The Scottish Conservative amendment calling for children to be properly schooled and tested in the basic skills of literacy and numeracy by the end of primary 7, fell with 15 votes for and 106 against.

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But we need to get the leadership vetted properly and the leadership trained, and then the basic skills with the soldiers, they're obviously already there.

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The reality is far more complex, and, properly understood, paints a picture that undermines the basic, essential elements of an antitrust case against the company.

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Solutions to these underlying challenges include technology, to be sure, but they also require investments in the building blocks of education that must be properly in place to harbor success--such as policies that enable basic access to education, infrastructure, the capacity and commitment by countries and communities to make education a priority, and well-trained teachers able to make learning compelling and lasting.

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It is, however, a plausible hypothesis, and there is some evidence that their autonomic nervous systems (which control basic bodily functions such as heartbeat and body temperature) have not been working properly.

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The prime minister said troubleshooters would work out a plan of action with families, which could include basic things like getting children to school on time and making sure they were properly fed.

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And I also agree, as an inner city educator who had to invest his own resources in providing basic services and supplies to a debate team I coached, that teachers are not properly rewarded for such outsized initiative (Mr. Tarkenton, if you want to throw financial support behind my important work teaching debate to at-risk black and Hispanic teens, I am ready to make that reception).

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But, she continued, they did not know the basic terminology to use and appeared unable to set up an effective central command system with which to properly manage information.

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