Sentence examples for of progress expectations from inspiring English sources

Richard P. Mills, the state education commissioner, offered what have become conventional explanations for the lack of progress: expectations have been sharply raised for eighth graders, he said, yet many schools have not adequately adjusted their curriculums and teaching methods.

Prospective knowledge of consequences, prognoses of technical progress, expectations and fears, as well as aims are bundled together as 'futures' (e.g. in the form of energy scenarios), which serve to provide orientation today for pending decisions.

But, among educated Brazilians at least, that charisma no longer awakens expectations of progress and reform.

But it's as much about marketing, about feeding western expectations of progress needed to sell the film, as it is about the rights of Saudi women.

Since Mr. Santorum has already made a tremendous amount of progress relative to early expectations, even something like a third-place finish in which he got 15 percent of the vote might yield its share of favorable headlines.

Expectations of progress were already low for the United Nations climate conference in Poland this week, but few delegates were probably prepared for the latest stumbles.

The U.S. House of Representatives prepared for a Saturday session but with no expectations of progress on either the shutdown or a measure to raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

However, this patient's subsequent ratings of QOL may improve as she adjusts her expectations of progress and begins to take satisfaction from small gains.

This is an analogous approach overall to a separate analysis by Walker et al. that adjusted expectations of progress for the year 2035 based on each country's trajectory in implementing different public practices between 1990 and 2011.

Private accounts included some reflection on the meaning of this switch off, and the symbolic breach in expectations of progress and modernity that it heralded: The streetlight thing seemed to me a big step forward in quality of life… the thought of actually going backwards seems to be quite appalling.

Negotiations over the uranium enrichment have stalled with little expectation of progress anytime soon, particularly with Iran's approaching elections.