Sentences with phrase «work against standards»

Directing their critiques instead toward the construction of culture itself, they work against standards set in Europe and the United States even while they are historically participants in these very traditions.

In some schools, teachers met in teams to review student work against standards, using their insights to select targets for instructional improvement.

Ultimately, these practices will support students in evaluating their own work against standards (i.e., through revising and modifying work, redirecting energies, and taking initiative to promote their own progress).

But it should no longer be the case that only the lucky students get to learn in schools where teachers have decided to work against standard expectations.

Not exact matches

We've been working closely with our partners and exchanges to improve security protocols by utilizing NEM's built - in security features and adoption of industry standard best practices to help protect against future attacks.

In remarks at the AARP on Monday, Obama stressed the importance of imposing a cohesive standard mandating that all brokers and advisors working in the retirement space act in their clients» best interests to guard against conflicted advice that could harm investors.

According to an opinion by columnist Ronald Littlepage in the Florida Times - Union, «A representative of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, Neil Aikenhead, went so far in another e-mail as to make the ridiculous accusation that the higher standard «would be a crime against the environment» and that «this crime would be perpetrated by the St. Johns Riverkeeper, who while claiming to be working for the river, is in fact knowingly doing the precise opposite.»

No fair observer can doubt the double standard working against them in the media: No matter how vituperative pro-choice activists become, how loudly they scream or how disruptive they act during pro-life political rallies, they will never be accused of spewing «hate» or of being threatening.

Restaurant chains with more than 15 locations will be required to comply with the mandate, but the National Restaurant Association (NRA) is fighting back, saying the mandate works against its effort for a national labeling standard.

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

The standard Rambo set for himself throughout the last campaign, with 16 goals including some real belters and the FA cup final winner against Hull at Wembley, plenty of assists and his all - round game with heavy work rate and aggression in central midfield, has been weighing on him this season.

Passionate Journey: My Unexpected Life, by Marian Tompson, Just Released by Hale Publishing What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

Critics say the new rules will roll back the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act championed by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who worked to establish strict nutritional standards on the program as part of her campaign against obesity.

Some of the standard Brexiter attacks have already been used against the leak - that no - one listens to experts anymore, that the future is impossible to predict, that Project Fear doesn't work, blah blah blah.

What the public is really desperate to hear from Labour is that it will take a stand against at least the worst of the Tory attacks on people's living standards, e.g. reverse the iniquitous bedroom tax and call a halt to the callous stripping of seriously disabled people of their benefits on the utterly spurious grounds under the Atos farcical assessments that they are fit for work.

But his impressive work was undermined by a trip to Britain before the London 2010 Games, when he warned of «disconcerting» signs that the UK was not ready and — against standard practice — revealed he had met with the head of MI6.

«Even to those who feel let down by the EU, it is abundantly clear that only by staying in the EU will UK working people have any protection against the determined Conservative assault on our rights and living standards.»

Researchers who conduct animal studies often don't use simple safeguards against biases that have become standard in human clinical trials — or at least they don't report doing so in their scientific papers, making it impossible for readers to ascertain the quality of the work, an analysis of more than 2500 journal articles shows.

Kelli finishes recording and making the solution and then tests it against a standard semen sample to make sure it works properly.

«Its existence was predicted by the standard model of particle physics and the fact that there's — we got a glimpse of it, it looks like it may very well be there — is a real victory for that model of science where you test, you put forward conceptual models of the way the world or the universe works and test those models against the observations and see the extent to which they can predict new observations and when they do, it gives you increased confidence in the models.

Davis tests the Irish kilogram in a sealed chamber against three BIPM working standards that are also made of stainless steel.

If you are currently working towards your national qualification, utilise this exam to know where you stand in your current level of training, benchmarked against European standards.

N - Acetyl - Cysteine assists the body's standard defense mechanisms which work against the development of oxidative stress.

Eraser means to show off the star's standard persona against a backdrop of lavish special effects, which is certainly a formula that's worked before.

She gets Brenda alone for a fraught and crucial conversation (which is against all standard procedures, but never mind), and for the length of that conversation the movie is about something, and it works.

The police investigation is being led by Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman) of the Crimes Against Children police task force, who unlike a standard movie cop, doesn't resent these outsiders but suggests they work with his men Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) and Nick Poole (John Ashton).

It was my intention to simultaneously promote mastery learning as well as increase students» ability to metacognitively assess their work against a given set of standards.

Learn how rubrics can help students and teachers understand the standards against which work will be measured.

Companies that back the competition in this way help to challenge apprentices to work efficiently under pressure; support common inspection framework standards by using competition activity to deliver a high quality skills set; and assess apprentices» functional skills against real life work scenarios.»

Achieve has helped nearly half the states benchmark their standards and tests against the best examples in this country and abroad and work in partnership to improve teaching and learning.

Winners had to show they were reforming their education systems to fix the worst schools, get quality teachers in each classroom, have high standards and measure students and schools against those standards and impose data systems to be able to measure what works and what doesn't.

In its new integration strategy, the government promised to beef up the action it takes against private schools that fail to meet the independent school standards, but campaigners don't believe it will work.

California's standards board for educator training and professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.

Under these arrangements applications against Program Standard 1.2 will be required to provide a description of the strategy for meeting the TPA requirements, and evidence of any work undertaken to date.

Howard Smith, a professor of bicultural - bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, explained: «One of the arguments levied against African - American children, especially in the poor areas where the dual - language programs are springing up, is that, «Well, these kids don't speak standard English anyway, and we need to work on their standard English.

«Being able to assess pupil work and tell them how they are doing against a recognised standard is a vital bit of the job and one that doesn't get as much recognition as it should.»

Teachers who are using these tools say that their kids are doing better work against higher standards, and most agree that they improve instruction.

We have measured these practices against standards derived from the Principles and Indicators for Student Assessment Systems, a 1995 publication by a coalition of education and civil rights groups working together through the National Forum on Assessment.

It also puts a duty on the exams regulator Ofqual to compare exam standards in England against those in the rest of the world and to ensure there is consistency in standards across comparable qualifications (i.e. that the same level of work is necessary).

How «Mad Max: Fury Road» Turns Your Writing Advice Into Road Kill — another thoughtful piece on what works in the film and how that stacks against standard writing advice and tips.

It's about knowing what standard (expectations) your work will be held up against.

group of booksellers comprises independent, professional, highly - motivated entrepreneurs who work together to compete effectively against standard bookstore chains.

So indie authors putting their work on for # 2.99 against the standard publisher price of # 8.99 are doing exactly the right thing.

In the Working Certificate and Hunt Test programs the dogs are competing against standard requirements, and providing that the dog completes the test successfully the dog can pass the test.

Even when the same standard dose is administered to all cats, there can be large differences in the side effects that are seen and the drug may appear to work better against cancer in some cats than in others.

...  «Many of these amendments work against compliance of the few standards that still remained after being removed by amendment in the Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs committee. This committee was also responsible for the creation of the Canine Health Board AND the waivers.

There are also two multiplayer modes: Death match which pits each player against everyone else in a standard race, and Team Mode where players work together to win a race.

However, Nintendo has included a great Wi - Fi connection mode which works well, letting you play either the standard Dr. Mario game or the «Flash» mode against an unknown counterpart or friend.

Take control of Peashooter (standard shooting solider), Chomper (close - range melee fighter), Sunflower (healer), and Cactus (long - range sniper) against the undead zombie hordes including the Disco Zombie and his backup dancers as well as the Gargantaur (who is observing Take Your Imp To Work Day).