Sentence examples for while merit from inspiring English sources

While merit aid sounds like an effective way to combat brain drain, there is no conclusive evidence that it works.

While "merit aid" sounds good, it is aid awarded to those who probably have more ability to pay for a college education.

City officials said that while merit pay might seem far-fetched now, given the union's opposition, the Giuliani administration thought that it had overcome equally difficult hurdles in the past -- winning concessions from principals on tenure and negotiating a contract with teachers the last time around that provided no raises for the first two years.

But the move would help the board and management make a better case to labor unions that they are spreading the pain to other GM constituents, including shareholders and executives, whose ranks are also shrinking while merit pay raises are being eliminated.

While merit pay can be defined in a variety of ways, it most commonly refers to paying teachers based on performance instead of the number of years spent in the classroom.

However, while merit is invisible for non-witnesses and outsiders, in contrast, prestige and leadership share some of the salience of dominance, which makes them both easily visible even for outsiders.

So it is quite by accident that 17 years after his death, this slim, dapper Frenchman is remembered as one of the 20th century's most original photographers while meriting little more than a footnote in the history of modern painting.

Neil Burns, the chief executive of the London County Cricket Club, a mentoring organisation said: "We have been discussing for a while the merits of him being frank about his problems.

Business activity loses any relation to the wider public interest, while business merit is separated from business reward.

Friedrichs began working against the union after taking issue with its support for tenure laws that she said made it more difficult to fire underperforming teachers and an emphasis on promoting teachers with seniority while ignoring merit.

After a lengthy battle, the two sides compromised, agreeing to let seniority continue to play a major role, while allowing merit to be taken into account in a limited way.