Sentences with phrase «failing high school history»

Rating: PG Year: 1989 Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin Director: Stephen Herek Two slow - witted students face failing high school history until a force from the future takes them back in time to seek help from real history experts — like Socrates, Napoleon, and Abraham Lincoln.

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Two academically challenged high school students, who would rather dream about the future successes of their garage band than study, are about to fail their history class.

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In contrast, a middle school in a small, high - poverty district in one of our southern states also failed to meet AYP targets (the district had a history of adequate, albeit not high performance, across its schools on state proficiency tests).

In February, DeVos referred to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as «real pioneers when it comes to school choice,» failing to mention that these institutions emerged to serve black students who were being shut out of institutions of higher education that were discriminating against them.70 And President Trump has also shown a lack of appreciation for the history of racism in the country.71

An alumna of New York City's Stuyvesant High (NYC's most prestigious public magnet school) and John Hopkins, where she earned a Ph.D. in American history, Moskowitz has long argued — often with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the UFT — that NYC's traditional school system fails poor children.