Second, teachers unions have fooled a large section of the general public and elites into thinking of them as something other than a regular interest group advocating for their own concerns.

As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquAs Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquAs much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.&raquas reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.