Sentences with phrase «especially failing ones»

For reformers, the idea is that school districts or chartering agencies should be able to contract with private firms to operate public schools - especially failing ones - in order to take advantage of the greater flexibility, expertise, efficiency, and innovation that the marketplace might offer.

Not exact matches

Talk to every franchisee you can find — especially ones that failed.
I have never seen a bull market, especially a long - enduring one such as the bond bull market that started back in 1981, that failed to end in total euphoria and universal acceptance of the prevailing trend.
In your opinion, what separates successful entrepreneurs from failed ones, especially in the context of their communications skills?
No one wants to admit they have failed especially this generation.God does not like sin yes he loves us all, but once we become born again we are to repent and turn from our sin, and the things of this world are to become strangely dim.
Not only because it is Afro - Americans themselves, especially men, who now inflict these wounds upon themselves — through the ways they betray those who love them and bear their progeny, through the ways they bring up or abandon their children, through the ways they relate, or fail to relate, to each other, through the values and attitudes they cherish and the ones they choose to spurn, through their comforting ethnic myths about their neighborhoods, through their self - indulgences, denials and deceits — but because only they as individual men and women can find the antidote to heal themselves.
If one failed to share with the weak and powerless, especially with widows, orphans, and strangers, that was condemned.
God, for Tertullian, is one, but not as exclusively one as Jews believe, being also three; father, but unacknowledged by Jews; merciful, forgiving even Jews; just, punishing especially Jews; wise, even in dealing with sinful Jews; consistent, despite the Jews; humble enough to accept death from Jews; patient, despite impatient Jews; revealed, but Jews fail to understand; lord of history, and proves it against Jews; limitless, except that God can not now ask anything Jewish.
I've made many recipes from this site, and they never fail to please, but this one was especially stellar!
(4) the Groundhog Day effect — the inability to prepare for the inevitable slump that usually comes during or following the heavy holiday schedule in December / January... whether it's injuries or Wenger's disdain for the January transfer window, which makes sense in light of his disdain for spending, his philosophy for handling this situation has failed miserably... my question, once again, is how many times can one person try the same failed strategy before making some sort of fundamental changes... just think to yourself about our recent January dealings, especially in those years where we were still in the race but in desperate need of reinforcements, then try not to throw up a little in your mouth
You're damn right bruv... arsenal fans on here should know one thing: all other (big epl) clubs want arsenal to fail - reason; they are presently failing... I think we all should learn to enjoy a Win (no matter who we win) especially when all other potential rivals dropped points... fyi liverpool just lost to the lowly, out - of - form New castle.
And you know what, one shouls not experiment in big games like this, especially when the experiment has failed in the past.
I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision
Do nt count Ozils assists but count the ones the other players fail to score, especially Giroud in front of the goal.
The HUGE plus comes from our rivals Manchester City and Tottenham both failing to win their matches, and as predicted earlier in the day, these points could well prove pivotal in the title race, especially as we now sit joint - top of the table, behind City by only one goal.
all of which bring me to the role of the fans at this critical juncture in our team's history, which is to look at the facts with a rational eye, make sure that the fat cats take responsibility for their decisions and to speak out when the club is failing to pursue only the highest goals, especially when you're one of the riches clubs in the world... so enjoy the victory, but temper those celebrations with the knowledge that one victory doesn't make a season and that to win this marathon you need the prepare accordingly with the proper players, tactics and determined play... so the next two weeks are absolutely crucial if we intend to be contenders and not pretenders
The difference between the summer and now is the fact that many fans now want to get rid of them as soon as possible, especially as Sanchez has only scored one goal since the failed transfer, and Ozil seems to be disinterested on the pitch.
Hi Mark Once again your anlsis and thoughtful insight seems to be spot on.That said I don; t know if it was Tottenham playing brillianly, or that Everton were so poor, as to cover up and hide our own problems.Still it was good to basically dominant the game.Which we have done on several occaisions, especially at home, but have failed to brake down our opponents, regard actions, West ham be one of those.recently.
However, with a number of lower ranked LaLiga teams failing to attract large support in their own stadia, the opportunities are clear, especially if matched up against one of Spain's giant clubs in a meaningful league fixture.
As a parent, especially a less experienced one, there is nothing more frightening than seeing your child sick; besides remorse that you may have failed them, or even caused the sickness, there is this desolate feeling of helplessness to taking the pain away and making it all feel better.
They all failed me for one reason or another — especially the ones that leaked all over my purse and ruined things in the process.
Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.
«We're not going to comment on any statements from a failed former gubernatorial candidate looking to extend his 15 minutes of fame, especially one who has received millions of dollars in tax breaks from the same State government he so often criticizes.
