Sentences with phrase «failing kids in my neighborhood»

Many of the same schools that were failing kids in my neighborhood 20 years ago are still failing yet another generation of children today.

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Poor black kids trapped in failing neighborhoods schools, that's the biggest race problem of today.

Although one can find heroic exceptions here and there (generally in schools led by extraordinary, beat - the - odds and damn - the - torpedoes principals), far too many public schools in tough neighborhoods and poor communities fail to get beyond the challenges of discipline, truancy, turnover of both students and staff, the ever - present risk of drop - outs, students» lack of basic skills, and such fundamental human needs as feeding breakfast to kids who come to school with empty stomachs.