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If I have to install a bunch of under-supported, blatantly-beta, memory-hogging third-party add-ons to get the level of functionality to parity with a lightweight Opera or Chrome install, why would I want to use it?
New Tab JumpStart Gives Firefox An Extremely Chrome-Like Tab Page | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Our national obsession with high stakes testing fortifies the pipeline as teachers, under-supported and over-prescribed, are incentivized to drive out "problem" students whose low test scores and misbehavior drain the classroom enterprise.
Fagan Harris: Zero "Zero Tolerance": Ending the Real Debt Crisis Fagan Harris 2011
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And it is slipping away not because of excessive federal intervention into a vibrant U.S. economy, but rather because an under-supported American economy is increasingly unable to compete with state-led industrial economies elsewhere in the global system.
David Coates: The Strengths and Weaknesses of American Exceptionalism David Coates 2011
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It won't happen without smarter use of the media and that includes recognizing that NPR has long been a soporific that satisfied liberal intellect while leaving the generativity and power needs drastically under-supported.
Rob Kall: The Potential Disastrous End of PBS/NPR is Over-rated Rob Kall 2010
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Our national obsession with high stakes testing fortifies the pipeline as teachers, under-supported and over-prescribed, are incentivized to drive out "problem" students whose low test scores and misbehavior drain the classroom enterprise.
Fagan Harris: Zero "Zero Tolerance": Ending the Real Debt Crisis Fagan Harris 2011
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And it is slipping away not because of excessive federal intervention into a vibrant U.S. economy, but rather because an under-supported American economy is increasingly unable to compete with state-led industrial economies elsewhere in the global system.
David Coates: The Strengths and Weaknesses of American Exceptionalism David Coates 2011
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It won't happen without smarter use of the media and that includes recognizing that NPR has long been a soporific that satisfied liberal intellect while leaving the generativity and power needs drastically under-supported.
Rob Kall: The Potential Disastrous End of PBS/NPR is Over-rated Rob Kall 2010
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No longer do parents feel compelled to somehow produce perfect, high-achieving, successful people -- that won't get left behind -- all while under-resourced and under-supported.
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This experiment-and-punish approach is remarkably cruel to both teachers and students, especially the neediest ones -- who are often subjected to strings of over-worked, under-supported, and under-trained instructors year after year.
Sabrina Stevens Shupe: How Do Successful School Systems Treat Teachers? Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2010
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We've decided to gamble on poorly-trained and/or under-supported teachers, gimmicky programs, and experimental reforms.
Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Normalizing Inadequacy Sabrina Stevens Shupe 2010
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