The TU's Casey Seiler chides Cuomo for failing to attend his own bobblehead night at The Joe — especially when Cuomo aides rented out a skybox, and one caught a pop foul.
The Buffalo Water Board's one - page info sheet about its lead testing program fails to provide much substance, especially for a city that still has a serious lead poisoning problem involving its housing stock.
And the more this happens, the more likely one of the containment efforts will fail, especially because, like fire brigades, the world would run out of manpower and resources.
No one enjoys wasting precious weekend nights on bad dates, and it's especially frustrating to continue the same pattern of failed first dates when you're also balancing a full - time career or an active social life.
It's one of the worst films of the last several years, a movie that fails on absolutely every level, especially when compared to the rest of the series.
At 101 minutes, «1922» offers plenty of sun - dappled ambience, but only about an hour's worth of story: Hilditch captures all of the major events in King's story but fails to make them particularly compelling, especially once audiences realize Wilfred's mental deterioration can end only one way.
Despite a pair of sequels that failed to live up to the first film (in fact, some might even say they were downright awful), Disney makes so much money from the «Pirates» movies that the decision to do another installment wasn't much of a decision at all — especially when most fans were clamoring for one.
With his failings as a provider taking a toll on his personal life, Dan is also close to losing both Alice's affection and the respect of his sons, especially the elder one, 14 year - old William (Logan Lerman).
It's not everyday that oneespecially as young, black and fabulous as myself — is able to look in the proverbial mirror and see what life could look like if racism, femme - phobia and other ills of the world fail to win.
No one will call that a particularly original narrative concept, especially because Arsenal fails to explore characters terribly well.
But as this flow completely got broken just 3 or 4 months after the system's release, devs just didn't feel to comfortable supporting that system, especially because it really, I mean REALLY, looked very bad back in these days and no one would've been surprised if Nintendo would've declared the WiiU as a fail and moved on to a next system.
Given both of Winslet's performances this year are housed in what we expect to be revealed next Thursday as failed Oscar bait that no one particularly likes, we were originally going to bank on the Academy's resistance to allowing a questionable double bid just because Winslet's presence is considered obligatory (especially after the same hustle netted Cate Blanchett a best actress nomination for fucking Elizabeth: The Golden Age last year).
However, Hiccup knows his father will be devastated if he fails to kill one of the captured dragons — especially when the whole town turns out to watch the young combatants flaunt their newly acquired fighting techniques.
The cast members are game (especially Smith, who's too likeable for this role, and Robbie, who helps to highlight the actual tragedy of her character), but Ayer's screenplay fails to give them anything more than one - liners to toss out with an indifferent attitude.
I don't think there's anything as traumatic as having to go to 19 different communities like I did last summer where we were considering intervention in failing schools and almost unanimously hearing that one of the most prevailing problems, especially in these high schools that have been chronically underperforming, was a dynamic where so many of the children were asked to master literacy in high school textbooks that they frankly weren't prepared.
He believes that failing to do so can jeopardise future gradings, especially if one or more of the senior team move on.
They are the ones who are here to pick up the pieces when other institutions, especially the police, fail us.
Too often, «teacher leadership» roles intended to attract and retain teachers — especially great ones — and close student learning gaps fail to produce the intended impact.
One of the many fronts in the school war has been the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states, as a condition of receiving federal school aid, to provide some of the direct oversight and accountability that the Equity Coalition seeks, especially in identifying failing schools.
This one - size - fits all approach, especially in it modern version, has failed to help a vast majority of students build proficient learning skills and fall in love with learning for life.
As far as safety is concerned, any time you get on a motorcycle, especially an old one, there is a risk that some component may fail.
A lot of writers, especially Indie Authors, in my opinion, don't develop their plots or characters enough which is one reason their stories fail.
There's a lot of reading comprehension fail (for example, in this particular case, the illogical inference that noting a problem with Amazon's position a priori means one is on the «side» of Hachette, especially when I've taken pains to note both companies work for their interest, not mine), and it's not my job to wander about the field, gently teaching people how to parse arguments.
Too much information that can be found fails to give the most basic of Dog training tips that all owners, especially new ones, need to master.
This is one area where a contemporary racer simply can't fail, especially considering every top racing title out there looks amazing.
Its CGI cutscenes are also surprisingly good, so it's a bit of a shame that it doesn't use them a little more, especially during one cringe - worthy moment between Bryce and Arcadia where the in - game animations just fails completely.
Ultimately, this makes for a much more relaxed affair than most games and when coupled with the lack of fail state in the game, Fragments of Him just over two hour duration makes it an easily digestible prospect if not one that represents especially good value for money.
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