Sentences with phrase «tough standards like»

On November 27, The Lens reported that Jay Altman, CEO of the charter management organization Firstline Schools, believes the most recent results show that charters didn't have the capacity to adapt to tougher standards like their parish - wide counterparts.

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A tough recruiting environment after a controversial war led the military to lower entrance standards again in the late 2000s — and while it's too early to tell, programs like the one I worked for may be seeing more Charlie # 1s in the coming years.

Scott - Childress's resolution also takes a shot at U.S. Rep. John Faso's vote in favor of federal concealed carry «reciprocity» legislation that would allow gun owners from states with lax gun laws to legally carry firearms in states like New York with much tougher standards for issuing concealed carry permits.

To those carrots, Cuomo adds two sticks: Skelos doesn't want to discuss tougher ethics standards until after the budget is done, and he'd like to stall proposals for nonpartisan redistricting — the adoption of which would be a demographic death sentence for his Republican majority.

If you do not like «bureaucracy» or, better, a rigorously disciplined approach to the work, where every operation must be described by Standard Operating Procedure and registered in a batch production record, your life will be quite tough.

Inspired by the fist - like club of a mantis shrimp, a team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with University of Southern California and Purdue University, have developed a design structure for composite materials that is more impact resistant and tougher than the standard used in airplanes.

• Graphene meets the standard for industry (Mar 2018) • Atomic force microscopy — 30 years on (May 2016) • Nacre - like graphene composite is stronger and tougher (Oct 2017)

The transition is tougher from a Standard American Diet and I usually recommend that people transition to a standard paleo diet (or something similar like the GAPS diet or SCD dietStandard American Diet and I usually recommend that people transition to a standard paleo diet (or something similar like the GAPS diet or SCD dietstandard paleo diet (or something similar like the GAPS diet or SCD diet) first.

This isn't your standard Hollywood schtick where Phoenix runs around dishing out the knuckle - sandwiches or talking like a Neeson-esque tough guy.

Efforts to fix these problems, like NACSA's call to close 1,000 failing charters and authorizers» tougher standards for charter approvals, are showing signs of success.

Indeed, under the late Al Shanker, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was known for tough - minded talk on issues like standards, testing, and failing schools.

The standards are an especially tough lift for teachers in subjects like science who may have no experience selecting appropriate nonfiction texts or designing writing assignments.

To improve students» chances at success, a majority of teachers surveyed said they would like to see tougher academic standards that are the same...

Still, if states» higher standards and tougher tests are leading to real changes in the classroom — especially as schools adopt high quality curriculum like Eureka Math — we ought to start seeing a bump soon, at least at the fourth grade level.

Expect it to carry over much of the swooping styling from the concept, with a raised ride height and fender cladding helping to make the QX30 look tougher and more crossover - like than the standard Q30.

Granted, no one's asking tough questions like, «Do carbon - ceramic brakes come standard?»

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Standard features like blind - spot monitoring came in handy when changing lanes in the blinding downpour, and the head - up display kept my eyes on the road as much as possible — a good thing when white - knuckling it in tough driving conditions.

It could traverse tough trails thanks to best - in - brand approach and departure angles, but with attractive features like cool clamshell rear doors, a dual - open rear hatch, and standard navigation, it made for a great daily driver, too.

As well as being a tough work horse it also includes car like comforts and technology, with features like rear parking sensors, leather seat trim and dual zone air conditioning as standard on the Limited version.

I don't like fiat money, and would rather have a gold standard, but if we must have fiat money, then make life tough for the banks.

And while games like XCOM set a high standard for graphics, it's tough to ignore the retro - style awesomeness of a game like Faster than Light.

I'd like to see climate campaigners seek the same level of accountability and tough standards in this industry — and international carbon accounting — as they called for in gas drilling.

The standard (about 1,000 pounds of CO2 for every megawatt - hour of electricity produced) would be tough for prospective coal plants to meet without incorporating new technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS).

One of the studies found that 2025 emissions could be reduced by as much as 4.5 GtCO2e through a variety of actions available to local governments and businesses, such as aggressive replacement of coal - fired energy production with clean energy sources and the implementation of policies like the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard and tougher vehicular fuel standards regardless of whether the federal government pursues them or not.

If you're one of the many people who would like to see an open standard that allows non-Apple devices to wirelessly share their displays, the Miracast mess has been tough to watch.

Casio has gone tough in the US with Verizon, launching a new Push to Talk (PTT) handset geared towards those who like to beat their handset while they work.Coming with «Military standard» ruggedness - a real term - the handset made by Casio will be... Read more

She advises clients to use tough standards when selecting an agent, like when hiring an attorney, a doctor, or an accountant.

A tough town where everyone had a nickname, and not just your standard handles like Soup and Dusty to go with Campbell and Rhodes, but real manly nicknames.

CMBS loans, much like other financing vehicles, are facing tougher underwriting standards.